Hey fitness freaks....and wannabe freaks. Time for the November installment of the fitness challenge. To try to be more inclusive and get more participation, I'm going to open things up in a new way.

The point of this challenge is to set a goal for yourself for the month of November. A fitness goal which will be challenging.....slightly more than you know you can do, more than you did last month. The goal needs to be a concrete measurable goal. The goal can be miles run, walked, biked, swam, ellipted or paddled....or a combination of all of them. But it can also be a goal of hours of exercise. 30 hours of exercise in a month is a challenging goal for many people. It can also be a specific exercise if you prefer....like 3000 squats and 1000 push-ups. Whatever it is, make it challenging, not easy. As I always say, growth and comfort cannot coexist. You want to be slightly uncomfortable. The goal should challenge you...make you slightly nervous as to whether or not you can reach it. Then....GO FOR IT!

Introduce yourself and spell out your goal for the month. Then come back here everyday or as often as you can and update the group as to your current progress toward your goal. Whether or not you make your goal is not the point. The point is to push yourself just a little further than you thought you could go.

I'll start. I'm only 4 weeks post op from my TT so not back to 100% yet, but I anticipate getting stronger as the month goes on. So my goal for November is to walk/run 60 miles. That's double what I'm going to do this month, so a challenging goal. Wish me luck.

Please join in and get moving.

I also did the first day of the C25K app yesterday and I lived to tell about it!

Congrats. That's awesome. Keep going. You won't regret it.

4.4 run and 2 mile walk this morning. My first 10K race is next Saturday and I think I'm ready for it. Hoping to run it in less than 1:15:00.

Run: 12.4 (Goal 40)

Walk: 32.5 (Goal 50)

Bike: 6 (Goal 30)

Total: 50.9

Good luck on that 10K. Let us know how it goes.

Okay, THAT was *fun* trying to find this thread. Sheesh!

I'm up to 69 miles for the month, but more importantly, I FINALLY was able to try the 1.5 hour spin class. It's offered every Sat. am but only ONE Sat. a month it's taught by my favorite instructor. So finally made it and did much better than I thought I would. It was a different kind of intensity than the 1 hour long class, but still fairly brutal. The one thing that I didn't like was that I was really tired the rest of the day. It was from 7-8:30am and I really just wanted to come home and nap. lol. But that didn't happen, of course, and so I kept thinking...I thought exercise was supossed to GIVE you energy, not take it away! HA!

Give you energy? Yeah....it's like one of those Ponzi schemes.....you get you're later.

Got my 26.2 miles in this morning at the Malibu Marathon. Great venue for a run. With the 40 miles in on my taper, that leaves me 32 miles from my 200 mile goal. I'm going to knock it out next week and take the rest of the year off to recover.

Got my 26.2 miles in this morning at the Malibu Marathon. Great venue for a run. With the 40 miles in on my taper, that leaves me 32 miles from my 200 mile goal. I'm going to knock it out next week and take the rest of the year off to recover.

Show off.

LOL. Not if you saw my time, Butter!

3.40 miles walked today. Helped my in-laws move some furniture they purchased at an estate sale today also. That was a good workout. I didn't realize how much muscle I have lost since my surgery. Time to start more weight training. Feeling good though. Total for the month so far is at 44.40 miles.

Okay I did it! I did week 1 day 1 of c25k this evening and still managed a total of 3.17 miles for a total of 34.07 miles for the month. I was really impressed with how well I did with the c25k. Better shape than I thought. Now to see how my knees feel in the morning and see how day 2 goes.

1.5 miles biking for a total of 5.75

OK - here is my update for the first third of the month. I a MOST PROUD that I started running and am up to 1.4 miles without stopping!!! Upcoming 1 mile fun run with my 5 and 8 year old this Saturday! Will be sure to post a photo!

November exercise minutes actual 558 minutes - goal 600 minutes, feel like I am "on track" to hit my goal of 1 hour per day:

1 - 30 min

2 - 66 min

3 - 44 min

4 - 61 min

5 - 55 min

6 - 35 min

7 - 62 min

8 - 55 min

9 - 60 min

10 - 90 min

Okay I did it! I did week 1 day 1 of c25k this evening and still managed a total of 3.17 miles for a total of 34.07 miles for the month. I was really impressed with how well I did with the c25k. Better shape than I thought. Now to see how my knees feel in the morning and see how day 2 goes.

Congrats. You're on your way. You're a runner now. Nice.

I did 3 miles this morning. I waked/ jogged alternating every 5 minutes. Cooling down with almost 5 minutes of walking. Then a nice good stretch. So for now I am at 37.07 miles. Tomorrow will be a rest day as ordered from my jogging trainer (oldest son) He used to run in half marathons so he has decided to give me training advice for a 5k...

Haven't posted in a few days,

Thurs: 3 miles

Friday: 5 miles

Saturday: 15.2

Sunday: 15.5

Total for the month: 79.7

Keep it up everyone!!

Step away for a couple of weeks and I'm all sorts of behind the times!

I'm only down 2 lbs. in weight over the last two weeks, but clothes are a bit looser since I've upped my weight-lifting amounts by 10 lbs across the board since the beginning of the month.

Bike: total of 50 miles so far.

Run: I'm still doing intervals, but up to 3 mins of running/1 minute brisk walk. I've only made it up to 1.5 miles, but I don't want to hurt my knee or hips any more than absolutely necessary. I've only been running on the treadmill at the gym, after weight-lifting and lord is it boring.

2 miles today! 28 miles so far! Signed up for a thanksgiving 5k so I'm very excited about that!!! Just keep moving!!

5 miles this morning, for a total of 35 for the month.

Posting an update. My goal is a 10,000+ step/day average for the month of Nov. So far so good!

Nearly 38 miles for the month, and an average of more than 13,000 steps per day!