#Walk1000Miles : How’s everyone doing?

[CBDB]

How is everyone on the #Walk1000Miles doing ? Are you managing to hit your target miles? And more importantly, are you enjoying your walks in hot or wet or cool summers?

As many of you know, I started off this challenge by committing to putting all my mileage-based activities into this challenge. I knew my walking mileage alone would set me up to failure. All my yearly averages of mileages (rowing, running and walking) still indicated I’m 25% lower than what it would have needed to be.

So I set up my challenge in such a way to row, run and walk more. For me, it’s not #Walk1000Miles, but #Walk-Run-Row1000Miles. And that’s what a challenge is for, to give you a challenging but realistic fitness target, right?

And I’m doing ok, I’m ahead in mileage and a few weeks ago received my 750mile notification!

And more positively, my walking mileage has increased (also by jeffing more), my back ache (which I usually get when walking) has disappeared and I’m still inspired to continually get out there!

And I’m also constantly immensely inspired and in awe of many of our walkers who are reaching their targets by walking daily! AWESOME!!!’

So how is everyone else on this challenge doing with their #Walk1000Miles? Are you managing to hit your target miles? Have you adapted the challenge to your needs? Are you reaping the benefits? And more importantly, are you enjoying your walks and activities?

Let us know by reply. 😃🥾⛰️🏞️🏔️🌄

[Doris8 1000miles per year]

Well done . You’re on target . I do t know how you do all the different exercises. My back is killing me just now with the tightening across the back and the intercostal muscles right round your rib cage but soldering on., and determined to finish after gone this far. I am at 805 miles on my walks. At 750 miles I walked the length of the Alps. So onwards and upwards were nearly there✋.

[Gthants in reply to Doris8]

I know it is so painful, but whenever I see intercostal, I think of one of my favourite films: Bringing Up Baby, with the discussion of the Intercostal Clavicle!

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Gthants]

Lol

[61Lady in reply to Gthants]

I’ll be with you in a minute Mr Peabody 😀

[CBDB Administrator in reply to 61Lady]

🤣🤣

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Doris8]

Well, I row much more than I run. And run much more than I walk. And at the beginning I also converted all S&F exercises to equivalent mileage, but I don’t do that anymore.

I’m just in awe of anyone who manages that by just walking!

[Iwilldothisthisyear 1000miles per year in reply to Doris8]

Well done continuing when you are in pain .

[Wine 1000miles per year in reply to Doris8]

Brilliant going especially with your back problem

[Gthants]

That's brilliant! I really admire your ability to row; my shoulders simply couldn't do it.

This is a new to me challenge, so must be something that started in January. Maybe something to look at next year!

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Gthants]

Yes, a great challenge which starts in Jan. see walk1000miles.co.uk

[Gthants in reply to CBDB]

Thank you. I will look out for the 2024 edition!

[Doris8 1000miles per year]

Mines is with the kyphosis curvature and the the two stress fractures I had with the osteoporosis.

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Doris8]

😕 sorry to hear that.

[ChannelRunner2 2000miles per year]

Awesome on your progress toward your challenge and thanks for keeping us accountable, CBDB !

I am 68% toward my goal of 4000km of running & walking this year (with about 64% of the days done...). Most of that is walking as I use my feet to commute to work and the Pilates studio. Plus, I injured my knee during a fall, so ended up not running as much in June and July as I had thought.

Biking is another story! I used swapfiets the last couple of years but somehow didn't feel like getting one this year (I returned the bike in fall to save money as I hardly biked during the prior winters...). So, zero km biking 🤣 Maybe in 2024, I'll pick that up again... Or I'll get an indoor bike... (Yes, I am scared to ride in the city... and it's objectively not very safe either, as reporting on bike safety has shown...)

[CBDB Administrator in reply to ChannelRunner2]

4000km!!!! That is some target and 68% done sounds like nothing will stop you to achieve it!! Well done for integrating it into your commute!

Yes, i used to bike a lot as well, but rarely now (for lots of reasons).

Swapfiets! I had to look that one up, but here in the UK it only exists on London.

[Iwilldothisthisyear 1000miles per year in reply to ChannelRunner2]

Wow , that’s amazing 🤩

[Doris8 1000miles per year in reply to ChannelRunner2]

My goodness that’s some target. I am in awe. Well done👏

[Wine 1000miles per year in reply to ChannelRunner2]

Really great going

[ChannelRunner2 2000miles per year in reply to ChannelRunner2]

Thank you, everybody! Though in 2023, I logged 3,890 km, so this isn't that big of a jump for me... It's a challenge - and a realistic fitness target 😉

[Iwilldothisthisyear 1000miles per year]

Hi CBDB

I managed to complete this on Friday (all walking counted).

1000 miles walked

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Iwilldothisthisyear]

Wooohoooo!!!! Amazing!!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!! And that medal looks so good on you!

[Iwilldothisthisyear 1000miles per year in reply to CBDB]

Aaaww thank you , I waiting for the photo until after I had been to the hairdresser 🤣🤣

[Doris8 1000miles per year in reply to Iwilldothisthisyear]

Well done 👏👏

[Iwilldothisthisyear 1000miles per year in reply to Doris8]

Thank you xx

[Wine 1000miles per year in reply to Iwilldothisthisyear]

Brilliant well done fantastic 👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳

[Iwilldothisthisyear 1000miles per year in reply to Wine]

Thank you xx

[ChannelRunner2 2000miles per year in reply to Iwilldothisthisyear]

Awesome! 🥳 Congratulations, Ididthisthisyear! (Sorry, couldn't resist changing your "name"...)

[Iwilldothisthisyear 1000miles per year in reply to ChannelRunner2]

Thank you , maybe I will change it 🤣

[Wine 1000miles per year]

It's a long story.... I saw the challenge thank you CBDB and then went straight to the website not reading small print and bought the medal... Thought for 2023 but was completer 2022.... Well that was it I said can't lie so had to do 254 miles to keep me honest for 2022... And now working to get 2000 miles medal.... I am unemployed so have a lot of time on my hands so instead of sitting down to have coffee I walk until I get to 10k steps.... I can do this quite comfortably now and started because my app had walk 10k steps for 100 days consecutively... I haven't worked out if I can hit 3000 by December but I am going to try... 😁

Aiming for total of 3000 miles over 2 years.... I am at 2479 mile so another 500 miles

[Doris8 1000miles per year in reply to Wine]

Well done Wine 2000 miles a big challenge. Fingers crossed for you . And we get a mild winter as well 😊

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Doris8]

Yeah, although the thought of walking through a white landscape is also quite enticing.

My regular route dressed in winter white

[Wine 1000miles per year in reply to CBDB]

Beautiful

[Wine 1000miles per year in reply to Doris8]

💖Thank you

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Wine]

That’s brilliant! And a massive increase of mileage year on year! Awesome!

[Wine 1000miles per year in reply to CBDB]

💖Thank you

[ChannelRunner2 2000miles per year in reply to Wine]

Congratulations, Wine ! 🥳 You've already more than doubled what you did in 2022!

[Wine 1000miles per year in reply to ChannelRunner2]

Thank you