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#Walk1000Miles : How’s everyone doing?

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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. 😃🥾⛰️🏞️🏔️🌄

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Doris8 profile image
Doris81000miles 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✋.

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Gthants in reply toDoris8

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!

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CBDBAdministrator in reply toGthants

Lol

61Lady profile image
61Lady in reply toGthants

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

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CBDBAdministrator in reply to61Lady

🤣🤣

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CBDBAdministrator in reply toDoris8

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 profile image
Iwilldothisthisyear1000miles per year in reply toDoris8

Well done continuing when you are in pain .

Wine profile image
Wine1000miles per year in reply toDoris8

Brilliant going especially with your back problem

Gthants profile image
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 profile image
CBDBAdministrator in reply toGthants

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

Gthants profile image
Gthants in reply toCBDB

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

Doris8 profile image
Doris81000miles per year

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

CBDB profile image
CBDBAdministrator in reply toDoris8

😕 sorry to hear that.

ChannelRunner2 profile image
ChannelRunner22000miles 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...)

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CBDBAdministrator in reply toChannelRunner2

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 profile image
Iwilldothisthisyear1000miles per year in reply toChannelRunner2

Wow , that’s amazing 🤩

Doris8 profile image
Doris81000miles per year in reply toChannelRunner2

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

Wine profile image
Wine1000miles per year in reply toChannelRunner2

Really great going

ChannelRunner2 profile image
ChannelRunner22000miles per year in reply toChannelRunner2

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 profile image
Iwilldothisthisyear1000miles per year

Hi CBDB

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

1000 miles walked
CBDB profile image
CBDBAdministrator in reply toIwilldothisthisyear

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

Iwilldothisthisyear profile image
Iwilldothisthisyear1000miles per year in reply toCBDB

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

Doris8 profile image
Doris81000miles per year in reply toIwilldothisthisyear

Well done 👏👏

Iwilldothisthisyear profile image
Iwilldothisthisyear1000miles per year in reply toDoris8

Thank you xx

Wine profile image
Wine1000miles per year in reply toIwilldothisthisyear

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

Iwilldothisthisyear profile image
Iwilldothisthisyear1000miles per year in reply toWine

Thank you xx

ChannelRunner2 profile image
ChannelRunner22000miles per year in reply toIwilldothisthisyear

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

Iwilldothisthisyear profile image
Iwilldothisthisyear1000miles per year in reply toChannelRunner2

Thank you , maybe I will change it 🤣

Wine profile image
Wine1000miles 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 profile image
Doris81000miles per year in reply toWine

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

CBDB profile image
CBDBAdministrator in reply toDoris8

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

My regular route dressed in winter white
Wine profile image
Wine1000miles per year in reply toCBDB

Beautiful

Wine profile image
Wine1000miles per year in reply toDoris8

💖Thank you

CBDB profile image
CBDBAdministrator in reply toWine

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

Wine profile image
Wine1000miles per year in reply toCBDB

💖Thank you

ChannelRunner2 profile image
ChannelRunner22000miles per year in reply toWine

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

Wine profile image
Wine1000miles per year in reply toChannelRunner2

Thank you

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