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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
We usually run this Fitness Race a couple of times a year, in January and July; encouraging those of us who struggle to maintain a regular exercise habit, a month of logging exercise is thought to be a Good Idea™.:

Following the success of the biannual Fitness Races established in November 2007, I hereby present the July 2012 Fitness Race. The rules are pretty much as cribbed from all the previous races, and just because I'm lazy, the January 2012 Fitness Race is available in Oblivion with links to the January 2009 race in Limbo and on back should anyone need to see how it works.

Those who want to take part please can you sign up here, and record the amount of time you have spent exercising from the 1st July onwards - daily / weekly / whatever is most convenient. The person who spent the most time exercising by the 31st July is the winner.

As before, the aim is to log your hours of fitness activity and watch them accumulate over the month. You can be a serious gym junkie or an occasional cyclist, the important thing is to take some time out of your month to spend being active.

The rules are simple (and almost identical to last time):

It has to be physical activity. It doesn't have to be overly strenuous as long as it's aerobic. After some discussion previously, house work and gardening counts, so long as it's aerobic and so serious welly is put into it, but music practice doesn't.
The race is based on time, rounded to the nearest minute. If you spend 5 minutes walking down the street to buy milk, it counts.
If you're paid to be active (eg. as a builder), you can't count time spent on your job; The rest of us need to have a chance! However, you can count active transport that gets you to work (eg. walking, running, cycling, unicycling...).
You can sign up whenever you like, but you can only count time spent after you sign up.

The race starts at midnight July 1 (local time) and finishes at midnight August 1 (local time).

All right then, tie your shoelaces and get ready to go. Over the previous threads the top 5 people took regular daily exercise, little and often worked. Walking or cycling places is good for you and adds up, so leave the car behind and cut your carbon footprint too. Walking recalcitrant babies or toddlers around the block built up useful amounts. Also use your weekends wisely to take extra exercise.

If you are London based, I'm going to suggest a walk on 7th July - we started trying for a monthly walk, and managed January and March, but have failed pretty much since - Easter, May Day bank holiday and the Jubilee weekend not helping for the first Saturdays of April, May and June. I'll set that one up in All Saints.

Please can I also point people who want to chat about fitness rather than log times to the Fitness Thread, Exercise Book in All Saints.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
Having been absent for several Fitness Races, I'll join in this one and see what I can log on here. It might be an inspiration to try more of the non-climbing things that seem interesting.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Right, this time I'm definitely in. And this time I will stay in right the way through July (though I am away for one week of it so will probably not get to post often).
Here speaketh the woman who's just postponed her appointment at the gym
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
But obviously you're just postponing it to next week so it counts for the race, aren't you Smudgie?

[Edit to remove pointless smiley]

[ 26. June 2012, 11:14: Message edited by: Ultracrepidarian ]
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
I'm in. My attack of the mehs hasn't got any better in recent times, maybe my competitive streak will actually get my lazy behind out of the front door...

[ 26. June 2012, 12:33: Message edited by: la vie en rouge ]
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
me me me!

desperately need a kick in the ass.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Me too!
The cumbrae swim is in September, as is a wedding I'd like to be thinner for, so am hoping this might be the push I require.

[ 26. June 2012, 19:10: Message edited by: Tea gnome ]
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Yes I'm in -thanks Curiosity!
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Blackbeard logging on.

Am I the oldest (68)? anyone else want to claim this honour?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I'm afraid I'm a few years younger, blackbeard. sorry.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
Please count me in CK. I was hoping I'd see this posted as I missed January, because of pain caused by something the physiotherapist called 'sacro-illiac hypermobility'! Various exercises seem to have done the trick, but I'm keeping fingers crossed!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
I'll try. July sees me leading two seminars in Germany and I won't have much access to the internet, so my updates will be late. I'll be back on the 30th or 31st though, so will manage to post my updates in time.

I've gained a right belly lately, so some fitness work is very much needed. Luckily both seminars will be in places where one can play football and table-tennis, and hopefully there'll be some lads in my groups up for a kick about.
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Okay... I'm up for it. Comet won by an avalanche last time, but it can't be still snowing?
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
I'm in. Hoping this time will include more hard work type exercise and less (aerobic) walking, but we'll see...
 

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Posted by Auntie Doris (# 9433) on :
 
Unfortunately due to my current pregnant circumstances I am going to rule myself out at the moment. I am still exercising but at a much reduced level and I know if I sign myself up I will feel as competitive as ever!

Auntie Doris x
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

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Originally posted by Deputy Verger:
Okay... I'm up for it. Comet won by an avalanche last time, but it can't be still snowing?

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nary a flake. and two jobs with 7 days per week of work. I doubt I'll be in the running this time but I'm going to try.
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Count me in. I'll be away the last ten days, but I'll try and log in.
 

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Posted by Scots lass (# 2699) on :
 
I'm in, and hoping this time I won't be wiped out by a bad cold like I was in January!
 

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Posted by Meg the Red (# 11838) on :
 
Since changing jobs, I'm a lot less active; my 2 hour round-trip bike commute is now down to 40 minutes - and lo, the tuchis swelleth greatly. I'm going to take a page out of comet's book and try to mix it up with as many different activities as I can.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
I'm in - it would be nice to get my money's worth out of the gym next month (currently averaging 2 visits per week, would like to increase to 4 or 5).
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
I'll have a go. My problem will be remembering to post whenever I do something. Let's see if I can crack that this time.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
I'm considering going to a personal trainer, I hope starting this week. If this isn't considered quite the thing, I'd be happy to sit out, or not count the trainer sessions or something. Does anyone have an opinion? It doesn't seem very fair somehow.
Tg
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I have no problem with counting training time
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
I think it's fine to count training sessions.

I'm going to have to work out how much of a day out climbing is actual physical activity and how much is standing around and chatting. This may be tricky - my first climbing outing of July will be tomorrow!
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Ok, thanks. I was motivated enough to go to the gym place and book an assessment for Monday. Not to actually go to the gym, but, you know, one thing at a time.
Tg
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Hope it goes well lad/lass. Any effort to get in shape has to be welcomed, as long as it isn't overdone.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
I'm in.
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
On your marks...
I'm up and dressed, shoes and socks on!

Get set...
About to go ring the bells up!

GO!
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
2 hr 10 min

Up and running ... well, walking!
Long walk, plus two short walks.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Cycled to church today (3 miles there, 3 miles back) and spent most of the afternoon shifting furniture, including a (digital) piano and a filing cabinet - does moving furniture count?

Tea gnome, I have had sessions with a personal trainer (Christmas present) and I definitely think you should count them - it's far harder than training by yourself because if you are finding an exercise too easy they will make you do a different one. Worth it though. Good luck.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
@JaneR - furniture moving counts - but you haven't given me any times.
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Well, from my flying start I've only got 40 minutes of ringing and 20 minutes of cycling to count, for a round total of one hour meaning already losing on Day One!
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
45 m walking, 35 m runnish, total for first day thus
1 h 20 m
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Twenty five minutes today, twelve and a half minutes each way cycling to work.
I know the training sessions will be hard, it's the motivation bit (that is, I'm getting someone else to do my motivation for me) bit that feels a bit cheaty. But thanks or the thoughts and we'll see how it goes
Tg
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Going for slow but steady....

One hour dog walking Day 1.

Thanks!
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I've got a conundrum. It took me 3½ hours to walk 6 miles today. Now some of that is the number of photos I took (10 minutes hanging around taking pictures of feeding swallows, 10 minutes crawling around the ground looking at a beetle) and I'm going to take off ½ hour for that, but 3 hours for 6 miles is pathetic, even after battling through an overgrown path on a rape field and along the pathway that had been reploughed in. However, I have an excuse for being slow, as I'm recovering from pneumonia. Fit it would take me about 2 - 2½ hours so I'm not sure how much to count.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
it was long after midnight when I rode home from work on my bike - 3:30 am give or take. so - starting out the race with a 35 minute midnight bike ride.

[ 01. July 2012, 23:21: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Spotted this just in time. I'm in. Haven't done anything today so it doesn't matter that I can't count it.

J
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Oh, whatever. I may as well join.
If watching Le Tour doesn't count, riding my Le Tour should—especially in this heat!
Give me 1 hour on the bike today, please.
 

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Posted by Meg the Red (# 11838) on :
 
Heavy rains/thunderstorms put paid to my planned Canada Day bike ride; instead, I got in 30 minutes of house-cleaning and 10 minutes walking to and from the grocery store (where I had a free piece of Canada Day cake, thus negating any minimal fitness benefits realized by the walk).

Ah well, tomorrow is another day . . .

[ 02. July 2012, 02:20: Message edited by: Meg the Red ]
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
75 minutes today, a combination of walking and aerobics.

This should motivate me to get up and go to the pool in the mornings...

[ 02. July 2012, 03:21: Message edited by: Liberty ]
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Throw in another 20 minutes for biking to and from the further Metro stop in order to watch the Tour . . . and drink $2 local microbrews.

Why yes, even if I don't have the greatest time, I've already won.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
OK, posted to here, spreadsheet set up and new people added, those definitely not taking part shuffled out of current list.

I do have every old time barring January 2011 on the spreadsheet, and if I feel enthusiastic / want to procrastinate later I'll put them up so you know comparison times to encourage personal challenging.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Not a flying start for me, just forty minutes walking. But my Sundays are busy.

I have a dilemma - if I walk home tonight, I will rack up more time but if I go running, I will get more actual real exercise. I probably should get in the cardio... <muses>

[ 02. July 2012, 09:03: Message edited by: la vie en rouge ]
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Woop! I'm in and have a secret weapon - dogsitting - to make up for the fact that I'm not moving house this month. Unfortunately one of my regular dancing engagements has also paused for the summer. Ho hum.

On with my idiosyncratic-as-usual posting of times:

Monday, July 2nd:
30 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 50 minutes
Toal so far: 50 minutes
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
I've got a conundrum. It took me 3½ hours to walk 6 miles today. Now some of that is the number of photos I took (10 minutes hanging around taking pictures of feeding swallows, 10 minutes crawling around the ground looking at a beetle) and I'm going to take off ½ hour for that, but 3 hours for 6 miles is pathetic, even after battling through an overgrown path on a rape field and along the pathway that had been reploughed in. However, I have an excuse for being slow, as I'm recovering from pneumonia. Fit it would take me about 2 - 2½ hours so I'm not sure how much to count.

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If you can walk 6 miles while recovering from pneumonia, I'm impressed. You have earned your 3 hours.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
All righty.

Climbing on 1 July

10 minutes of cycling (with a big pack of gear) to/from where we were meeting to go on the trip.

15 minutes of walking (with a big pack of gear) between the car and the crag at the other end.

Now it gets tricky. We got to the crag at about 11am, and left about 7pm. I forgot to time how much time I spent actually climbing. (A lot of climbing is just standing around, anyway.) I climbed ten relatively short routes, and would definitely have spent less than half the time climbing, once you think about belaying, eating, faffing with rope etc. 15 minutes a route would give me 2 hours 30 minutes, which is probably about right (maybe a bit of an underestimate), but doesn't seem much for a full day outside being 'active'!

2 July

So far, 25 minutes of a morning run, and 10 minutes of commuter cycling.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Sorry, forgot we had to give times!

In that case my score for 1 July is as follows:

Cycling - 1 hour (about 25 minutes there, 35 minutes back because I went the scenic route)
Furniture moving - about 1.5 hours (we had to empty the bookcase and filing cabinet before we moved them which took a long time).

Total (1 July): 2 hours 30 minutes

Today is a rest day, so I will probably only do the Walk To School, but I may be taking Daughter swimming if she's not too tired. I will post my score for today later on.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 35 min

Raining, so taxi to gym; extra CV to make up for it; walked home, got wet, but that didn't matter.
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Today:
Walking, minor errand, 30 m
coarse gardening 50 m
total for day 1 h 20 m

should go out running. It's raining and I'm feeling tired just thinking about it.

Blackbeard, off to brew a cuppa
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Monday 2 July 27 minutes

Not as good as yesterday, but still -

15 minutes medium to high-speed walking (inside Tesco's, does that count?)
10 minutes more high-speed walking (giving a new meaning to the phrase 'school run')
2 minutes doing jacks (star jumps / jumping jacks)
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
I'm counting 30 mins of yesterdays walking - the rest was at child's pace.

Today 90 mins walking so far. Planning a run for tonight
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
25 minutes to work and back total.
I went to the gym, but the booking had been a muddled up, so no exercise done. Not to worry, they will phone & make a proper appointment soon.
Tg
 

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Posted by Scots lass (# 2699) on :
 
Hmph, having said I hoped I wouldn't be afflicted by the cold again, I promptly went and caught one. So in two days I've done 30 minutes of walking, which isn't great, but I couldn't really go to a kickboxing class when I have to blow my nose every 10 minutes... Still, later in the week I will be back on form!
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Better from me today. Walking is a bit hard to calculate - to the metro to get to work and to the supermarket, and also to look at the sales during the lunch hour, which involved quite a lot of mooching. I think I can justify 40 minutes.

On the proper cardio front 1 hour 10 minutes running this evening. Heads up to the unmotivated: stick The Final Countdown on your ipod. Yes, it's cheesy as hell and it is the POWER. (Actually once I get out and hit the road I can feel quite motivated, it's just the getting out there part I have a problem with I think I need a holiday.)

I'm not keeping a running total (no pun intended) because my arithmetic skills are crap.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
yesterday 7/1: 50 minutes walk/run home from performance.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 2 - a sad 15 mins walk only (due to poorly child and perpetual rain and too much work)but promise to make up for it tomorrow!
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
26 mins running interspersed with 4 mins walking.

Also, I forgot the school run - 20 mins walking (the other half was child pace so not counting it).
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
OK, yes, well, did overdo it yesterday, which means today I'm counting 40 minutes walking to shops and back twice
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
35 minutes cycling to work - and about the same cycling back.

1hr 10mins
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Twenty minutes walking at lunchtime including a lot of stairs.

And 2x15 = 30 mins cycling in the evening for a total of 50 minutes for day two.

Need to ramp it up, for genuine reasons, so I really appreciate the motivation this always gives me.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
50 minutes of heavy duty cleaning - moving furniture, boxes, yard detritus and firewood. it was couched within about 3 hours of total work, but the rest was more sedate work.

capped off with 35 minutes of belly dancing - just because the music took over and I had to.

now, to shower and bike in to work. yay! the race is saving me gas.
 

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Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :
 
Golly, I nearly missed this. I'm in.

70 minutes outrigger paddling this evening plus 20 minutes commuter walking.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
I failed to get up in time to swim (tomorrow, yes, I will tomorrow)...

But I did go for a long (hot) walk and then do aerobics for a total of 140 minutes

Lib x

(PS, do we need to keep track of our own running totals?)
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Once it finally cooled off, I managed to git out walking for groceries and "is the power still out?" scouting. So chalk me up for another hour and 15-ish minutes
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

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Originally posted by comet:
now, to shower and bike in to work. yay! the race is saving me gas.

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Originally posted by blackbeard:
If you can walk 6 miles while recovering from pneumonia, I'm impressed. You have earned your 3 hours.

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Originally posted by Liberty:
(PS, do we need to keep track of our own running totals?)

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We don't have to, I do because of the weird way my days tend to get split over separate posts - if I add up per post and per day and they come to the same thing then there's a chance my maths has worked! I like to think it helps Curiosity flag up any arithmetical errors too, but I don't know if that's the case.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
85 mins power walking today and 5 mins "relentless" challenge (see #fitteam12 on twitter for more info)

More walking to come later, and probably a wii game or two...
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 45 min

Gym, plus walk to, then managed to catch a not-actually-raining 20 min to Tesco.I'd love to walk again this afternoon, but it's no fun with it being so grey, wet and gloomy!
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
70 minutes today cycling. Booked again for personal trainer tomorrow after work, but apparently I won't need my gym things and won't be exercising.

Tg
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Posting a pathetic 15 minutes walking down to the doctor's and back (and missed the drop in appointment window). Grump, I had plans for decorating.

If you keep totals, it helps if you post them because it lets me double check as we go along. If you tell me 3½ weeks in that you don't think our totals match I have to go back through ten pages checking everything, which makes me unhappy.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Harmony Hope, I had exactly the same problem today - confined to the house taking care of indisposed child. So I only managed a pathetic 2 minutes jacks (I did some running up and down stairs too, but not often enough to raise a sweat). I am going to try to do jacks for at least a couple of minutes each day - maybe it will make a difference.

This brings my running total to (checks previous posts) 2 hours 59 minutes which is not even going to get me into the top ten, but never mind - as my daughter said when persuading me to take part in the mother's race last Sports Day, It's Taking Part That Counts.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
1 hr 20 minutes walking to work (about 4.3 miles) and 1 hr 25 walking home again (same route - just slower by then).

So 2 hrs 45 minutes today.
Running total 3 hrs 55 minutes.
 

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Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :
 
Just 25 mins commuter walking for me today. I'd blame work and rain but the reality is more like white wine and a friend.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
30 minutes walking, 30 minutes swimming, 30 minutes aerobics.

90 minutes today.

Running total... 305minutes.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
1 hour swimming
15 min. walking (hey, it's HOT over here)
 

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Posted by Meg the Red (# 11838) on :
 
One hour ten minutes walking, tennis and free weights yesterday, followed by 55 minutes cycling and walking today.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Between going to work, coming back from work, getting off the train and walking on the tracks next to the possibly-still-electrified third rail, walking to the pottery studio, and coming back in the rain . . . let's call it 93 minutes of walking today.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I'm sick. lame showing. but hey, at least I did something.

15 minutes helping boys with their TKD form - they test tomorrow.

20 minutes giving a tap dancing lesson. (unpaid)

10 minutes hooping in the rain.

for a total of 45 minutes. I'm off to nyquil myself into a coma.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Yesterday walked about 20 minutes before work (detour from the usual route because helping a lady from church who needed to get her papers to stay in France and doesn't speak French well), then only 10 minutes on the lunchbreak (went for lunch with a colleague whose boss is dragonbitch from hell - I'm the staff representative and am trying to persuade her to press a harassment charge...), 40 minutes to dinner with friends and another 20 or so to get home. Which makes 1 hour 30 minutes altogether.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
2 July

Another 35 minutes of cycling to and fro between work, shopping and choir practice.

3 July

Went to Southampton for work. Should have gone climbing in the evening, but the road to Calshot was clogged with people going to see the ships. Grrr.

So, only 15 minutes of cycling to the train station.

4 July

So far, 5 minutes of cycling to get to work.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 3 and 4 - 60 mins dog walking each day

Running (walking) total - 135 hours

thanks!
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
I'm in! Obviously getting back from holiday managed to stop me from seeing the thread - that and Sandemaniac hijacking my computer in the evenings...

So, do I chance the longer route home tonight, or do I play it safe given the weather and the lack of hard surface on the towpath?
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The score today is:

55 minutes high-speed walking
2 minutes jacks
45 minutes high-intensity workout at gym

and another 10 minutes (not done yet, but will be) high-speed walking on the School Run.

Total for today: 1 hour 51 minutes
Running total: 4 hours 50 minutes (if I added it up right)
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Tuesday, July 3rd: (cont)
5 mins walking to and from a graduation
60 mins walking dog

Wednesday, July 4th: (so far)
30 mins walking dog
15 mins walking to and from a graduation

Total to add: 110 minutes
Toal so far: 290 minutes or 4 hours and 50 minutes

Processing at graduations is so tiring, the standing around, sitting for a couple of hours in front of all the graduands and parents (requiring decent posture and interested facial expression) and then the milling around being congratulatory afterwards. All in a heavy gown and heels. None of it is aerobic though, so I can't count any of those minutes.

Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze the dog-walk in between work and graduation celebrations tonight, she was going a bit bonkers when last night's walk had to be postponed until after an evening graduation.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
20 more mins walking yesterday and the same today, makes 40 mins to add.

I think that makes my running total 300 mins, but willing to be corrected!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Back from a futile search for sausages; for some reason, everything's closed today.
30 minutes biking, 31 minutes, 22 seconds walking.

[ 04. July 2012, 19:05: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Queries first

Harmony Hope - I make your total 195 minutes or 3 hours 15 minutes - 3 lots of an hour on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Monday 15 minutes.

Jane R - I am a minute out from you - made today's total a minute more than you did.

[ 04. July 2012, 19:51: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Today's pathetic offering was 10 minutes walk to the GP, 3 hours wait to be seen, 5 minutes back to the chemist for more antibiotics, then off to the supermarket for milk. I think I can count 30 minutes walking at normal speeds, but I met people, so it was stop start.
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Day 3 - Tuesday One hour killer pilates.

Day 4 - today - a meagre 15 mins walk each way to pub and back = 30 mins plus, thanks to Comet's inspiration 5 minutes on the Hula Hoop from Hell (it had been hidden but she reminded me).

Running total, I think (2 hr 85 mins) = 3 hrs and 15 mins. Not good, not bad. It is what it is. Tomorrow is a day off for a walk... so watch this space!
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Ck hope you're better soon.
40 minutes for me today cycling to work then to gym and back. It was very rainy, but I now have an arrangement with a personal trainer starting next week.
Tg
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
60 mins at Zumba - 360mins total.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
1 hour walking in one of my most favourite of places with one of my most favourite of people.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 5 - 80 mins dog walking each day

Running (walking) total - what CK says!
thanks!
 

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Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :
 
70 mins outrigger paddling plus 40 mins commuter walking for me today.
 

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Posted by Scots lass (# 2699) on :
 
Slightly better couple of days (well, today, yesterday I did virtually nothing!), so I now have 40 minutes walking to add. And tomorrow I will be doing more again!
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Walking for 75 minutes, playing tourist (and melting). Aerobics for 25 minutes.

Today's total 95 minutes.

Overall total so far 405 minutes.

Y'all are motivating me, which is good considering the amount of Ben & Jerry's I ate today!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
And then the bike ride to someone's house for Grilled Delicious Things, to the Mall for fireworks, and back home again; let's round it off to 3 hours even.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Wednesday, July 4th: (cont)
5 mins walking to and from a graduation dinner
50 mins walking dog

Thursday, July 5th: (so far)
20 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 95 minutes
Toal so far: 385 minutes or 6 hours and 25 minutes
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Yesterday 1 hour 50 minutes walking, to the metro to get to work, for lunch and then all the way home via ze boutiques (and dammit I swear I have looked in every shop in Paris and I CANNOT find a pair of shoes for my brother's wedding...)

Feeling quite virtuous this morning - ran to work. Added a couple of circuits of the park to make it up to 10km. Call it 1 hour.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
90 mins walking this morning, Running total = 450 mins!
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
2 hr 5 min

Tap* plus walk to; walk p.m. in the sunshine!!!!

*I keep them dancing the whole time! The only time they're allowed a short rest is when I'm changing the music!
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
CK, thank you for checking my figures; you're right, I was a minute out yesterday.

Today hasn't been quite so active: a mere 10 minutes high-speed walking and 2 minutes jacks, bringing the grand total to 5 hours and 3 minutes
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 6 - 40 mins running in Race 4 Life 5k... so chuffed as I haven't run properly for ages and it's only 7 weeks and 3 days post-op!

Running (walking) total - 315 mins I think CK!

Loving the challenge!
 

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Posted by Scots lass (# 2699) on :
 
Today has been a definite improvement! 50 minutes of walking and 1 hour of kickboxing.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I'm posting 60 minutes walking - the antibiotics are kicking in and I've got energy. Some of that included scrambling up and down to some railway lines which was a lot more exciting than I meant it to be.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Queries today - Deputy Verger I made your total 3 hours 25 minutes.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
my 7/4 official show is pathetic - 15 minutes walk/run between shifts. I don't feel too bad, though, as essentially I worked 3 different shifts yesterday, all on my feet and running. so the workout was there.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Just 80 minutes today. This heat is just too much for my British/Canadian body to handle.

Total 485 minutes.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
The heat sucks. Only 25 minutes on the bike today.
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 

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Curiosity Killed calculated:
Queries today - Deputy Verger I made your total 3 hours 25 minutes.

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I went back over it and I get 1hr + 50m + 1 hr + 35m. Oh yes, you're right! Thanks! Silly me.

Yesterday I just about doubled it: one hour cycling in the morning (errands and getting slightly lost), two hours walking in the noonday sun. Yes, sun. In London!

And then a 45 minute walk in the evening to go see the lighting up of the Shard, which was not as good from where I stood as the Daily Wail makes out. And then a combo of bus/walk home afterwards, for another 10 minutes on the hoof. Total for Thursday therefore: 3hrs 55 mins.

Gosh, more than doubled it. Running total now... 7 hrs and 20 mins.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
4 July

15 minutes of cycling from work to pub and from pub to home.

5 July

35 minutes of cycling from home to work to climbing to home,

I spent 3 hrs 30 at the climbing wall and I was quite busy, doing a lot of bouldering, so I'll count that as 2 hours of exercise for the purposes of the fitness race.

6 July

10 minutes of cycling to get to work.

This afternoon is the departmental cricket day. I don't play cricket but, on the other hand, I'm helping to look after the small children, so I'll probably get more exercise than the people out on the field.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
At least 1 hour 30 minutes walking yesterday. There's also 15 minutes of cleaning the house in there that I forgot about the other day.

I think I'm reasonably pleased with my progress so far. I know I'm under my best totals - some years I manage to average 2 hours a day - but it's been a crazy busy week. Also running to work cuts time off the total but it results in a much better work-out.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Usual twenty five minutes yesterday to work and back on the bike. I'll try to go through and do a t.otal later on today, or tomorrow when I do more times.
Ariston Astinaux, I wish you hadn't said about grilled delicious things. I don't know what they are, but every time I see that post, I want some.
Tg
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Thursday, July 5th: (cont)
10 mins walking to friend's house for dinner
20 mins walking home

Friday, July 6th: (so far)
30 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 80 minutes
Toal so far: 465 minutes or 7 hours and 45 minutes

Yup, dog walking is definitely the answer. Probably not enough to make me actually want a dog though. Flatmate is working tomorrow so I'll probably take the dog out for a nice long wander if the weather's decent. And then there's a ceilidh in the evening for some more high-energy activity. There should probably also be some vigorous housework this weekend too.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
No time for any physical exercise yesterday due to a manic shift (starting at 6.15am), a training day at work (lots of sitting around feeling depressed!) and then messy church. Though, to be honest, I am sure I ought to be able to claim triple for every second spent at Messy Church. Surely? Even if I was sitting down for most of it.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

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Originally posted by Tea gnome:

Ariston Astinaux, I wish you hadn't said about grilled delicious things. I don't know what they are, but every time I see that post, I want some.
Tg

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You only thought you wanted some. Oh, and click on different places in the pictures to refocus them.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 30 min

Gym, plus walk to/from
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Bit pathetic, this.
Not much that could be called exercise over the last few days; feeling distinctly below par and running recently has been rubbish.

Thus, all I can add now is a day's sailing/supporting sailing yesterday of which only about 30 minutes could be called moderately strenuous (using paddle to get in as wind died, hauling boats in/out of water, and so forth); and 30 minutes walking (to/from shops) and 35 minutes running today. Thus 1 h 35 m to add.

Not very impressive. And I doubt if I'm going to get much chance to run/gym over the next few days.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Today I walked for 1 hour 45 minutes.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Managed 95 minutes today . I'm on vacation so I should be doing a lot more. I'm going to keep blaming it on the heat though. That and the cookies that slow me down.

Total... 580.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
One hour and twenty minutes walking with my boy.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I'm declaring 30 minutes today and a feeling of not pushing myself.
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 

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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
Today I walked for 1 hour 45 minutes.

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You should have run, you'd have got there much quicker.

I'm pulling out of this month's effort.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Hour fourteen of walking to see the undergrad human wreckage on Friday night in a college town after it cools off to merely "Hell."
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Days 6 and 7 - 60 mins doggy walking each day so

Running (walking) total - 435 mins I think!

Glad to hear you're feeling better CK!
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Friday, a bit of walking - 15 mins at lunchtime and 20 minutes (plus bus) to and from ringing, and about 30 minutes of actual ringing for an approximate, but conservative, total of 1:05 for the day, bringing running total to 8 hrs 25 mins.

Saturday... so far all I have done is to cook a fairly amazing breakfast and then devour it, so we won't count that!
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
So far today I have run for 1 hour 5 minutes (same route as before but quicker). I shall come back later with a walking report.

Also there is a party tonight so I shall hopefully having some dancing to report. OTOH the theme is Scarlett O'Hara and I shall be resplendent in a 1960s lace wedding dress (yes really). Don't know how easy it's going to be to dance in...
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Oops, forgot to do yesterday. Well, better late than never!

Yesterday (6 July) Another 2 minutes jacks and 10 minutes high-speed walking (in very heavy rain)

Today (7 July) 2 hours 10 minutes heavy cleaning followed by 1 hour 20 minutes at the gym and 2 minutes jacks

Running total: 8 hours 37 minutes
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
85 mins walking yesterday and
35 mins running this morning and
80 mins walking this afternoon

Think my running total is now 650 mins
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Saturday. 15 minutes walking to church for 90 minutes solid ringing (mostly on the tenor, very sweaty). Afterwards, 5 minute walk to pub and 20 minutes home. Total for the day: 130 mins or 2 hrs 10 mins.

Running total, I think: 10 hours 35 mins.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Oops again - I just noticed that my running total ought to be 8 hours 47 minutes

Doh!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
nothing for the fifth that I can remember. yesterday the 6th - a total of 40 minutes dancing and 30 minutes hiking.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Fifty minutes walking today. Not bad when you consider that I had spend all day from 9am to five thirty standing. I checked and it's no wonder I feel exhausted cos it really does use a lot more calories than sitting. Boy, do my feet hurt!
 

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Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :
 
Thurs 5th: 40 mins commuter walking

Fri 6th: a paltry 15 mins commuter walking

Sat 7th:
20 mins commuter walking
80 mins outrigger paddling
2 hours walking round Hampton Court Flower Show. It was actually 4 hours in total but at a slow potter, and included a wee stop to refuel with Pimms, so I'm only going to count it as two.

[ 07. July 2012, 21:50: Message edited by: Yangtze ]
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
6 July

40 minutes of cycling (from work to 'cricket' day to home to climbing to home).

5 minutes of running around and climbing with small children.

50 minutes (effectively) of evening climbing.

7 July

25 minutes of morning run.

2 hours 10 minutes of walking (for shopping trip and for walking to/from trains to visit a friend in Reading).
 

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Posted by Meg the Red (# 11838) on :
 
Got some catching up to do:

July 4 - rainrainrain so I took the train to work - still got in 45 minutes walking

July 5 - 40 minutes cycling to and from work, along with 12 minutes walking at noon.

July 6 - 40 minutes cycling, and 20 minutes walking and stair-climbing

Today - 1 hour cycling to the farmer's market and library, followed by 25 minutes on my hands and knees washing floors and scrubbing the rugs in the wake of elderkitty's latest barf-o-rama.

We're heading into a heat wave, so not sure how much outdoor exercise I'll get this week as hot weather and I do not coexist peacefully.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
40 minutes

Total 620 minutes. Although if tomorrow is also 104°F I'm going to start my walk back up to the True North Strong and Free.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
2 hours biking this morning while it was merely Hellacious, and 20 minutes walking at night when it was only Miserable. Liberty, I'll join you on your walk.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Right. I'm up to 185 minutes to this post.
I can add to Friday half an hour walking (noodles and pub), it might have been a bit more, but forgot to time.
Yesterday I went to Stirling castle with a friend. We spent most of 12-6 walking about but that includes stopping for lunch and things, and to be fair quite a bit of it wasn't really very aerobic.
I think I can give myself 90 minutes. It was a very good afternoon out.
So total to the end of this post is 305 minutes I think or five hours and five minutes.
Tg
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:

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Originally posted by Tea gnome:

Ariston Astinaux, I wish you hadn't said about grilled delicious things. I don't know what they are, but every time I see that post, I want some.
Tg

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You only thought you wanted some. Oh, and click on different places in the pictures to refocus them.

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Nope, still want them. On the plus side, that was pretty much my evening meal last night, with added delicious sausages
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
posted to here

Declaring 3 hours walking yesterday - collecting daughter from a train, so 15 mins to tube, 10 mins changing at Bank and getting to right place at St Pancras. Then we walked down to South Bank via Grays Inn Road and Waterloo Bridge, walked along South Bank to Tate Modern and climbed up and down the stairs (well two escalators, but the rest was stairs) to the top floor to find we'd just missed tea, then to tube at St Paul's and detour home via supermarket. It took longer, but we were moving pretty fast, faster than my lungs wanted to go.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

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Originally posted by Tea gnome:

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:

quote:

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Originally posted by Tea gnome:

Ariston Astinaux, I wish you hadn't said about grilled delicious things. I don't know what they are, but every time I see that post, I want some.
Tg

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You only thought you wanted some. Oh, and click on different places in the pictures to refocus them.

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Nope, still want them. On the plus side, that was pretty much my evening meal last night, with added delicious sausages

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Wait, you didn't see the grills laden with delicious sausages in the background? Probably a good thing—then you'd have been even hungrier.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 45 min

Long walk, but detours and regular puddles linking to form mini lakes caused it to take longer ... which I suppose is a good thing in the race!!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
50 minutes morning yoga today 7/7. "morning" in my case being 2 pm. I soooo needed it after working so many hours on my feet - Wednesday and Thursday were both 14+ hour days, and friday was at least 10. my body was stiff and achy everywhere.

add to that a 20 minute walk that should have been longer but the rain became a torrent. no dancing tonight as I got no breaks from behind the bar, but it was okay because even if it doesnt count for the race, my work this week has probably burned a ton of calories! hooray for the end of the long holiday weekend.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Days 8 - hour and a half on the beach doggy walking but I think that 65 mins is probably fair as quite a bit of it spent watching dogs rather than walking after them!

Plus 10 mins cliff-climbing!

Making a total of - 510 mins I think!

Thanks!
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
I'm so losing this race lol. A further fifty minutes walking today for me at
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Well I ended up spending the whole night at the party helping with preparing/serving the food so no dancing at all (OTOH my Scarlett O'Hara outfit was pretty damn fetching)

Still managed to get in 1 hour 10 minutes walk. For today 1 hour walk and 15 minutes cleaning the house (sweeping the floor and scrubbing the shower tiles).
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
OK, I did 1 hour 5 minutes high-speed walking today (should have done some cleaning too but decided Sunday is supposed to be a Day of Rest).

This makes my running total 9 hours and 52 minutes if my calculations are correct.
 

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Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :
 
Sun 8th: A few hours of strenuous and emotional tennis. Oh wait, I was watching not playing.

OK in reality 25 mins commuter walking.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Friday, July 6th: (cont)
40 mins walking home via the shops (some of it carrying the dinner)
60 mins walking dog

Saturday, July 7th:
20 mins walking between shops (and at a fair lick because if the rain)
90 mins walking dog
5 mins vigorous hoovering
60 mins ceilidh dancing (in about 4 hours of ceilidh, offset by the stovies at half time)

Sunday, July 8th
90 mins walking dog in the forest

Total to add: 365 minutes
Total so far: 830 minutes or 13 hours and 50 minutes

A most satisfactory weekend total, methinks. And there's a local public holiday tomorrow so we'll probably spend at least some of the day tiring out the dog some more.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
8 July

30 minutes cycling to and from church in the morning.

2 hours cycling to Charlbury for a friend's birthday barbecue (via work to print out a map and via a small detour when I got lost). The ominous weather held off for long enough for us all to enjoy the barbecue!

15 minutes cycling home from the train station. (I don't count cycling from my friend's place to Charlbury station as exercise, as this was largely cruising down hill!)
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Busy day, many miles covered, but a lot of it behind the wheel. I did ring a 15 minute service touch plus an hour or so of rope-in-hand during practice. Plus quite a bit of walking to the needle in the haystack that is parking in London. At least 30 minutes on the hoof. So a (conservative) total for Sunday of one hour 45 minutes s. Sorry my running total is on the disappeared page. I will figure it out tomorrow. Busy now with Jeremy Irons unpacking the Henrys of The Hollow Crown. DV
 

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Posted by Meg the Red (# 11838) on :
 
Walked to the park to play tennis this morning - 23 minutes walking and 25 minutes running after balls I'd missed or hit in to the next court. We bought a new TV and offered our old one to a friend; add 15 minutes TV-lugging and furniture-moving.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
110 minutes . Most of that walking to buy worms.

730 minutes total.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
1 hour, hoping that going for a walk outside would bring storms and cold fronts down upon my unwary head.

For once, it didn't work.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Ariston, IF and I tried the same "Oh, let's go outside with no waterproofs and it will rain" tactic. No luck.

Let's start the walk to Canada?!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
One hour at the gym this morning.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
9 July

25 minutes of morning run.

15 minutes of cycle to work.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 ht 50 min

Gym, plus walk to/from; plus walk to/ffrom pharmacy.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
20 minutes high-speed walking
2 hours 10 minutes heavy-duty cleaning

Running total: 11 hours 22 mins

(Having problems today with dodgy knee, but will keep going pro tem; may have to drop out if it doesn't get any better)
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Today I walked for 1 hour 25 minutes - commute, groceries and important bit of shopping (I took all my stuff to work so I can run there tomorrow morning but omitted to pack any underwear which necessitated a trip to a lingerie shop on the lunchbreak (good thing there's a sale on...))

My knees are protesting a bit - I think my running shoes are Knackered™. Have ordered a new pair so hopefully all better in short order.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Better enter up the backlog.

Previous balance 3hr 55mins

Wed 4th July - 70 minutes cycling to work & back
Thur 5th July - 70 mins cycling to work and back
Fri 6th July - nothing at all
Sat 7th July - 20mins (5 min walk to hairdresser, 5 min mad dash to cash machine as I didn't have enough money, 5 min dash back to hairdresser, 5 min walk home).
Sun 8th July - managed to squeeze a bit of sport watching in between church and more church - but no time for actual exercise.
Mon 9th July - 80 mins walking half way to work and half way home again.

I make that another 240mins (or 4 hours) so new total 7hrs 55mins
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Well, today has really well and truly made up for lost time. I can barely walk!

Three hours playing in the garden: football, bikes and "it".
 

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Posted by Scots lass (# 2699) on :
 
I was quite good on Friday, and managed 40 minutes of walking. Sadly I then spent a lot of Saturday somewhat hungover and managed 10 minutes of walking. Sunday involved 30 minutes of chores and walking but today has been very good and had 40 minutes walking and 60 minutes kickboxing.

Which I think adds 3 hours to my total, but kickboxing has sapped all my energy and my arithmetic might be a bit out!
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
OK, so I opted in at lunchtime on Wed 4 July, then forgot to post for several days. So here's something of a catch-up post.

4 July, 30 minutes cycling home.

5 July, 30 minutes getting to work, 40 minutes getting home by the scenic (and muddy!) towpath. I make that 1 hour 10 minutes for the day.

6 July, just 4 minutes walking between work carpark and work site. After the problems trying to get home when there were serious traffic incidents on 2 of my 3 possible routes, I couldn't face going out on the bike that evening...

7 July. Nothing to count for the race. Just one of those days.

8 July

• 7 minutes walking to church
• 25 minutes service ringing and ringing down
• 7 minutes walking home (interspersed with pauses for gossip)
• 10 minutes chopping back a rosebush that fell out of the hedge

1. la vie en rouge ..... 15h 0m
2. Ultr1crepidarian .... 15h 0m
3. To The Pain ......... 13h 50m
4. Liberty ............... 13h 10m
5. AristonAstuanax ... 12h 57m
6. Susan Doris ......... 12h 40m
7. Curiosity killed ..... 12h 25m
8. Jane R ................ 12h 22m
9. Deputy Verger ...... 12h 20m
10. Jenn. .................. 10h 50m
11. Yangtze .............. . 8h 45m
12. harmony hope ....... 8h 30m
13. Just Me ................ 7h 55m
14. Meg the Red .......... 7h 50m
15. Smudgie ............... 7h 10m
16. comet ................... 6h 50m
17. Scots lass .............. 6h 0m
18. Tea gnome ............ 5h 55m
19. blackbeard ............ 5h 35m
20. Celtic Knotweed ..... 3h 33m
21. Angel Wrestler ....... 1h 15m

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Jane R has added up wrongly. I make her total 12 hours 22 minutes to the 9th July.

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Really? Woohoo! I must have looked at the wrong post when adding up, or something.

Just as well this isn't the maths thread...
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Previous times, so you can set your targets against yourselves, not feel downhearted by those who have a better exercise habit, alphabetical order this time:

We have times for Nov07 / Jan08 / Jul08 / Jan09 / Jul09 / Jan10 / Ju10 / Jul11 / Jan12

Angel Wrestler - -/July10:17h19m / Jan12:17h31m

AristonAstuanax - first timer

blackbeard -/41h35m/30h50m/51h15m/40h50m/53h40m/27h40m/12h25m/33h45m

Celtic Knotweed 23h42m/-/42h/32h45m/41h42m/35h32m/39h/44h53m/35h39m

comet -/34h10m/58h45m/3h25m/-/-/41h40m/23h27m/57h25m

Curiosity Killed 49h40m/36h30m/29h/42h/54h20m/31h5m/34h55m/40h55m/19h55m

Deputy Verger Jul11:40m/Jan12:34h20m

harmony hope Jan12:23h29m

Jane R - first timer

Jenn. - Jan12:41h29m

Just Me - Jan12: 14h55

la vie on rouge -/-/46h/-/60h17m/-/32h10m/55h6m/32h45m

Liberty - first timer? can't find you under icklejen either

Meg the Red -/24h30m/-/11h25m/50h50m/22h52m/52h47m/-/34h28m

Scots lass Jul12:11h40m

Smudgie -/16h05m/5h30m/29h45m/11h30m/22h55m/14h40m/5h/5h31m

Susan Doris -/-/54h25m/45h55m/41h40m/36h55m/51h45m/37h25m/-

Tea gnome -/-/-/-/Jul9:29h30m/43h55m/45h10m/-/30h20m

To the Pain 27h35m/-/32h40m/29h2m/41h7m/39h30m/42h/-

Ultracrepidarian -/46h45m/57h20m/-/34h45m/-/8h50m/-/-

Yangtze 42h55m/27h55m/28h25m/40h20m/35h/40m/51h/41h40m/26h40m/13h55m

[ 10. July 2012, 08:34: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Monday, July 9th:
20 mins walking to and from shops and lunch
75 mins walking dog
5 mins trampolining with dog in an effort to tire her out before a visitor arrived

Tuesday, July 10th (so far)
20 mins walking from garage to bus stop after dropping car off

Total to add: 120 minutes
Total so far: 950 minutes or 15 hours and 50 minutes

CK, you're a marvel! It's enough of challenge for me to keep my total under control, I'm always impressed that you keep them all straight.

All this miserable drizzle is not inspiring me to get out there and move, so hopefully the fitness race and the fact that I have forgotten my packed lunch will get me out at lunchtime today. And flatmate took the dog while I took the car this morning so I have a bit of catching up with myself to do. This week could have a good spread of dancing across it though, so that might help.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Thanks CK. I am genuinely surprised to be on top - I don't feel like I've put as much time in as some previous years, so that's nice.

I have a nasty feeling I have picked up Scots Lass's cold (can you catch a cold over the internet?). Took lots of vitamins and ran to work but fairly slowly and feeling a bit groggy. 8km/50 minutes. Here's hoping the exercise will give my immune system a kick up the backside...
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
Thanks CK! I was wondering how I was going - I haven't been keeping track this year. I'm pleased to see that I'm not doing badly at all so far.

And it's very interesting to see the old times. I can definitely see the year where I got busy and dropped out!

9 July

50 minutes walking from work to choir practice to pub to home. I left my bike at work to avoid any chaos associated with the torch relay!

10 July

40 minutes walking to work from home.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
Sunday 8th 10 mins walking
Mon 9th 20 mins walking, 50 mins climbing.
Tues 10th 120 mins walking

New total, 850 mins (14hr 10 mins)
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
today, july 9 - 15 pushups! from toes! but that was less than a minute or two. all total - general callesthenics and yoga for 20 minutes. sucks for the race, but felt good.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Total today is as follows:

40 minutes at the gym
40 minutes high-speed walking
1 hour 30 minutes heavy cleaning

Total for today: 2 hours 50 minutes

Running total: 15 hours 12 minutes

I may not be able to post for the next couple of days - if so I will catch up on Friday.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Another 70 minutes cycling to work and back again today bringing the total to 9hrs 5 mins

In January I was trying for an average of half an hour a day (so 15hrs 30mins) and at 14 hrs 55 mins just failed.

Hopefully I'll beat that this time - at the moment I look right on target to just fail to double January.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Thirty minutes in the gym today.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Posting 30 minutes brisk walking - even brisker when I saw someone I didn't want to talk to (creepy guy) - and 10 minutes yoga stretches (ouch) - 40 minutes in all
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Liberty - first timer? can't find you under icklejen either

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Yeah 2012 is the first time I've done any exercise ever. Apparently at some point I'll start liking it... still waiting!
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
OK. 45 minute walk + 40 minutes aerobics + 15 minute swim = 100 minutes

890 minutes in all.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
One hour walking to/from work, then twenty-three minutes riding in a downpour. I think I got soaked enough for it to qualify as swimming.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
7/10 - better. 60 minutes walking to work, and a 30 minute bike ride on park trails with mini me.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
At a conservative estimate 1 hour 40 minutes walking yesterday (on the lunchbreak, to an evening meeting and home).

My new bright red Nikes have arrived (woohoo for women's sportswear that isn't fuschia pink!!) Haven't actually tried running in them yet but they definitely feel bouncier than the old pair. Hopefully my little knees are going to feel happier.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Tuesday, July 10th: (cont)
20 mins walking to and from shops for lunch
20 mins walking home from work
45 mins walking dog

Wednesday, July 11th (so far)
35 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 140 minutes
Total so far: 1090 minutes or 18 hours and 10 minutes

I'm happy that once I made up for missing the first day I managed to get my daily average over 90 minutes of activity, with 7 out of 11 days being over 100. Just got to keep it up but that shouldn't be a great challenge barring accident or illness.

This means that beating all my previous times should be a breeze, but maybe I should keep a bit of a lid on it - by the time the January race comes around I will live nearer to work and will have returned the dog.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 9 - bit desperate only 5 mins walking(Ugandan visitors and daylong course and daughter's trip abroad scuppered me!)but determined to log some exercise every day!

Day 10 - 60 mins dog walking

Day 11 - 60 mins dog walking...honestly I'm not that boring and I do try and do other exercise but the dogs do need their walk and I still have visitors...

Making a total of 635 mins I think - apologies CK if I keep adding it up wrong..very tired which doesn't help my mental maths!

Thanks!
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
10 July

25 minutes cycling from work to climbing wall to home.

Roughly 1 hour 15 minutes worth of exercise at the climbing wall (a bit less than half the time I spent there). I'm sure I'd be very depressed if I worked out how much time was actually spent on the wall rather than standing around at the bottom trying to work out how to do a climb or waiting for my arms to recover.

11 July

15 minutes cycling to work.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 50 min

Yesterday, Tuesday, to doc and back - no more bandages on leg thank goodness! Plus gym and walk to/from today, Wednesday.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Gosh, I must be more disciplined about posting. Monday and Tuesday 25 minutes each. Today first PT session (owche) so an hour and twenty. Plus 1hour housework (included scrubbing bathoom tiles, a job i detest) Total this post 190minutes or three hours ten minutes.
Total altogether nine hours five minutes I think.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
I am not sure which is winning, my halo or my aches and pains.

Suffice to say I have clocked up another one hour at the gym. My poor body doesn't quite know what's hit it.
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Bit of up-catching to do. Monday – an hour ringing, and about half an hour walking (including heaps of stairs, which are an occupational hazard), for 1h30m.

Tuesday 10th, one hour Pilates, an hour ringing (two-hour practice of which I was busy at least half the time), plus walking to and from bus and pub… at least half an hour, for another 2hrs30m. The weather is just too changeable to risk cycling. When it rains it really really rains.

Wednesday 11th – just 30 minutes ringing this evening, and about the same in transit. 1hr.

Total for three days (approx but conservative): 5 hours for a running total of 17hours 20mins.

Thanks, Curiosity, for the maths. You are a star. You hardly need our own calculations. Sadly the missing Jan 2011 race is the one in which I did well, but I forget the specifics. I remember being close to Blackbeard and Rosa Winkel and Comet, I think. Something weird with my last summer total unless I dropped out with less than an hour recorded! But I don’t remember and it doesn’t matter. It’s a new game, and I feel older!

 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
Today 10 mins heavy cleaning, 30 mins walking, 1 hr zumba.
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Spent the last few days sailing, which had its moments (mainly due to very odd weather) but of course doesn't count. About the only thing which would count is a walk, on the island off the Hampshire coast, from Folly to Newport and back - about 2 hours total. And in sailing wellies, which, considering the state of the path, was just as well. Went past the site for the Isle of Wight festival - scene of desolation and mud.

So, 2 hours to add my my paltry total. Must do better, but not sure when the opportunity will arise.
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
Couple more days to post. I've got to do more than my usual commute later this month, as we're checking on the vole whilst parents are away (Mum doesn't do normal pets ). This might just up my times.

10 July

• 30 minutes to work
• 32 minutes getting to parents ahead of the rain!
• 22 minutes getting home
• 10 minutes walk with Sandemaniac after dinner

• 30 minutes to work
• total of 28 minutes getting home with pause to avoid torrential downpour
• walk to allotment and back probably 15 minutes worth of effort

quote:

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Originally posted by Liberty:
30 minutes of aerobics, 90 minutes of walking.

Total of 120 minutes for today.

Running total 1,010 minutes.

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Went for an unexpected, but rather pleasant, 60 minute walk after dinner out with friends, so my actual total for July 11 is 180 minutes. Tota; 1,070 minutes.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
good day! 40 minute bike ride to work (drove home as my kids brought me the car) followed by a 1 hour and 45 minute hike with my daughter for her birthday. it was wonderful. and good for the ol' tude.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Total for yesterday: 40 minutes high-speed walking with heavy rucksack and suitcase

Running total: 15 hours 52 minutes
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Wednesday, July 11th: (cont)
20 mins walking home from work
60 mins walking dog

Thursday, July 12th (so far)
35 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 135 minutes
Total so far: 1225 minutes or 50 hours and 25 minutes

Rather strangely I ought to have my total from the January 2011 race, but I seem to have overwritten it with my August 2011 times. Ho Hum.

Tonight I have to go and teach 175 guides some ceilidh dances. This will involve demonstrating each dance so I'll eke out a few minutes, but mostly I suspect I will be standing around directing traffic. Goodness knows when the dog will get her walk this evening. Perhaps I shall take her on the trampmoline again (which mostly involves her running circuits around the garden then joining in for a bounce every so often) so she has at least moved before we get back late and are faced with a furry whirlwind wanting out.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
The mojo returneth . I seem to have successfully fought off that cold (zinc supplements) and I have sproingy new running shoes.

1 hour 45 minutes walking yesterday (commute, lunch and evening meeting) and 1 hour run to work this morning.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
2 hours walking so far today, and i forgot something so I'll be going back to the shops shortly...

Running total 17hrs 50 mins (1070 mins)
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
11 July

45 minutes cycling from work to climbing to pub to home.

About 1 hour worth of exercise at the climbing wall.

12 July

15 minutes cycle to work.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
A further 100 minutes walking to get the forgotten bits gives me a running total of 19hrs 30 mins (i think!)
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 20 min
Tap plus walk to and part home. I would like to have added more walking time this afternoon, but ... well, unsurprisingly, it's raining again!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Finally, here's my totals for July so far:

1st: 1 hour of walking in Wrocław and Berlin, largely carrying luggage

2nd: 25 minutes of carrying luggage in Berlin and Göttingen and a 35 minute walk in the evening in Asche. 1 hour in total.

3rd: 10 minutes of a walk in the morning, and an hour of jogging and walking in the evening. 1 hour and 10 minutes in total.

4rd: 45 minutes of volleyball followed by a 20 minute run. 1 hour and 5 minutes in total.

5th: 1 hour and 20 minutes of volleyball.

6th: A 45 minute walk.

7th: 1 hour and 30 minutes of volleyball.

8th: 30 of walking, largely with luggage, including in Dresden.

9th: 50 minutes of carrying luggage in Dresden and Wrocław

10th: 1 hour of walking

11th: 15 minutes of bodyrocking and 40 minutes of walking. 55 minutes in total.

12th: 45 minutes of walking and 15 minutes of bodyrocking. 1 hour in total.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Adding on 1 hour 50 minutes of walking for today (to get lunch and then all the way home from work in the rain).
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Hour and ten minutes today, variously cycling and walking about on errands and running up and downstairs with the vacuum cleaner ( we live in an upright rather than a flat)
Tg
 

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Posted by Scots lass (# 2699) on :
 
Tuesday: 20 minutes of walking
Wednesday: 30 minutes of walking
Thursday: 50 minutes of walking + 60 minutes of kickboxing (next week I need to do more of that!)

So that's 2 hours 40 minutes for this post. I need to get a bit more in I think!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Yesterday: 1 hour of luggage lugging to the bus station, through the airport, off the airport, etc.

Now to hope I don't fall horribly behind now that I'm in a "pedestrian=hood ornament" city.

[ 12. July 2012, 20:31: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
90 minutes heavy duty cleaning, scrubbing down the kitchen walls with sugar soap as a forerunner to decorating them. I did get outside briefly, but it started raining before I got my boots on to go outside properly
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
Well done, all!

I had a lazy week last week, but here's this week so far:

Walking (work, errands) - 35 minutes
Swimming - 64 minutes
Weights - 25 minutes
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
oops - missed edit window for one more errand I forgot

10 minutes walking.

(with the times y'all are posting, I need every 10 minutes I can get! )
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
120 minutes on July 12th.

Total 1190 minutes.

Off on my hollibobs tomorrow! )

[ 13. July 2012, 04:38: Message edited by: Liberty ]
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Thursday, July 12th: (cont)
20 mins walking home from work
45 mins walking/marching/dancing/waving arms around in a midgey field during 1.5 hours ceilidh dancing at guide camp
40 mins walking dog

Friday, July 13th (so far)
20 mins walking to work - flatmate started work later than me this morning so she took the dog after I left.

Total to add: 125 minutes
Total so far: 1350 minutes or 22 hours and 30 minutes

Oooops! Please ignore the 5 for 2 substitution typo from yesterday. Getting to 50 hours this early in the game would be impressive indeed!

Well, ceilidh dancing with the guides was interesting. 'There's a marquee' they said. And there was, but how they expected that many girls to dance in it was beyond me. So we set up outside and turned the generator off every time we needed to give instructions then had multiple people relaying them once the generator and the music had been started up. They seemed to enjoy themselves.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
so far today, 30 mins of waking bringing total to 20hrs!
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
25 min

To station and home and from museum to station. There was one of the 'Touch Tours' this morning(for a group of blind and partially-sighted with guides) in the Sea City Museum in Southampton. Newly re-designed building and a superb exhibition.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
5 mins relentless challenge, 35 mins walk/ run. I will get fit!
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
catching up on backlog:

Yesterday (12 July): 40 minutes high-speed walking plus 10 minutes stair-climbing

Today: 1 hour 50 minutes high-speed walking

Running total: 18 hours 32 minutes (I think)
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Yesterday (12 July) mainly boat related but the only bit that might count would be 10 m total hauling boats up slipways. (They are called slipways due to algal growth with an apparently negative coefficient of friction, leaving the unwary embarrassed, bruised and very wet.)

Today, Friday 13th, about an hour walking plus 35 m runnish.

So total for two days is 1 h 45 m.

Must Do Better
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Went jogging for 20 minutes in the afternoon and the evening saw me doing bodyrock for 25 minutes. I also walked for 10 minutes.

55 minutes in total for today.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
Holy cow! Y'all are awesome.

and I can't count teaching advanced swimming students... .. (pout, pout). But fair is fair. It's just that it's hard to do a swim workout after already being in the water 1 1/2 hours.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 

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They seemed to enjoy themselves. [/QB]

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1. To the Pain .......... 25h 50m
2. la vie en rouge ..... 25h 0m
3. Jenn. .................. 23h 15m
4. Ultracrepidarian .... 20h 25m
5. AristonAstuanax .... 20h 05m
6. Liberty ................ 19h 50m
7. Jane R ................ 19h 12m
8. Curiosity killed ... . 18h 35m
9. Deputy Verger ...... 17h 20m
10. Susan Doris ......... 17h 15m
11. Rosa Winkel ......... 16h 30m
12. Just Me ............... 11h 10m
13. comet ................. 11h 05m
14. harmony hope ...... 10h 35m
15. Tea gnome .......... 10h 15m
16. Yangtze ................ 8h 45m
17. Scots lass ............. 8h 40m
18. Smudgie ............... 8h 40m
19. Meg the Red .......... 7h 50m
20. blackbeard ............ 7h 35m
21. Celtic Knotweed ..... 6h 20m
22. Angel Wrestler ....... 3h 29m

 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 55 min

Long walk, plus short one later.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
Just 20 mins today. Walking to and fro. Hoping this cold disappears overnight or my progress could be curtailed rapidly!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
2 hours and 25 minutes of walking.
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Yesterday, busy day but nowt aerobic.
Today, 50 m walking and 35 m runnish giving

1 h 25 m.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Adding on 1 hour 20 minutes walking last night to watch the Eiffel Tower explode , then 50 minutes walking and 30 minutes running today (should really have done more but didn't get home until well after eight in the evening, by which time it was getting a bit late).
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I now have a kitchen painted sunshine yellow and aching muscles. It took 2½ hours to paint it, after at least another 2½ hours to finish sanding, filling, scrubbing down and taking everything out, then putting it all back in. So I'm counting 5 hours.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
7/12: tons of physical work, but on-clock. so I can only claim 30 minutes dancing once I clocked out.

7/13: again with the hard work day, so a mere 20 minutes walk.

7/14: ! day off. we left early to drive to the state park and set up camp. (hiking to site, hauling stuff, cutting and splitting wood, schlepping some trees, etc) then took off on a hike to K'sugi Ridge by way of the waterfall trail. not much milage but a major climb - any steeper and we would have needed to be roped. my kids are natural goats and rocked it, though scared hell out of me a few times. hike back to camp was slower as downhill is tricky for me nowadays with my erratic sense of balance. the rain stayed mostly at bay the whole time!

took a few breaks to play in the waterfall and whatnot, plus great moments of profound slack at the camp, so I'm counting a day's total of 7 hours, 30 minutes which includes camp set-up, wood prep, hike, and post hike swim.

I'm happily not terribly sore.

today, 7/15: took down camp and hiked out (the rain showed up to help us hustle out!) for a total of 45 minutes. I may have more today but I doubt it.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Saturday, July 14th: (cont)
10 mins cycling to town (it's downhill but I was trying to get there in a hurry so I peddled most of the way anyway)
30 mins walking between shops
20 mins cycling home
60 mins walking dog

Sunday, July 15th
20 mins walking dog
35 mins walking to church
45 mins walking home
45 mins walking dog (because she got her usual hour, but I spent some of it looking on as she played in the burn)

Monday, July 16th (so far)
35 mins walking dog
30 mins walking to work the long way 'round

[b]Total to add: 330 minutes
Total so far: 1880 minutes or 31 hours and 20 minutes

Wow! I'm at the top! At least I can use that as a positive aspect of no longer having access to a car. I don't really expect to stay there long though - la vie en rouge has made it past 60 hours in a previous fitness race and a few others have been close before as well. Which would mean I was aiming for 2 hours activity a day. Looking at my spreadsheet I have managed that on eight out of the fourteen full days I've posted so far. And most of those were since the car was consigned to motoring history. So it might be do-able. I'll stick with my 45 hours target for now (that only requires about an hour a day for the rest of the month) but once I hit that I really ought to aim for 60.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
I don't know, you might still get there... Ironically being fitter than I was in the past means that I rack up less time My big scores in the past involved a lot of walking - this month I have been running instead, which is a better work-out, more calories burned etc. but less time to record. I'm pretty sure I won't get to 60 hours this time round.

OTOH, I have a strong competitive streak and since I'm near the top I think I'd quite like to win and consequently intend to give you a good run for your money
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
Considering where I am on the list I need to get moving! Aiming for over 1 hour/day, which just means getting a little bit of exercise over the weekend. I wrote down my times for the last few days to keep track of them, and have left them at home - and having problems logging on from work...

ETA - so now that I'm logging in and posting at the same time, it lets me? Work computer system gets odder.

[ 16. July 2012, 11:53: Message edited by: Celtic Knotweed ]
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
2 hrs 30 mins so far today, mostly walking. I went out intending to run but after 10 mins running i gave up. Running with a buggy is much more difficult than running without!
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
50 minutes high-speed walking
45 minutes workout at the gym

Running total: 20 hours 47 minutes (faint but pursuing)

[ 16. July 2012, 15:31: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
2 hr 10 min

Gym plus walk to/from, not getting too wet! Plus walk pm.
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Today, 2 h coarse gardening and rubbish shifting.

Runnish to gym, gym, runnish back, 1 h

Total - respectable for once - 3 h
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Today - sanding down and second coat on big wall in the kitchen because I shouldn't try doing it in this horrible light, or changing colours so dramatically: two lots of 45 minutes, hour walking around town - two trips up and down - total 2½ hours
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
A humble hour's walking.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Okay - my lovely visitors now safely on their way home and some space at last and apologies for mass posting! So:

Day 12 - 60 mins doggy walking yet again!plus 10 mins strenous digging in terribly wet soil makes 70 mins

Day 13 - 60 mins ditto

Day 14 - 55 mins ditto doggy plus 45 mins extra walking at a pace to get to theatre on time ("Sister Act")makes 90 mins

Day 15 - 65 mins walking miraculously without dogs!

Day 16 (today) - 60 mins usual routine!

So I make that 275 extra hours added to running total of 635 mins makes I think 910 mins.

THank you CK for all your hard work on this!
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Am in the Pacific NW - so no more complaining about the heat!

07/13 95 mins
07/14 75 mins
07/15 240 mins - loooooong, hilly hike!
07/16 60 mins

Most of this was hiking in Oregon. Today we arrived in Seattle, and IF and I were walking around the city, and I was kinda done walking and about to complain when we ran into one of my soccer heroes and I got to shake his hand. I'm beginning to be convinced that exercise isn't all evil...

In summary: I *think* my total is 1,860 minutes. I *know* that CK rocks!
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Monday, July 16th: (cont)
20 mins walking home
60 mins walking dog

Tuesday, July 17th (so far)
30 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

[b]Total to add: 130 minutes
Total so far: 2010 minutes or 33 hours and 30 minutes

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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
I don't know, you might still get there...

OTOH, I have a strong competitive streak and since I'm near the top I think I'd quite like to win and consequently intend to give you a good run for your money

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Oh, right. I shall have to dredge up some competitiveness from somewhere to make it worth your while then. I almost let my flatmate take the dog out on her own last night because I was at the top of the list and wasn't feeling great.

Now I just have to work out which combination of walking/cycling will get me the most minutes while providing the optimum laundry/shopping/dogwalking schedule. And take advantage of the sunshine.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
Ooh. Been a bit busy and haven't posted times for a while.

12 July

25 minutes cycling from work to climbing to home.

About 1 hr 15 mins worth of exercise at the climbing wall.

13 July

40 minutes cycling from home to work to train station to home.

10 minutes of brisk walking from my (late-arriving) train to meet up with friends in London.

14 July

40 minutes walking to the shops and back home.

30 minutes cycling to different shops and to work to check email (my computer is broken ) and back home.

25 minutes evening run.

15 July

About 1 hour's worth of walking from the parking to the far end of Bamford Edge for climbing, and then back along the paths at the end of the day.

I don't know how much time was spent climbing at Bamford, or how much climbing counts as exercise (a lot of it just involves standing around, albeit in precarious positions). I'm going to guess 2 hours 30 mins on the basis that we did six climbs and 25 mins per climb sounds about right for Sunday. (I know that 25 mins to go 10 metres is a bit slow, but we were going the hard way!).

16 July

50 minutes cycling from home to work to choir to a friend's place to home.

17 July

15 minutes cycling to work.

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I'm now going to be away for the rest of the week on holiday and out of computer contact. On the other hand, it's going to be an active holiday helping friends with plastering and maintenance work on a house in Wales (isn't plastering what everyone does on holidays?) so hopefully I'll have some exercise to report from that.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
1 hour 45 minutes commuter walking yesterday and 1 hour 10 minutes running this morning.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
2 hr

Gym, plus walk to, walk from there to Tesco, more walking in the afternoon. No rain for a change!!
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 17 - 55 mins total on lovely beach and walking around fishing port.

total of 690 mins I think!
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Sorry - should that be 965 mins total?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Queries first:

harmony hope, you've under-counted somewhere on your post on 16 July by 70 minutes - I made you'd got to 980 minutes at the end of that post, and 1035 minutes, 17 hours 15 minutes by the end of today's post.

Liberty I made your total to the end of 16th July come to 1660 minutes, 27 hours 40 minutes - which was level pegging with la vie en rouge, until she posted.


Today - I managed to get sidetracked into 45 minutes decorating this morning, then 10 + 15 minutes brisk walking to get where I was going for an appointment, and 2½ hours walking back. By road, it's 4½ miles, but I managed to find ways of adding on extras in the Forest by taking the wrong path and doubling back on myself at least once, and it's less direct that route anyway. So I'm getting faster, particularly considering how skiddy and boggy the conditions were underfoot in places. That's 3 hours 40 minutes
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
Having finally got me, my note of times, and a computer, all in the same place, here goes with a catch-up post.

12 July: 29 minutes biking to work; 40 minutes biking from my workplace to Sandemaniac's workplace in torrential downpour; 20 minutes getting home. Total for day of 1 hour 29 minutes, and a pair of work shoes which didn't dry out completely till Sunday.

13 July: 29 minutes getting to work and 28 getting home. Only managed 10 minutes ringing at practice due to being a bit late, and had to drive due to running late... Total for day of 1 hour 7 minutes.

14 July

• 15 min out to allotment and back to pick veg
• 16 minutes getting into town
• 10 minutes town to parental abode
• 33 minutes getting home again
• 10 min keeping up with Sandemaniac walking from his work parking space to town and back
• 30 minutes biking over to one of the Cowley Road curry places
• 30 minutes biking home much later

• 10 minutes to church
• 15 minutes ringing
• 10 minutes getting back
• 2 trips out to the allotment to weed and pick veg, which I'm going to count as 2 hours 35 minutes actual effort
• bike ride up to Stanton St John to watch some daft cricketers 42 minutes
• bike ride back with more downhill in, 40 minutes

Total for the day of 4 hours 32 minutes.

16 July: 30 minutes getting to work; 27 minutes from work to parental abode; 27 minutes getting home. Total for day of 1 hour 24 minutes.

17 July: 30 minutes getting to work and 29 minutes getting home. Total today is 59 minutes.

Total this post 11 hours 55 minutes, new running total 18 hours 15 minutes. Looks like having to keep an eye on the parental abode whilst they're away is upping my times.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
2 hours walking today.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Goodness me, I've got a bit behind.
Friday 13th 1 hour swimming and cycling
Saturday 14th 25 minutes cycling to work
Sunday 15th I think I can claim a further 1 hour walking
Monday was supposed to be leaving work on time and going straight to the gym, but turned into leaving 3 hours late so 25 minutes getting to and from work.
Today Tuesday 17th 1 hour and 20 minutes walking.

Total for this post 250 minutes or 4hours 10minutes I think. So still quite a bit of catching up to do.
Tg
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
40 m walking (mainly to/from chandlery) today; not terribly exciting.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Sunday 15th - 2hrs 5mins walking to church, 40 minutes walking home (with a bus ride in the middle) = 2hrs 45mins
Monday 16th - 70mins cycling
Tuesday 17th - 25mins walk to post office & back

Running total: 15 hours 30 minutes
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
15 July—there may be more details later, but 3 hours, 30 minutes mountain biking—and, well, I should get an hour extra credit for having an epic crash, right? I caught air going over a bump, took a helmet header when I flew off the bike (which flipped three times on its way down the trail without me), and turned my knee, both elbows, and part of my chin into hamburger. No broken ribs, lost teeth, or fractured skulls, though, so I guess it wasn't that bad of a wreck—and the black bears will probably enjoy the bits of me left on the trail.
16 July—24 minutes walking. Cut me some slack, I was bleeding!
Today—4 hours hiking, bouldering, wading, and fishing. Turns out I sometimes recover quickly.

[ 17. July 2012, 23:21: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
My Goodness AA, I can't top that! I do hope you heal quickly!

I am posting just to surrender. It's been a week, and a very busy week. Today has been the usual Tuesday cocktail of Pilates and bells and cycling and walking. The weekend was full of heavy lifting. The problem is that I haven't posted for a week and I have been so blerry active that I haven't even kept good notes. I can't reconstruct it in good conscience.

So I am bowing out. Good luck the rest of you - I'll still be lurking! Thanks CK. Hopefully next time I won't go off the radar in the middle of the race.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
yesterday - dancing! for hours, but I'll call it 1 hour, 45 minutes to make up for breaks and whatnot. also split wood for a friend, for another 10 minutes.

today - bike to and from work, 1 hour. boosting my time going in, but was a bit lazy coming home so it rounded out. everything else was work related.

tomorrow - we start Insanity. I'm scared!

eta: totally forgot yesterday's activities at first!

[ 18. July 2012, 05:30: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Sorry you're dropping out Deputy Verger.

AristonAstuanax - I haven't added in a bonus hour for falling off your bike, unless you give me more reason than that.

Just to encourage people, To the Pain and la vie en rouge have managed more than 30 hours exercise so far this month (33½ hours and 30h 35m respectively)

A lot of us are close behind, list below of everyone who has averaged around an hour a day or more - and I should keep going to those who've averaged half an hour a day or more for health with the reports this morning, but this is midweek update because so many people have come back with lists of exercise over the past few days.
me 29¾ hours*
UltraC 29h 5m,
Jenn 28h 5m,
AristonAstuanax 27h 59m
Liberty 27h 40m
Susan Doris 23h 20m
comet 23h 5m
Jane R 20h 47m
Rosa Winkel 19h 55m
Celtic Knotweed 18¼ hours
Deputy Verger 17h 20m
harmony hope 17¼ hours
Just Me 15½ hours
Tea gnome 14h 25m

* my muscles are telling me I've done some exercise, but I'm surprised - but I really do need to decorate while I've got time and can keep the windows open
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
For yesterday 1 hour 35 minutes walking (mostly carrying a cello and the world's heaviest music stand).
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Monday, July 16th: (cont)
20 mins walking home
5 mins cycling back to work
10 mins cycling to the shop
10 mins cycling home
60 mins walking dog

Wednesday, July 18th: (so far)
30 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 155 minutes
Total so far: 2165 minutes or 36 hours and 5 minutes

I have traded tomorrow's morning dog walk because I have a cake to make tonight that I want to ice in the morning, but flatmate is probably off work so she didn't think it was a hardship. So I shall have to think of some way to make up for that. I did not enjoy this morning's walk in the rain and the dog looked rather morose once we returned, but it's all minutes.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Update for yesterday and today:

Yesterday (17th); 40 minutes high-speed walking

Today (18th): 2 hours 30 minutes walking (mainly up and down cliffs)

Running total: 23 hours 57 minutes
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Today, 40 m walking and 45 m slow runnish, total

1 h 25 m
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 18 - 60 mins habitual doggy walking!
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
90 mins walking today
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
30 minutes yoga today
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
Nothing wednesday- I suppose I could have gone out for a half-hour walk in between commitments, but it was raining again!! I'm tapping this morning, but will post times on Saturday, as I'm off to stay with a friend until then.

Continuing thanks to CK.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...

Liberty I made your total to the end of 16th July come to 1660 minutes, 27 hours 40 minutes - which was level pegging with la vie en rouge, until she posted.

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You are correct. Thanks so much CK. I am going to blame it on being sleep deprived from travelling.

07/17 - 180 mins
07/18 - 60 mins

Total (I think) 1900 minutes.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
insanity rescheduled for today. son and I took a walk by the river instead - hot day! 1 hour, 25 minutes
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Wednesday, July 18th: (cont)
20 mins walking home
60 mins walking dog

Wednesday, July 18th: (so far)
40 mins combined walking dog and walking to work

Total to add: 120 minutes
Total so far: 2855 minutes or 38 hours and 5 minutes

Times posted yesterday for Monday were in fact Tuesday's - quoting myself to avoid doing the code each time tripped me up.

Turned out I didn't have baking to do (just as well, the banana muffins from the weekend are still in the cupboard) so I walked the dog with flatmate but came on to work rather than going all the way home with them. Meant that I got what might be described as a lie-in.

Today I have set a timer on the oven to hopefully have the dinner cooking when I get home - friends are coming to meet the dog and we're all going for a walk so the food needs to be fairly speedy. Fingers crossed this works!
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Yesterday 2 hours 10 minutes walking (to the metro for work, on the lunchbreak and all the way home via the shops - and *finally* I have a pair of shoes for my brother's wedding) and 1 hour run to work this morning.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Plans to go to gym today scuppered by (a) visit to doctor to see about wonky knee and (b) indisposed child.

Still: 4 minutes jacks (finally remembered I was supposed to be doing these regularly) and 30 minutes high-speed walking.

Running total (in my case, jogging slowly after the leaders): 24 hours 31 minutes
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Yesterday Wednesday 18th 25 minutes And today Thursday 19th 84 minutes for gym and swim and cycling about.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 19 - 60 mins habitual doggy walking plus 20 mins swimming.

CK - waiting for your running total this time as I usually get it wrong (hope that's okay)

 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Not (from this point of view, at least) the best day.
Some shifting of heavy bits of boats, and some coarse gardening, but really, I can't claim more than 30 minutes in total.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
20 minute run (too damned hot!), 10 minute hooping, and 1 hour, 40 minutes moving furniture, books, etc rearranging the whole house and clearing out the storage. whew.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
A pathetic 20 minutes walking today. It's going to be 108º tomorrow, so I see myself doing even less walking/biking in my current car-required city.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Thursday, July 19th: (cont)
20 mins walking to and from shops at lunchtime
20 mins walking home carrying supplies for dinner
60 mins walking dog with friends

Friday, July 20th: (so far)
30 mins walking dog
45 mins walking to work the long way round

Total to add: 175 minutes
Total so far: 2460 minutes or 41 hours

Oh, this quoting things is really not working out for me - the 40 minute dogwalk to work I posted yesterday was Thursday's. Really must be more careful.

So I've broken 40 hours which is pleasing. Another couple of days and I should have hit my original 45 hour target which will be good. In other news I have discovered how to make the oven turn on for a predetermined interval at a specific time - made a very successful roast gammon last night. Of course, finishing it all between four of us (and mopping up the crumbs in a ham omelet this morning) maybe shouldn't have been the plan.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I think I can only count 60 minutes of yesterday. I can feel the 4 hours of standing around waiting for returns and standing watching Richard III as a groundling at the Globe, but I don't think I can count it as aerobic. Walk to and from tube, walk to and from St Paul's, walk up South Bank.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
1 hour 40 minutes walking yesterday. The tickle in my throat is back, maybe I didn't fight that cold off after all...
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
20 minutes dancing after I clocked out - to round up the day.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Today's score is: 50 minutes high-speed walking
1 hour 15 minutes at the gym

Running total: 26 hours 36 minutes

[no jacks; doc says no high-impact until knee is better]
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
A bit better today:
2 h coarse gardening and getting rid of resulting greenery
walking (shopping, for new running shoes) 45 m
runnish to gym, gym, stagger back 1 h 30 m

total 4 h 15 m

now I need to do something with those running shoes ...

I'll be away for a week now (Dartington music summer school, which seems to involve a fair amount of walking, mostly through a very beautiful garden); will report progress on return.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 20 - 75 mins
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
The fitness race works - my (I suspect fruitless) desire to keep up with TTP motivated me to Go For A Walk™ yesterday evening. Added to my commute makes 2 hours 20 minutes.

Still feeling a bit sniffly tho.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Yesterday - an hour going out doing chores - organising paperwork and posting out mugs/postcards in one direction, shopping in the other direction and hau'ling back food - so counting 60 minutes

The Fitness Race isn't working brilliantly for me - this chest infection hasn't completely gone, even after two lots of antibiotics, and I'm finding if I overdo it one day I'm a limp and useless rag the next. But I need to up my exercise gradually and decorate.
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
More catching up...

18 July: 30 minutes to work; 28 minutes home; 24 minutes to parents; 24 minutes getting back. Total for day 1 hour 46 minutes.

19 July: 29 minutes to work; 38 minutes to the Club after work; 20 minutes much later getting home. Total for the day 1 hour 27 minutes.

20 July: being short on sleep I got the bus to work. So that's 21 minutes walking to the bus stop (including some running when it overtook me!), and 6 minutes walking between bus routes on the way home so that I could get off at the stop by the house for a change. Then I managed to fall asleep instead of going ringing. Total for the day 27 minutes.

Total this post is 3 hours 40 minutes, new running total 21 hours 55 minutes.

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
I'm finding if I overdo it one day I'm a limp and useless rag the next.

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I'm finding something similar, but without the good reason of a chest infection! Just take it slow and steady.

Now to go ignore my own advice by trying to get to the library and a wool shop before they shut for the day.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
2 hr 50 min

19th tap plus walk to/from; 20th walk in an NT estate; 21st walks to/from town and around.

Hope your chest infection doesn't hang around too long, CK. I know quite a few people for whom it has been a real nuisance.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Not sure the race is working for me either - I'm not conscious of doing much more than usual - but it's encouraging to see how much of my normal routine counts as being physically active...

Not much to report today, beyond about 30 minutes hard labour (cleaning). I'd like to count the two hours' baking as well because it was exhausting, but it wasn't really aerobic exercise...

This brings my running total to 27 hours 6 minutes
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Putting myself back in the running (or more accurately, the walking ) I can claim at least 4 hours today.
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
19th 20 mins walking
20th 90 mins walking
21st nothing countable after spending all day walking round legoland at toddler pace!
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I'm counting 30 minutes of the 2 hours plus wander down to the local nature reserve and pursuit of butterflies to take photos as aerobic. It was more energetic than it sounds, because I was wading through waist/head high grass and crawling around / getting up and down from squatting and variously moving around trying to get shots. Didn't do well with the butterflies, but did much better with crickets / grasshoppers.

I guess coughing doesn't count as aerobic?
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 21 - 52 mins fast doggy walking plus 2 mins stair climbing plus 8 mins jogging! Yay!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
yesterday 7/20 - nothing of note. felt ick and basically watched movies all day.

today 7/21 so far: 30 minutes of body weight exercises. actually felt damned good. hope for a yoga session before work, but I really need to clean and move more boxes around.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Wednesday - 70 mins on the bike
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nothing to speak of - tearing around all done by car and even the odd few minutes walking was in work time

running total 16hrs 40mins
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 ht 35 min

Long walk.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Well I was walking for most of the afternoon but nearly all of it was at child's pace, so I can only count 20 minutes high-speed walking.

Running total: 27 hours 36 minutes
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Today 50 minutes walking (took the metro to church, walked home) and a 1 hour 10 minute run this evening.
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
21 July: 2 minutes pumping the bike tyres up; 52 minutes actual travel time between various bits of town running errands; 27 minutes getting to and from some interesting not-exactly-graffiti to take a picture; and a walk with Sandemaniac by a circuitous route to the allotment to get veg of which 30 minutes is countable. Total for the day 1 hour 51 minutes.

22 July

• 17 minutes biking to church
• ringing up, a quarter peal in minor, a little doubles, and ringing down took 50 minutes
• 11 minutes from that church to the parental abode
• 18 minutes getting home
• an afternoon of general flat-cleaning, of which I reckon I can count 15 minutes as actually aerobic

1. la vie en rouge ..... 45h 20m
2. To the Pain .......... 41h 0m
3. Curiosity killed ..... 35h 45m
4. Liberty ................ 31h 40m
5. Jenn. .................. 31h 25m
6. Ultracrepidarian .... 29h 5m
7. AristonAstuanax .... 28h 19m
8. Susan Doris .......... 27h 45m
9. Jane R ................. 27h 26m
10. Celtic Knotweed ..... 25h 37m
11. comet .................. 25h 20m
12. harmony hope ........ 21h 32m
13. Rosa Winkel ........... 19h 55m
14. blackbeard ............ 18h 50m
15. Just Me ................. 16h 40m
16. Tea gnome ............. 16h 14m
17. Yangtze ............. ..... 8h 45m
18. Scots Lass ......... ...... 8h 40m
19. Smudgie .............. ... 8h 40m
20. Meg the Red ............. 7h 50m
21. Angel Wrestler .......... 3h 20m

 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 22 - 55 mins walking (rubbish day - got car locked in car park! ) but determined today again!
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Friday, July 20th: (cont)
20 mins walking home from work
60 mins walking dog with friends

Saturday, July 21st:
80 mins walking dog
15 mins cycling to and from shops
15 mins that I'm going to count of dancing at a festival (it was in small, low-impact doses but my legs really felt it in the morning)
30 mins walking dog

Sunday, July 22nd:[b]
30 mins walking dog
40 mins walking to church
30 mins activity while climbing in and out of windows, moving furniture and hoovering at a friend's house
90 mins walking dog before tea

[b]Monday, July 23rd:[b] (so far)
30 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

[b]Total to add: 460 minutes
Total so far: 2920 minutes or 48 hours and 40 minutes

Should have posted over the weekend to stay at the top of the leaderboard (although I'm very happy to take turn about with la vie en rouge). I am utterly amazed that I'm clocking up all this time - I am doing it fairly slowly and probably wouldn't be at the top if this was a test of aerobic capacity or proper endurance (or even if we were logging distance rather than time). There's only been one ceilidh in the mix so far, but I may get to an evening of social dancing at some point - better exercise but fewer minutes as you're rarely moving at all times in any given dance.

My spreadsheet suggests that I am managing just over two hours of activity a day. On weekdays that is simply a function of taking the dog for 90 minutes of walk and walking 40 minutes to and from work. On days when I trade off a dog walk with my flatmate it's usually so I can go and do something else that counts for minutes. Looks like I should be shooting for 60 hours total over this race.

I am now fairly certain that a dog will be a very good investment in my own fitness in the dim and distant future of retirement (or, I suppose, if I should find myself with a job I cannot walk or cycle to). I can skip dance classes or catch the bus to town if I'm feeling lazy, but the dog will need her walks. Of course, this motivation might be more powerful because she's not my dog, I'm much better with external motivating factors and accountability.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
Back from Wales! All times roughly estimated and adjusted to take account of how much time was spent actually doing physical activity.

17 July

30 minutes cycling home to get stuff and back to work again.

10 minutes walking to train station, so I could meet up with my friend in Charlbury.

18 July

About 1 hour walking to and around Ynys Gifftan.

19 July

10 minutes carrying wood, plasterboard and other supplies around.

1 hour building temporary scaffolding and breaking apart old plasterboard.

1 hour 30 mins mixing plaster.

20 minutes cleaning.

20 July

30 minutes walking to and from climbing in the Llanberis Pass.

1 hour 30 minutes worth of exercise climbing at Carreg Wastad.

21 July

About 4 hours of DIY-related exercise, building a couple of barn doors.

22 July

About 1 hour 30 minutes worth of exercise trimming and hanging the doors.

23 July

25 minutes morning run.

15 minutes cycle to work.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Oooh, can we include housework if vigorous?
 

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Posted by Jenn. (# 5239) on :
 
Unfortunately I have to withdraw from the race. Good luck to the rest of you.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
50 min

Walking in town; to the station; from salisbury; walking there and then back here from home station.
free day tomorrow and good weather to look forward to, so should be able to add a few extra minutes.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Nothing Sunday either - desperate measures are called for!

Monday - Walked to work and back - 2 hrs 40 mins. (Yes - I walked rather than cycling just to get the hours up! - but I'm claiming the time anyway )
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
It feels like I've been on my feet (or swimming) all day, but nearly all of it was at child's pace and doesn't count. However:

30 minutes aerobic activity (walking or swimming)

and 1 hour 5 minutes gym workout

definitely did count.

Running total (sorry about the typo in previous message): 29 hours 1 minute
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 23 - good day: 65 mins dog walking plus 55 mins gardening (out of over 2 hrs!)... tomorrow is first proper session at gym
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
July 19: 210 minutes
July 20: 60 minutes
July 21: 145 minutes
July 22: 130 minutes
July 23: 65 minutes

I think my total is 2410 minutes, but I am exhausted so who knows? (CK knows!)

Am on a soccer tour (watching not playing) and what happens on tour stays on tour. But I will say most of my exercise has come from walking around new cities, getting lost, the many stairs of the NYC subway system, and doing the bouncy - example here.

Days with little exercise are traveling days. I'll have slept in 7 beds in 2 weeks. Done on Thursday. I'm getting too old for this stuff.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
You know how some people look forward to summer to get outside and do things?
Yeah. I'm at home in Oklahoma. It's 108º or hotter every day. You go outside and exercise, you die. Thus, I'm getting my butt kicked pretty badly in this here race. I mean, 20 minutes of moving furniture isn't all that much.
Going to be so glad to get back to where it's only 90-something and you can go outside after 8 PM.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Queries first:

harmony hope - yes you can count vigorous housework - I have been known to use the race as a way to kick my butt into spring cleaning

Liberty that time I made you under added and you're at 2510 minutes, 41 hours 40 minutes

Me, I'm declaring a pathetic 30 minutes of aerobic stuff - carrying a 5 litre pot of paint home for the next room, hopefully two rooms, to be dealt with, brisk walk to the supermarket and hauling bags home. The rest of the day was fairly constructive, but not particularly aerobic - the disadvantage of sunny weather is everyone is out, so walks anywhere are stop start as I meet people.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Yesterday 2 hours 20 minutes walking (commute, lunch, all the way home). This morning's run Did Not Go Well™ - it's bloody hot out there, and not once did I manage to get into any kind of rhythm. I also gave up and walked for a while . Ironically, this pathetic attempt gets me more minutes than if I'd been running fast and well. 1 hour 10 minutes.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Monday, July 23rd: (cont)
20 mins walking home
60 mins walking dog

Tuesday, July 24th: (so far)
35 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 135 minutes
Total so far: 3055 minutes or 50 hours and 55 minutes

Preview post is my friend!

La vie en rouge, if you keep putting in two-hour-plus days this is going to get extremely tight! I have a craft project on a deadline in August to deal with as well as the fitness race but it is making me actually go places (like volunteering to go and get the shopping) when I might rather not. I may even do the hoovering again this week (my flatmate prefers to do it, otherwise she can't stand the noise).

In terms of minutes I'm almost wishing we were still going to be racing for the first couple of weeks in August. Once we give the dog back I'll be moving house and helping out at a dance festival so there would probably be plenty of opportunities to be active.
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
23 July

35 minutes cycling work to home to choir practice to home.

24 July

25 minutes cycling home to shops to home to work.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
2 hr 5 min

Gym, plus walk to/from and 20 min walk p.m.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Not doing very well today... a mere 40 minutes high-speed walking.

Total: 29 hours 41 minutes
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:

Liberty that time I made you under added and you're at 2510 minutes, 41 hours 40 minutes

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Is it worse to admit that I can't read my own writing than I can't add?

Thanks CK.
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
23 July: 28 minutes getting to work; 27 minutes getting home; and a trip to the allotment which gave me 20 minutes worth of actual exercise (including getting there and back). Total for the day 1 hour 15 minutes, since the housework in the evening was definitely not aerobic.

24 July: 30 minutes getting to work; 35 minutes getting home as the scenic (and cooler) route is now dry enough to use ; 10 min trekking to allotment and back to get veg. Total for today 1 hour 15 minutes, new running total 28 hours 7 minutes.

Now that I can actually use my usual summer route home without risking falling in the canal, my times might go up a bit more - of course if I'm feeling fit then it won't be much of a difference...
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Today's exercise - 30 minutes moving furniture, 2½ hours painting walls, 1 hour scrubbing floors, cleaning windows (teetering on first floor window sill reaching outside) and starting to move furniture back - that's 4 hours, total 40 hours 15 minutes and 5th behind la vie en rouge, To the Pain, Ultracrepidarian and Liberty.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 24 - good day...

55 mins at gym
95 mins doggy walking up and down dale!

total for day: 150 mins total
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
70 minutes cycling to work and back

Brings my running total to 20hrs 30mins

Well past my January time - though I think I'll fall some way short of doubling it.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Heat be damned, 40 minutes of walking today.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
down with a bad case of the creepin' crud. actually think I may need to head to the doc soon. so things are spotty.

adding to my numbers from 7/21: did a huge amount of work around the house, so adding 45 minutes of general heavy lifting before work. I also danced a little after clocking out, but I can't remember how long and it wasn't much; a few songs.

7/22: I can't remember. I know I performed to a packed house, I know I went to see my friends play jazz afterwards and drank too damned much. but before my show? no idea. so we'll go with nil.

7/23: head cold re-emerged to make my life a living hell. unfortunately it showed up while on a shopping trip to the city, so the last half was evil. then I had to perform again. SO happy I didn't sneeze on stage but definitely performed with watery eyes and general misery. I'm giving myself 1 hour for all of the walking - was closer to 4 but with so much stopping and starting it really shouldn't all count.

today: I'm mizzable. still going to try at least some gentle yoga because my back muscles are bound up tight.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Tuesday, July 24th: (cont)
10 mins walking at lunchtime
40 mins walking home via shops
60 mins walking dog

Wednesday, July 25th: (so far)
30 mins walking dog
25 mins walking to work with a wiggle past flatmate's bus stop

Total to add: 165 minutes
Total so far: 3220 minutes or 53 hours and 40 minutes

Look after yourself, comet!

Feeling a bit sleepy this morning. But yesterday's evening dog walk was later than usual and this morning's was on the early side. At least I got to enjoy the dramatic orange sunset last night. And this morning was really rather warm and pleasant.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Wondering if extra minutes on my total is enough to tackle some serious housework?
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Harmony hope - it totally is, my house has never been so clean or tidy. Since I am decluttering, first bottom to top, then top to bottom I am working up the stair time.

The race has helped me to be more active, although tbh it would have been difficult to be less active than I have been for the last year.
A friend was talking about how beneficial she is finding her exercise regime for her mental health as well, and I realised that in the last, lazy year many of my daydreams have been about physical activity; horse riding, running lightly and speedily (rather than thumpily and slowly which is my current gait), swimming in clear cool water.
I think I was missing it without realising.....

However, back to the point!
20.7.12. 55 minutes Cycling to & from a meeting & walking to the pub
21.7.12. 40 minutes decluttering and housework.
22.7.12. 50 minutes waking for lovely lunch with not-yet in laws
23.7.12. 25minutes Cycle to &from work.
24.7.12. 85 minutes to and from work & gym and trainer.
Total this post 255 minutes or 4 hours 15minutes
Total 20 hours 29 minutes I think.
Tg
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Well I wouldn't have bothered walking last night if it hadn't been for the race. But I want to win dammit and having been thrown the challenge of putting in two-hour days...

1 hour walking yesterday (lunch and part of the way home).

Really need to go out running tonight, but it's finally remembered how to be summer and 'tis very toasty out there.

(I think this can be the new "hot as hell" smiley. Or mebbe this one. )
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
24 July

25 minutes cycling work to slacklining/climbing to home.

1 hr 30 minutes slacklining in the park in the sunshine. Tried doing some jumps and things, so it was even more active than usual!

About 40 minutes worth of exercise at the climbing wall before I started feeling sick (some funny belly ache that went as suddenly as it came) and went home.

25 July

15 minutes cycling to work.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
35 min

Short walk pm. Even though it's hot today, there was a very pleasant breeze - probably as this is so near the coast.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Today 50 minutes commuter walking and 1 hour 15 minutes gentle plodding run (too hot to go any faster).
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 26 - 60 mins slow melt today (goodess me - it seemed to rival Uganda for temperature and sun today!). Don't suppose extra heat notches up any extra minutes?!

Then 90 mins in swimming pool of which a good 45 mins was spent playing water basketball and football - ridiculously good fun! Oh and first thing 15 mins gardening including wrestling with giant hosepipe which weighed a ton!

making a total today of 120 minutes.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
Today let's me add a further 2 hours taking the bike to be serviced then walking home.
Tg
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
7/24: 15 minutes yoga, and a cumulative total of 1 hour, 40 minutes walking.

today (so far): 30 minutes hiking. it was going to be a good long hike, but there was fresh bear sign everywhere and I started to get paranoid, so decided it was time to head back to civilization. yeeps.


edited 'cause I don't speak UBB code today, apparently.

[ 25. July 2012, 23:13: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
end of day addendum - walked to the lodge with the cast for drinks on a very sunny!!! deck and then walked back to the car - an additional 35 minutes. the drinks and accompanying food probably canceled it out, but the company was lovely. and the sun was dynamite! It's been a very grey summer.

I also rolled down the big hill with my son a few times - totally counts! but didn't give me more than a few minutes, so no worries. (taking yourself too seriously? borrow a kid and go roll down a hill. fixes everything.)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Yesterday I can count 2 hours out of the 5 or 6 hours moving furniture, cleaning and decluttering. I did move a filing cabinet and contents, two desks and contents and two bookshelves and contents, plus a whole lot of cleaning - two and half years of working 24/7 has not done much for the housework, this is a huge job. Plus 30 minutes of the two hours I spent outside chasing butterflies. Total for the day 2½ hours
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Wednesday, July 25th (cont)
25 mins walking at lunchtime
20 mins walking home
60 mins walking dog

Thursday, July 26th (so far)
20 mins walking dog

Total to add: 125 minutes
Total so far: 3345 minutes or 55 hours and 45 minutes

Still truckin'. Having suggested two-hour days would keep one in the running (or walking, very much a walking-based race for me this time out) I have managed to do more than two and a half hours on both Tuesday and Wednesday this week. I ended up giving an unexpected tour of the campus yesterday at lunchtime to some of our new students and staff members and the pleasant weather prompted us to consider more regular walking at lunchtime (sorry la vie en rouge!) both now and into the winter when we are in the office through all the hours of daylight.

I'm a bit disappointed to have very few dancing minutes in my total, but it's difficult to find time to take the dog out for an hour after work and also attend a night of social dancing from 7:30-10pm. I shall have to see what I can come up with over the weekend, but I suspect it will mostly be more walking. And possibly some cycling - there's likely to be some of that this evening to make up for trading off the dog walk this morning. The extra hour in bed was absolute bliss.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 15 min

Tap class, plus walk to/from, but actual dancing time was slightly reduced as it was almost too hot!
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Yesterday was not a good day - no time to do any serious exercise. Today has been better:

15 minutes swimming (the rest of the time was spent standing in the children's pool making congratulatory noises whilst Daughter showed off her swimming)

and 1 hour 5 minutes gym workout

Running total 31 hours 1 minute (nowhere near the leaders, but at least I broke 30 hours)
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
I have done half an hour so far today. Not my best. I am also supposed to have gone to the gym by now, I'm not sure what happened to that....
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Sorry yesterday's post "Day 26" should have read "Day 25"!

So today's post for Day 26 - 15 mins dog walking and 65 mins vigorous campervan cleaning makes total of 80 mins
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Wednesday - another 70mins cycling - but nothing Thursday

Running total 21hrs 40mins
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Back where the weather is only Hellacious, so 35 minutes schlepping luggage back home over a mile-and-a-half from the bus (it was heavy, I get to be slow!) and 20 minutes on the bike.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
after morning shift had to run some errands, but the sun was out and lovely again so I blew off the least pressing ones and we went to the beach. (sandy river bank) so walking in, "swimming" aka roughhousing with the boys in water, and walking out - 45 minutes. I wish I could claim more but a good chunk of time was spent being a lump in the sand.

now, off to night shift!
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Thursday, July 26th (cont)
20 mins walking home
60 mins walking dog

Friday, July 27th (so far)
15 mins walking dog (excluding time spent trying to persuade two dogs that they should really carry about their own balls, not each other's)
30 mins walking to work the long way round to make up some minutes

Total to add: 125 minutes
Total so far: 3470 minutes or 57 hours and 50 minutes

Weather gave out last night after an early dog walk so I didn't put in any extra minutes even though I had planned to venture out for provisions. I sat on the sofa doing crochet instead which won't have counted as activity for the purposes of the race but did mean that I made some progress on the huge project that has a deadline in August on it.

Part of me wants to put in a big push this weekend and see how far I can blast through my 60-hour target (I have a 60-hour target, that's ridiculous) but I don't think many of the things I have to do are going to help me add minutes. Of course a totally weekend includes at least 180 minutes of dog walking and 35-40 minutes of walking to church so it wouldn't take much to manage 5 hours of activity over the two days. And there is gardening to be done.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Yesterday wasn't a good day for aerobic exercise, decluttering paperwork isn't that energetic. I can count hauling full recycling sacks of paper to the recycling bin and some of getting out for a wander via somewhere I thought I might get butterfly shots, but met various kids to chat to and then back to the supermarket. I'm going to count 30 minutes moving at aerobic pace.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 27 - 55 mins hill walking with dogs.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
1 hour 50 minutes walking yesterday and 1 hour 10 minutes run this morning.
 

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Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :
 
I'm still here!! I've been away and also not really having time to post here. But I've been keeping track of my exercise.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
addendum to my total for 26th - 30 minutes dancing like a fool after my shift with one of my door men. only 30 minutes but I expect sore thighs tomorrow. I got low. who needs squats....!

edited to change date. 27th has only just started.

[ 27. July 2012, 11:02: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Today: 50 minutes high-speed walking

Running total: 31 hours 51 minutes
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
2 hr 5 min

Gym, plus walk to/from, plus to/from town.
 

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Posted by Angel Wrestler (# 13673) on :
 
I've done what I could, but haven't kept very good track, so just count me out of the race. My primary sport is swimming and since i now teach swimming, I ahve difficulty getting in my own work-out. That, plus I have 2 other jobs and have been BUSY and a littel burnt-out. Then I got an ear infection....

I got ina good walk yesterday and a quick swim last week, and walking to and from one of my jobs, but... just not up to snuff.

Everyone else - well done!
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
1 hour 50 minutes walking for me today.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
1hour 58 minutes Today. Big bike is out of action so much more walking. Also a swim.
I think this totals 22 hours 57 minutes. But I'm prepared to be corrected.
Tg
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
I'm home. I lost my phone, my voice, and (for a wee while) my wanderlust - my own bed feels good after 6 different hotels/hostels/cabins in the last 2 weeks.

July 24 - 30mins
July 25 - 190mins
July 26 - 70mins
July 27 - 35mins

Total - 3005 mins (??????!)

Regular service of aerobics and swimming (and not doing the bouncy) will now be resumed.

Lib x
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
heavy duty house sorting/stuff-schlepping and yard work (cutting down trees and moving them, in this case) for a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes. yay me! I also walked to the coffee shop this morning but forgot to keep track. my back is killing me.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Liberty I make that 2835 minutes - a very good 47h 15m

I'm counting 2¼ hours walking yesterday - that's tube to where I was going, from tube three stops away at the other end and then walking home through the Forest - I'm getting fitter - the route home through the Forest is 5½ miles and I did it in under 2 hours - with a couple of 10 minute stops to take pictures, but I took them off (damselflies and hoverflies/butterflies). It's hilly there, it was considered as the bike route for the Olympics, but it's not hilly enough, no 300m drops. I'm also counting 20 minutes for the two tube walks.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
1 hour 5 minutes high-speed walking

Total: 32 hours 56 minutes
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Yesterday—62 minutes on foot.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
35 min

To town, around and from, twice.
 

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Posted by Deputy Verger (# 15876) on :
 
Sorry now that I let real-life intrude so that I bailed out of this race. It has turned hilarious with hill-rolling, butterfly chasing and "doing the bouncy"!!! I have to admit I had to backtrack to Liberty's link for that, to discover with some relief that it didn't mean what I thought it might.

Anyway, well done all of you who have stuck, and keep on rolling, chasing, bouncing, biking and walking the dang dog!


 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Back from Dartington, and reporting progress:
Saturday 21 July: 60 m walking
Sunday: 30 m walking
Monday: 30 m walking, 1 h 20 m more walking, 40 m running
Tuesday: 30 m walking
Wednesday: 30 m walking
Thursday: 30 m walking, 1 h runnish
Friday: 30 m walking
Saturday: 30 m running

plus, at various times, more walking not fast enough to be even faintly aerobic. And, if singing counted, I would be close to winning this.

Anyway, total for post is 7 h 30 m.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Today: 64 minutes taking laps around the local lake. For some completely inscrutable reason, the usual crowd of walkers, joggers, kids, and slow cyclists was completely absent.

Sometimes the heat's okay.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
would bathing a 160 pound dog who has no intention of being bathed count?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
comet, that certainly sounds aerobic to me (having done similar)
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
okay, I'll count it! and it was, believe me. like wrestling with a panicky and smelly yeti.

so, for 7/28: dog bathing combined with yoga and calisthenics: 1 hour, 10 minutes. my push ups were pathetic today.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
1 hour 5 minutes high-speed cycling

Running total: 34 hours 1 minute
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 55 min

Long walk plus short walk later.
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
24 July, another 4 minutes getting to and from the chippy!

25 July: 28 minutes to work; 35 minutes getting home. Total of 1 hour 3 minutes.

26 July: 28 minutes to work; 36 minutes into town; 22 minutes getting home after giving blood; 7 minutes walking up to ringing; and 10 minutes walking back. No ringing, as with a brand new hole in my arm that would have been a Bad Thing™. Total of 1 hour 43 minutes.

27 July got a bit more energetic (briefly!). 28 minutes to work; 44 minutes to the library by using the canal route; 9 minutes getting home; 17 minutes to the Friday tower; about 2 minutes ringing up; 41 minutes ringing a quarter peal for the Olympics in the evening instead of at 8am ; about 30 minutes of general ringing; 5 minutes over to see the parents; 20 minutes getting home again. Total of 3 hours 16 minutes.

28 July, the only walking I did was between carpark and pub, so a big fat zero for Saturday.

29 July: 10 minutes to church, 15 minutes ringing; 10 minutes back. That's 35 minutes so far today.

Total this post 6 hours 41 minutes, new running total 34 hours 48 minutes.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
3 hours 20 minutes walking yesterday, all the way to Barbès to pick up some stuff for a sewing project. Got the bus back and took another detour on the way home for groceries.

Just 40 minutes walking today. I was planning to walk all the way home from church but it was raining.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Posted to here, declaring 60 minutes of the 2½ hours I spent out walking yesterday - too much waiting for the farmer to come near, then sprinting back again.

Today 7½ miles walk that took 2½ hours (well, nearer 3½ hours but I'm taking off an hour for photography) and 20 minutes rush to supermarket and back - total 2 hours 50 minutes
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Friday, July 27th (cont)
40 mins walking home via the shop for teatime veggies
90 mins dog walking

Saturday, July 28th
20 mins cycling to and from supermarket
120 mins dog walking

Sunday, July 29th
30 mins walking dog
10 mins cycling to church
20 mins walking to lunch
30 mins cycling home
60 mins walking dog

Monday, July 30th (so far)
30 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 470 minutes or 7 hours and 50 minutes
Total so far: 3940 minutes or 65 hours and 40 minutes

That two-hour walk on Saturday was brutal. Off we went in our T-shirts and shorts in the sunshine. Half an hour in it started raining and didn't stop for another hour. We sheltered at a garden centre with scones and tea, it was our original destination and probably the only reason we didn't give up earlier on. Fortunately no-one seems to have come down with anything, probably because when we got home the dog was towelled off and left next to a radiator and the people went and had baths.
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
28th 54 minutes walking,
29th. 30 minutes, bit of cycling, bit of walking, it of running about on the beach (not as much as I hoped, and I would have swum, but there were kite surfers)
30th. 70 minutes walking. Took the very long route home from work.
Total this post 154 minutes or 2hours 34 minutes
So all in 25 hours 31 minutes
I'm really not sure about my adding up.
Tg
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Yesterday (Sunday) 30 m walking and 30 running.
Today, 1 h running at a gradually decreasing velocity.
Total for this post thus 2 hours.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 27 - please can I add 15 mins cliff walking to dog walking 55 mins making 70 mins total for day

Day 28 - walk 50 mins / cliffs 10 mins / bodyboard 25 mins 85 mins total for day

Day 29 - walk over the cliffs: 95 mins x 2 plus 40 mins run/walk making plus 20 mins up and down cliffs x 2 total 260 mins for day

Day 30 - up and down cliffs 20 mins x 2 plus 35 mins dog walking making total 75 mins

Day 31 - is final day...
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Teagnome I make you 2 hours out - total 27 hours 31 minutes

I can say I did 60 minutes reasonable lick walking today - seeking out allotments to take pictures - broken into smaller amounts

There are quite a few people to post times still. Can we ask the hosts to keep this open to the end of this week please, so people like Yangtze and Ultracrepidarian can add their times?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I rock!

yesterday, 7/29, was looking like a bit of a dud. I got called in to work at the bar after the play to cover for a few hours and figured I was skunked. but the band was GREAT. so when I clocked out at 10, I started dancing and kept going until 1 am. woot! so much fun. I need to have an excuse to dance everyday, I'd be half my current size.

anyway, taking into account the band's one break, I can log 2 hours, 40 minutes of good, heavy duty dancing. feels great!
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Friday 27th 70 minutes cycling and I reckon I can probably count 5 minutes of the walking I did.

Saturday walked a fair bit - but all too leisurely to make the grade.

Sunday 28th went for a walk that would normally take me 35 minutes each way. Out was slower than normal with family and chatting, but I had to dash back to get the dinner on leaving the others to their own devices - so made it back in 25 minutes. I reckon 50 minutes is a reasonable claim.

running total 23hrs 45minutes with one day to go.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Today: 59 minutes walking.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
long walk with boys and dogs. we wandered all over, and at a good clip because the youngest was on his bike. 1 hour, 45 minutes. I skipped out on more dancing because I can't stand the idea of going out. it would require clothing.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Well I think it's safe to say that TTP has disappeared in a cloud of dust, but I shall aim at a worthy second place

2 hours 15 minutes walking yesterday and 1 hour 10 minutes running (9 minutes miles* ) this morning.

*yeah yeah I know it's not that fast really. But it is fast for me to keep up that pace for that long.
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Monday, July 30th (cont)
20 mins walking home in the rain
60 mins walking dog

Tuesday, July 31st (so far)
30 mins walking dog
20 mins walking to work

Total to add: 130 minutes or 2 hours and 10 minutes
Total so far: 4070 minutes or 67 hours and 50 minutes

Last day. Homeward stretch. Could be an odd one as I have a cinema trip planned so will have to squeeze walking the dog in around that. Might make me leave my desk at a reasonable time, I suppose. And the transport minutes will be a boost.

I think I'll let my flatmate deal with the morning dog walks for a few days once the race is over.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
1 hr 50 min

Gym plus walk to/from; town to/from.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
I have just checked back andit seems I did not put in yesterday, Monday, 3t0th time. It was

1 hr 35 min

which was gym plus walk to/from.

Sorry about getting out of order.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 

quote:

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Day 29 - walk over the cliffs: 95 mins x 2 plus 40 mins run/walk making plus 20 mins up and down cliffs x 2 total 260 mins for day

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Sorry added this up when I was tired - think it should read total of 270 mins for the day
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
Last post of the month, unless I get overtaken by an attack of extreme restlessness.
Just a walk this time - trying out some brand new boots - about 9 miles or so - 2 h 50 m.

Maybe a pushing of the luck, but in the event, boots were great.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Today: 45 minutes high-speed walking

Final total: 34 hours 46 minutes
 

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Posted by Yangtze (# 4965) on :
 
Golly, it appears that the last time I posted times was Sunday 8th - that's further back that even I thought.

My dodgy ankle which I turned again back in June has been really painful, so exercise has been limited to a bit of commuter walking and outrigger canoeing. Really should get more into swimming.

Have done these as weekly summaries to make life a bit easier for CK

w/b 9th July
140 mins commuter walking
80 mins outrigger canoeing

w/b 16th July
160 mins commuter walking plus
120 mins walking around all over Hackney for the One Hackney Parade, local farmers market, another local market and the Olympic Torch procession

w/b 23 July
210 mins walking up and down the beach plus
60 mins swimming and jumping around in the sea (in shorter bursts) plus
110 mins commuter walking plus
80 mins outrigger canoeing

Mon 30th July:
15 mins commuter walking

Tues 31 July
60 mins commuter walking

Phew. Sorry for not really entering the day by day racing this time around.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
1 hour 50 minutes walking to end the month for me.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
did my first tabata routine today - 4 minutes - heck no problem, right? but in 4 minutes the body was ROCKING so it led to a full upper body lifting routine and I was AWESOME! my arms are jello. so far today: 45 minutes with tabata+lifting and if I didn't have a show to put on I'd keep going.

TRY IT! the video I saw recommended tabata as a quick "wake up" routine in the morning and I'm going to give it a go for a week and see how I feel. I think I love it. and it's so easy. (well, as far as learning and doing. it's a lot of effort!) if anyone wants the rundown, let me know and I'll explain over in the AS thread. 4 minutes= less than a cigarette, a shower, a cuppa. totally doable. fit into one workout song.

and it's only 4 pm here so I may not be finished logging yet. watch this space.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
July 28 - 65 minutes
July 29 - 80 minutes
July 30 - 140 minutes
July 31 - 150 minutes
Walking, aerobics and some scrubbing of the bath!

I've given up on keeping a running total.

This has been fun y'all. I do feel kinda guilty that I was doing all my exercise whilst not working. I'm in awe of you all. (Especially CK for all the hard work! Thank you.)

Lib xx
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Oh. Today is the end of the month. I, um, thought it was tomorrow. Well, I guess those Wednesday bike races are a day too late . . .
Put me down for 1 hour, 1 minute, and 11 seconds of bike riding, then. I did a few extra laps of the AA's Neighborhood Criterium today just to make up for any extra fudging I may have done over the month (and also to justify all the strange rounding I've done as well).
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
Tuesday, July 31st (cont)
10 mins of walking at lunchtime
25 mins walking home from work
10 mins cycling to the cinema
20 mins cycling home from the cinema
65 mins walking dog in a couple of stints either side of the cinema trip

Total to add: 130 minutes or 2 hours and 10 minutes
Total: 4200 minutes or 70 hours

Got up too late this morning for flatmate to even come on the morning dog walk and I can't even count it for race minutes. I shall have to put it down to being selfless and wonderful.

I will admit to working out my likely total yesterday afternoon, figuring out that I would be five minutes away from a 70 hour total (70 hours, how on earth have I done 70 hours of activity in July?) and deciding on that basis to tack a wee diversion onto my walk home. It is kind of good to discover that I can do that level of activity if it's fairly gentle and I have some sort of outside motivation to do it but the responsibility of having to walk the dog every morning and evening does rather eat into my time to do other things. I'm never going to beat this race total so I shall just enjoy it.
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Day 31 (final day!) - usual 60 mins dog walking!

Sorry no idea of total now but usually add it up wrongly late at night anyway!

Thanks CK for all your hard work - without you this wouldn't happen!; for the hosts for hosting and to the other Fitness Race Commrades out there...I've really enjoyed it and can't wait til January!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Goddamn, I had a piece of paper with all my totals, but I threw it out in Northeim, so will only be able to now post from memory:

Monday the 16th: 1 hour and 40 minutes of walking.

Tuesday the 17th: A journey to being picked up included 20 minutes of walking with luggage; in Berlin I walked for a total of 1 hour and 30 minutes with luggage.

1 hour and 50 minutes in total.

Wednesday the 18th: Walk to bus and then to train station, 20 minutes. Changing trains, 10 minutes. Walk to youth hostel, 25 minutes.

55 minutes in total.

Thursday the 19th: Table tennis for 1 hour. 30 minutes of walking.

1 hour and 30 minutes.

Friday the 20th: Table tennis for 2 hours and 15 minutes in total. 30 minutes of walking.

2 hours and 45 minutes in total.

Saturday the 21st: Table tennis for 2 hours and 10 minutes. 45 minutes of walking.

2 hours and 55 minutes of walking.

Sunday the 22nd: Table tennis for 2 hours.

Monday the 23rd: Walk around town for 45 minutes. Table tennis for 2 hours and 15 minutes. Frisbee for 20 minutes.

3 hours and 20 minutes in total.

Tuesday the 24rd: Table tennis for 2 hours and 30 minutes. Walking for 40 minutes.

3 hours and 10 minutes in total.

Wednesday the 25th: Walk around town for 45 minutes. Walk up a hill and back for 1 hour and 20 minutes. Table tennis for 3 hours.

5 hours and 5 minutes in total.

Thursday the 26th: 2 hours and 30 minutes of table tennis. 15 minutes of badminton.

2 hours and 45 minutes in total.

Friday the 27th: Table tennis for 1 hour and 30 minutes. 20 minutes of walking.

1 hour and 50 minutes in total

Saturday the 28th: 45 minutes of walking.

Sunday the 29th: Up the hill and back for 1 hour. Running about town (forgot bank card) for 20 minutes. Walking around town for 20 minutes.

1 hour and 40 minutes in total.

Monday the 30th: 15 minutes of table tennis. 20 minutes to the train station, and a further 5 minutes of walking while changing trains, before a 20 minute walk in Dresden with luggage on my back and shoulder.

1 hour in total.

Tuesday the 31st: 1 hour and 10 minutes walking with luggage in Dresden, before doing likewise in Wrocław for 15 minutes. 40 minute walk in the evening.

2 hours and 5 minutes.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
no more to add for me. I did lots of stuff but it wasn't really "workout" stuff - general housekeeping and such. so that's me, done! great race, folks, and great job, CK!
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Tuesday 31st - walked to work and part way home again - 2hrs 5mins

Final total 25hrs 50minutes

I didn't manage an hour a day and I didn't manage to double January, but it works out as a nice neat 50 minutes a day on average. I can live with that.

J
 

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Posted by Celtic Knotweed (# 13008) on :
 
29 July, another 4 minutes going for a Chinese takeaway.

30 July; 30 minutes getting to work and 27 getting home, total of 57 minutes for the day.

31 July I had to drive so as to get home in time, so 2 minutes each way for getting between overflow carpark and work site, plus 1 minute running up a church path to get to a funeral (we were still slightly late ). Total for the day 5 minutes.

Total this post is 1 hour 6 minutes. Final total for the month of 35 hours 54 minutes. Not too bad given I missed the first few days!
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Totals entered to here, - I can count another 60 minutes finding things to photograph yesterday - wandering up to the skateboard park and also on a march - which meant much rushing back and forward

Ultracrepidarian is still to post a week or more

la vie en rouge, you were only an hour behind To the Pain 69 hours to her 70 hours. Ultracrepidarian had posted 45 hours 45 minutes to the morning of the 26th, so I'm expecting something in the high 50s if not higher.

Rosa Winkel - 55h 10m
Liberty - 54h 30m
me - 51h 20m

and I'll put the other totals up tomorrow to give the other stragglers a chance to post.
 

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Posted by Liberty (# 713) on :
 
Today my cousins flew in. Dodgeball to wear a 9 year old out after an 8 hour flight doesn't count for this any more. I should have borrowed him sooner!
 

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Posted by Tea gnome (# 9424) on :
 
31st walking 1 hour ten minutes
Total 28 hours 41 minutes.
Thanks again for doing the spreadsheets Ck
Tg
 

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Posted by To The Pain (# 12235) on :
 
CK you truly are a legend! Thank you once again for keeping all the maths straight, that's a really thankless task.

Like a number of folk I have lots of activity coming up that won't count for the race - next week I am moving house and helping out with a folk dance festival while the dog's family don't return until next weekend, so there could be all sorts of activity to log.

I guess I shall see everyone in January when I shall be back to my usual lazy self and struggling to fit in minnutes. Hopefully my performance in this race will remind me that I can find the time for exercise even on busy work days.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
harmony hope:

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Day 29 - walk over the cliffs...

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Oh. I see what you mean...

Off to find out what tabata is, in the hope of finishing a bit higher up the rankings next time!

Thanks for organising this, CK.
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Dammit! I coulda won. Oh well.

Thanks CK for organising, and well done TTP who was a worthy winner.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I've pm'ed Ultracrepidarian as I think it's just him to post before I put up the final times. If he's not posted by tomorrow I'll put the final listings up anyway.

{Note to self, still need to add times between this post and the last to the spreadsheet

I'm using my posts on the thread as markers to where I've put stuff on the spreadsheet)
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 

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I've pm'ed Ultracrepidarian as I think it's just him to post before I put up the final times. If he's not posted by tomorrow I'll put the final listings up anyway.

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Ooooh...exciting!
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
Thanks for the PM, CK. Sorry for keeping you up - I got a bit distracted and forgot about posting times here.

Here's the last week:

25 July

15 minutes cycling home, and then 10 minutes walking to the pub and back.

26 July

40 minutes cycling home to work to slacklining/climbing to home.

50 mintues of slacklining and about 1 hour 45 minutes worth of exercise at the climbing wall.

27 July

20 minutes morning run, and then 30 minutes commuter cycling during the day.

28 July

Climbing trip to the Roaches:

About 15 minutes of walking to get from the car to the crags and back again, and about 2 hours 45 minutes worth of climbing exercise while there.

29 July

1 hour cycling from home to church to home, and from home to train station to home.

30 July

10 minutes walking to get public transport to work (caught a bus because I was bringing a cake), and about 40 minutes walking to choir and home after work.

31 July

40 minutes cycling home to work to climbing to home, and about 1 hour 30 minutes worth of exercise at indoor climbing.

Phew. I think it was a pretty normal month in the end, rather than my originally expressed hope to do some 'extra' stuff for the fitness race, but still a busy and happy one.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I think that's it:

1. To the Pain ............... 70h 0m
2. la vie en rouge .......... 69h 0m
3. Ultracrepidarian ......... 57h 05m
4. Rosa Winkel .............. 55h 10m
5. Liberty ...................... 54h 30m
6. Curiosity killed ........... 51h 20m
7. comet ....................... 40h 55m
8. Susan Doris ................ 40h 30m
9. harmony hope ............. 39h 12m
10. Celtic Knotweed ........... 35h 54m
11. Jane R ........................ 34h 46m
12. AristonAstuanax ........... 34h 20m
13. blackbeard .................. 31h 10m
14. Tea gnome .................. 28h 41m
15. Yangtze ...................... 26h 0m
16. Just Me ....................... 25h 45m
17. Scots lass ...................... 8h 40m
18. Smudgie ........................ 8h 40m

• Jenn. ............................... 31h 25m
• Deputy Verger .................... 17h 20m
• Meg the Red ........................ 7h 50m
• Angel Wrestler ..................... 3h 29m

Well done everyone. From blackbeard up everyone exercised more than an hour a day on average - and To the Pain was exercising for 2¼ hours a day on average.
 

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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :
 
Many congratulations to To the Pain and la vie en rouge for those excellent times, and
Many thanks to CK for managing the Race again; much appreciated.
As always, it has been so interesting reading what participants have done, and it's quite hard to stop recording time on the 1st August, isn't it?!!
 

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Posted by harmony hope (# 4070) on :
 
Thank you everyone (esp CK) - I've really enjoyed it!
 

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Posted by Ultracrepidarian (# 9679) on :
 
Thanks again, CK! It was good fun, and interesting to read about all the different things that people are getting up to. I'll be interested to see how January compares to July!
 

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Posted by blackbeard (# 10848) on :
 
And my thanks too, CK.
We shall see what January brings ... (possibly a sense of panic at an impending half marathon)
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Thanks a lot CK. I appreciate your work.
 

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