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Scots lass
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30 minutes of walking to add today!
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Curiosity killed ...
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Welcome to chicklegirl and Geneviève.
Geneviève, I couldn't find you on the previous threads, as DaisyM or Geneviève.
I am not sure if this is a spur or depressing but there are four of us who have broken 9 hours, me on 9h dead, Yangtze at 9h 5m, the famous rachel at 9h 21m and lily pad at 9h 30m. But Smudgie, you've already done better than you did in July.
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Freelance Monotheist
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3 x 20 mins of walking today, adding an extra hour to my total...I think I'm on the 7 hr mark-ish!Do not trust this linguist with figures!
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blackbeard
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5 Jan - 30 min walking (to/from shops)
6 Jan - 1 hour 50 min walking - canal-river bank - NEW BOOTS but they seem OK which is more than can be said for my legs.
I think I need to do lots more walking. I seem to have slipped a lot in just a few years, due to not being so active as I used to be. For shame. I thought that, having retired, I would have lots more time for doing active outdoorsy things but it's not quite working that way.
It seems to be a steady few miles each day that I need rather than occasional bursts of gym. Or possibly both.
Anyway, running total (must do some more of that too) now 7 hours 40 minutes.
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Stevie Boy Wonder
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More walking - 45 minutes yesterday and 1 hour 15 minutes today. My lunchtime walk (40 minutes) must have been pretty brisk as I was sweating by the time I got back to the office, despite the temperature outdoors being about -3!
Running total (mostly walking, no actual running so far) = 5 hours 30 minutes.
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philip99a
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Yesterday: walked into town from work and back at lunchtime, because the cash machine close to my office had been attacked with a hammer over the weekend = 20 minutes
Also up and down the four flights of stairs to my office three times (lift was out of order, but I do try to use the stairs anyway) = 15 mins
Plus the heating in our building was off, faulty boiler! Not surprisingly I headed off home at about 3pm!
But I had overdone the vigorous exercise biking and my right knee wass swollen and sore. So, Ibuprofen, Paracetamol and no watching the DVD of The Wire that night. Also I think the saddle may be too high. I'll drop it a peg.
Today: vigorous, angry 20 minute walk around the campus to clear my head after a difficult, frustrating meeting = 20 mins
Up and down the four flights of stairs twice = 10 mins
Knee improving but still sore so no exercise bike again tonight. Should be OK tomorrow.
Partial heating at work. But none in the lecture theatre I was lecturing in this afternoon. But no points added for that!
Running Total = 2hrs 30mins
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Meg the Red
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1 hour 10 minutes walking today, for a running total of 5 hours 30 minutes.
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Ultracrepidarian
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Alrighty. Time to log a couple of days of activity.
Monday evening I went indoor climbing. I cycled for 40 minutes to get to the gym, I was there for a good 3 hours or so, but much of that was belaying, watching other people trying a hard climb etc. so I'll log 1 hr 30 of physical activity. I then had to fix a puncture on my bike (I reckon that's got to count as 10 minutes worth of swearing, pulling on tyre-levers, struggling with a useless handpump etc.) and it took me another 40 minutes to cycle home.
Tuesday morning, I spent about 45 minutes slacklining and doing body-weight stuff. Tuesday evening I went outdoor climbing (for the first time in ages). I cycled for 30 minutes to get to the cliffs, did about 1 hours worth of physical activity when I was there and cycled for another 30 minutes to get home.
And today, I'm resting (although I might go slacklining this afternoon). I like being on holidays. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Total for post: 5 hr 45 (I think)
Running total: 11 hr 45
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chicklegirl
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quote:
Originally posted by SusanDoris:
Re: arthritis in hips. About 16 years ago, I was told I had arthritis in my left hip. I had just had to give up driving but I had bought good trainers and whenever I walked, I found that if I kept going, after a while it stopped hurting. I was sort of resigned to the fact that I'd probably have to have a hip replacement or something. But gradually the pain disappeared and I've never had any trouble since. This info is probably completely useless, but I just thought I'd mention it in case it might be helpful.
Up until last June I was running three times weekly, and found I didn't hurt while I was running; it was the three days after each run that I was in agony. My doc told me I would do permanent damage if I kept it up, so I switched to walking, which doesn't cause me problems--though it did take me a while to stop feeling sorry for myself ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) and just be glad I can still walk, swim, and bike. I find I can manage my arthritis pretty well by avoiding the high impact stuff and taking glucosamine and chondroitin.
So, today I put in 30 minutes of vigorous housework (cleaned my oven) and walked 30 minutes.
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Welease Woderwick
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This morning 40 minutes walking and 40 minutes cycling - running total 6 hours 30 minutes.
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Yangtze
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7 January: 1 hour walk / jogging in the park with a few exercises as well.
I am hoping to go out again later, but I hoped that yesterday and it didn't happen! Total 10hrs 5mins I think.
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Paul.
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Can I join? I already keep a count of how much exercise I do so I may as well post it here.
My times are to the nearest minute - is that ok or do you want me to round them to the nearest 5min?
["them" not "then"]
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Celtic Knotweed
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Since the home connection is playing dead, ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif) better update whilst I can.
Jan 6:- 20 min biking to work
- 10 min pumping up front tyre and getting to bike shop
- 25 min walking the rest of the way to work (again) (Got there just before the next bus, where's the smug smiley?)
- 5 min bike shop to supermarket
- 20 min getting home
Total for day of 1 hour 20 minutes.
So far today, just a nice normal 35 min commute to work.
Running total now 3 hours 55 minutes.
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Curiosity killed ...
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PaulM, yes, you can record to the nearest minute. What I am doing with the figures is adding them in minutes into a spreadsheet and getting it to do the work. I'll just put your numbers in as they come.
So far today 20 minutes very brisk walking around.
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Sir Kevin
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7 Jan. 30 minutes to and from work fromthe parking garage.
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Welease Woderwick
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Another 35 mins cycling to the pharmacy in town this evening - running total 7 hours 5 minutes.
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Chorister
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A 35-minute swim today - the water was warm, byjingo!
Total - 5h20m.
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lily pad
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One hour yoga class.
Ten minutes cardio class. (Why do some people think that that they need to smell pretty more than I need to be in a class?)
Running total: 10 hours 10 minutes
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Stevie Boy Wonder
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40 minutes walking today, bringing me up to 6 hours 10 minutes, if I remember rightly.
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pimple
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Four short walks totalling 45 minutes. The car being kaput. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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PrettyFly
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Ok, I can now add 35 minutes walking and 15 jogging to make a running total of 70 minutes.
Gosh, that seems rather pathetic...
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Screw today. I'm going for ice cream.
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Freelance Monotheist
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An hour's walking today (40 mins round trip to work & home then 4x5 mins taking girls to activities, picking one up & going home, then going out for other one & going home again). Plus about 15 mins over two days of picking kids up (for cuddles, after baths, in play) and hauling them places!
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Yangtze
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Weds 7th ctnd: ...and a brisk (blinkin' cold out there) 25 mins lunchtime walk to post office and shops and back. Brrrr.
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Joan_of_Quark
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If I can join in at this late stage, then.. a grand total of 40 minutes' walking today.
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Auntie Doris
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70 minutes at the gym today.
Auntie Doris x
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blackbeard
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Today, 2 hours walking (shops twice, evening meeting)(car feeling neglected) plus 20 minutes swimming.
Running total 10 hours.
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Paul.
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So,
10mins walking home from work.
60mins official "exercise" walk
7mins on the stepper
Total of 77mins
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lily pad
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One hour of elliptical machine and strength training (in my scent free house.)
Running total: 11 hours 40 minutes
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Sir Kevin
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Another 15 minutes of climbing stairs during time off from work, up to 8 flights at a time.
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Meg the Red
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55 minutes walking today, for a total of 6 hours 25 minutes
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To The Pain
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Catch-up since Tuesday morning:
Tuesday (cont):
10 mins walk home from uni
30 mins walk round trip to housegroup
Wednesday:
20 mins walk round trip to shops (and home carrying heavy baking ingredients)
Thursday (so far):
10 mins walk to uni (carrying a huge bag of cake and cookies which are now sat on my desk smelling wonderful)
Total for post:
60 mins
Running total:
80 mins
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Welease Woderwick
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3 hours 10 minutes walking today, most of it pretty aimless waiting for the jeep to be ready, and 45 minutes sorting out the disaster area known as the massage room - lugging boxes and furniture and stuff about!
Running total 11 hours, I think.
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Autenrieth Road
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More walking.
Tue Jan 6: 30 min.
Wed Jan 7: 40 min.
Running total 2 hr 10 min.
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I did 30 minutes yoga last night and so far today have set up and put away Toddler Church (Pram Service) (so moving lots of tables, chairs and equipment varying distances) and aerobically led action songs - for which I'm going to say 1 hour. My running total is 11h 5m.
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To the Pain - I make you at 90 minutes/1h 30m running total, 10 minutes more than you did.
philip99a I made your total 2h 25m - 5 minutes less than you did.
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luvanddaisies
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[luvanddaisies arrives to cheer from the sidelines]
"WOO-HOO!!!!"
(I'm not going to do it this time, for various reasons, but I still think it's a great thing - thanks CK, again!)
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SusanDoris
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Nothing yesterday, but 3 hours today.
Tap dancing = 1 hour and as I'm in charge, there is only a short pause between routines!
Walk there and back, then did my long walk and as it was much less cold today, it was nice to wear a lighter weight jacket.
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Originally posted by chicklegirl:
Up until last June I was running three times weekly, and found I didn't hurt while I was running; it was the three days after each run that I was in agony. My doc told me I would do permanent damage if I kept it up, so I switched to walking, which doesn't cause me problems--though it did take me a while to stop feeling sorry for myself and just be glad I can still walk, swim, and bike. I find I can manage my arthritis pretty well by avoiding the high impact stuff and taking glucosamine and chondroitin.
Thank you for response. It sounds as if your determination will keep you going. Will you have to have replacement hips one day?
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Auntie Doris
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15 minutes walking so far today.
Auntie Doris x
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SusanDoris
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quote:
Originally posted by luvanddaisies:
[luvanddaisies arrives to cheer from the sidelines]
"WOO-HOO!!!!"
(I'm not going to do it this time, for various reasons, but I still think it's a great thing - thanks CK, again!)
Ah, nice to see you're there! I had been thinking, 'Where's luvanddaisies?'
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pimple
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Walking to work and to and from bus stops - 1 hr 15 min
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blackbeard
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Another longish canal/river walk (about 9 miles).
2 hours 40 minutes (fastish 'cos trainers not boots - it hasn't rained much here recently).
Running, in a manner of speaking, total now 12 hours and 40 minutes.
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Paul.
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Various walking today of 94 minutes.
[ 08. January 2009, 19:01: Message edited by: Paul M ]
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Freelance Monotheist
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1.5 hours of walking throughout the day.
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Scots lass
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Paltry 40 minutes of walking for yesterday and today. Not sleeping well and trying to exercise don't really mix...
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