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Rosa Winkel
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Originally posted by Rosa Winkel:
January 29th: First some yoga for ten minutes. Then some running/walking for 55 minutes. Buying bread was a further 20 minutes of walking.
Later did power yoga and a punishing breast-stroke thing session, 40 minutes in total.
Just been to the pub, which was about, let's call it 20 minutes worth of walking.
150 minutes total.
Sorry, that was the 28th.
Today is the 29th.
Today I walked to the laringologist's and back for an hour. Later went out again looking (unsuccessfully) for decent clothes. I spent about an hour and twenty minutes outside, but some of that was trying clothes on, standing in front of clothes, etc. So I'll call that 45 minutes.
Just been doing some yoga for 15 minutes.
That's 120 minutes for today.
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ArachnidinElmet
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Cough stops play again today. 30 mins split between yesterday and today. Am increasingly pessimistic about the next couple of days. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Running total: 16 hrs 50 minutes
[ 29. January 2013, 20:10: Message edited by: ArachnidinElmet ]
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Jack the Lass
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Today 75 minutes walking, bringing the total up to 1828 minutes (30 hours 28 minutes). Thanks to the lurgy I am working from home tomorrow, I am not planning on getting out of my pyjamas never mind out of the house ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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harmony hope
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Day 29 - 55 mins walking again.
Running total I make: 1287 mins or 21 hrs 27 min.
Only 2 days to go...
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Liberty
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Today - 2 hours walk with a co-worker after school.
Running total - 1575 minutes or 26 hours and 15 minutes.
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Ariston
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Yesterday: 70 minutes walking, mostly to have done something for this silly race.
Today: Between commuting, grocery shopping, and running around like a headless chicken at work hunting down disappearing Scotus scholars, 2 hours, 3 minutes
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SusanDoris
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20 min
To/from town; actually took longer because of low sun shining on wet pavements, but would have been that time on a normal day.
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harmony hope
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Day 30 - 45 mins dog walking (very muddy but happy dogs!) plus 15 mins un-doggy walking too makes 60 mins total.
Running total therefore: 1347 mins or 22 hrs 27 min.
Penultimate day
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blackbeard
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Longish run: 1 hour 58 minutes from start to finish but about 3 minutes was lost waiting for a crane to finish removing an old lock gate from the canal. So call it 1 h 55m.
Further slowed down by attempted mud dodging, but presumably mud dodging counts towards total. Plenty of mud.
plus about 10 m of aerobicish exercises.
Total for day thus 2 hours and 5 minutes.
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Rosa Winkel
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January 30th: Well I certainly had twenty minutes walking to start off with. After that I was showing a friend around our district and tneighbouring district, which involved sitting down and eating and drinking. We left at 1:10pm and got back at about 4ish. I have no idea how long we were walking, so I'll call that 90 minutes.
110 minutes in total.
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Starbug
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Nothing today, I'm afraid. I had to work through lunch.
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Jenn.
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Hi everyone, I haven't done this weeks totals yet as the end of the month is so close by. Please try and get everything posted by friday evening and I'll post the final tallies sometime on saturday!
for me:
Wed 23rd 40 mins walking
Thur 24th 40 mins walking
Fri 25th 40 mins walking
Sat 26th 1 hour walking
Sun 27th 0 This seems to be the way for sundays at the moment
Mon 28th 50 mins walking
Tues 29th 100 mins walking
Wed 30th 80 mins walking
I'm a bit disappointed that I haven't managed to get running this month, although I have started pilates which I am enjoying. I'm trying to be realistic about acheivability so that's quite a bit thing for me. Hope you have all enjoyed the race so far!
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Jane R
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A mere 30 minutes walking today.
New total: 21 hours 42 minutes
Dunno whether 'enjoy' is the right word... I like being fit. I also like being able to casually lift 8 kilos with one hand. Most of the time I'd rather be sitting by the fire reading a good book than exercising, though.
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Liberty
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Penultimate day - 1 hr and 15 mins walk (commute and errands).
Total - 1650 minutes or 27 hours and 30 minutes
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Ariston
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Today: just an hour or so doing strange things with blowpipes (but lots more time sweating).
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Forgot to add yesterday's which was 30 mins walking, 20 mins aerobics so total 50 mins
Running total 1855 minutes or 30 hours and 55 minutes
I'll be back with today's later.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Forgot to add yesterday's which was 30 mins walking, 20 mins aerobics so total 50 mins
Running total 1855 minutes or 30 hours and 55 minutes
I'll be back with today's later.
Final check in
Today it has been 30 mins school run, 20 aerobics and 60 mins walk/haul back shopping from Waitrose. So 110 mins today.
Running total is 1965 minutes or 32 hours and 45 minutes.
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To The Pain
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Well, even though it was raining I did walk back from my course-thing this morning. I feel very virtuous. But if I am to make it to 29 hours for the month I will have to dance an awful lot tonight. And probably go the long way home as well. Might have to give up on that little goal.
Tuesday, January 29th (cont)
10 mins walking home from work
Wednesday, January 30th
10 mins walking to work
12 mins walking home from work
25 mins walking to dance class
30 mins dancing
Thursday, January 31st (so far)
10 mins walking to work
35 mins walking back from course (counting it because I could have taken the bus)
Total for post: 132 minutes or 2 hours and 12 minutes
Running total: 1647 minutes or 27 hours and 27 minutes
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ArachnidinElmet
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Final check in barring sudden episodes of aerobics at my house group tonight, unlikely at best. 15 mins yesterday and 40 mins today.
Total = 17 hrs 55 minutes
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blackbeard
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Today, the final day:
40 minutes Coarse Gardening
35 minutes running
total for day 1 hour 15 minutes
That's all, folks
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SusanDoris
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1 hr 20 min
Tap class plus walk to (lift home)
Walk to hairdresser (taxi home well, I couldn't put a hat over new perm and smart hairdo! )
The end of the month seems to have arrived too soon!
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Jane R
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Last Post...
Not such a good day again. No time for swimming or workout, so a mere 25 minutes high speed walking.
Final result: 22 hours 2 minutes which averages out at about 42 minutes per day... not as bad as I expected.
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Jack the Lass
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My final check-in: 80 minutes again commuter walking. Final total 1908 minutes or 31 hours 48 minutes. Not bad
(although I am mildly embarrassed that not one of those minutes involves housework)
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Starbug
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45 minutes walking today.
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Liberty
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Not very impressive final day push - 30 mins walk and 10 mins aerobics.
Final total (methinks): 1690 mins or 28 hours and 10 minutes
This was fun y'all.
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Rosa Winkel
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January 31st: Not the most exiting of ends. No running. No yoga. Just walking. The reason is a guest and various things that would require posts in All Saints.
I walked to the dentist's and back for 25 minutes. Later walked with my (now ex-) guest via the tram to town and then in town. That was about 15 minutes. Walked around the train station for another five, and later 40 minutes back home.
Total is 85 minutes.
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Meg the Red
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Wrapping up the month, I note that with a couple of small exceptions, my exercise was not varied. However, my new hiking boots are now well broken-in.
January 26 - a beautiful day, so walked downtown to shop at the farmer's market and skate on the City Hall rink (great fun - volunteers had set up a warming tent, portable fireplace and road hockey nets). Total of 90 minutes.
January 27 - 60 minutes walking to and from the grocery store and library
January 28 - 80 minutes walking and stair-climbing
January 29 - Freaking cold (-41C windchill), so only 25 minutes walking to and from the train. Unfortunately, I don't think shivering and cussing count toward my total or I'd have accumulated enough time to win the race ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
January 30 - 55 minutes walking. I didn't intend to do that much, but the bus I wanted to take home didn't appear and it was too cold to stand still at the bus stop waiting to see if it would show up
Today - 65 minutes walking, much of that through a lovely snowfall
Congrats everyone, and thank you Jenn. for taking this on - it's been great motivation.
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Bother, bother. Horrible weather & nightshirts mean I have either not done exercise or not kept a note since my last post, so I'm out I guess.
On the other hand, I did get back on the unicycle yesterday and made it a short distance, and then repeated that a couple of times (with a bit of falling off in between). So if nothing else, I feel I have achieved something worthwhile this month.
Also, without this thread, I think I'd still be getting the train to work instead of cycling.
Thanks for doing the addings up Jenn. Looking forward to the next one (which I will win ).
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To The Pain
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So near and yet so far! Hopefully the race has prevented me from being quite as lazy as I might ootherwise have been during January. Must do better in the summer.
Thursday, January 31st (cont)
10 mins walking home from work
45 mins dancing
Total for post: 55 minutes
Final total: 1702 minutes or 28 hours and 22 minutes if my maths hasn't let me down.
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Angel Wrestler
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can only count another 12 minutes walking from yesterday. lousy weather and long work hours
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harmony hope
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Day 31 - 65 mins dog walking (and we even saw the sun for some of it!)plus 10 mins walking to shops makes 75 mins total.
Running total therefore: 1412 mins or 23 hrs 42 mins
- an average just over 45 mins day (not as impressive as last time but considering flu-like thing and all sorts of rubbish-y things happening here I guess it's not too bad ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Thanks Jenn - you're a star!
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Ariston
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Yesterday's shocking totals:55 minutes walking, 7 minutes biking up hills. Took the long way, despite the wind and cold, just in case two extra minutes might help my cause here.
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Tues 29: 15 mins walking. Mainly to the corner shop and back to buy heaps of chocolate to help with doing the dreaded tax return.:
Weds 30: 40 mins walking - to choir and back. Tax return submitted
Thurs 31: 20 mins walking
I make my total 33 hours 25 mins which, if it is correct, means I've averaged around an hour a day for the month. Not bad seeing as I had The Lurgy at the beginning and The Tax Return at the end.
However I am disappointed that it's basically all in walking, mainly commuter walking. I definitely did some walking that I wouldn't otherwise have done but really I wasn't pushing my fitness forward very much. Something to ponder.
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Jenn.
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FINAL SCORES (unless anyone wants me to recheck their total)
1. Rosa Winkel 60h 20m ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
2. Ariston 44h 11m
3. blackbeard 41h 54m
4. la vie en rouge 40h 55m
5. Meg the Red 36h
6. Yangtze 33h 35m
7. heavenly anarchist 32h 45m
8. Susan Doris 32h 05m
9. Liberty 32h
10. Jack the Lass 31h 48m
11. Freelance Monotheist 30h 15m
12. Jenn R 28h 25m
13. To The Pain 28h 22m
14. starbug 26h 41m
15. harmony hope 24h 22m
16. tea gnome 23h 31m
17. Jane R 22h 7m
18. ArachnidinElmet 17h 55m
19. Angel Wrestler 17h 51m
20. moonfruit 17h 15m
21. Celtic Knotweed 15h 44m
22. North East Quine 13h 20m
23. Smudgie 4h 30m
24. Autenreith Road 4h 20m
25. Mamacita 2h 40m
26. Comet* 1h 55m
27. Scots Lass 1h 40m
28. Sir Kevin* 25m
Well Done to all of you!
For reference:
1 hour a day would be 31 hrs (10 people managed this! )
45 mins a day would be 23hrs 25mins (16 of us did this)
30 mins a day would be 15hrs 30mins (that'd be 21 players!)
and 30 mins 3 times a week would be about 6 hrs
Well done for taking on the challenge. Looking forward to (someone else) doing it again in July!
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blackbeard
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Originally posted by Jenn.:
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Well Done to all of you!
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And Well Done (and Thanks) to Jenn.!
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ArachnidinElmet
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That's excellent Jenn, many thanks for that. And well done Rosa Winkel: 60+hrs. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif) I'm exhausted just thinking about it!
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SusanDoris
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Many thanks, Jenn, and congratulations to RosaWinkel.
See you all in July, I hope!!
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Thank you for keeping score, Jenn.
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Rosa, amazing result!
I'm disappointed a bit with my result but its been really good to take part one again and well done to everyone who took part!
![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif) jenn, you're a star!
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Jane R
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Thank you, Jenn.
I just don't have the spare time to rack up 2 hours or more every day (well done, Rosa W)... but I'm a lot fitter than I was this time last month!
Hope to see you all again in July.
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Liberty
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Thanks Jenn, and thank you to all for motivating me to start the year off right...
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Thanks for keeping track of us all Jenn. I ended up falling by the wayside after January 20 - I was still doing stuff, but managed to lose the notes due to life being a bit awkward the last week or so of January... ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
Might be better organised by the time the next one rolls around (but I doubt it!)
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Rosa Winkel
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Thanks for the congratulations, people. And a big thank you to Jenn
I actually began to enjoy exercise. The snow helped in getting me out running (it was very nice by the river, and migratory birds were an added bonus). I got into aerobics right at the end and tried some new yoga sequences; that they were new kept my interest up. I felt the benefit after a few weeks in my general energy levels and also back, so that motivated me further.
If we had a bigger flat I wouldn't mind having a punch bag.
In any case, I've been beset with my own health bother this month, but not so as to effect my fitness (rather my motivation in the end), but I hope to push on with the various exercises I did.
I wish all of you a fit year.
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I climb stairs when they come my way, always skipping steps on the way up. While taking an escalator down, I usually hold on with my arms and hands while raising my feet. The Hell with rentacops at the bottom: garbage in, garbage out! They are the lowest form of vocational life, on par with toilet-scrubbers!
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Ariston
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Is this thing over? Am I sincerely thankful to Jenn. for running this thing? Am I glad I beat all y'alls, save Rosa? Do I have any clue how she did it?
Yes.
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