Wednesday 1 March 2017

Walking Group meet, 1st of March.

Hello. It's that time again, the first of the month when I hand over this page to the Walking Group, who check in with their miles for the previous months. I'm leaving it up to you to do a running total, so if you could post your miles for January and February here, I will be well chuffed. You can come back to this post at any time if you miss it today, this is where we all chat about how we are doing with our own personal challenges. 
Here is my chart, I finished off tonight with two miles to make it a round two hundred. You can see I missed three days, but made it up by doing extra on other days. I have a two and a three mile walk around my village, that can give me 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 miles. On the day I did 8 miles, I added an extra bit onto it and walked a bit further.  
We are two months into it now, those who did it last year will be a picture of health and feeling pretty darn good. If you started this year, you should be feeling a bit better, the longer you do it the fitter you become. Don't expect miracles, don't give up because you think it isn't making any difference to your fitness levels. It will come if you give it time. If you have fallen behind a bit, give yourself a kick up the backside, and make up your mind to get stuck in. Make March the month you will succeed. No matter how much I nag you, ultimately it's down to you.

Thanks for popping in, we'll catch up soon.
Toodle pip

46 comments:

  1. Only 54 miles this month I'm afraid, due to illness and life getting in the way.
    Total since Jan 1st is now 134 miles.
    Hopefully I will get a better total in March. Main thing is to keep at it I think!

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  2. Sorry, I forgot to check in at the end of January - My total for the year to date is 246 miles :)

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  3. Slightly better thru Feb- 65.3 miles. Running total 106.7 miles.

    Odette

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  4. Hi Ilona, total for the year to date is 166 miles. I hope to do better when my favourite woodland walk is a little less muddy.

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  5. Happy Spring to all!I love this season. Full of promise and optimism and beauty and hope.
    My total so far is 176 km. Have a fabulous March!

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  6. Gosh, everyone is putting me to shame, my total to date is only 92 miles. I'd better get a move on and try to catch up in March, no excuses!!!
    Hazel Dxb

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  7. My walking is down from last month but my total for February is 123 miles. Michele in Australia.

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  8. Hi all I walked 72 miles in February. Running total 139 miles which staggers me!. Increasing each month as commitments allow. Love doing this together. Thanks Ilona.

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  9. Hi, I'm up to 294. Was hoping to make the 300 but have been in bed with flu all week. Hopefully will be able to catch up next month.

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  10. January 2017 = 98.8
    February 2017 = 68.2
    Totals = 167
    Must up my game!
    Sonja, North Carolina

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  11. Hi everyone, just over 104 miles walked in February making a total of 235 so far this year. Not as good as last year but still plenty of time to equal last year's achievement over 12 months. Thanks Ilona.

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  12. Amy in Florida -- I have many more miles on the bike!! But, my walking total for February is 43.55 and running total is 87.15. I will up my walks to 4 and above to try and get more miles! Thanks for the inspiration, Ilona. Love this challenge.

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  13. This is a response to your previous post. Having read about the Everest climber, I had a look on YouTube for treks to Everest Base Camp. There are lots! We were thrilled because a relative of ours is doing this trek in April. It was really interesting to see what it will be like for him.

    Regarding your upcoming walk - have you thought about doing the Coast to Coast path? I've just been reading the two Yorkshire Shepherdess books, and want to walk in her part of the world as soon as I can. But first I have to undergo a hip replacement at the end of the month, and who knows how fit I will be after that?

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  14. What a great thing to do to keep records of your mileage and sharing it with everyone else. Think I might start keeping a note. I walk 2 miles to work each day (apart from weekends)and 2 miles home (one week). I like to do 2 miles per day on my exercise bike - does this count?

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  15. I walk everyday ...with my dog mostly. Just wondering if any of your group use a pedometer to measure distance ? If so are they fairly accurate for recording how far you walk ? My reason for asking is that I'm mostly going across fields & public foot paths etc which are not easily mapped out for distance.....sometimes I just follow my dog and he's not checking distances at all! Rae x P.s My admiration goes out all the group...well done.

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  16. Hi Ilona and all the happy walking group ;). I did 104 in February bringing my 2017 total to 199 miles. Ilona, thanks again for doing this!

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  17. Only 50miles Ilona-I really need to up my game. Catriona

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  18. Hi Ilona you are making my attempts look rubbish, i did 77 miles in feb which makes a total of 127 miles up to now, I will have improve on this...lol

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  19. Only 57km this month for a total of 150km so far. Hope to do more next moth.

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  20. Good morning everyone. I walked 78.3 in February for a total of 153.7 year to date. A sore hip is slowing me down, but I just keep doing what I can.😀 Thanks for starting this Ilona. It's great to being doing it together.
    Margaret in Maryland

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  21. I have managed 113 miles for February making a total of 225 miles so far. There has been plenty of walking into town (a round trip of 6 miles) to do bits of shopping etc which saves on petrol and is a pleasant walk. Looking forward to some better weather for getting out on the coastpath in the coming weeks. Good luck everyone for March - Spring is on its way! Sarah (Cornwall)

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  22. Great to see everyone's individual totals , they are all different, and that's just how it should be !
    My total for Feb is 94 miles , running total so far 137 miles x

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  23. 78 this month 147 in total better weather to come hopefully will help roll on summer

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  24. Hello Ilona. Checking in for Wences with a total of 331 miles so far. Although during February our weather was very cold here in the north of Spain, the days were mainly dry and sunny, so he managed more miles than in January. Wishing everyone a lovely March.

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  25. yorkshire lass1 March 2017 at 17:47

    February total is 75 miles, not bad considering days of illness with winter cold bugs. Total 158.5 miles 2017.

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  26. Well done everyone.
    You met your target Ilona so I'm wondering if you are aiming at 1200 miles this year.
    My total so far is 190. It was more of a struggle in February for various reasons.
    Am hoping we don't get too many March winds. Sue

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  27. Duh! Posted on wrong day, sorry Ilona.
    My total for month is 54 miles, running total 134 miles.

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  28. Total so far only 103 but at least its more than nothing! which is what it would be if I wasn't doing this. Su

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  29. Oelala i'm very impressed with you all! 38 miles for me so far

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  30. 51 miles this month. Not brilliant but I'm pleased with it. Much better than none after all.

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  31. Only 35 miles this month but again we had a nasty snow storm so more slipping and sliding than walking. Well the weather is turning nicer so hopefully I'll get my numbers up in March.

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  32. Oops forgot to give my total - 65 miles. Not bad for 2 months for someone who was basically a drive everywhere person.

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  33. 74 miles January and a piffling little 38 for February. That's terrible now I've added it up. Did better today. Well done everyone else. X

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  34. 80 for February. Natalie

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  35. Hi and well done to everyone. Iv only managed 30 miles this month, being ill for 2 weeks didn't help me much. But can only get better. Total this year 81 miles. Sue

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  36. I think I walk for about one and a half hours a day with my dogs ,but a lot of stopping and chatting ,so probably only half of that x

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  37. I can't remember what i did last month but have done 58 this past month

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  38. 170 total for January and February

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  39. 109 miles for February. Total to date is 222 miles. On target so pleased with that. Really have to push myself to do some each day so this is great motivation. Keep going everyone.

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  40. A measly 28.1 miles for February, running total 62.5. My blood pressure's been scary high this month. The doctor's adding another med to my daily dose. Fingers-crossed it helps.
    Joan, Michigan

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  41. A bit behind this month Ilona just 77 miles but hopefully I will make it up over the next 10 months! Jules x

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  42. I was unwell and only managed 5 miles that week. But I made up for it at half term so my monthly total is 70 miles

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  43. Sorry for delay reporting in Ilona, I've done 50, not brilliant but I've done what I can within the time I have available. Feeling positive for March and as I like to walk early in the morning I think it will get easier for me as the mornings become lighter (and warmer, hopefully!).

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  44. Hi to all from New Hampshire, USA. I'm just starting in March, and my health is not strong, so my goal is 500 miles for the year. If I can do that, I'll be delighted. Thanks, Ilona, for inspiring me to do this. I love your blog!

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  45. so far, January 1-March 1, 150 miles

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  46. Hurra! I managed 112 miles in February which brings me to a total of 154.

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