Giving Thanks and Getting Fit - November Exercise Challenge!!

[LindseyJo22]

Joining in! I'll try my best for 1000 minutes - hopefully I can manage to make that despite the holidays coming up!

 

[Dentam]

Welcome to the first day of the November Challenge!!

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Let's get our month started off with a toast!



May our month be filled with encouragement, laughter, and good health - all in the company of friends! Oh, and thousands of minutes of exercise!


To start off our first Sunday of giving thanks: I am thankful for the gorgeous weather we continue to have here in Denver. Low 70's for the first part of November is pretty awesome! I will try to savor every moment, because it's going to change very soon!

Here's to a great November everyone - Cheers!!


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[galaxygirl76]

Count me in for 1200 minutes

 

[sophy1996]

On the board with 45 minutes - completed week 6 of c25k and some stretching. 45/1100

@Dentam, love the picture. Hasn't it been just absolutely wonderful here in Colorado these last couple of months? Kind of makes up for our rainy May.

I'm thankful to have a family that encouraged me to get a good education and supported me in that endeavor. As a result, I've been able to have a great career that gives me enough vacation and money to do stuff like book quick trips to WDW and Disneyland for special events like the Star Wars 10K!

 

[SarahDisney]

Starting off the month strong with 86 minutes running, 13 minutes walking, and 21 minutes, for a total of...

120/2000

I'm thankful that I grew up (and currently live) in a city with so much opportunity. Last week I got to visit the NYC Marathon expo, which was very inspiring and interesting. My favorite museum is the Met. All of this is accessible to me by public transportation. There's really nothing that you can't experience in NY, and I'm grateful to have these opportunities.

 

[roxymama]

I'm going with a lower goal this month that focuses totally on my running. I want to get 45 min in three days a week. So whatever my run workout is plus the walking or weights that go with it. Anything else will be gravy. Dec I will amp up as I hit longer mileage in my 10k training. 585 for Nov.

I started off with 45 today.

45/585

 

[roxymama]

Oh and I forgot my "thankful" Sunday thing!

I'm thankful for my beautiful daughter. She turned 3 yesterday, is potty trained, sleeping in a big girl bed and this morning learned how to ride a big girl training wheel bike! So much to learn and she's doing so great!

 

[sophy1996]

@SarahDisney, it's great that you take advantage of the opportunities NYC offers! After only two days there, I was exhausted. So many people!

@roxymama, so cute and such a fun age!

 

[hmack]

I've miss guys.

I'm working on fighting my way back to being a bit closer to being the person I want to be. Which is someone who is about more than the job.

So, please put me down for 800 minutes.

today I am thankful for my female runner buddies. I have a good community of friends who are all runners of diffent abilities and they don't even all know each other, but they are ALL awesome and inspiring and a great source of motivation.

There's power in community.

 

[LizardQueen8]

34 minutes running, and then I doubled back to meet up with a friend who was walking on the same trail for 51 minutes of walking.

85/1000

Today I am thankful for this satanic little goober who just tried to eat my leg:

 

[Dentam]

@Dentam, love the picture. Hasn't it been just absolutely wonderful here in Colorado these last couple of months? Kind of makes up for our rainy May.

Yes, it's been wonderful! I was hoping it would be like this after the long weeks of rain in May followed by all the hail storms throughout June! Basically everyone in my neighborhood has had to replace their roofs from the last hail storm in late June that caused a lot of damage. I'm still waiting to see if my landlord will have ours replaced too - running out of good weather to get it done though I'm afraid!

 

[PollyannaMom]

Starting off the month with a 30 minute walk with DH. 30/500

My first Sunday Thankful is for my "furry princesses":



and especially that they little grey one is back home after her big "adventure" last week!

 

[DVCFan1994]

I'm not sure how I'll do this month with our trip to DL and the holidays, but at least I'll start the month strong! Today was my last long run before Avengers weekend! It went really well. Notice I didn't say fast. I've been struggling with major knee pain that only comes on during long runs. My physical therapist changed up some of my exercises, and it really seems to have helped. I stayed pain free for 13 miles! I was only supposed to go 12, but I was so happy to still be feeling good that I tacked on another mile. I walked a mile to cool down as well. So, with my pre-run PT (10 minutes) warm-up (10 minutes) running (145 minutes) cool down (20 minutes) and stretching (10 minutes) I'm at 195/1700!

I'm thankful that I'm healthy and that I turned my health around 6 years ago starting a weight loss journey.

 

[Dentam]

Wow, 13 miles is impressive @DVCFan1994 ! Quick question: do you want to change your goal to 1700 minutes or stick with 1750?

I logged 45 minutes of walking today - 45/900.

 

[DVCFan1994]

Wow, 13 miles is impressive @DVCFan1994 ! Quick question: do you want to change your goal to 1700 minutes or stick with 1750?

I logged 45 minutes of walking today - 45/900.

No, that's a typo, sorry. I'd like to stick with 1750. Thanks for checking!

 

[chbc]

Thanks for hosting @Dentam! Please put me down for 800. 105/800 Walking.

As I walk and jog, I am grateful for my abilities, I am thankful for air travel and the variety of modes of getting around. I look forward to the bus, monorail, train or boat options that await me next week!

 

[SarahDisney]

Adding an additional 24 minutes of knee exercises and stretches

144/2000

I love reading all the things for which people are thankful. It's nice to see so much positivity and thankfulness!

 

[Dentam]

Congratulations to @chbc and @DVCFan1994 - you have both already reached 10% of your goal and are now Sparkling Water Blue!



Thank you everyone for sharing one thing you are thankful for today! I enjoyed reading these and loved seeing the photos as well!

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[2TxAgs]

15/1100 Not much in the way of exercise today, but we enjoyed (and I'm thankful for) a visit with my DD who goes to college about 100 miles away. Safe trip, good visit

 

[galaxygirl76]

70 minutes of a cardio/upper body strength blend and a cardio/abs blend for 70/1200