WAlk to Disney Challenge... feel free to join

[mamattorney]

926/1150
as of 1/23/16

 

[BlueFairy]

So I posted WAAAAAAYYYYYY back in 2011 and never came back.

Back on a weight loss journey again. Babies are done, I've passed 40. I lost 46 lbs on WW in my 20s and kept off everything except baby pudge until a year or so ago. Now it's coming on with a vengeance. NOT ok.

SO here I am. Enrolled in WW, armed with FitBit and RunKeeper. So let's see . . . last I was at 3.7/595. Adding in my RunKeeper totals that I took the time to log since (Yay me! ), I am at 144.1/595.

There's no way I'll come even close to walking all the way before our surprise March trip, but I need the motivation. Going for my next walk in about 15 minutes.

 

[indimom]

Another 6 miles in.
That's 8/950..... One step at a time, right????

 

[mamattorney]

964/1150
as of 1/30/16

 

[5xdisneyfans]

as of today I am 60.7k/ 2032k

 

[2manypets]

Wow...a lot of new people in the last month since I posted. Welcome to everyone!!

Adding another 227.71 miles since Dec. 28th

425.71 / 796.3

 

[BlueFairy]

Wow...a lot of new people in the last month since I posted. Welcome to everyone!!

Adding another 227.71 miles since Dec. 28th

425.71 / 796.3

That's a long way to walk in a month! Good for you!

This week:
149.6/595

 

[2manypets]

Thanks BlueFairy! Between walking laps at work on breaks and my DH and neighbor enjoying a nightly walk (mostly with the dogs) I'm averaging around 6.5 miles a day now.

 

[5xdisneyfans]

68.3k/2032k

 

[mamattorney]

1008/1150
as of 2/6/16

 

[Zoesmama03]

What about cycling? Would I be welcome to join in? I'm just beginning a cycling program, and will be riding on the Mississippi River Levee near my house. I'm just a beginner, so it's unlikely that I'll be riding big chunks by way of centuries (100 mile trips). Mostly 3-5 miles at a time at first. According to the Google, WDW (Magic Kingdom, specifically) is 693 miles (cycling route miles, not interstate) from my house. Assuming an average of 3 miles per ride, it would take 231 rides. With 48 weeks, 2 days till our next WDW trip, I should be able to ride 3 miles per trip, 4.8 times a week to "arrive" on time!

As popular as running events are for Disney, and as much as they've been pushing health and fitness the last several years, I'm really quite surprised there isn't more for cyclists to do. Of course, elevation plays a big role in cycling... and there's not much of that going on in Florida... New Orleans either, for that matter (where I'm from). If I were really biking from my home to WDW the highest elevation I would attain is 299 ft above sea level, and the lowest would be -36. By contrast, if I were to bike to Disneyland, over the course of 1,928 miles, I'd climb as high as 5,430 ft, and as low as -187 ft!! Of course, at 3 miles per trip, it would take me 642.7 trips to get there!


I should ask though, is it OK to keep track in this thread, or start a new, cycling specific thread?

Just lurking but may join in with walk/skate to Disney goal. Love the avatar. I'm surprised Disney doesn't have more options for other activities like cycling and skating/rollerblading. They did have a inline/rollerblade marathon for about 5 years, I take it, but I was sad to see it ended. They should do a triathlon or something too even if the swimming portion has to be in a resort pool for safety from gators that seem to have infested most of the water in those parts. I'm hoping to get some skates soon. I went to the rink for the first time in 15 years last weekend and going again tomorrow night(we aren't superbowl people).

 

[mamattorney]

1057/1150
as of 2/13/16

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

 

[mamattorney]

1108/1150
as of 2/20/15

Oooh . . . getting close. Maybe by next week!

 

[mamattorney]

1159/1150
as of 2/27/16

Yea! I did it - I walked from my front door to the gates of Magic Kingdom. I started on July 19th, so it took me 223 days. Now if only my trip was today instead of in June!

Keep on walking everyone!

 

[5xdisneyfans]

Congrats @mamattorney. I have a long way to go still. As of today I am at 120.7k/2032k

 

[TillyDe]

I will be taking my grandson to Disney next May. I want to walk there first.. My start date was April 1, 2016. I will make it.

11.08/1128

 

[Disneyfn420]

I'm starting this! 6/1117

 

[TillyDe]

As of midnight last night
27.22/1128
And I challenged my daughter to do the same.

 

[BlueFairy]

This week:
174/595

 

[TillyDe]

64.13/1128