Pedometer Steps in August

The items in green went up in August and the items in red went down in August. I will get a minimum of 120,000 steps in during Jen and I's 60 mile walk. There was a small amount of improvement in August and I am sure the numbers from September will be much higher.

Steps for July - 116,200
Steps for August - 122,371
Daily Average July- 4,648
Daily Average August - 3,947

Total Aerobic Steps July - 16,240
Total Aerobic Steps August - 25,090
Daily Average July - 650
Daily Average August - 809

Aerobic Walking Time for the Month July - 139 minutes
Aerobic Walking Time for the Month August - 223 minutes
Daily Average July- 6
Daily Average August - 7

Distance for the Month of July- 43.89 Miles
Distance for the Month of August - 46.21 Miles
Daily Average July - 1.76 Miles
Daily Average August - 1.49 Miles

Fat Burner for the Month of July - 198.5 grams
Fat Burner for the Month of August - 207.5 grams
Daily Average of July- 7.9 grams
Daily Average of August - 6.7 grams

Walking Ten Miles Today

Jen and I are meeting up with Missy Ward tonight to walk ten miles. I think this will be a good test if we are on track with the training or not.

I am guessing that it will take us around 3-3.5 hours to walk the full ten miles. Missy has ten miles mapped out for us. We will be walking well in to the darkness this evening.

I will have my pedometer on so I can see how many steps we take. It is a little more than 2,000 steps per mile. We will end up with over 20,000 steps for the night in addition to how many we accumulate during the day.

I love this new pedometer. I wear it everywhere. It love that I can put it in my purse or in my pocket and it still counts my steps. I don't have to worry about it falling off my belt.

I will post pictures and/or video tomorrow from our walk.

Rain Rain Go Away!

I really enjoy going to the park and walking. Not only do I get the view of the water and generally nice weather, it is nice to have someone to walk and talk with. I seem to walk much further there than in the gym.

A good friend of mine and I planned on going to the park yesterday but it was raining again, so we went to the gym. I got on the elliptical and that machine kicked my butt! By time I went a mile, I was drenched in sweat. (I normally don't sweat!) HA!

Then I got on the treadmill and walked/ran another mile. By the time I had two miles in I was exhausted. We left and I mentioned that I like going to the park to walk because the time goes by so much faster. I feel like I got a better workout in the gym though. I wonder if walking casually five miles is any less or more beneficial than going to the gym and doing two miles and getting drenched in sweat?

Rain Rain Go Away!

Jen and I didn't make it out for any training together this week because it has been raining here everyday! We could have gone to the gym and walked on the treadmill but that isn't nearly as fun! I walked four miles on Monday with a co-worker who has been walking with us. Hopefully next week the weather will cooperate with us so we can walk around the lake at Cranes Roost Park. We are wondering how many miles our teammates are logging! Are they putting us to shame with training? Come on team...leave a comment and tell us how many miles you have walked!

Sticking to the Training Schedule...

Jen and I are going to try to stick to the training schedule this week. It will be the first week that we will ATTEMPT to stick to it! We would really like to arrive in Seattle in September and be in the best shape of our lives. We would love for the walk to be enjoyable instead of a struggle all of the way through! It is a little more than 21 miles for the week which is certainly attainable! Here is our training schedule for the week.

Countdown: 14 Weeks

Your Training Schedule for This Week:

Monday Rest
Tuesday 3 miles Easy walking
Wednesday 15 minutes Moderate cross-training
Thursday 5 miles Moderate walking
Friday 30 minutes Easy cross-training
Saturday 7 miles Easy walking
Sunday 6 miles Easy walking

Jen and I Get Soaking Wet In the Rain!

Jen and I headed back to Cranes Roost Park and managed to make it around the lake about 1.25 times before it started pouring down raining! We turned around and started running back to our car. By the time we got there we were pretty soaked and it stopped raining!

Jen's and My First Day Training Together

After work, Jen and I headed to Cranes Roost Park in Altamonte Springs, FL. Cranes Roost Lake is surrounded by a mile of walkway. It was a beautiful evening. It looked like it was going to rain but luckily it didn't! There was a cool breeze in the air, which helped us to get around the lake four times!