Thought some of you walkers might be interested in doing this winter walk challege. check out www.idita-walk.com. it a good challenge and fun.if you decide to enter you get a nifty t shirt.we could enter as team diettalk!! it starts feb 2nd.you walk as many minutes as the pups run miles in the iditarod race.this will be my 4th year doing this challenge. root me on or better yet join me!!:D

a few more days and i start mushing with my pup!! i sure someone joins me!!!

I'll join you.... I do lots of walks, so this will be good for us both. Thanks.

alrighty e ball thamnks for the sugestion of posting this on the walking sight!!

come on you know you want to try it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

feb 1 is tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mush mush!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

today is the big day. i walked 30 min am!! mush!!

Hey Marg,

I cant sign up for the tshirt or anything but I will do the walk with you!! 30 mins a day eh????
Are you interested in keeping track of each other here???

Sorry I didnt see this thread sooner. I am definatly interested in buddying with you and walking!

Shan

I have had computer issues and wasn't able to get on here! I walked 75 min on Feb 1.... wanted to start off right. I plan to go for another long walk today. I printed the idita time sheet off the computer and am logging in my minutes there also. It keeps a running total, so it keeps up for me!

Friday morning..... walked 110 min.... tried for two hours, but didn't make it!

glad tohave you hop aboard shan!! e you go girl!!! im off to a slow start here i walked wed and thurs.camr down with the flu thurs night.oh the perks of being a preschool teacher.anyway i ran a fever thurs til yesterday.it seems to have subsided today.i took a loomk at the thermom.this am.18 degrees in northern il.so i decided to pop in my leslie sansone walking tape.im still sweating!! i walked 30 with her.if the temp goes up and i feel ok after work i will walk the pup for some more minutes.mush mush hey its also kinda neat to check out the real www.idtitarod.com sight!!

Awesome Marg.....I didnt know you were a preschool teacher! I am currently an ECE Home Visitor, I have previously been a toddler teacher for many years as well as an Assistant Director of a local daycare.

I too, do the walking tapes....

How cold is 18 degrees, we work in Celsius in Canada. Today its about -20 or so....tooo chilly for me :)

Shan

I'm in Houston... so not cold here! Walked 135 min on Sunday. It was a beautiful day and I talked hubby into walking with me. We didn't quite make 9 miles.

okay e ball now im jelous!!( how do you spell jelous) i went to the gym and lifted for 30 and walked for 30.,on tues and thurs i count my weight lifing minutes in.i knopw im cheat forgive me.you girls even if you dont join offially yuou cant print out the sheet.and hey lets think of as gift we can get ourselves when we get thru this challenge. maybe a candle we could burn and think of each others support.im a sap eh?

don't be jealous... walking is about the only exercise I get! I MAY be in a charity walking race type thing in Sept and I am sort of training for that. I have not committed to it yet as I am still unsure. I will be walking 20 miles a day for 3 days straight.. total of 60 miles. It's in Kansas City in Sept and I am not sure if I will register or not. The training for it takes a lot of time.... so far so good.
WEdnesday I walked 8 miles 120 min. Ugh.

you go e ball!! sounds like the 3 day cancer walk.it is up here too.sounds grueling to me but very worthwhile and fulfilling!!i have only 15 min today.its cold out and i have a wicked cough.i plan to walk at y when i lift tomorrow.i would think the walk you want to do wopuld be a moderate pace.and 89 bet if you want to do it you will! keep mushing!!

45 min down today.warming up a bit a round here!!mush

Saturday morning... walked 8 miles, 120 min... it was cold and windy! Yuck.

go girl go!!got in 30 this am befor leaving for work!i bet you have your minutes already e!! should be interesting to see how many minutes you log in the 35 days!!cold as all get out here today.popcicle legs walking!!25 i think.

Sunday morning I walked with hubby for 155 min.... approx 10 miles. Yes, I am training for the 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer. I plan to fly to Kansas City in Sept and take part in the walk there. Hubby will also be a part of it. I have a training program that I am "sort of" going by. Monday is my off day, Tuesday is cross train day, Wed is a walk day, Thurs is cross train, Fri, Sat, and Sun are all walk days. I don't always stick with the schedule due to rain, laziness, company here at our house, but I am doing okay considering I am many months away from the walk and am already doing an average of over 25 miles each week. According to the training program provided by the The 3 Day Walk... I am ahead of the game at this point. My big fear is that when it gets hot here (I live in HOuston), I will be at the peak of the training program and walking 50 or more miles a week in almost 100 degree weather does not thrill me. Oh well. Maybe by then, I will be used to it??? I will keep you posted. My total min so far.... 725. Keep up the good work.

happy valentines day!! nice dau here 52 degrees.now to chicago thats down right balmy for feb 14th.i lifted and walked the dog this morning for a total of 60 min. when hub came home we took the pup for a short walk 15 min or so.so nice to walk without coats and gloves and hats! maybe you could do some walk indoor tapes in the heat of the houston summer.we are heading to the dallas area in june.my sister lives there so we have this whole family of texans!keep mushing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Wednesday I walked for 6 miles , 90 min. It started to rain, so that was a good excuse to quit! Did I mention I was very tired! My total minutes since the Iditawalk started... 815 min.

getting out this morning before a big chill sets in!! ill be mushing with two dogs for 2 weeks.im babaysitting a small terrier.

Just wanted to cheer ye on, ladies! I can't do the challenge with ye, but you're doin' great. Sorry to intrude. Think you deserve a :cheer: !!!!

We love to be cheered on... thanks! I walked on Friday and on Sun.. today... now my total is 1043 min. That feels good. Today was very cold outside, but hubby bundled up with me and we walked about 8 miles. Went a dif way than we normally do and got a bit turned around, so it was quite funny. Went by a Starbucks and had to stop for a coffee fix. It was 38 degrees which is unheard of cold for us! Must admit that if hubby had not been with me.. today would have been a VERY short walk!

what is cold in houston? tis weekend i didnt walk. it was -1 in the am and went up to like 8 in pm sunday warmer high of 18.i went to they and lifted monday swam and walked.put in an hour.im not sure what my minutes are but i know they are low so better get mushing.we sure do like to be cheeered on.......lord knows anything that will help me is good!!

tuesday.walked for 40 min today.nice out today.my minutes stand at 555.thats a bit over nine hours.not to shabby but i better pick it up to make it.looking at a cold weekend again!!

im up to 750.feeling good about it.e bal im thinking of you!!! mush mush!!

im at 840 min today.beautiful day!! the first 50 of the year!

idita walk is complete for this year.its a been a great motivater for me to get out and hoof it thru feb and march in chicago.i shall be rewarding myself with some new exercise duds! til next year....................mush mush