Mags

Brilliant idea

Well done Sam. Get well soon Jayne. Yes I'm well Mary. Had another great horse riding lesson yesterday. Instructor is very pleased with my progress. He was telling everyone else in the class to watch my quiet hands when trotting. I was beaming And I'm not a bit stiff today Winter has arrived back here. Gale force winds with snow forecast. I'm hoping I'll be able to wrap up and get out walking in the morning. I really want to see a difference on the weighing scales or the measuring tape this week as I've had no change at all since I started exercising

Go Squirrel!!!

Jayne, I have a gel here that I used on my shins because they were a bit sore when I started walking. It's called Fastum gel. I got it on prescription so don't know if it's easily available over there. My doctor prescribed it for me when my back is sore. My shins were sore on my walk on Tuesday and when I got home I rubbed the gel on and they were grand. I rubbed it on before I went for my walk yesterday and I was fine. I didn't use have to use it today. I wonder could you get something like that to help. I got a great pedometer app on my ipod. It counts steps, shows time spent, distance traveled, speed, calories and average speed. It also gives a little chime for your distance traveled (you can set it to half mile, 1 mile, etc. or km). The free one only counts 3000 steps per day so I paid for the full version. It's called Footsteps if anyone's interested.

Clocked up another five miles this morning and got rained on again

I think I have too many rest days I should use my pedometer on Fridays when I go into town for shopping/banking, etc. If I think of it this Friday, I'll put my ipod in my pocket

I did another 5 miles this morning.........in the rain!!!! I thought I was going to be stiff as a board this morning after yesterday, but I was grand

Good on ya Mary

Wow Jayne, you go every day except Saturday!!! And what's wrong with Saturday

I'm wondering if it meant that my route was 3.28 miles and the fact that I just doubled back confused things We'll see what readings I get tomorrow (if I can walk lol) Thanks for the praise girls. I'm quite pleased with myself

My clip on pedometer told me I did 12,516 steps, divide that by 1312 to get km (I got that from Google) and put that into a converter to get the miles lol. I was out for an hour and 45 mins with no stops. My route is just up and back along the same side of the canal. I live in the country so no block to go around with nice safe footpaths, hence why I like to walk along the canal because I don't have to keep stepping in when a car comes. It did map it but hard to judge did it map it all. Reading it gives me is: Duration 1:45:37 Distance 3.28 mi Pace 17:36 min/mi I'm walking fast and covered a hell of a distance. Not to worry, I'll try another app tomorrow and see what that says.

Lovely morning here and I got up in great form after a good night's sleep. So off I went and got a bit carried away. Was nearly forgetting to come home. I did 6 miles so very pleased with myself. Mary, I downloaded Map my Walk app but for some reason it only recorded 3 miles. Now I'm walking in the middle of nowhere for most of my route with no houses around (I took some photos on my phone which I will put up later) so is it lacking signal or something? I forgot to give you a pat on the back t'other day for your great progress. My other pedometer app did an update last week and has decided to count laps instead of steps or distance so that one has been deleted and I've downloaded another one to try. I got my readings this morning from my little trusty clip on pedometer. Well done Gooster. I think you earned your mini feast. Really looking forward to my next horseriding lesson.

Very cold grey day here today. I think I had your sunshine last week. Andy is fine again, thank you for asking. After about 2 hours sleep last night, I didn't have the energy to walk up the hall never mind any further. I am definitely going out tomorrow. I had the best horseriding lesson on Saturday. I finally managed trotting properly I've discovered some new muscles!! My Mr G (G for Gordon lol) says I might be able to come off lead rein next week I wasn't expecting to be doing that for a long time yet. Murtle, thanks for the link. I wouldn't be able to do any of them. Any floor exercises are a no no with my back (arthritis). Although probably if I worked on strengthening my back, I might manage something. Sam, I could get a DVD but it would just join the others and my wii that are never used Well done on your run. Everyone is doing so well. It's time for me to catch up. I only have two months now to Andy's communion

There's a lot of exercises I can't do because of arthritis in my back and hip. My hip will affect me sometimes on my walk but I can walk it off it that makes sense. Is there a link to something I can look at Mary? I should have done my indoor walking or jogging but was a bit downhearted with not getting out that I just didn't bother **tut tut**

Well done everyone. I didn't get out at all again this week because Andy was sick and off school. I am really going to knuckle down next week.

Thanks for the encouragement ladies. I probably would get competitive but maybe that's a good thing. Walking along the canal is so peaceful and it's gorgeous when the weather is nice (I must take a photo). I'm a bit of an odd ball cos although I don't like going out on my own, once I'm walking I don't want to meet anyone. Therefore, the part I'm walking on is grass so don't know what it will be like if it rains. I'm going to try going a bit further tomorrow Enjoy your class Gooster and shame you're missing yours Murtle

It's a cracker of a day here - cold but glorious sunshine and no wind. So muffled myself up, head phones on, pedometer on and walked and walked and walked. Did 5 miles

I'm still here Murtle (thanks for missing me ) I was a bit gutted to find out that my pedometer was lying to me. There's three modes on it - stopwatch, steps counter and km. So if I did say 9000 steps, it would show about 16 km. I treated myself to an ipod touch recently and dowloaded a pedometer app, wore both of them one day and noticed a huge difference in the km even though the steps was the same. So I don't know what the reading on the pedometer is about. Therefore I wasn't running as far as I thought I was. Last Friday I managed to drag myself out for a walk and did 4 miles along the canal and really enjoyed it. I don't like going out on my own but hopefully I can keep this going because I saw a difference on my scales this morning Well done to you all for your achievements. You're all brilliant

Sam, I too am in total awe of your achievements. I will proof read your book. I've always wanted to type a book for someone, so you dictate it and I'll type it. I'll even buy it when it's published

I'm so sorry Alex. Sleep well Max. Well done Molly. Good wishes to all

I did some more jogging this morning. My pedometer told me that in half an hour I did just over 5 miles

Thanks for sharing your pics. They're fab

I haven't been feeling great since Thursday so didn't do my indoor walking since Wednesday. This morning, I didn't have time for my walking (takes just over an hour) so I did 15 mins of jogging around the house - indoor jogging You guys are all amazing for all you do although I have to admit half of the time I've no idea what you're talking about

Another 5 miles this morning

Well done Murtle. That's brilliant 6am run?? Rather you than me!! Enjoy the new gym Gooster. Can't believe it's your last day. That time flew in. I'm rather pleased with myself. I did 5 miles this morning. She does two mins boosted walking (that's jogging to you and me!!!) at the end of each mile. I think I've found my challenge. I certainly cleared out my sweat glands anyway