Where Do You Want To Go?

Good morning everyone! I hope everyone is rested up from their weekend of fitness fun. In week 1 we only counted the miles accumulated on Saturday. In week 2, we made an adjustment and are counting all miles from both Saturday and Sunday. It was evident that not everyone could make it out on Saturdays and the important thing here is that we do get out and get moving. So, whether you went Saturday or Sunday, or even both, the distances count. Plus, in the coming weeks, some of us will be taking part in some longer races and will not be running on Saturday to allow for fresh legs for the Sunday races.

Here are the numbers for Week 2, as of Monday morning:

6 states, 18 participants

Kansas (Andria (x2) & Chino): 9.79 in 1:54:34
Maine (Diane, Prudie, Lois, Valerie, Wayne): 5.6 in 2:08:00
Massachusetts (Peanut (x2), Curtis, TK, Mary, Josh, Claudia): 20.29 in 5:45:00
Oklahoma (Bobby (x2) & Hayley (x2)): 20.15 in 5:40:52
Oregon (Alan & Corina): 10 in 1:00:00
Texas (Kat): 1.5 in 24:00

Weekend Total: 68.33 Miles in approx 16:52:26
2 Week Total: 114.51 Miles

In all, we have had 23 different people take part since the beginning of our weekly family fitness outings. I was very impressed to see this week we had 6 new contributors. EXCELLENT!!! Last week we fell just short of a 50-miler. This week we smashed the goal of a double-marathon (52.4). In just three days of fitness over two weekends we, as a FAMILY, have now covered the distance of more than 4 marathons. That is amazing, is it not? And you all have had a hand in it, or rather two feet in it.

Please remember that all distances count, whether you are running, walking, biking, swimming, roller-blading, ice skating or what ever else. Unfortunately, as we found out in the rain delay this weekend at the Red Sox/Yankees game Saturday, letting "your fingers do the walking" does not count. Bummer! Hey, if you lift weights, or even are still shoveling snow, let's hear about. Get your kids and spouses to join you on those walks and runs, it can be quality bonding time and their miles count too. Remember, if you take your dog out for a walk, the dog's miles do not count, but yours DO.

I will continue to calculate the miles each and every weekend, so please either text or email me your results when you get the chance. It will be pretty cool to see what distances we have covered at the end of the month, and the end of the year for that matter. Let us see how far we can travel. By year's end will we have covered enough distance to have walked our way to Grandma's House? Disney? The Caribbean? Middle-Earth? Around the world? Tell me, where do you want to go?