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The end of summer looms and there are only a few more weeks for a getaway or two before we move into fall. In terms of goals, you still have to get in your steps, but in this most distinguished of months try adding something special, maybe a group run or ride, or a hike to the tallest/highest place wherever you are.
How It Works
The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to encourage you to set and hit your daily step goals for the month; though many of us track other things as well, like body weight exercises, sleep, trips to the gym, logging food, etc. This is not a competition to see who can do the most of whatever, instead it is a challenge to measure your consistency. So whether you do 1k, 5k, 10k or even 40k steps a day, this is measuring how many days out of the monthly total you can hit your goal.
Some might have a constant goal of 10k steps every single day and others might have a variable goal throughout the week, (and some might even plan days off!) for example.
Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day
Sat & Sun = “6k steps a day,” or “not tracking”
Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for the monthly challenge is whether or not you reach what you set out to do.
Suggested Posting Format
1) Post either your constant or variable step goal.
2) Keep track of the # of daily goals achieved out of the monthly minimum and or monthly total
Picture Scavenger Hunt — 3 pictures
The theme this month is August, which besides being the eighth month means consecrated, venerable, majestic, impressive, honored. So look for pictures that invoke those feelings. Possibilities might be monuments, historic buildings, the oldest, grandest tree in your area, or wide land- or sky-scapes during sunrise or sunset. With the right instagram filter, even the faded street art marking the B&O train museum is august.
Posting
Although you certainly don’t have to post daily, you’ll likely stay closer to what you set out to do by updating the thread several times/week
Injury Notice
If you injure yourself during the month and need to scale back due to the injury, then all you have to do is adjust your goal for that period. If you normally do 10k steps a day but pull a hamstring and decide to do minimal walking (2k steps a day), then all you have to do is change your goal.
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After a very wet Saturday, today looked like a good one for getting up to Pole Bank. It's a steady climb of 1000 feet over about 3.5 miles. I hadn't tried getting there since my left knee flared up, mainly because of worries about getting down again, but reckoned it was on today. Walter and I enjoyed the walk, despite getting caught in two downpours that my phone had failed to predict, so here he is at the top.
You can just see the Wrekin, a much loved hill in north Shropshire, on the horizon at the right-hand edge of the picture.
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Wait a minute ... Is that the world's biggest rubber duck peaking through the trees? Why yes, it just might be. 🦆
The big rubber duck is traveling around the Chesapeake Bay this month. It was in Leonardtown Md when we visited on Saturday. Nice day trip from Baltimore. Took our bikes to ride around a bit too.
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7 August
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 4/15
8 days over 12,000 2/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 1/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 7/20
150km on my bike 30/150
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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9 August
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 5/15
8 days over 12,000 3/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 1/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 9/20
150km on my bike 30/150
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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10 August
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 6/15
8 days over 12,000 4/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 2/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 11/20
150km on my bike 30/150
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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11 August
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 7/15
8 days over 12,000 5/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 2/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 13/20
150km on my bike 30/150
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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50 floors every day that I'm at home in Shropshire | 11/31 |
| 3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are | 11/31 |
Play the piano to Walter every day. | 11/31 |
In bed by midnight every day.. | 11/31 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. | 11/22 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 11/31 |
| 20,000 steps every day. | 11/31 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 2/3 |
| Climb the Long Mynd to Pole Bank. | 1/1 |
Evening sun on three of our local giants. From right to left: Caer Caradoc, The Lawley, and in the distance The Wrekin.
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12 August
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 8/15
8 days over 12,000 6/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 3/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 14/20
150km on my bike 30/150
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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13 August
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 8/15
8 days over 12,000 6/8
5 days over 15,000 steps 3/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 15/20
150km on my bike 70/150
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
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