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October
It is the first full month of fall, cooler weather around in the Baltimore area; I’m even wearing long pants some days! Holidays and parties are around the corner and I am trying to be mindful of all the goodies coming my way in the next few months. Moderation. Moderation. Moderation. But for NOW, lets just enjoy the weather and the changing seasons and get out an MOVE.
General monthly instructions are below, including the monthly picture scavenger hunt.
How It Works
The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to keep track of 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
The theme this month is … seasonal changes (a tree or flower or storefront at the beginning of the month, and again at the end); Halloween decorations/costumes, trick or treaters; German OctoberFEST related.
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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5 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 3/15
8 days over 12,000 2/8
5 days over 15,000 steps -/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 5/20
100km on my bike -/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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OctoberFEST Day 5
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 5/25 | |
1 pushup for 25 days | 5/25 | |
12 weight-lifting days | 1/12 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 2/3 | |
Sleep 6:10 hours + 20 days or more during the month | 2/20 | |
1 pull-up for 25 days | 5/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 3/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 2/13 | |
| Beat October 2022 bike mileage (315.8 miles) | 100.8 | |
| 20 days of 50 floors | 5/20 |
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6 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 4/15
8 days over 12,000 3/8
5 days over 15,000 steps -/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 8/20
100km on my bike -/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics -/3
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7 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 4/15
8 days over 12,000 3/8
5 days over 15,000 steps -/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 9/20
100km on my bike 43/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
Spring is here
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9 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 5/15
8 days over 12,000 3/8
5 days over 15,000 steps -/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 10/20
100km on my bike 43/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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10 October
10,000 steps a day for 15 days 6/15
8 days over 12,000 4/8
5 days over 15,000 steps -/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, walk, gym, dance) 13/20
100km on my bike 43/100
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 4/3
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OctoberFest Day 10 report
50 floors every day that I'm at home in Shropshire. | 10/30 |
3 walks with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. Walter had his tenth birthday today, 10/10. | 10/30 |
Play the piano to Walter every day. He's had Beethoven for some time, so we're back on Bach, which is his favourite (of course!). Mussorgsky today - less keen, but he didn't leave the room. | 10/30 |
In bed by midnight every day.. | 10/30 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. | 10/22 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 10/30 |
15,000 steps every day
| 10/30 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 4/3 |
Dogwoods at the front of the house - if it gets colder than at present (21C yesterday, which is way too warm for October) then the stems should start to redden.
Best AnswerThese parasol mushrooms got it wrong two months ago, when we had autumn in August. Now we've got an Indian summer in October, they've come out again. I've not seen them twice in a year like that. They won't last until the end of the month, but I'll photo them daily.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
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