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A Marathon for Stress-Free April? Well, read on …
April is Stress Awareness Month and exercise is GOOD for stress reduction, right? Ummm, maybe. Look, I know a lot of Fitbitters want to run a marathon, but if success is trying to accomplish that in a few hours, or even a day, it sounds a little crazy! So try a 30-Day Marathon instead.This April commit to one mile, walk or run, every day. Maybe (gulp) even if it is raining. But don't stress! If it is raining really hard step inside or take a day off. A marathon is only 26 miles.
I’ve always been a fan of getting my exercise outside where I can see the earth, the trees, the flowers, the bees, and for April, rain (likely) or shine, I’m going out to see that one stress-free day at a time. Come along and set up some month-long fitness goals as well — a little challenge is good, but for Stress Awareness Month, don’t push too hard. Focus on the joy of daily exercise.
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 — 3 pictures
For Stress Awareness April how about some pictures of whatever brings a smile to your face? Here's one of my dog Jayhawk who wonders why it gets so dark when he goes for his kong.
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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Stress Free Day 27
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 24/25 | |
1 pushup | 27/25 | |
10 weight-lifting days | 13/10 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:00 hours + 15 days or more during the month | 17/15 | |
1 pull-up (modified) | 27/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 23/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 11/15 | |
| Beat April 2022 bike mileage (260.9 miles) | 410.2 |
This mockingbird made me smile. He's got some kind of hawklike attitude.
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28 April
1.6 km (1 mile) per day for 26 days 18/26 (marathon goal)
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 14/20
12 days over 12,000 8/12
5 days over 15,000 steps 3/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 30/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
250km on my bike 277/250
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Stress-free Marathon April 28th update
13k steps per day - 16/16 days
10k steps per day - 4/4 days
16k steps per day - 3/4 days
18k steps per day - -3/3 days
over 20k steps per day - 1/2 days #1-(24,789)
Weights - 12/12 days
Yoga/pilates/stretch - 13/12 days
90 oz Water every day - 28/30
8 pound weight loss - 4.8 pounds lost
3 (at least) for photo scavenger hunt. 3/3
I was very ill for 2 days last week, and still suffering from allergies...YIKES...I haven't felt that bad since I have been a little girl. Covid was negative, Doc said probably viral infection with severe allergies-no actual firm diagnosis. Thankful to be on the mend every day... our band has a gig Saturday, so I need my voice 🙂
Blessings to you all for a wonderful spring weekend!
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April Stress-Free Marathon, Day 28
150 floors every day that I'm at home in Shropshire | 28/30 |
| 10 miles at least with Walter the collie every day, wherever we are. | 28/30 |
| Play the piano to Walter every day. | 28/30 |
| In bed by midnight ever day.. | 28/30 |
| ..and by 11pm at least 5 days in every 7. Caught up! | 24/28 |
| Cleaning/DIY/gardening every day when I'm at home. | 28/30 |
| 30,000 steps every day. | 28/30 |
| 3 Scavenger Hunt photos | 4/3 |
Our local crochet queen has been at it again:
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29 April
1.6 km (1 mile) per day for 26 days 19/26 (marathon goal)
10,000 steps a day for 20 days 14/20
12 days over 12,000 8/12
5 days over 15,000 steps 3/5
20 exercise sessions (swim, bike, vigorous walk, dance) 32/20
3 Scavenger Hunt pics 3/3
250km on my bike 323/250
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Stress-free Final update
13k steps per day - 16/16 days
10k steps per day - 4/4 days
16k steps per day - 3/4 days......1 sick day @8,000
18k steps per day - -3/3 days
over 20k steps per day - 2/2 days #1-(24,789); #2-(21,788)
Weights - 12/12 days
Yoga/pilates/stretch - 14/12 days
90 oz Water every day - 30/30
8 pound weight loss - 4.4 pounds lost
3 (at least) for photo scavenger hunt. 4/3
All in all, even after having a few days of feeling really puny, I feel as if I had a pretty good month... I probably pushed too hard a couple of days--and I wont' do that again! I am lucky that my sore throat was at it's minimum Saturday for our awesome gig below (my daughter filled in for my sister, and it was really special!) The pic is a little blurry, but it makes me smile!
Also, Thank you for accepting me into this group, I enjoy reading about you all, and you are all inspirational. See you in the May Challenge.
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Stress Free Day 30
| 17K steps/day for 25 days | 24/25 | |
1 pushup | 27/25 | |
10 weight-lifting days | 13/10 | |
post 3 scavenger pics | 3/3 | |
Sleep 6:00 hours + 15 days or more during the month | 20/15 | |
1 pull-up (modified) | 27/25 | |
| Unicycle: 15 mins/day for 25 days | 25/25 | |
| 13 Dry (no alcohol) days | 12/13 | |
| Beat April 2022 bike mileage (260.9 miles) | 446.7 |
I'm happy with Stress Free April. My sleeping was better, my bike mileage was a big jump from last year, and I wrapped that up with a 30 mile Bikes to Beers ride on Saturday with my wife and some friends. Keep smiling!
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