Bella30
Silver Member
Ah thank you! 
I'm doing it to raise money for cancer research and also to help me lose weight and tone my legs! I needed some new motivation and always admire people who do the marathon but never thought about entering myself because it would be too difficult to run that distance, but when I saw this challenge, something inside me clicked and I just had to sign up for it! I must admit, I've had a few moments over the last week where I've had mini panics thinking I'll never do it, but it's early days still so as long as I stay focused and stick to the training programme, I should be ok.
I haven't had a chance to update on this week yet so here goes:
Week 2, Day 1:
Started my walk today with lots of enthusiasm as I am now in week 2, but got really annoyed along my route because my GPS stopped working on my mobile so didn't track the route properly. So had to estimate my milage and calories based on previous routes and I worked it out to be just over 2.5 miles and about 330 cals in 37 mins. I'm going to do the route again some time this week so will have a more acurate calculation.
Week 2, Day 2:
Today I walked with my mum again, this time we stayed around the area where she lives and we tracked 2.49 miles in 42.44 mins and burnt 313 kcals. I then stayed at hers for dinner and had a yummy vegetable stir fry!
Week 2, Day 3:
Today was a morning walk and tracked 2.27 miles in 23.59 mins and burnt 286 kcals. This has been the shortest walk I've done so far, but aim to do a good 3 miles tomorrow to make up for it! Ideally I want to be doing 3 miles a day now, but mornings are bit difficult as I don't have as much time because I need to get to work! Oh well, at least I'm still doing it!
I'm doing it to raise money for cancer research and also to help me lose weight and tone my legs! I needed some new motivation and always admire people who do the marathon but never thought about entering myself because it would be too difficult to run that distance, but when I saw this challenge, something inside me clicked and I just had to sign up for it! I must admit, I've had a few moments over the last week where I've had mini panics thinking I'll never do it, but it's early days still so as long as I stay focused and stick to the training programme, I should be ok. I haven't had a chance to update on this week yet so here goes:
Week 2, Day 1:
Started my walk today with lots of enthusiasm as I am now in week 2, but got really annoyed along my route because my GPS stopped working on my mobile so didn't track the route properly. So had to estimate my milage and calories based on previous routes and I worked it out to be just over 2.5 miles and about 330 cals in 37 mins. I'm going to do the route again some time this week so will have a more acurate calculation.
Week 2, Day 2:
Today I walked with my mum again, this time we stayed around the area where she lives and we tracked 2.49 miles in 42.44 mins and burnt 313 kcals. I then stayed at hers for dinner and had a yummy vegetable stir fry!
Week 2, Day 3:
Today was a morning walk and tracked 2.27 miles in 23.59 mins and burnt 286 kcals. This has been the shortest walk I've done so far, but aim to do a good 3 miles tomorrow to make up for it! Ideally I want to be doing 3 miles a day now, but mornings are bit difficult as I don't have as much time because I need to get to work! Oh well, at least I'm still doing it!
