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Ecrivain
Sat, July 19th, 2008, 02:02 PM
In the spirit of the 1000 Mile Challenge (http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/showthread.php?t=39163), I propose a challenge to reach 1000000 miles collectively. Anyone can join. Every mile or fraction of a mile helps. You may walk, jog, run, swim, bike, hop, skip, jump, or crawl your miles. You can use treadmills, stationary bikes, ellipticals, or even venture out into the real world! Just about anything goes.

To give you an idea of the scale of this challenge, 1000000 miles equals:

40 Earth equators
8 Canadian coastlines
4.2 average Earth-to-Moon distances


Add your miles to the previous count, then post the new grand total.

Pitch in and help us reach a million miles!

Ecrivain
Tue, July 22nd, 2008, 09:26 PM
+ 5 miles =

5.0 miles total

Ecrivain
Wed, July 23rd, 2008, 07:56 PM
+ 3 miles =

8 miles

Ecrivain
Thu, July 24th, 2008, 06:27 PM
+ 5 miles running =

13 miles

Ecrivain
Sun, July 27th, 2008, 10:03 PM
+ 7 miles jogging =

20 miles

Ecrivain
Tue, July 29th, 2008, 09:41 PM
+ 4 miles jogging + 1 mile walking =

25 miles

Ecrivain
Wed, July 30th, 2008, 08:03 PM
+ 4 miles running =

29 miles

bmacntmac
Thu, July 31st, 2008, 06:13 AM
+ 2 miles running =

31 miles

xingcat
Thu, July 31st, 2008, 08:41 AM
+7 miles running
=38 miles

Ecrivain
Thu, July 31st, 2008, 10:01 PM
+ 5 miles jogging =

43 miles

Ecrivain
Sat, August 2nd, 2008, 07:25 PM
+ 8 miles jogging =

51 miles

Ecrivain
Sat, August 9th, 2008, 09:39 PM
+ 8.5 miles jogging =

59.5 miles

Ecrivain
Tue, August 12th, 2008, 07:05 PM
+ 6 miles jogging =

65.5 miles

Ecrivain
Wed, August 13th, 2008, 08:30 PM
+ 3 miles running =

68.5 miles

Ecrivain
Thu, August 14th, 2008, 10:27 PM
+ 3 miles jogging + 3 miles running =

74.5 miles

Ecrivain
Sat, August 16th, 2008, 11:59 AM
+ 9 miles jogging =

83.5 miles

paulo_drummer
Sun, August 17th, 2008, 07:41 AM
+ 3 miles jogging =

86.5 miles

Ecrivain
Tue, August 19th, 2008, 05:51 PM
+ 6 miles jogging =

92.5 miles

profdlp
Tue, August 19th, 2008, 07:44 PM
I've been following this thread from the beginning but, uhhhh, never got around to posting my numbers... :o

Would it be considered cheating if I added in everything I've done since I subscribed to the thread?

(I hate to see the perseverance of the OP go unrewarded by lack of more participation. :tu: )

bmacntmac
Wed, August 20th, 2008, 05:16 PM
+ 2 miles of jogging =

94.5 miles

Ecrivain
Wed, August 20th, 2008, 05:27 PM
Would it be considered cheating if I added in everything I've done since I subscribed to the thread?

Let's go with this: Add everything you've done this week. Don't worry, we've still got miles and miles to go, so there are plenty of opportunities to participate. ;)

And to others that may be thinking of joining in: Don't forget that we're counting pretty much any form of self-propelled movement (walking, running, cycling, cardio machines, whatever).


+ 3 miles running =

97.5 miles

profdlp
Wed, August 20th, 2008, 05:47 PM
Let's go with this: Add everything you've done this week...
Too bad - I took a week off from the weights last week and spent most of it on my bike. :lol:

This week (Sun-Wed):

Jog: 8 miles
Bike: 11.5 miles

19.5 subtotal =

117 miles

Ecrivain
Thu, August 21st, 2008, 07:58 PM
+ 5 miles jogging =

122 miles

profdlp
Thu, August 21st, 2008, 08:05 PM
+2 Jogging

124 Miles

user786
Sat, August 23rd, 2008, 07:44 AM
+2 Jogging

124 Miles
6+6+3+3+6+2 treadmill


totals 150 miles.

profdlp
Sat, August 23rd, 2008, 11:46 AM
+4 Jogging =

154 Miles

(Biking this afternoon if the weather holds. :cool: )

paulo_drummer
Sat, August 23rd, 2008, 11:59 AM
+ 3 miles jogging =

157 Miles

Ecrivain
Sat, August 23rd, 2008, 01:05 PM
+ 10 miles jogging =

167 miles

profdlp
Sat, August 23rd, 2008, 08:11 PM
90F, but I did it anyway. :lol:

+ 11.5 Miles Biking

178.8 Total

Seltzer
Mon, August 25th, 2008, 06:53 PM
I've been following this thread from the beginning but, uhhhh, never got around to posting my numbers... :o

Would it be considered cheating if I added in everything I've done since I subscribed to the thread?

(I hate to see the perseverance of the OP go unrewarded by lack of more participation. :tu: )

Let's go with this: Add everything you've done this week. Don't worry, we've still got miles and miles to go, so there are plenty of opportunities to participate. ;)

And to others that may be thinking of joining in: Don't forget that we're counting pretty much any form of self-propelled movement (walking, running, cycling, cardio machines, whatever).


+ 3 miles running =

97.5 miles

I'm in the same situation as profdlp so I'm going to take Ecrivain's suggestion to him and just add the cardio I've done in the past seven days.

Running 19.6 and cycling 16.3

New total = 214.7

Too bad I can't count the past two weeks because the prior week I rode 261 miles on my bicycle. Since the 7/19 inception of this thread I've run 44 miles and biked 341.5. Use the miles as you deem appropriate. I'll update contemporaneously going forward.

profdlp
Mon, August 25th, 2008, 06:58 PM
+4 Jogging (today)
+14 Biking (yesterday)

Subtotal +18

Total: 232.7

PS: That's a pretty nice total on the bike, Seltzer! :bow:

paulo_drummer
Tue, August 26th, 2008, 05:00 AM
+ 3.1 miles jogging.

Total: 235.8 miles.

Seltzer
Tue, August 26th, 2008, 11:17 AM
PS: That's a pretty nice total on the bike, Seltzer! :bow:

Thanks Prof!

5 miles running Total = 237.7

Ecrivain
Tue, August 26th, 2008, 09:02 PM
Somewhere we did some math wrong. ;) Previous total should be 240.8, I believe.

+ 6 miles running =

246.8 miles

bmacntmac
Wed, August 27th, 2008, 10:18 AM
2 miles jogging =

248.8 miles

the_dose101
Wed, August 27th, 2008, 12:39 PM
2 miles jogging =

248.8 miles

+4 mile elliptical Monday
+3 mile elliptical Tuesday

Total: 255.8 miles

Seltzer
Wed, August 27th, 2008, 01:54 PM
Somewhere we did some math wrong. ;) Previous total should be 240.8, I believe.

+ 6 miles running =

246.8 miles

:bang: :bang: It was me. I added my total to profdlp's entry on 8/25 and not to paulohumemoto's post yesterday. I've been here two days and I'm already sabotaging the effort. :lol:

Good catch Ecrivain.

the_dose101
Wed, August 27th, 2008, 07:44 PM
+4 mile elliptical Monday
+3 mile elliptical Tuesday

Total: 255.8 miles

+4 mile elliptical Wednesday

Total: 259.8 miles

profdlp
Wed, August 27th, 2008, 08:03 PM
+ 4 Jogging

Total: 263.8

Ecrivain
Wed, August 27th, 2008, 10:34 PM
+ 3 miles running =

266.8 miles

paulo_drummer
Thu, August 28th, 2008, 11:01 AM
+ 3 miles in elliptical =

269.8 miles

Ecrivain
Thu, August 28th, 2008, 07:46 PM
+ 6 miles jogging =

275.8 miles

the_dose101
Thu, August 28th, 2008, 09:03 PM
+ 6 miles jogging =

275.8 miles


+1.2 miles treadmill
+2.7 miles elliptical
+1.1 miles biking

Total: 280.8 miles

bmacntmac
Fri, August 29th, 2008, 06:28 AM
+ 2 miles jogging =

282.8 miles

profdlp
Fri, August 29th, 2008, 01:00 PM
+ 4 Jogging

Total: 286.8 Miles

the_dose101
Fri, August 29th, 2008, 06:03 PM
+ 4 Jogging

Total: 286.8 Miles

+2.7 miles elliptical
+1.1 miles biking

Total: 290.6 miles

Seltzer
Fri, August 29th, 2008, 06:36 PM
+2.7 miles elliptical
+1.1 miles biking

Total: 290.6 miles

3.5 miles running yesterday. Total = 294.1

paulo_drummer
Sat, August 30th, 2008, 06:12 AM
+ 3 miles elliptical

297.1 miles

Seltzer
Sat, August 30th, 2008, 10:39 AM
+ 12.1 running

Total = 309.2

paulo_drummer
Sun, August 31st, 2008, 11:21 AM
+ 3 miles elliptical

312.2 miles

Ecrivain
Sun, August 31st, 2008, 03:02 PM
+ 11 miles jogging =

323.2 miles

profdlp
Sun, August 31st, 2008, 04:34 PM
+ 6.5 Jogging (Sat & Sun combined)

329.7 Total

Seltzer
Mon, September 1st, 2008, 11:50 PM
+ 6.5 Jogging (Sat & Sun combined)

329.7 Total

+22.0 miles biking yesterday
+5.0 miles power walking with my wife today

Total = 356.7

Seltzer
Tue, September 2nd, 2008, 01:10 PM
+22.0 miles biking yesterday
+5.0 miles power walking with my wife today

Total = 356.7

=5.2 miles running

Total = 361.9

bmacntmac
Tue, September 2nd, 2008, 02:16 PM
+ 3 miles jogging

= 364.9 miles

profdlp
Tue, September 2nd, 2008, 05:30 PM
+4 Miles Jogging

= 368.9 Total

Ecrivain
Tue, September 2nd, 2008, 08:24 PM
+ 6 miles running =

374.9 miles

bmacntmac
Wed, September 3rd, 2008, 06:25 AM
+ 2 miles jogging

= 376.9 miles

the_dose101
Wed, September 3rd, 2008, 08:44 PM
+ 2 miles jogging

= 376.9 miles

Too busy making weekly food yesterday to update:

+4 miles elliptical Tuesday

+.75 miles treadmill Wednesday
+2.75 miles elliptical Wednesday

Total: 384.4 miles

paulo_drummer
Thu, September 4th, 2008, 10:35 AM
+ 3.8 miles in elliptical

388.2 miles

Seltzer
Thu, September 4th, 2008, 01:40 PM
+ 3.8 miles in elliptical

388.2 miles

+ 3.5 running

Total = 391.7 miles

the_dose101
Thu, September 4th, 2008, 07:05 PM
+ 3.5 running

Total = 391.7 miles

+.8 miles treadmill
+1.2 miles elliptical
Total: 393.7 miles

profdlp
Fri, September 5th, 2008, 03:44 PM
+ 6 Miles Jogging

Total = 399.7

I would have trotted another .3 miles if I'd have been thinking about the milestone. Who will put us over 400? :tucool:

the_dose101
Fri, September 5th, 2008, 08:01 PM
+ 6 Miles Jogging

Total = 399.7

I would have trotted another .3 miles if I'd have been thinking about the milestone. Who will put us over 400? :tucool:

This guy!

+2.1 miles elliptical
+.8 miles treadmill

Total: 402.6 miles

Ecrivain
Fri, September 5th, 2008, 09:40 PM
+ 3 running (Wed) + 5 running (Thu) =

410.6 miles

paulo_drummer
Sat, September 6th, 2008, 11:46 AM
+ 3.2 miles elliptical

413.8 miles

Ecrivain
Sat, September 6th, 2008, 05:39 PM
+ 13 miles jogging =

426.8 miles

paulo_drummer
Sat, September 6th, 2008, 10:07 PM
+ 3.2 miles elliptical =

430 miles

profdlp
Sat, September 6th, 2008, 10:45 PM
+ 2 Jogging (am)
+11.25 Biking (pm)

Subtotal = 13.25

Total = 443.25

Seltzer
Sun, September 7th, 2008, 11:33 AM
+ 5 mile power walk with wife yesterday
+ 15 mile run this morning

Total = 463.25 miles

bmacntmac
Mon, September 8th, 2008, 06:22 AM
+ 3 miles running

= 466.25 miles

Seltzer
Tue, September 9th, 2008, 09:57 AM
+ 5.2 miles running

Total = 471.45 miles

the_dose101
Tue, September 9th, 2008, 12:48 PM
+ 5.2 miles running

Total = 471.45 miles

Yesterday

+4.0 miles elliptical

Total: 475.45 miles

profdlp
Tue, September 9th, 2008, 03:03 PM
Past three days:
7.5 Biking
3.15 Elliptical Trainer
4.0 Jogging

14.65 Subtotal

TOTAL: 486.1

Ecrivain
Tue, September 9th, 2008, 08:01 PM
Yesterday

+4.0 miles elliptical

Total: 475.45 miles

Past three days:
7.5 Biking
3.15 Elliptical Trainer
4.0 Jogging

14.65 Subtotal

TOTAL: 486.1

475.45 + 14.65 would be 490.1, no?

+ 6 miles jogging =

496.1 miles

profdlp
Tue, September 9th, 2008, 08:15 PM
475.45 + 14.65 would be 490.1, no?...
For some reason I must have missed the_dose101's last addition. I blame it on teh internets... :whistle:

(Hey - I'm not taking the rap...) :spaz:

Surti
Tue, September 9th, 2008, 08:25 PM
7 miles walking

7 + 496.1=

503.1

Ecrivain
Wed, September 10th, 2008, 09:01 PM
I blame it on teh internets... :whistle:

:nod: Someone needs to pour some Drain-o down the internet tubes.

Side note: Thanks to all of you for joining this challenge and contributing your miles! It's great to see new names show up. My legs would've fallen off trying to reach 1000000 alone. :o



+ 3 miles running =

506.1 miles

Seltzer
Thu, September 11th, 2008, 01:33 PM
+ 19.0 cycling

Total = 525.1

the_dose101
Fri, September 12th, 2008, 11:40 AM
+ 19.0 cycling

Total = 525.1

+ .8 treadmill Wednesday

+1.1 biking Thursday
+4.0 elliptical Thursday

Total: 531 miles

profdlp
Fri, September 12th, 2008, 03:15 PM
3.5 Elliptical Trainer
4.0 Jogging

7.5 Subtotal

TOTAL: 538.5

Seltzer
Sat, September 13th, 2008, 12:26 PM
3.5 Elliptical Trainer
4.0 Jogging

7.5 Subtotal

TOTAL: 538.5

+ 25.2 cycling

Total = 563.7 miles

Seltzer
Sun, September 14th, 2008, 10:45 AM
+ 25.2 cycling

Total = 563.7 miles

+ 13.2 running

Total = 576.9

Ecrivain
Sun, September 14th, 2008, 03:30 PM
+ 5 miles jogging (Thu) + 10 miles jogging (Sun) =

591.9 miles

paulo_drummer
Sun, September 14th, 2008, 09:10 PM
+ 3.2 miles jogging =

595.1 miles

profdlp
Mon, September 15th, 2008, 12:34 PM
+ 6.0 Jogging

TOTAL = 601.1 Miles

Seltzer
Tue, September 16th, 2008, 02:56 PM
= 4 miles running

Total = 605.1 miles

the_dose101
Wed, September 17th, 2008, 11:55 AM
= 4 miles running

Total = 605.1 miles

+.8 treadmill Monday

+5.3 elliptical Tuesday

Total: 611.2 miles

Ecrivain
Wed, September 17th, 2008, 09:43 PM
+ 4 miles running (Tue) + 3 miles running (Wed) =

618.2 miles

Ecrivain
Thu, September 18th, 2008, 11:10 PM
+ 2 miles running =

620.2 miles

bmacntmac
Fri, September 19th, 2008, 07:28 AM
+ 2.5 miles of jogging/hiking

= 622.7 miles

profdlp
Fri, September 19th, 2008, 10:59 AM
+ 8.0 Jogging (Total, over the past few days)

TOTAL = 630.7 Miles

paulo_drummer
Sat, September 20th, 2008, 11:37 AM
+ 3.2 miles (Thu); + 3.3 miles (Sat) elliptical=

637.2 miles

paulo_drummer
Sun, September 21st, 2008, 10:11 AM
+ 3.2 miles elliptical =

640.4 miles

profdlp
Mon, September 22nd, 2008, 11:55 AM
+ 6.0 Jogging

Total = 646.4 Miles

Seltzer
Mon, September 22nd, 2008, 02:51 PM
+ 13.1 miles running yesterday

Total = 659.5

cwbolton
Mon, September 22nd, 2008, 04:43 PM
QWell lets see ive been jogging 26 times since i started. 25 times (3 miles) 1 time (10 miles)

so thats 85 miles

Total = 744.5 :D

And i jog 3 miles 5 days a week so ill just add 15 every friday

Seltzer
Tue, September 23rd, 2008, 11:59 AM
+ 16.1 miles cycling

Total = 760.6 miles

Seltzer
Thu, September 25th, 2008, 03:15 PM
+ 20.2 miles cycling

Total = 780.8 miles

profdlp
Thu, September 25th, 2008, 03:19 PM
+ 6.0 Jogging (Tues-Thur)

Total = 786.8 Miles

bmacntmac
Thu, September 25th, 2008, 03:42 PM
+ 2 miles jogging

= 788.8 miles

paulo_drummer
Fri, September 26th, 2008, 10:52 AM
+ 3.3 miles jogging=

792.1 miles

modmaven
Fri, September 26th, 2008, 04:24 PM
+ 4.2 = 796.3

Seltzer
Sat, September 27th, 2008, 12:16 PM
+ 4.2 = 796.3

+ 14.2 miles running

Total = 810.5 miles

paulo_drummer
Sat, September 27th, 2008, 09:29 PM
+ 3 miles elliptical

Total = 813.5

cwbolton
Sun, September 28th, 2008, 05:37 AM
12 miles this week
12 + 813.5

Total = 825.5

modmaven
Sun, September 28th, 2008, 10:45 AM
+ 4.3 = 829.8

paulo_drummer
Tue, September 30th, 2008, 10:41 AM
+ 3.5 miles elliptical

=833.3 miles

profdlp
Tue, September 30th, 2008, 01:15 PM
+ 8.0 Jogging (Fri-Tues)

Total = 841.3 Miles

bmacntmac
Tue, September 30th, 2008, 01:36 PM
+ 2 miles jogging

= 843.3 miles

Seltzer
Tue, September 30th, 2008, 02:23 PM
+ 4 miles jogging

Total = 847.3

Seltzer
Thu, October 2nd, 2008, 02:38 PM
+ 16.2 miles jogging

Total = 863.5

paulo_drummer
Sun, October 5th, 2008, 09:11 AM
+ 3.2 miles elliptical

Total= 866.7 miles

profdlp
Sun, October 5th, 2008, 03:14 PM
+ 10.0 Jogging (Over the last few days)

Total = 876.7 Miles

Seltzer
Tue, October 7th, 2008, 01:34 PM
+ 17.8 miles cycling

Total = 894.5 miles

the_dose101
Wed, October 8th, 2008, 12:24 PM
+ 17.8 miles cycling

Total = 894.5 miles

Wednesday: +5.6 elliptical

Total: 900.1 miles

Seltzer
Thu, October 9th, 2008, 10:57 AM
Since every little bit counts.

= 1.4 miles walking

Total = 901.5

Seltzer
Sat, October 11th, 2008, 02:26 PM
+ 18.5 running

Total = 920.0 miles

Seltzer
Mon, October 13th, 2008, 09:34 AM
+21.8 cycling
+3.4 walking

Total = 945.2 miles

profdlp
Mon, October 13th, 2008, 12:48 PM
Catching up from the last week:

+16.7 Jogging

Total = 961.9 Miles

Seltzer
Tue, October 14th, 2008, 04:09 PM
+3.5 running

Total = 965.4 miles

Seltzer
Sat, October 18th, 2008, 05:31 PM
+ 4 miles running on Thursday
+20.4 miles running this morning

Total = 989.8 miles.

Seltzer
Sun, October 19th, 2008, 08:45 PM
+20.8 miles cycling
+3.2 miles hiking

Total = 1013.8 miles

We're over a thousand. :claphigh: But I can't do it by myself. Is the thread dead?