Day 20: 100 Day challenge!

WAHOO!! After a rough week, I finally made it to day 20! I am 1/5 of the way to my goal! What a great day! I didn't even realize where I was when I made the video so I think I said I was on like day 18. Thank goodness I was totally off!  Here's that inaccurate video from today's walk:

A couple pictures from after the walk.

Screenshots below. Take note that I was UNDER 16 minutes per mile today! It is much easier to be faster when you aren't walking through deep snow. It will be even better when there is NO snow and I can just wear my awesome new running shoes instead of the big heavy boots I have been wearing (boy my ankles are sore). I keep saying I should have done this in the spring/summer or fall, but maybe it's good to do it now. It forces me to go out in the hard weather, so maybe it will seem easy when the weather gets nicer! 

1.61 miles in 25:30. That is a 15:50/mile average! Fast enough to do a Disney run...now to sustain that pace for an extended period...
So happy to be a fifth of the way done. I can do it!!!

Day 19: 100 Day Challenge

I DID IT!!! YEAH! Today I had a lunch with the radiology wives (all the wives of the doctors my husband works with). The lunch was at noon, and I had to drop my daughter off at school a little over an hour before that. I decided to just drive downtown to where the lunch was to be held and walk around slowly, comfortably and hopefully for at least a mile before I went in for lunch. I managed to do it and without too much pain (thank you Advil). Here's my video:

A before picture:

And a collage of after pictures:

And some screenshots of the walk report.

1.09 Miles! Phew!
Since I am picking up where I left off before the Mulligans, this is day 19/100. Tomorrow we hit 20! Yeah. Go me!

Mulligan Day 2: Recovery Days needed!

The image above is a screenshot of the definition of a Mulligan. Look at definition 2. That is the one I am referring to. The part I like best is that it is "Not counted on the scorecard."  Today was day 2 of mulligan...not counted to the scorecard for my 100 day challenge. I really needed another recovery day from this fall on the ice. I feel like a sad old lady, but oh well. Hoping I will be in less pain tomorrow and will feel up to the walk.  Hoping to jump back in tomorrow. 

Mulligan! 100 Day Challenge

Today, I am calling a Mulligan! Today I did not walk, and I choose NOT to count it against myself. I will just jump back in tomorrow with that as a newly reset day 19. Yesterday I wrote this:

This was a rough walk. There was black ice everywhere and it was dark. I mention in the beginning of the following video that I just fell hard. That was no joke. I have an injured shoulder, and I fell so fast and hard that I didn't even have time to react and braace the fall at all. I hit squarely on my left hip/butt and my already injured left shoulder. I was able to finish this walk, but by the time I got home I was very, very sore and in tears. I am apparently officially an old lady...it was a sad day...

Well, today, the pain in my body was excruciating. Like really, I could hardly move. I need a recovery day of at least a day. My doctor (husband) said that it will likely be at least a 6 week recovery with my body and the pain, but that I can still walk, but that it was probably a good idea to take today off. So I am doing that! Sorry, but sometimes you have to take a Mulligan. 
Somehow tomorrow I will try to find the strength to walk through the pain...

Day 18: 100 Day Challenge

January 23, Day 18. This was a rough walk. There was black ice everywhere and it was dark. I mention in the beginning of the following video that I just fell hard. That was no joke. I have an injured shoulder, and I fell so fast and hard that I didn't even have time to react and braace the fall at all. I hit squarely on my left hip/butt and my already injured left shoulder. I was able to finish this walk, but by the time I got home I was very, very sore and in tears. I am apparently officially an old lady...it was a sad day... Video:

Picture: 

OK. so 18 days down. 

Day 17: 100 Day Challenge

January 22, Day 17. Video:

Pictures:

One more day down!

Day 16: 100 Day Challenge

January 21, Day 16. Walked with my Kindle. Here is our video:

Pictures:

Phew!

Day 15: 100 Day Challenge

I am behind on posting because we have had one heck of a week. But I have been continuing to walk so here is the info on Day 15 (Jan 20). And I am going to post this as if it posted on the correct day...(sneaky blogger trick). Here's the video from Day 15:

Picture during walk and one from after:

Here are the screenshots of the final result:

And more is coming.

Some days are rough...Day 14: 100 Day Challenge

Guys, some days are just not even possible to do a dedicated 1 mile walk. 
Really. 
We had a lice situation that we noticed on our child late last night and we were up until 1 am with the kids dealing with treating him (and everyone else just to be safe). We also stripped all the beds and started the daunting task of washing all the bedding and clothing for all 7 people in this house. The kids went to bed around 1am, we stayed up later doing some more stuff. Then (luckily) the kids had a 2 hour late start for school today, and Wes is still off work this week so we were able to get done a lot more stuff today. 
I realized pretty early on that I was not going to have the opportunity to walk a full dedicated walk, so I decided to use my Samsung app today and have it trace my walking distance and steps. I think it totally counts for a day like today to just count the distance I walked throughout the day. It ended up being 3 miles according to my app. Here's the screenshot:

Tomorrow I will continue through the insane piles of laundry, I will take my kids to their High Ability Learners testing, go walk through 2 houses, and try to salvage whatever I can of Wesley's week off that was totally bombarded with lice and crazy weather. AND I will try again to walk for a mile. Somewhere in the midst of all that...

Day 13: 100 Day Challenge

After the Ice storm of last night in Yakima, we had a fun, full day with the kids (Snow Day!!!). So, Wes and I JUST got finished with our walk. Here's a video:

A few icy pictures:

And a screenshot of the final info:

Lucky 13 is done! 

Day 12: 100 Day Challenge

I couldn't remember what day it was today, apparently the 12th day. I made 2 short videos today as I walked with Wes.

And here's my screenshot:

Tomorrow will be the 13th!!! YEAH! I was born Sept 13, so I am fond of that number! 

Day 11: 100 Day Challenge

Day 11: We actually walked just under 2 miles, but my phone died at about 1.2 miles. We were on a trail, and when we turned around to walk back mapmyrun said we were at .94 miles. So, since we walked all the way back we must have walked 1.88 miles. Here's the video:

My daughter, husband and two of my sons walked with me. Here is a picture of me and my girl on the walk:

And the screenshot I took at 2% phone power...

11/100.