The TFP Odometer!

[Gabbyness]

Alright folks, the Push-Up Challenge has motivated me to start the TFP Odometer.

The rules are simple, log your miles (or % of miles) ran in this thread. If you're one of those crazy people that uses the metric system (Crazy! ) feel free to log kilometers and we'll do a conversion either way.

Hopefully this will motivate people to get out and pound the pavement. Remember - there's no substitute for running!

I'll start it off:

0+3 = 3 miles

[Siege]

Just as a note:

1 mile = 1.6km

So if you do run X number of kilometres, just divide the number by 1.6.

[Gabbyness]

I know Siege! I was just kidding about those crazy metric system people.

Start running!!

[Willravel]

1 mile this morning.
Total: 1 mile (1.609344 km) for me

Thread total: 4 miles, 6.437376 km

[yellowchef]

Can we walk? My big butt doesnt run. Im too fat and it kills my joints I do like to walk though

[Martian]

If you accept walking, I walk 1 km to work every day. I'm still trying to figure out where I can fit running and/or strength training into my new schedule, though.

[Gabbyness]

Originally Posted by yellowchef

Can we walk? My big butt doesnt run. Im too fat and it kills my joints I do like to walk though

Absolutely! Log those miles bucko

[shoegirl]

Since we're counting walking - I got 2 miles in yesterday!

Total - 6 miles!

[Carno]

Four miles for me this morning, so we're up to 10!

[barenakedladies]

anyone know why when i run i get terrible pain in my shin, it feels like the bone is coming through the skin.

i think its called shin splints. but how do i get rid of it?

btw what do you think is a healthy or good time to run 1.5 miles?
30 year old male

[Carno]

Yeah, most likely is shin splints, but it might be something worse. Do you run regularly? Does the pain start immediately when you start running, or kick in when you're well into the run? If you rest a week between runs, do you still have the pain?

There are many stretches and exercises you can do to help shin splints, but they are kinda hard to explain in text. Search for them on Google and you should find tons of info about it. Unfortunately if the pain happens every time you run no matter how long you rest between runs, you may have permanent shin splints that never go away. That is bad, and if you keep running through the pain you could really damage your legs. Using a non-impact exercise such as an elliptical machine is probably your best bet if your shin splints never get better.

[Martian]

Okay.. well, I didn't work yesterday, but I got called in today, so 1 km there plus 1 km back.

2 km = 1.25 mi

Total 11.25

[Carno]

+2 miles

= 13.25

[Gabbyness]

BNL,

Carno is pretty dead on about his shin spints advice. The concern is not so much the splints but that they could lead to something much more severe, like a stress fracture.

If it gives you serious pain to run, even after stretching/icing, don't do it. If it continues to persist, see a doctor. My brother had splints that became a stress fracture and he couldn't do crap for weeks while he healed, so be careful.

As for your concern for a 1.5 mile run, I would say 12 minutes is a respectable pace. That is an 8-min mile pace, which is a "running" pace. I would say a 10min 1.5 miles indicates a pretty high level of cardiovascular ability.

I've read on Runner's World that 10min/mile pace is the cut-off between a "run" and a "jog." So, if you're running 1.5 miles in 15min, you are at a jogging pace. But hell, that's good!

Also, +3 miles =

16.25

[Siege]

Originally Posted by Gabbyness

I know Siege! I was just kidding about those crazy metric system people.

Start running!!

Just making sure people know how to convert

Running? Hahaha, I can't remember the last time I was on a treadmill for more than 10 min.

[Willravel]

16.2427424 miles so far, plus my 1.5 miles this morning...

Total = 17.7428424 (23.726305 km)

[Carno]

+4.5 = 22.2427

= 22.25 miles!

[maleficent]

.75 miles to work
.75 miles from work (up hill - that's gotta count for more
1.5 miles total (not counting the countless trips to the bathroom, and coffee area)

23.75 miles

[shoegirl]

+2 miles for me!

25.75 miles

[Mondak]

Ran two miles yesterday. So 2 for me.

[yellowchef]

I walked some this afternoon about 2 miles.. :O)

[Carno]

+6

= 35.75 miles

[Carno]

+2

= 37.75

[Mondak]

+2 more so I am up to 4.

[Mondak]

Ok - I think I missed the point of this thread. Maybe we are up to

39.75

with my last two. I think someone else already added in my previous two.

[Carno]

+6

= 45.75

[braisler]

Originally Posted by barenakedladies

anyone know why when i run i get terrible pain in my shin, it feels like the bone is coming through the skin.

i think its called shin splints. but how do i get rid of it?

btw what do you think is a healthy or good time to run 1.5 miles?
30 year old male

Last question first: It is probably more important what YOU think a good time for 1.5 miles would be for YOU! An average pace for a man your age in relative fitness might be 8 minutes, which would mean 12 minutes for 1.5 miles. But I am sure some real runners out there would say that you should shoot for a 6 minute mile, or 9 minutes for 1.5 miles. I find it useful to run at a comfortable pace for the distance, record my time, and then set reasonable goals to how much I want to improve. If you currently run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes, tell yourself that you want to do it in 11:30 by this time next month.

Shin splints usually go away for me if I take it easy at first, take walking breaks every 5 minutes for 1 minute or so, etc. I think that it has to do with increased circulation to the area.

And not to be a total thread jack, I don't have any mileage to contribute today, but I will measure off some distances around my new neighborhood and check back in over the weekend.

[Brilliant Idiot]

Ooooo - I love this! I did this kind of logging on the TR Forum last year and it felt great to see the miles/kms adding up!!

I wonder if, as a group we can walk 'around the world', approxmiately 24,000 miles. WillTravel, I see you started logging the group total. Can you keep us posted?

I don't have a car, so I walk everywhere. Unfair advantage, I know. Hehehe.

Today, Day 1: March 24, by 10am: 7km = 4.17 miles (I like the kms better. Looks like a lot more. )

[Carno]

Um, you can just add the numbers together and give the new total at the bottom of your post.

45.75 + 4.17 = 49.92

[newtx]

Unlike Brilliant idiot, I have too many cars. Most run, hehe. So I have no unfair advantage. I've been needing to start walking again- so count me in. I've read walking burns more fat calories than running. And being lazy.................walking is a lot easier.

[Gabbyness]

Originally Posted by braisler

And not to be a total thread jack, I don't have any mileage to contribute today, but I will measure off some distances around my new neighborhood and check back in over the weekend.

Brais,

http://www.usatf.org/routes/

This is a sweet program. It uses google earth to map out running routes. My friend showed this to me, it totally rocks. You can precisely measure any distances.

Oh, also!

+3

52.92!

[Martian]

Additional 2.5 miles for Wednesday and today (I was off sick yesterday).

52.92 + 2.5 = 55.42

[Brilliant Idiot]

Originally Posted by Carno

Um, you can just add the numbers together and give the new total at the bottom of your post.

45.75 + 4.17 = 49.92

I meant, he seemed to be tracking the total for everybody. That would be cool.

I'm at 2.5 more km today which is another 1.5 miles, so I'm at 5.67 miles for Day 1.

[seizei]

I'm in for this.

Had laser eye surgery on the 23rd, so no exercise for a week, but between the 20th and 22nd I logged 4 miles.

New grand total is 59.42

[grumpyolddude]

Was advised by an arthopod years ago to avoid running to save my knees. But I walk... BOY do I walk! Wore a pedometer at work several years ago and averaged @ 6 miles a day (2 story auto parts store), with much lifting and carrying and stair climbing. Since becoming manager, I'm probably down to fewer than 4 miles per 9 hour day, five or six times a week. I understand that this is not all intense, heart-racing exercize, but we could really ramp up this odometer in a hurry by logging them all.
Without the pedometer, though, it's just a guess.

[Brilliant Idiot]

Add 1.2 miles for Day 2 for a total of 6.87 miles
OR 11.5 km!!!

[Carno]

Ugh.

+8 for yesterday, +6.2 for today. Total for me = 38.7 miles.

Thread total = 74.82 miles

[Brilliant Idiot]

Duh - I

figured

it out.

I need to add my total in with the 74.82, for a

thread total of 81.69

[Carno]

Oops, I didn't mean to sound like I was groaning at you BI, I was groaning because I had to do so much shit this weekend with the Army ROTC unit. Hence my 14 miles in 24 hours

But anyway, yeah that's what I meant before, add your total in with the thread total. I already added yours in though, so the thread total is 74.82

[Martian]

+2.5

Total 84.19

It's a shame I can't effectively log the amount of walking I do at work. I'm on my feet every day for eight hours, that probably adds a nice extra bit to my total.