26/30 Group: Welcome to The 26/30 Challenge

Congratulations on stepping up to the challenge!  We will all attempt to successfully run 26 times in the next 30 days, November 1-30.  This is not a contest or a race.  This is a group that will encourage and support each other in achieving this goal.  We will be acountable to each other, hence creating new power in our motivation to get out that door and run. 

This will be a forum of sharing fitness/running ideas, questions, knowledge, struggles, challenges, victories, acomplishments and a unique way of getting to know each other better. 

TBD are any cool/fun events we may want to wrap aound this.  Ideas so far are; a kick off group run the morning of Nov 1 followed by breakfast, a ending event of some kind, and 1 or 2 designated group races.  We have time so please please post your ideas of how you think this could be made even more cool, motivating and fun for all of us.   

There are some of us in this group who do not know each other yet (which I think is especially cool) so insert picture, FIRST NAME and a tidbit of yourself in your "My Profile" above and in your opening posts share more and provide links to personal blogs, facebooks, websites or whatever.

I'm excited to have you all aboard!  SO LETS RUN!!!

Godspeed, Marvin

Postponed my 50 miler this year due to lack of training time. To give you an idea of my stress recently, I've even developed a little bald spot on the back of my head!

Enough already-back to running. Thanks for making me step up. 

 

Manny Escalante

 

Must be nice to live in California; It's always my intention to run 5 or 6 times a week, but it will proabaly p**s down with rain at least 26 days out of 30 during November here in the UK- and when it rains here- it rains.

Still , musn't be too negative - good luck with your challenge, mine is to always acheive at least 120 miles a month; I have to take the opportunity to do decent distances whenever the window in the weather allows it.

I see you are still real fluent in English since moving back to your homecountry.  So great for you to join us esp from so far away.  Wow you see my friend Eunice (enisquesnackgirl) she has just moved to Vancover last month also!  She told me she is disapointed from the less friendlier on the road running peeps up there.  Eunice sound off! say hi.

Hey Marvin,

<>Sue told me about this challenge - thanks for organizing it.  I have a question: Does indoor running (treadmill) and elliptical machines count? 

<><><>Thanks!  powwow

Oh yea, I am in too. Lost of squirley stuff going on here. I am training for my first stand alone marathon ( see profile). Been off after a back injury, nothing  crazy just  a great excuse not to run.

Hey Marvin, You knew exactly what I needed to get back into the "race of life". John Bingham says, "The miracle is not so much that I finished...the miracle is that I had the courage to begin." Count me in! Thank you, Marvin, for creating a safe place for me to begin...again. Blessings and encouragement! Gary Purtee P.S. I will continue to work on my profile.

Howdy! It's about time I did something like this and maybe being held accountable to everyone will keep me going. I live in Fla and gotta go to Ky for Thanksgiving. That's going to be the tough part. I usually go to a great spin class for that week, something I don't have here, instead of running in the cold. Maybe that'll be my 4 days off, or hey, maybe I'll do both on those days! I just lost 10 pounds and would love a T-day week at Moms with no weight gain, perfect timing. Looking foreword to hearing how everyone else is doing. Thanks for the challenge, Margo.

 

 

 

Hi, thanks for the welcome.  I'm having problems uploading a pic. The pixels my pics are in are larger that 400. Any ideas?  

 

Thanks. I can't get to it until tomorrow. But will try then.

Ingrid,

You are welcome to join us.  there are no restictions so go ahead.  Please state name in profile description. thanks

Ingrid (dogsports)

you can post/comment as often as you'd like.  as you can see some do dailysome do none. why havn'e you signed up as a member of this group yet?  I do not see you listed in the members list.

Charlie and Ingrid please click "join group" button on the 26/30 home page so that others can get to know you.

Okay, I think I joined the group. Here's my update. I took my first day off in the challenge yesterday (Wednesday). I wasn't planning on it, but wasn't feeling well. No worries though, I will still get 26 days in! It's nice to be held accountable. Tonight I will do one of my 3.5 mile routes...and give myself the option to go longer, depending on how I feel.

Does anyone know where to get the best deals for night running gear? I used to be content with just my reflector vest and a flashing light attached to my dog, since the sidewalks in my area are pretty safe. However, I do get quite blinded when a car is coming toward me. I'm looking for a possible running light? So I can see the ground better, and a new reflector vest for me and for my dog. Thanks!