CrossCuT Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Ive heard of those although I havent looked into them very much. Definitely something I should read more up on...thanks for reminding me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo in Deum Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Track your steps the penitential way. http://www.amazon.com/GOGO-Counter-Manual-Handheld-Clicker/dp/B001KX1VW2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) Only problem with that thing, Credo, is repetitive stress injuries if we walk as far as we should! ;) OK, now this is what we had planned, you guys tell me if there is real interest, and if so, whether it should be a separate thread 'the Pham Walks Across America' or some such thing.... and if you want any tweeks to the projected route. If there REALLY is interest, we could aim to get started about July 1st. Here is the rough route we had developed a year or so ago.... (hopefully this will show up for you all!) San Diego, CA Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Boulder, CO Minneapolis, MN Toledo, OH Punxsutawney, PA Gettysburg, PA Summit, NJ New Ork, NY Brunswick, ME This SHOULD be a link to the route: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/San+Diego,+CA/Grand+Canyon+National+Park,+AZ/Boulder,+CO/Minneapolis,+MN/Toledo,+OH/Punxsutawney,+PA/Gettysburg,+PA/Summit,+NJ/New+York,+NY/Brunswick,+ME/@38.7093767,-115.7906201,4z/data=!4m62!4m61!1m5!1m1!1s0x80d9530fad921e4b:0xd3a21fdfd15df79!2m2!1d-117.1610838!2d32.715738!1m5!1m1!1s0x873312ae759b4d15:0x1f38a9bec9912029!2m2!1d-112.112997!2d36.106965!1m5!1m1!1s0x876b8d4e278dafd3:0xc8393b7ca01b8058!2m2!1d-105.2705456!2d40.0149856!1m5!1m1!1s0x52b333909377bbbd:0x939fc9842f7aee07!2m2!1d-93.26667!2d44.983334!1m5!1m1!1s0x883b872dfc1e4e79:0x7c3cc89f453ac345!2m2!1d-83.555212!2d41.6639383!1m5!1m1!1s0x89cc965a774bf01f:0x9a872230de1dafaf!2m2!1d-78.9708668!2d40.9436753!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c854bb6968cbb9:0x76e0a9410973efbe!2m2!1d-77.2310955!2d39.8309293!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c3ae3f4c51b33d:0x90e229d96fad276f!2m2!1d-74.3625!2d40.716111!1m5!1m1!1s0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62!2m2!1d-74.0059413!2d40.7127837!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cad8749da0b8999:0xaf7ab75ee4bdb4df!2m2!1d-69.9669961!2d43.9140162!3e2 We actually have a much more detailed map already developed, but the 'new improved' Google won't let me list more than 10 stops! We based it around where most of the walkers lived, but encouraged people to let us know if there was a place NEAR their home (or a place they knew well) that they would want to visit and/or 'sponsor' as we walked across the USA... so the route CAN be adjusted within limits, but probably not further northwest or south east or we will get derailed. (We could do Florida to Alaska or something next time....) If you want to do it FOR SURE or MAYBE let us know... and if you want us to plan a stop somewhere, but BE SURE to NOT put your address on the internet, people!!!! Let us know if there is interest! It really is a lot of fun! Edited June 12, 2014 by AnneLine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Should we make it an activity for us all? We can be like Chris Traeger Used to be that Google had a map of the moon... sometime I wanna walk around the moon! It seems to me that if it is 7x less gravity, should be able to get 7x the mileage! BOUNCE! :bounce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger60 Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 (edited) I am interested please keep meposted for when it starts. Edited June 13, 2014 by tigger60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Ill have to keep track of the miles I do for my work outs. The app I use only times you, but I can look on MapMyRun to give me miles! We should totally do this! Miss Anneline will have to lead us to victory! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 My current route is 2 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancilla Domini Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 I just walked 72 miles in three days. :hehe2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted June 19, 2014 Author Share Posted June 19, 2014 How much closer to the moon are we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Oops! I has not gotten back to you! This has been -- and continues to be -- a super busy week for me! Well.... hm... .here's what I am thinking on the walk across USA (or to the moon.. pick your poison!) - I'm thinking to do a separate thread for the walk, and maybe advertize it in the status or and/or VS and/or open mic depending on what kinds of walking companions you would like to attract! My suggestion is that I'll just do a weekly update of 'where we are' and people can just contribute their mileage into a pool... during the weekly 'where are we' update I'll post what the mileage has been -- I think we should maybe let people choose if they want to walk, bike, swim or whatever to get their mileage, and either count actual pedometer miles or biking miles or just figure 15 mins of exercise = 1 mile. That would make it easy for EVERYONE to calculate their mileage to send in. Do people like the idea of walking from San Diego, California to Brunswick, Maine? Shall we leave the thread here on LameBoard, or do you want it in open mic? My suggestion is here as we will get fewer people who will be posting silly stuff in it..... Thoughts! So Crosscut, are you saying you are doing 2 miles each day, 14 per week? or what? AND CONGRATS ANCILLA! How is the pilgrimage going???? Where are you walking? I've been lazy & averaging about 12 miles a week... but I am trying to ramp that up. Will keep you all advised. What have the rest of you been doing???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 I do about 2 miles four times a week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancilla Domini Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 AND CONGRATS ANCILLA! How is the pilgrimage going???? Where are you walking? I'll respond on my thread, because I have SO much to tell!! :bananarap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Coool! Well, I will try to get an info thread about walking across the USA open in Lame Board over this weekend or early this week.... and let's think about maybe starting the walk on July 1st?????? If you earn miles before that we'll save 'em up as 'emergency rations' for weeks when we are in an ugly place and just want to get out of town FAST!, or when we are low on mileage and/or stub a toe or just want to take a week off! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 I wonder if there is an external site that can track it for us. And we can link to it so people can check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Well... I don't know, Crosscut. If you want to find a place we can log in, go for it.... it would make life easier. For my part in this, I think I am going to start a 'PhatPhatmassers Walk Across America' thread for us... and I'll just figure we are all walking together and lump our progress into a unified number... Idunno... a hundred miles a week? That should give us a good round number to use for benchmarking. FOr any of you who are interested... I have charted on an excel chart for about 5 years with someone as we have walked back and forth for the last few years, and I can send the excel chart to anyone who wants it If we get 10 of us walking 10 miles, we're set... otherwise we will have to push each other. I think we have 5 or 6 people who have let me know they might be interested in the walk... we will see who signs in! I'm gonna aim for us to start on July 1st! Will try to get it posted later tonight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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