Digging my new watch.
Sometimes ideas come a little too late. Yesterday, a friend Jason messaged me about possibly running 200 miles in August. Sounds ridiculous. I’m usually happy when I crack 100 and typically float somewhere between that and 150.
I decided to see if I had ever come close. I didn’t have to go back too far as I hit 203 last September and 190 in February of this year. Hmmm… I could crack 200… see how fast I can go down this rabbit hole?
It all started with having fun on the Nike+ app. FOLLOW @PavementRunner ON NIKE HERE. It tracks your miles that you sync up with your Nike watch or using the Nike app and allows you to compare against other runners. They set up a new feature called “Challenges” where you can set up start and end dates and a distance to challenge your friends. In the future I’d love to set some of these up, but we are already a couple days into August already and you can’t include past workouts on a new challenge. Weird. But we’ll work with it.
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#August200
- If we’re already friends on Nike+, great. Let’s see how far we can go and encourage each other. If not, I’m easy to find – @PavementRunner
- If you aren’t on Nike, let’s share our progress on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram).
- Rules are simple, get as close to or surpass 200 miles between Aug. 1-31, 2013.
- Use #August200 on all social media platforms. Fun trash talk is highly encouraged.
This is NOT a sponsored post. I’m just really digging the Nike+ watch and enthusiastic about how the app tracks my miles. If Nike, would like to sponsor me, I wear a medium top and really like jackets. :)
I’m also excited about THIS watch coming my way soon… in a Mens version of course.
How many miles are you aiming for in August?
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Ooh I was undecided between the Nike watch and the Garmin 10. I got the garmin. Although… if Nike is interested in sponsoring a Mother Runner who LOVES fitness gear… I wear a medium in WOMEN’s gear … and love the color red! :)
I love my Nike watch too!! I am shooting for somewhere around 75ish. I start my training cycle for my next half midway through August so my mileage won’t be getting higher until September. But not as high as 200.
This is fun…and I know I can hit that number, as long as I can count yesterday and today?
I won’t derail from my plan…I won’t derail from my plan…
This is so NOT going to happen for me. But, since we’re friends on Nike I will track your progress with great enjoyment.
I’m just aiming to fun more than I did in July :)
And by fun I mean run lol
so fun! I think i’f just runs a few more times a week I could totally hit this… now if running buddy over at chicrunner.com will agree we have ourselves a challenge! :)
I’m in love with my Nike+ GPS watch- I have it in white. It gets a little grubby, but is pretty easy to clean. See you over in Nike+ :)
I hit 119 miles in July so I am hoping to get close to 200 for August.
216.5 running miles in July. Bring on 200 more in August! :)
Sounds like fun! I should be able to play along, although I don’t have a Nike watch!
Good timing for me, as I’m ramping up miles for marathon training and should be close to 200 – I’m in!
I’ll be cheering you (and everyone else going for 200 this month!) on from the sidelines! I have about 120 on the schedule for this month. :)
I am aiming for about 100 miles this month. I am trying to balance marathon training with training for a century ride, so it’s hard to get my running mileage up there.
I’m in!