Feel Good Friday: Goals

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 11, 2013

It’s FRIDAY!!!

Hope you all have had a great week and are looking forward to a wonderful weekend.  Each Friday we are going to be posting a FEEL GOOD FRIDAY snippet from Coach Shawn, a personal trainer and nutrition coach.  He will give tips and answer questions regarding training, nutrition, achieving fitness goals, motivation and pretty much anything that will help you to FEEL GOOD while on your journey to the moon!

If you want to contact Shawn with any questions, or requests for topics to be discussed, email him as webbshawn23@gmail.com.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

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Guest Post: Connections by Paula Tansey

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 10, 2013

Connections

My uncle and godfather worked for a NASA subcontractor back in the day. His work included work on the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) that took the astronauts from their capsule to the moon. If you saw the movie “Apollo 13” with Tom Hanks you will recall that the astronauts were running out of oxygen due to an overloaded CO2 thing-a-mabob (not to be confused with “Thing-a-majig”, please) and a fix had to be improvised. There is a scene where Ed Harris dumps a load of ‘stuff’ on the table and tells the engineers something like, “This is what they have in the spaceship, make it work”. My uncle was one of the engineers in the room; in real life, not the movie J I’ve always been proud of my ‘connection’ to the moon and space has always fascinated me. I could never be an astronaut though because I am claustrophobic and heights don’t thrill me either. Joining Moon Joggers lets me travel to the moon and make connections with the many folks who are on this mission with me.

Moon Joggers also lets me engage my other fascination – people. I’m not what most folks would consider an extrovert – although as I get older my shyness has faded by degrees – but I love people. Running has introduced me to many people and adventures that I’m sure I wouldn’t have had otherwise. While running – or talking about running – the walls come down and suddenly I’m telling relative strangers things that my close friends and family may not know yet – or had to wait a long time to find out. And just like that ‘strangers’ become friends. Our common bond – walking and running – creates a connection like no other.

If you are new to running and walking – take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to connect with others who share your new hobby addiction. It might be the Moon that brought us together but it’s the people that will keep us here.

I’m relatively new to running (2008) and the only thing I’m an expert on is me. And that’s my advice to everyone in this group– new or experienced. Become an expert on yourself. Learn what works for you. Listen to others, ask for help, and maybe even try things that other suggest. But don’t expect everyone else’s solutions to make sense for you. If someone else’s plan, pace, nutrition trick, favorite gear, etc. doesn’t work for you it’s because the solution for you is something else. Keep trying and you’ll find it.

Connect with others but in the end compare yourself only to you. Compete only with yourself.

My name is Paula Tansey. I live in Media, Pennsylvania with my husband Dave. I’m a happy dork whose goal in life is to finish and have fun and to try to make a difference while I’m at it. If you’d like to follow my progress in running and life visit my blog at http://keepsmilingkeepmoving.blogspot.com/

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Moon Joggers: Week 1 Results

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 9, 2013

Congratulations Moon Joggers on an INCREDIBLE week one!  We are amazed by the miles completed by our team and so impressed by each of you.   Whether you ran 100 miles this week, or walked 3 miles this week, each step counted and will help us make our destination to the moon!  Check out this video for the results:

We’ve received a few more week one totals from fellow Moon Joggers and our total is over 21,066 miles for the week!

The distance around the entire earth is a little over 24,000 miles.  Keep in mind, week one only consisted of six days, if it had been seven we would have run more than that distance around the earth!  HOW COOL IS THAT???  I guess that means in week two we expect to run further into space, and more than enough miles to run around the globe!

Week 1: 21,066 miles in six days!

3,511.1 miles per day

146.3 miler per hour!!!

WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN WEEK 2!   KEEP ON MOVING!

TO THE MOON!

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I Am a Moon Jogger: Nathan Longcrier

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 8, 2013

We want to introduce you to another member of our Moon Jogger team: Nathan Longcrier. He brings a lot of running experience to the group and has created an awesome video introducing himself to all of us. Be sure to watch it and give him a shout out by leaving a comment below. Enjoy!

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Moon Joggers: a WORLDWIDE Group with one goal: TO THE MOON!

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 8, 2013

Moon Joggers is a WORLDWIDE running group, with members from 36 different countries. Our ultimate goal is to get participants from 100 countries throughout the world and we are well on our way. No matter where you are in the world, as a member of Moon Joggers, you have a team right beside you, cheering you on! We all come from the four corners of the earth and we will all celebrate TOGETHER as we reach the moon as a team.

All of the blue markings on the map below represent all of the countries that have Moon Joggers.  Zoom out on the map to see the whole world and all of the countries we represent.  If you know anyone in a country not marked, please invite them to join us! (Plus, continue to invite friends from all other countries as well!)


View Moon Jogger World in a larger map

This table shows which countries we have in Moon Joggers and how many participants from each country.  We only expect our team to grow and expand across the globe!

USA 1262 PERU 3
UNITED KINGDOM 198 ARGENTINA 2
CANADA 49 BRAZIL 2
NEW ZEALAND 32 FRANCE 2
AUSTRALIA 15 GERMANY 2
MALAYSIA 13 GUERNSEY 2
INDIA 11 HONG KONG 2
MEXICO 10 HUNGARY 2
SOUTH KOREA 9 SERBIA 2
EGYPT 8 SOUTH AFRICA 2
SINGAPORE 7 BELGIUM 1
JAPAN 6 IRELAND 1
PHILIPPINES 6 ITALY 1
PORTUGAL 5 NEPAL 1
SPAIN 5 NETHERLANDS 1
SWITZERLAND 5 QATAR 1
THAILAND 5 ROMANIA 1
FINLAND 4 TURKEY 1
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What is Moon Joggers?

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 7, 2013

For those of you wondering what in the world Moon Joggers is, here is a video that explains it for you.  Basically, we are looking for people who are ready to commit to walking, jogging and running 1,000 miles in 2013, or taking the Ultimate Moon Jogger Challenge and running 2,013 miles in 2013.  Our goal is to see how many times, as a group, we can run to the moon and back in one year.  So far our goal is three times, with a total of more than 1.5 million miles!  We’d love to have you on our team!!!  To sign up click on the tab at the top of this page that says SIGN UP NOW.

 

 

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Share Your Story

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 4, 2013

Hello Moon Jogger Team!

We hope that your New Year is going great and that each of you have left the planet earth and are now moving through space on your way to the moon!  With the amount of participants we have and how many miles our team has already put in, we hope to make a MOON LANDING sometime in March, if not sooner.  Things are getting very exciting for Moon Joggers and we thank you for your patience as we strive to create an unforgettable experience for each of you this year.  We want the mission to run smoothly, for logging miles to be simple and for our international team of Moon Joggers to unite and support each other along the way.

So thank you for choosing to be a Moon Jogger and making the commitment to a life of activity and better health.  It’s not always easy to get out there and walk or run, but it’s always worth it! Not only does physical activity improve your physical health, but it lifts your spirits, brings clarity to your mind and happiness to your soul.  We have over a million miles to run this year and we look forward to taking each step with you.

As already mentioned, we have a goal of uniting our team of Moon Joggers and creating a support system for everyone.  This is not only about getting to the moon, but making friends along the way.  To help us reach that goal, we would love to spotlight as many Moon Joggers as possible.  One way to do this is to do a spotlight video.  It’s a great way for you to introduce yourself to the team, to share your story and to receive support, motivation and a lot cheering on from fellow Moon Joggers.

One day we hope to be able to travel to each of you and meet you, walk/run a few miles with you and be able to interview you and share your stories.  Until then, we would like for you to send us a few video clips of yourselves that we can turn into a spotlight video to share with others.  For an example of this, check out the Spotlight video (Spotlight #1: Brittany Boyd) in the post below, or view it by clicking here.   This will give you a good idea of what we are looking for.

If this is something you are interested in doing, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and we will contact you. We all have a story to share and your story is worth sharing!

Thanks Moon Joggers and Happy Space Travels!

Ang & Ash

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I Am A Moon Jogger: Brittany Boyd

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 3, 2013

Hello Moon Joggers!  A few times a week we will be posting spotlights and introducing you to members of our Moon Joggers team.

First up is Brittany Boyd from Utah! She is not a big runner and hopes that this coming year will help her to love running as she strives to reach her Moon Jogger goal.  Everyone be sure to leave a comment below and cheer Brittany on.

 

 

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Become a Moon Jogger Today!

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 3, 2013

Rivalry RelayAre you ready to commit to walking, jogging and running 1,000 miles this year? If so, we want you on our team!!! If you are looking for an even bigger challenge, we encourage you to sign up as an Ultimate Moon Jogger and commit to running 2,013 miles in 2013!

Our goal is to run to and from the moon as many times we can this year. The moon is approximately 239,000 miles away and currently we plan to run to and from the moon three times this year, for a total of more than 1.5 million miles! As we gain more team members, and as we all reach our own personal goals of 1,000 (or 2,013) miles, we will be able to run to and from the moon 6, 8, maybe even 10 times this year!!! Invite your friends and family all over the world to participate with us. Right now we have team members from 35 different countries and would like to have runners from 100 countries by the end of the year.

Sign up now!!!

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To The Moon, Alice!

By Moon Joggers | Published: January 1, 2013

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