“You have not made a mile entry recently.”
Yup, it’s true. I officially decided to sit on my ass (that’s for you J) and wasn’t even feeling guilty about it.
Until I realized that the last time I ran was October 2nd and shamefully just one mile short of logging my 100th mile.
Well, today is a new day and I now have over a 100 miles logged!
I think a giveaway is in order for next week.
To enter I will ask you to take a walk or run this week, but not just any ole’ go getta pack of cigarettes walk. Pick somewhere that INSPIRES you and…
1) comment here telling me why it inspires you.
2) I’d also be curious what your favorite complementary colors are if you are so inclined to reveal them.
I’ll dig out a 100 cut squares from my stash (I’ll throw in some gender neutral too).
I’ll draw a winner on Monday the 22nd.
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P.S. I also haven’t sewn anything in a long time that I did not have to think much about. So Melissa’s baby quilt blocks were fun and mindless.
and I can’t resist getting these blocks out every once in a while to look at. I’ll have time for them soon.
Oh how I know what you are talking about. I trained with a friend to walk the Nike half marathon. I only walked once this week! Good for you running 100 miles.
I take a walk every Thursday with my mom. She lives near a lake. The lake, the fall trees, the birds – it’s all inspiring. But, really I like to go to talk with her!
My favorite complimentary colors are orange and blue!
Send me your address Rachel…you win!
I agree with Rachel. Go and run around Green Lake.
Oh! I would love 100 cut squares! I need to start walking again…oh, the snow is coming. Maybe in April. My dogs inspire me.
oh my, katie. what is that purple, fuschia, and teal flowered fabric?! i must have some.
Good luck finding it. Old Robert Kaufman and is my favorite color combo. Wish I had yards of it myself.
bummer!
We’ll have to save all our “pink” blocks for something else – anymore babies in the guild? Someone better get to baby making 🙂
Seriously.
I haven’t run seriously for a few months. I woke up this morning, it was 35 degrees, so I went back to bed. Then I read Jacquie’s post. So, I ran my 2.5 miles today. Thanks for inspiring me–its 5 miles this week. Phew. Maybe I’ll get back into it after all… My favorite right now is teal and orange and a bit of red and yellow. It’s happy.
oh Katie, those RK blocks are really great! I need to start creating more with solids. I’m always drawn into projects that use them heavily, but for some reason, I usually use prints heavily. What’s wrong with me? lol!
I made them ages ago when I first started quilting. I’m a heavy print person too.
Yesterday I ate ice cream for breakfast – cherry cordial. I felt so guilty that I walked to the quilt store and bought 2 spools of thread and carried them home in my pocket.
There’s a golf course that I had to walk by and it looked so beautiful – the trees turning, the leaves fallen in circles around the trucks, the tall grassy areas swaying in the wind. I thought of a quilt – actually 4 of them. I think I’ll do a “Four Seasons” series. My interpretation of the seasons in fabric. I’m drawing them out today so I don’t lose my mojo.
I had a chocolate milkshake for lunch the other day.
Today I ran the Pineapple Classic (5K with obstacle course). That inspires me … to get out with friends, stay healthy and raise money for a good cause!!!
Favorite complimentary colors? Definitely orange and teal
I got up at 5.30 today and walked up and down some hills in town. It was so pretty and so quiet at that time and I feel so much better now I have done some exercise.
congratulations to you for 100 miles! That’s terrific! I had a knee replacement on July 30th – so I’m slowly getting back to walking… but every painfree step is wonderful! I’m a new quilter and am finding these blogs all so inspiring and seeing what colors everyone puts together! I did have a brownie for breakfast today 🙂
Hello! I’m so happy I found your blog! I love the fabrics you use.
This morning I took a walk between rain showers around the neighborhood in front of the school where I teach. I had a blast watching the squirrels jump around and nibble on things and enjoying the various shades of brown, yellow and red fall leaves glossed with rain.
I get inspired by a lot of different things, but mostly the fabrics themselves. I love looking all over the internet and for hours in fabric stores at different colors and prints, and then my mind goes on an adventure thinking up all the ways I can combine them: little pieces, big pieces, squares or triangles, appliques, mixed prints or prints and solids mixed… I could look at touch and fondle and mix and compare for hours and hours and hours. Sorry, I got on a riff there fantasizing about fabric again… oops 🙂 And I also get inspired by nostalgia from my life. I love matryoshka prints because my mom has always had a fantastic collection of the dolls in all shapes, sizes and colors from Russia and Europe. And I love anything that looks like cool toys from my childhood or vintage fabrics I used to see in the homes of grandparents/great grandparents.
Right now I’m really in to aubergine/byzantium/tyrian purple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shades_of_violet) and pretty much any other color, but especially light teal or robin’s egg.
I LIKE TO WALK FROM THE LOCAL ART GALLERY DOWN TO THE DAM SITE. iT IS BEAUTIFUL ANY TIME OF THE YEAR WITH TREES, BIRDS AND ESPECIALLY THE GEESE AND PELICANS THAT LIVE ON THE RIVER. THEN I COME BACK AND ENJOY THE LATEST DISPLAY IN THE GALLERY AND A CUP OF HOT CHOCLATE. HARD TO BEAT!
Verna
It probably doesn’t count as inspirational. Symbolic more than anything. But walking my girl to school means the world to me. A. because I can physically do it and it actually seems to be helping my knees.
B. because it marks the change in my life that was needed.
So worth the snowsuits, pushing 100 pounds in a Chariot with flat tires through a snow storm.
Favourite complementary colours? Hands down it is turquoise and orange. You should see my house!
I just ate a totally healthy, whole foods meal (that I made), and now my husband wants a Friendly’s sundae………..God give me strength to resist!
I love, love, love red and white and sometimes throw in a bit of tan or beige.
I’ve been walking the hills at the University of Kansas while my daughter is in preschool (yes, we have hills in KS!) and I’m so inspired by the architecture and stonework. There are so many patterns right before my eyes that I never noticed when I was a student.
Aqua has been my favorite color lately and I’ve loved it with chocolate and red but now I’m noticing how much I like it with orange. I went close shopping today and actually put purple and green together and loved it too.
I love to walk on the abandoned airfield in our little town, Carmel Valley Village. It has great views down the valley and my dogs can run off leash. There’s usually a brisk wind (the reason it was used for an airfield in the past). I enjoy running into neighbors and it’s the perfect distance to and from my house for a decent little workout I love quilting and lately I’ve been into brights, oranges, yellow and turquoise.
Hi Kate! I am pregnant so I think a walk will do! I am going to make it to Greenlake because, as you know, it is gorgeous! I love pinks, purples, and greens! (I am hoping for a sweet little girl!) Congrats on your AWESOME achievement! You go!!
I took my boys and my dog to the dog park. I have had lots of foot problems this year, and had yet another surgery today. So, knowing that was coming up I made a point of going for one last outing before I was laid up again. My boys are 4 and 6 years old, so any time spent in their company ends up inspiring me to think differently, be more enthusiastic about everything (why not, really? what is it about growing up that makes us lose our joy in the moment?), and to look around with fresh eyes. For me it was the company more than the location. If I could have walked further I would have gone to Fontenelle Forest. We have a membership there and I spent a lot of time there the last two years. The views are amazing, you can see all the way to the Omaha Zoo from Bellevue Ne. It has hills, streams, flowers, sculptures…. love it!
Quilting inspiration usually comes more from my “eye candy” blog roll than anywhere else. I would love to be able to look at nature, for example at the autumn trees and visualize a quilt from that, but I’m just not there yet.
I love seeing blues paired with browns!
Congratulations on your 100th!
I have an inspirational walk and an inspirational run. I am from Ontario where there is LOTS of water. But now I live in Calgary, Alberta where there is not so much water. So when I miss it, and feel I’ve been a bit lazy, I live to run along the river pathway. It’s beautiful and I get to see water and also downtown from a view I don’t usually get. My inspirational walk is what I do when I feel a bit uninspired by my community (read: cookie cutter suburb.). I take the little guys I nanny and their cute dog and we walk through one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. It’s filled with beautiful houses both old and new. I love it and always feel inspired (and a little jealous!) after.
Also, my favorite complimentary colours are orange and blue! Or blue and red but I dont think they are technically complimentary?
I am just about to head out to my fav walk … a headland with creek & sandy beach which also has a path up a hill through rain forest . Always rejuvenates even the weariest days !
I’ll go with the colours of the walk lime & blue .
My favorite is a hike in the woods. Seeing all the changes in nature really gets me energized.
the ravine near our house is my favourite place for inspiration. it’s quiet, the colours are just gorgeous in all seasons! and at the moment i’m loving yellow and grey =)
a walk in early morning sunshine in LA, a walk in early morning midst in London, pretty much and early morning walk!
My favorite inspirational walk is up in the woods in back of our house. It’s quiet and private and if you’re really lucky you might get to see some of the deer that live back there. The woods are beautiful year-round though it’s a very different walk depending on the season. I love taking my kids up there now and seeing them navigate the fallen trees or squishy muddy spots. I especially love that my 3 and 4 year old can both identify a number of the plants such as stinging nettle, trillium, blackberry and thimbleberry.
I’m a scrappy gal and love pretty much ALL colors but am really into orange and blue/aqua these days.
I just took a walk in the first snow of winter. The air was perfect and just the right amount of cold to make me happy to see the coffee shop that was my destination.
Right now my fave color combo is purple/yellow green. I have always loved purple!
I don’t much like running, but I make myself sweat on the treadmill at least three times a week, including today when I was feeling a bit off. I always feel better when I’m done, so that’s how my walk is inspiration. I’m loving greens and blues these days. thanks for the chance to win.
I walk back and forth across my large library so often I must walk at least a mile a day. I do like the treadmill at the Y.
I walked 3 miles yesterday with a friend. Pretty brisk here in Indiana, 36 degrees or so. Leaves are pretty much gone but it was a bright sunny day!
I am inspired by running in the woods…. for long periods of time and all alone. It is my therapy. I am soothed by everything around me and the rhythm of running. My inspiration and energy ae literally infused in every step that I take. I love being away from everyone, strong in my body, and dreaming about all the possibilities.
i love hiking to the library with the kids… it’s 3 miles round trip, and we play on the path on the way up… then the kids are tired and I can actually browse while we’re there… and I’m a big fan of bright teal and dark blood red…
i love walking about in my neighborhood… memphis is very urban and i live in the older residential part. this time of year is wonderful because there is a beautiful ginkgo tree around the corner from me that has the most gorgeous yellow leaves!
i love bright colors combined with grey… i am quite addicted to grey at the moment (:
The treadmill at the YMCA inspires me, well not the treadmill itself, but the friend that is next to me on her treadmill. She pushes me to workout even when I don’t want to and I always feel better after.
I just did some bee blocks that were aqua and red and I really like how they turned out.
My inspiration for walking has been my friend Mary, who just had her first girl … after three boys. I can’t wait to get moving with her again, it’s lonely to walk alone.
I love walking in a nearby park called Mundy Park. It’s a huge forest, with a couple of lakes and ponds. The trails are all bark mulch and canopied by Douglas Firs. What I love is the smell of the trees (that piney smell and the damp dirt) and the squishing of the bark mulch in the fall/winter and spring when it has rained non stop. The squishing sound is something I’ll always remember. The colours – greys, brown greens and copper/reddish brown…
I’m truly trying to move these days. Even if it means silly dancing while doing the laundry. It embarrasses the kids, so double points. Bike rides around the lake are magical this time of year.
i actually love running around our subdivision – especially with the fall colors and snapshots of life around us – helps me remember to smile and nod and connect with our neighbors. 🙂
We live a street back from the beach so walking along the beachfront looking out into the beautiful blue sea and seeing the clay colored cliffs out in the distance is very inspiring. One day I hope to make it to a run but at the moment it is definitely a walk!
Colors I am loving at the moment are grey and yellow – love it!
I walk my dogs twice every day and ride my stationary bike for 30 minutes…or my real bike for an hour if it’s not raining! Thanks for the chance to win your lovely little bundle!! Take care!
Paulette
The walk I took this week wasn’t so much about the location as the company. I’d been trying to schedule a walk with a friend for months, but “life” kept getting in the way. Although it was a new place, it was the friendship that was more important. Don’t know if that quite counts, but hey, I walked for the first time in months (it seems).
I walk down the Erie Canal towpath with my dog as many days as I can. It’s so beautiful and we always see ducks and bunnies and all sorts of interesting wildlife. Fall is my favorite time of year and right now I get this uplifting feeling in my chest when I see the autumn foliage. Ahhhh….. can’t wait to get out there again.
I love turquoise and brown lately.
I love walking anywhere with my little kids. Although it is not great for exercise, I love that they notice every small wonder we see. Even the shortest walk becomes an adventure!
Hi Katie, Today I walked double my usual walk snug in my coat and gloves. Along the country road I came upon 8 white tail deer and a beautiful orange sunset. I haven’t made my goal this week, but something is better than nothing, right, and my lovely walk inspired me to do it again tomorrow!
I love to walk in the walking path near my house in Melbourne, Australia. It is lined with native gum trees and other plants and gives me a little glimpse into what this area would have looked like before houses, roads, freeways and parks took over. The local council have tried to encourage residents to embrace the native plants that traditionally were found here and I love that!
1. We live on the campus of a boarding school. The Perimeter Trail ducks down the hill behind the campus building and cruises along next to the river before heading up and through the pastures. I love running there. It’s so close, but it takes me so far away.
2. Purple and blue.
Every run is inspiring me lately! I just started running three months ago (or less) after having twins last year and I can’t believe how much I’m LOVING running. I’ve run in the past but I’ve never loved it. I’ve never looked forward to a run. I’ve never felt a high during a run. I’ve never not wanted a run to end. I’m feeling all of those things now and I love it.
I’m losing my last 20 (now down to 10) pounds of baby weight and I love that. I’m building a new slice of me (non-kid/family) identity that I love. I’m setting goals and meeting them. I’m getting to spend lots of time with a great running buddy. These are all things to love in a life that’s otherwise somewhat mundane and relatively challenging.
This week, I ran seven miles on Sunday which was my longest run ever in my life. It felt good. I could have kept going. (This is good since I’m signed up for a 12k in one week!) Then on Wednesday I ran five miles and it, too, felt good. I feel strong and capable when I run and it sets me up to feel strong and capable the rest of my day. This is inspiring.
I took a walk around the local duck pond with my daughter. I hate birds and the mess they leave on the sidewalk, but she sees everything through rose colored 2-year-old glasses. Her world view inspires me.
I walk laps around our little mall every Friday while waiting for my mom to get her hair done. I’ve really gotten into zumba classes and wearing those “tone up your legs/butt tennis shoes” and have dropped 33 pounds since July just from this crazy little plan. I feel better, bp is way down, and most wonderful of all I’m motivated to walk, dance, and move more! Greens and buttery yellows suit me best.
My most inspiring run was while I was training for ultimate frisbee (an awesome sport) and I finally beat my training partner in one of our track workouts!
although i live in a big city in germany, i am lucky to live close to a forest, too. this i find really inspiring. to experience during a run through nature how everything changes through the seasons…
when the winter is over, all of a sudden there are smells again in the forest. how the pathways get narrower and narrower during spring and summer, as twigs and leaves start to grow… the sound of the freshly fallen snow among my running shoes in the winter, when i am the first one out there early in the morning… to be out there is quite a sensory experience for me.
my favorite colors are brown, beige, orange, taupe, yellow, red… so really the “warm” spectrum of the color wheel.
I climbed Mt Warning 2 days ago with my son (and 70 year mates and 30 parents and 2 teachers). 4.4km straight up and 4.4km back down. 1 & 1/2 hours up (no running) and shorter down, but jogged down the steps (believe me, easier than walking). Usually a fantastic view of Byron bay and hinterland farms and mountains, but ended in the clouds! Bit sore yesterday, but not too bad today! Very proud of all of us who made it to the top!
My favourite colours are blues and greens, but don’t mind a bit of orange in the mix for spice. Bit like the sky and sea and leaves and the sun!
you know for the first time in FOREVER I went for a walk down to the woods this week just to try and clear my head and get rid of the cobwebs. It’s so lovely there, we have a bridleway that runs through so the horses tend to sneak up on you if you’re not paying attention and the woods back on to a field full of highland cattle. Cute!
My favorite walk is on the sandy beach. It’s quite an open landscape, so mittens, a hat and warm jacket comes in handy. Lots of people use this for their sunday walk. A very “norwegian” thing, my hubby tells me…
This week I consciously walked different ways to my work from the train. For 10 minutes a day I could feel as though I was on holidays in a strange city, seeing new and wonderful things. I really enjoyed the way light played with the buildings and created shadows. I took photos of flowering trees and birds. It did wonders to change my routine even just a bit. Favourite colour combo if really pushed to choose would have to be red and aqua.
I like to go walk by a park near my house. The trees, flowers and birds are always a inspiration.
Thanks for the chance. Those squares are adorable!
I get to take a 3-mile walk along the Charles River in Boston on a pretty regular basis. It’s an inspiring walk for me because there are so many active people out there running, walking their dogs, speeding along and taking the time to invest in their health. Plus it’s beautiful scenery!
My favorite complementary color set is blue and orange.
orange and gray seem to be my colours at the moment, and my dog is my inspiration to walk – if the dog hasn’t had a walk he takes all my cushions off the couch and if he doesn’t get a walk for 2 days he has been known to pull the stuffing out of an old cushion we are happy to just walk anywhere around the neighborhood 🙂
My city has 3 rivers that converge downtown and there are many miles of exercise trails along them – this time of year the trees and wildlife totally inspire my walking that I do not ever notice the mile markers passing by –
all colors inspire my quilting
my kids and i take a walk everyday after preschool…its part of our day…home from school, walk, lunch, storytime, then naps. well, one naps and the other has ‘quiet time’…maybe favorite part of the day.
i like blue and orange. thanks.
I have been soooo lazy for the last couple of weeks. I’ve only walked once. I hate going out when its cold but today it’s going to be 50-ish so . . . I will get a nice long walk. My favorite walk this year was a few weeks back while the leaves were falling. I’m still a kid when it comes to walking through the leaves and kicking them.
I ran in the Garden of the Gods this week. It is so amazingly beautiful with the red rocks, hills, greenery, and views of Pikes Peak. I can’t believe I live so close to this amazing place and don’t use it as often as I could.
I’m liking yellow and violet right now, but I haven’t actually made anything in those colors. I’m not even sure I own any purple fabrics… but I just found my reason to go shopping today!
in 1992 I was training for a marathon that was to happen in November. On September 27 I was in a car crash and broke lots of bones, my right leg in 3 places. When I finally recovered I talked to my doctor about running again. He said that it wouldn’t be good for my leg and that I would probably never be able to participate in any long distances again. Well, that spurred me on. I trained to walk a marathon and to raise money for cancer research but wasn’t sure I’d be able to finish it as pain is involved. I am happy to say that I raised over $4,000 and finished the marathon! Couldn’t walk too well for about a month, but I was so darn proud of myself and my doctor was amazed!
awesome.
We walk every night with the dogs for about 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile. It gets them moving and out in the cooler air (hot hot hot in Southern Louisiana during the summer!). If you can call it cooler!
I also get a chance to see my sweet Max in the winter time when Orion rises in the east. He was my sweet lab boy who went to live with the Great Hunter Orion in the night sky a while ago.
I still say hello to him ever night when I see the stars on our walk.
glen, Dutch the Swissy and Chloe the Smelly Basset
One of our favorite walking spots has just turned into our special family ski trail now that the snow is on the ground. We are so lucky to live in a neighborhood that butts up next to the Chugach Mountains. We walk two blocks with our skis on our shoulders (and the baby on my husband’s back), and off we go. The area itself is very quiet, and until a couple of weeks ago I had never seen anyone else out there with us. We go through a narrow spot with overhanging branches that we call the Enchanted Forest. There is a huge swath of birch trees that is my husband’s favorite spot. There are enough hills to keep things exciting for the kids. And then at the end, we go through my favorite spot, which is lined by small spruce trees that are amazing when still covered in snow. Some of my favorite moments with my husband have been on that trail! We’ll head out there later today I’m sure.
As for my favorite color combo, I’m in love with mustard and aqua.
Now that it is fall I like to run out to Memorial Park which has all these huge trees with the leaves turning colors.
I like mixing blues and yellows.
I walk in the morning with a friend. We live in a small town so there are lots of great places to walk. Just breathing the fresh air is invigorating.
My favorite complementary colors are purple and yellow, but I just made a quilt for the Modern Quilt challenge with turquoise and orange specifically because it was a challenge. Turned out fun!
I love walking around my neighborhood with my bestie and her dog, looking at all the beautiful homes and landscaping. It inspires me for my future single-family home. Plus, I’m super excited for my own new puppy to come in a few weeks and join us!
My fave colors to mix are pink and green…I’m in South Florida, so it’s a pretty standard combo 🙂
The new rail trail in my town is fantastic. It cuts thru some of the most scenic forested area around! It’s so nice to be able to look around and not see any houses or utility poles or cars … a virtual oasis in the middle of crazy, hectic city life 🙂
I’ve been most inspired to walk around the neighborhood lately. It’s been so beautiful with the leaves changing and the spring like weather. The favorite colors of the moment to mix together are gray and yellow. I think I’m beginning to get an orange thing too.
my favorite walk is around an english style park near my house. it is so peaceful and has the right mix of having people wandering and playing without ever feeling crowded. I love to sit on the swings and people watch.
My favorite complementary color pair is orange with blue (they were in fact my wedding colors) to me they are the perfect combo of peace with the blue and cheeriness with the orange
I like to run in the park near my house. It’s inspiring because it’s the first place I completed a 5k!
Red and aqua are my favorite complimentary colors. Also yellow and gray. And green and orange. Argh, too many to decide!
Not much walking going on right now since we are a household of sickies but lately I have been walking home from class which is in the west end of Toronto and I live in the east. It takes about an hour and its great to be out at night in the city. Right now all the holiday windows are up in the store lending a bright and cheery contrast to the dark streets.
Although I walk my dogs around the neighborhood everyday, today my husband and I will take them out to the lake. Beautiful little park and no one goes there in the cold weather. Seeing the dogs romping through the grass and leaves with such joy inspires me. Ask a dog what time it is, and he will tell you “It’s now”. I learn a lot from dogs.
I love to jog around the local state park that overlooks the ocean. I love it because there aren’t many cars on the road and the stroller runs nice & smooth there. I am trying to get into more pinks and red fabrics…away from my faves of oranges/brown fallish colors. Thanks a bunch
Well, I took a walk, but I’m afraid I wasn’t able to make it to my inspirational place as I’m recovering from a c-section. I opted for being inspired by my ability to walk as far as I did in the first place. 🙂
I’m in Florida this week visiting my 93 year old grandmother. This morning we walked along the beach as the tide was coming in. The view was, in fact, inspiring but the company was more so.
I love complimentary colors. Blue and orange are high on the list right now. I also like purple and green (not technically complimentary on the color wheel but super fun together).
I often walk around my Seattle neighborhood with my kids and there is so much to be inspired by. I think having my kids with me helps me see little things I would otherwise miss.
I know they are not technically complimentary, but I just love red and pale blue/turquoise together these days.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I walk my dogs!!! Thanks for the giveaway. Any colors is fine…
I walked on a treadmill today and didn’t enjoy it one bit – but I did feel less guilt about the chocolate chip cookies… I love gray with anything these days.
There are so many wonderful places to walk or run in Seattle, aren’t we lucky? My favorite walk is three blocks up the hill to the assisted living home where my 95 yr old grandmother lives. We haven’t lived in the same state, much less the same town for the first 48 years of my life, having her so close is a dream come true for us.
I also love taking the water taxi from the waterfront to West Seattle, and walking along Alki to the tip, then walking back.
Blue and orange rock my world, but “preppy pink and preppy lime green” can be cool, too.
Hi Laurel. Are you home? I lost the picture of your friend to show Jeffrey. Hope Tucson was awesome. Coffee and quilt talk soon?
*Congratulations on the 100 miles!!*
(Wow!… You are an inspiration to me, to keep at it, even as temps are now falling here in Michigan, and the chill of winter’s breath is being felt! The cold makes me ever more reluctant to get out of the house, but I’m always SO glad I do!)
I am inspired by walks in my neighborhood… Enjoying the changing colors of the season… in the trees, fallen leaves, the changing light, the amazingly beautiful, often stormy skies…
Colors??… I am always really into blues and teals… no complementary needed… But, lately, I’ve been working *a lot* with (drawn to?) lighter greens with pinks and reds.
Blessings!!
Patricia
I’m a Michigan girl myself. I miss the Fall there.
I think I posted my comment in the wrong place! Went to the gym yesterday and did the fat burner program on the treadmill and boy am I feeling it today! I’ve never thought about tracking my mileage but I may start with the first of the year. Thanks for the giveaway.