I first heard of the Idita-Walk from Bunny at Tales and Tails. It was a perfect follow-up to the 30/30 challenge for us so we signed up this year.
We liked organizing the 30/30 Challenge so much that we thought it would be cool to band a group of us together for this challenge too (actually, it was Beth Gizmo at Terrier Torrent suggested we do it and I just accepted). As with the 30/30 challenge, it’s a great motivator to continue to stay active with your dog and improve your heath/fitness during the dreary winter months if you don’t feel like you are doing it alone.
This challenge is great too because you can go at your own pace. The goal is to walk 1049 minutes between February 1, 2013 and March 31, 2013. You can choose your own combination of dates and times to complete the 1049 minutes.
It’s only $10 to sign up for the walk. All proceeds go to Camp Bronson maintenance, scholarships, and Nome youth-related programs in Alaska and all paid registrants receive a collectible Idita-Walk 2013 lapel pin.
I made up a team name for our “team”. I am calling us the Dogventurers.
If you are joining our team, I think it would be fun to check in with each other from time to time. I plan to write our own update at the end of the month – February 28th and March 31st – and post it here. There are two ways you can let your other teammates know how the walk is going for you.
For non-bloggers
- Leave a comment below letting us know you will be signing up for the walk and joining our team.
- Visit our blog on February 28th and March 31st and leave an update in our comment thread below the post.
For Bloggers
- Leave a comment below letting us know you will be signing up for the walk and joining our team. I know that these bloggers have already signed up for the walk: Gizmo and his Mom from Terrier Torrent, Bunny and her Mom from Tales and Tails, Loy and Y from Loy Turns 60, Emma and her Mom from MyGBGVLife. I am not guilting you into joining our team but would love it if you would.
- Visit our blog on February 28th and March 31st and read our update. At the bottom of the post you will find a special linky where you can link up your own update post (from your blog).
- Place this badge on your sidebar (copy and paste the code) <a href=”http://
youdidwhatwithyourweiner.com/ idita-walk-team-dogventurers/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i1280.photobucket. com/albums/a493/GizmoGeodog/ TeamDogventurers_zps052e2a3e. jpg” border=”0″ alt=” TerrierTorrent”/></a> - Optional: Create a ticker to track your progress and place it on your blog. I had ticker envy when I saw the one on Gizmo’s blog during the 30/30 challenge. Gizmo’s Mom was generous enough to share how she made it. If you want to create your own, follow the steps below.
- Visit this link: http://www.tickerfactory.com/ezticker/ticker_designer.php?type=8
- Choose your background and a dog icon
- Set the units for minutes and enter 1049 minutes for your goal
- Get the code and place the ticker on your sidebar or somewhere else on your blog (I know I can do it using a widget in WordPress)
- Update your progress on the ticker by entering your pin, changing the number of minutes and clicking next. A new image/code will be generated that you can copy and paste to replace the other one with (I don’t think it automatically updates the ticker already on your blog).
We look forward to walking with you!
Oh darn it! Now I have to have one of those tickers! lol I’m glad a lot of people and dogs are joining in!
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That ticker is adorable! I signed up for the Idita-Walk last year as well but kept forgetting to keep track of my times on the website. Hopefully this year I will be better organized. I would love to join the team! Maybe my solo walks with my dog won’t feel nearly as cold and lonely if I know around the world others I know are doing the same.
Go Team Dogventurers!
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Is a great idea! Mama says she would like to does it, except if she does it with me, there will be no fitnesses happening. On account of how I ambles to and from on my walkies, stopping to pee every 5 foots, traveling the speed of fast-paced snail. But I made Daddy promise to take me to the farm more often for excercises, and Mama will do walkings by her own self.
love,
Reuben
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Count us in!! I’ll grab the ticker too, then we can all see how we are all doing. More walking fun!!
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Jess, you already know I’m in, er should I say Gizmo is in…He’s registered as #64 on the Doggie Roster…I’ve already written the Idita-Walk sponsors to see if I can add the Dogventurers team name to our registration…Thanks for taking my not-so-subtle hint and running with it…My self-hosting chaos made it hard for me to take on another project, so you were great to do it for us all…This is gonna be great fun! I even have an idea for a neat team blog badge and if I can get it working I’ll share it with everyone
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I just added it myself…just log in and then on your registration info click on edit and add the team name, re enter your password twice and it is in there.
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Great. I had done the same so the team name is on my registration too. I doubt the walk directors will notice but we will know
I registered myself – I could only enter one name and didn’t want to be unfair to either Chester or Gretel 
Super…followed your instructions and Gizmo’s registration is updated now to proudly display our team name
I think we’re going to get a few more team members…I’ve gotten notes from a couple of folks and have directed them here 
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Hey! We just added the team name to our registration. We have a post scheduled to go out on Friday about this, thanks for the ticker link, we did not have that until now. It will be fun! I am dog 118. See you on the trail
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Hi!
Gizmo sent us over. This is our 3rd year on the Idita Walk and we would love to join the Dogventurers! I saw some other dog bloggers on the roster, I’ll ask them if they want to join too.
We added a ticker when we saw Gizmo’s
Happy Trails,
Wyatt and Stanzie
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Hi!
Gizmo sent us over. This is our 3rd year on the Idita-Walk and we would love to join the Dogventurers! I saw some other dog bloggers on the roster, We will ask them if they want to join too!
We added a ticker, when we saw Gizmo’s
Happy Trails,
Wyatt and Stanzie
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Hi Wyatt. That would be greatly appreciated if you could spread the word about our team! We look forward to walking with you.
We’re in! We have already logged a few hours this month but will start from scratch since mom didn’t time our walks (too could for the iPhone right now). Mom has been getting lazy, she says its me, because of the weather, so I have been missing a few walks. Time for some incentive!
Dolly and Sandra
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Woo-hoo! I just signed up and created my ticker. I wasn’t sure whether to sign up as human or canine, so I just went with human. I’ll be posting about it on Monday.
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Pawsome idea and we know it will be great fun. We will enjoy popping round and seeing how you are all doing, Have a terrific Tuesday.
Best wishes Molly
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Hi Everyone! I got a little goofy today and decided to try and create my first blog badge for Team Dogventurers…You can see it on my sidebar now I’ll try and put the code right here, but if it doesn’t work, send me a note and I’ll share it with you…I’ll email it to you Jess
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Is it okay for me to use your badge? I don’t see the code!
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Absolutely! It’s just that comment box won’t let me post the code here…Left you my email on your blog…email me and I’ll send you the code
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We will have to think about that one, we might be able to do it. Although over 1600 km is very daunting in the winter. Hmmmmm.
Best of luck!
1600 km? It’s 1049 minutes…you can walk as fast or slow as you want
Clearly I was up too early this morning when I can’t distinguish miles and minutes LOL!
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Ha, ha. Here I thought you had done some crazy math to calculate how many miles you would walk in 1049 minutes
Awesome! Skippy is signed up and ready to go. From the online roster there are about 1,000 dogs/people already signed up. That’s great.
Skippy and Pete
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Everyone…Comment box won’t let me post the badge code, but if you send me an email to jgandb (at) gmail (dot) com I’ll send you the code
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I will ne putting it into the body of the blog post shortly as I mentioned yesterday. I had meetiings all day so it had to wait until this morning.
Hey bloggers – I updated the post to include the code for the badge that Gizmo’s Mom so graciously made for us
That code didn’t work for me. Is it just me? Did anyone else try it yet? Thanks!
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Hmmm…It worked for me. I will go back and double check. I haven’t heard from anyone else that it hasn’t worked but maybe you are the first one that actually tried
Thanks for letting me know.
I emailed Beth and Gizmo and she sent me the code by email, and what she sent did work for me. I never know with this computer stuff!
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MOM and already signed up to do the walk back at the beginning of January. So how do we say now that we are or want to be on your team?
Blessings,
Goose
Sorry it took me so long to respond. Your comment got caught in my spam box for some reason.
You can edit the “associated” on your Idita-Walk profile. There is nothing official through them. As far as connecting with other bloggers on the team, put the badge on your site (recently added to the post) and link up your update post at the end of the month (you can find the linky for the hop on our blog in our own review post)
I would love to do this, and to join your team! I know I’m a little behind signing up….but will get it all done by the weekend. The 30/30 was just a little more than I knew I would accomplish, but the flexibility of this sounds more do-able for me and my dogs. I love the ticker too, so will definitely also get that going, as well as adding the badge to my site. Thanks!
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Wow, I take one little week long vacation and I miss all sorts of fun! LOL I’ve just grabbed the button and will attempt to make myself a ticker. This is so cool!!! Happy Trails to us All!
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Mason and I are on the trail for the second year. We also learned about the event from our pals at Tales and Tails! Wyatt gave us the heads up on the Dogventurers pack and we’d love to join. I’m grabbing a badge and will be back for your updates on Feb. 28.
See you on the trail!
-Chandra and Mason at Daley’s Dog Years
I am here to see if there was an update. We finished our challenge awhile back it was easy! Thanks for the motivation to keep trudging out in the cold! Love Dolly
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Hey Dolly – we just missed each other. I posted my update around 8 am today. You can find it by going to our home page.