Month: January 2012

#janathon Day 31

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Janthon Day 31 – 133+ miles

Well that’s it….it’s over! I have managed to run every single day of January! Woop woop!

Today’s run was a club training night:

  • Warm-up
  • 5 x 1km reps with 90sec recovery
  • Cool-down
Summary
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Distance: 4.32mi
Time taken: 00:35:44
Average/Max Speed : 7.25/10.42 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:17/00:05:45
Calories: 493
Total janathon mileage = 133.37 miles

Overall it has been a great month, legs are really looking forward to tomorrow’s REST DAY! Well done to all janathoners! It has been fantastic reading everyone’s blogs, and a big thank you to everyone who has bothered to read this blog (and comment).

Well done everyone who ran a #janathon letter (fab organisation by @timcnicholls) and a big thanks to @copy7t for the final runart collage (I ran the wiggly last ‘N’), click here for more details (including a few variations):

…..and a final jokeathon me thinks…

One man’s hobby was running, he spent all his weekends on the park trails, paying no attention to weather. One Sunday, early in the morning, he went to the park as usual. It was still dark, cold and raining, so he decided to return back to his house. He came in, went to his bedroom, undressed and laid near his wife. “What terrible weather today honey,” he said to her. “Yes,” she replied “but my idiot husband still went running!”

All together now…

#janathon Day 30

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Janathon Day 30 – 1 day to go….

Tonight’s recovery run, after yesterday’s long run, was a gentle affair. A couple of miles around the town, I felt like I could have carried on for ages but mindful of the fact that maybe the legs need a rest. Pretty uneventful, although I did shout at some kids that were messing around where that shouldn’t have been – Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ is a success!!

Short blog today – I’m saving myself for the FINAL run and blog!

Summary
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Distance: 2.84mi
Time taken: 00:24:34
Average/Max Speed : 6.94/8.71 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:39/00:06:53
Calories: 331

Total janathon mileage after day 30 = 129.05 miles

…jokeathon…only 1 to go…thank God….

After driving for about six hours, a trucker decides to pull over and sleep for a little while. As soon as he falls asleep, he is awoken by some knocks on the door of the cab.

“Can you tell me the time, please?” asks a jogger.

“Yeah, it’s 4:30,” answers the trucker. He falls asleep again, but he is awoken again by another jogger who wants to know the time.

“It’s 4:40!” yells the trucker. Deciding to really try to sleep a little, he writes on a piece of paper: I DON’T KNOW THE TIME. He sticks the paper in his windshield.

But he is awoken again. ‘It’s 5:25,” says another jogger.

#janathon Day 29

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Janathon Day 29 – 120+ miles

‘Long Run Sunday’ – the runner’s bread and butter. A steady 13-miler around the local woods and fields in around 2 hours, pretty pleased with that, could have run further but I’ve got a stack of marking to do. Not sure if I will get in another long run before the Stamford St. Valentines 30k. Although considering I’ve passed the 120 miles for the month, don’t think I’ll need to. Today it was a lovely bright morning, lots of runners and dog walkers about, in fact at one point Bourne Woods looked like Oxford Street!

95% of people out today gave me a greeting/nod/wave in reply to a ‘good morning’. Although there was a particularly miserable woman out with her dog that I passed TWICE and BOTH times failed to even get an indication that I was there!

But on to the important news of the day……the #janathon runart is nearly there. Latest news suggests that we are waiting on an ‘A’….

Summary
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Distance: 13.77mi
Time taken: 02:03:34
Average/Max Speed : 6.69/8.61 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:58/00:06:58
Calories: 1617

Total janathon mileage after day 29 = 126.21 miles

…..jokeathon…

Q: What do you call a group of runners creating #janathon in a runart style?

A: Anything you want, they are so messed up from running EVERYDAY in January they won’t even know you’re there!

 

#janathon Day 28

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Janathon Day 28…3 days to go

Today’s run had two purposes:

  • Complete day 28 of janathon
  • Create an ‘N’ in a runart style

A 3.6 mile run around the local fields was pretty uneventful except for the dog being attacked by some crazy bulldog (that had escaped it’s garden) before we had even got out of our road. The bulldog’s owner gave me a lame ‘sorry’ – I wish it legal to throw rat poison over garden fences!

But on to the important job of the day….run an ‘N’….

Before I began, like an artist imagining his work on canvas, I surveyed MY canvas (the black thing is Billy Boy)…..

I’m pretty pleased with the outcome, a bit wobbly in places, but I’m putting that down to satelite signal issues. May I present an ‘N’…..

I’ll leave it to @copy7t to do any editing that is required. Can’t wait to see the finished article!

Summary
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Distance: 3.60mi
Time taken: 00:31:27
Average/Max Speed : 6.87/8.61 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:44/00:06:58
Calories: 422

Total janathon mileage after day 28 = 112.44 miles

…jokeathon…

Q: What do you call a group of runners creating #janathon in runart?

A: Crazy

#janathon Day 27

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Janathon Day 27….4 days to go

My calves were feeling a little bit tight at work this afternoon, not surprising since I’ve run for 26 days on the bounce. Therefore, tonight’s run would be a nice gentle one around the woods with the dog. Although after about a mile the legs had loosened up and I felt like running further, all that stopped me was the light. Running around Bourne Woods in the dark is a creepy experience and one I did not want to face tonight!

Thanks to twitter we have a plan to celebrate janathon – my input will be an ‘N’ – now to decide where….

Summary
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Distance: 2.32mi
Time taken: 00:21:53
Average/Max Speed : 6.35/7.83 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:09:27/00:07:39
Calories: 273

Total janathon mileage after day 27 = 108.63 miles

…..jokeathon…..I’m pleased to say you only have 4 more days of this left….

Me and the wife had an argument today because she gave me a cup of tea that was black, cloudy and had sparks flying out of it.

It was a storm in a tea cup.

 

#janathon Day 26

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Janathon Day 26 – 100+ miles

Over 100 miles completed in the last 26 days!

Tonight’s run was ‘endurance training’ with the club. Which actually seems to mean just running a bit slower than you’re used to – the clubs ‘coach’ gave me a pace of around 8.45 per mile.  At this point in janathon that sounds like what I need (legs feeling very tired). To celebrate passing the 100 mile point, and taking the lead from @copy7t and @rencestar here is my attempt at some #runart:

‘Running Man’…..ok…..so it’s not the best piece of art ever created, and I know the arms are a tad short – but it was the best I could do – unless jumping over back gardens is allowed!

@timcnicholls has also had the fantastic idea of spelling out ‘#janathon’ in a #runart style – each person taking a separate letter – bagsy having an ‘N’!

So two sets of stats: runart and club training:

Summary
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Distance: 2.51mi
Time taken: 00:21:05
Average/Max Speed : 7.14/9.42 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:24/00:06:22
Calories: 297

Summary
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Distance: 6.18mi
Time taken: 00:55:18
Average/Max Speed : 6.70/9.86 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:57/00:06:05
Calories: 727

Total janathon mileage after day 26 = 106.31 miles

…..jokeathon….

Q. Your riding a horse at full speed, a giraffe is beside you, an elephant in front of you and a lion behind you! What do you do???

A. You get your drunk ass off of the carousel !!