Month: January 2012

#janathon Day 7

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Janathon Day 7

I make that 1 week done!

Today’s run was a nice steady run round the woods with the dog – nearly 4 miles. I do quite enjoying running on the muddy tracks, although it must be very funny to watch . I did actually nearly stack it today – running down a muddy hill – it was only flaying arms and legs that stopped me landing in a ditch (I’m thinking Phoebe in ‘Friends’).

Long run planned for tomorrow – time will tell….

Summary
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Distance: 3.89mi
Time taken: 00:33:17
Average/Max Speed : 7.01/11.22 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:34/00:05:20
Calories: 462

Total mileage after day 7 = 24.29 miles

And why not….. #jokeathon….

Q: What do you get if you cross a vegetable with a 26 mile run?

A: A marrowthon.

#janathon Day 6

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Janathon Day 6

Got away nice and early from school today with Janathon in mind. I’ve been running mostly on concrete all week and felt my legs needed a softer surface. Drove like a madman home to pick up the dog and get to the woods for 4pm (didn’t want to finish my run in the dark – the woods are very creepy at night).

Billy Boy was more than pleased to get to the woods nice and early….

Although with the extreme weather conditions we’ve had recently there were a few obstacles to overcome, fallen trees…

….it was very, very, very muddy…..

…resulting in….

That’s 6 days running, legs are slightly aching, so I was happy to be told I wasn’t allowed to climb the timber stacks….

Summary
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Distance: 2.71mi
Time taken: 00:27:27
Average/Max Speed : 5.93/8.62 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:10:07/00:06:57
Calories: 308

Total mileage after day 6 = 20.40 miles

Taking Tim’s lead….#jokeathon…

Q: What do you get if you cross Bambi with a ghost?

A: Bamboo

#janathon Day 5

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Janathon Day 5

A pretty uneventful run tonight. 4-miler around town. Was planning on a short 2-miler, but felt pretty good so carried on for a bit more. Although during the last mile home I wished I hadn’t.

On a positive point I was able to listen to the fantastic Beans on Toast on ipod – have a listen – be warned: it is a bit sweary!

Runners passed = none

Dog walkers passed = 1

Dog walkers passed who took up all path causing me to run in road = 1

Cars reversing out of driveways I had to avoid = 2

Summary
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Distance: 4.09mi
Time taken: 00:34:28
Average/Max Speed : 7.11/8.38 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:26/00:07:09
Calories: 484

Total mileage after day 5 = 17.69 miles

#janathon Day 4

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Janathon Day 4

I read someone’s blog yesterday (can’t remember who they were) that mentioned a lot of blogs seemed like a weather report, so for the record, I will not be mentioning the massive ****ing ridiculous hooligan of a wind that was raging AGAIN for tonight’s run.

Also, I know it’s only day 4 but work seems to be getting in the way of janathon, what with working late at school and the fact I should actually be marking rather than sitting and writing this, I dread to think what’s going to happen by the time we get to day 31. Ok, well onto today’s run….

The plan was a couple of laps of the estate where I live. This includes running on the path for a bit before passing Tesco…

…and running on a muddy track down the side of a field, over a stream and eventually getting back on the path. Also, to kill two birds with one stone, I took the dog for his evening walk/run. Simple you would think. In reality, not quite so simple:

  • The track was incredibly muddy (think cartoon character running) and incredibly dark.
  • Nearly ran into a mysterious cyclist without lights.
  • When negotiating a particularly tricky part of the run (muddy under foot and trying to avoid falling into the stream) I promptly ran through a REALLY deep puddle.
  • Needless to say, on the second lap I did exactly the same thing!

But on a more positive note…..day 4 done!

Summary
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Distance: 3.33mi
Time taken: 00:29:47
Average/Max Speed : 6.71/8.21 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:57/00:07:18
Calories: 389

Total mileage after day 4 = 13.60 miles

#janathon Day 3

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Janathon Day 3: Running Club Training

The real test of janathon starts now, Christmas is over and I’m back to school. Tonight’s run was the usual club training night, but thankfully is was decided, as it was the first session after Christmas, that we’ll take it slightly easier tonight.

Tonight’s session:

  • Warm-up
  • 10 min sustained (10k pace)
  • 3 min jogged recovery
  • 10 min sustained (10k pace)
  • Cool-down

Although it was very, very, very windy. In fact it was so windy that running into the wind felt like you were running up a steep hill. Legs feeling slightly tired by the end…..

Summary
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Distance: 3.79mi
Time taken: 00:34:24
Average/Max Speed : 6.60/9.26 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:09:05/00:06:28
Calories: 441

Total mileage after day 3 = 10.27 miles

#janathon Day 2

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Janathon Day 2: Bourne Woods

It was a lovely bright morning, in fact I can’t remember the last time we had a lovely morning like today. With today being the last day of the school holidays a nice steady run around the woods with the dog sounded perfect. Tomorrow night is club training so I didn’t want to run too far this morning, I was planning on another 3-miler. The route took me up a hill (which is bigger than it looks)…..

…..and to the ponds, which this time last year were frozen solid…..

…..the lovely calm peaceful scene was soon to be destroyed…..

…..with Billy Boy taking the plunge.

Overall: a steady 3-miler; on a lovely morning; on day 2 of Janathon; and in 28mins (including some stops for pics). Sweet Deals!

Summary
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Distance: 3.22mi
Time taken: 00:28:09
Average/Max Speed : 6.85/9.02 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:45/00:06:39
Calories: 377