Janathon Causes Madness

It has been reported that Janathon, the brainchild of @jogblog, has been causing strange behaviour across the country. Janathon participants have reportedly been starting to ‘lose their marbles’.

One such participant, @phillengthorn, was witnessed running in the rain. He was seen sitting in his car during a heavy storm. An onlooker said, “I thought he was waiting for the rain to ease, but after only a couple of minutes he exited the car and began running round the woods”.  The witness, who wants to remain anonymous, went on to say, “this man must be crazy – it was tipping down!” We have since spoken to @phillengthorn’s neighbours, Mr and Mrs Arguetoomuch who said, “we thought there was something strange about him….but didn’t realise it had got this bad – running everyday in January seems a crazy thing to do!” They went on to say, “he never runs in the rain – something is seriously wrong!”

Reports have been coming in from all over the country of janathon participants behaving abnormally and been seen running everyday since 1st January. Furthermore,  people have been heard saying, “it’s becoming a habit,” and “I’ll miss the routine of it” – clearly these people have lost all sense of reality and need help.

Janathon participants are required to jog, log and blog about their daily runs. This has lead to families being split apart by participants sitting in front of computers for hours on end to blog their latest adventures. Consequently, a new phenomenum began to sweep through the blogs….jokeathon, lyricathon, factathon…..there seems no end to the madness.  But, the last straw,  was the rumour of ‘Febathon’ that has prompted psychologists from all over the world to step in. They are advising friends and families of janathon participants to do anything in their power to stop the madness – hiding trainers has had the biggest effect.

A statement from the Police Countrywide Task Force stated, “Operation Janathon is well under way and arrests are imminent, we will not allow people to be brain-washed in this manner.” Latest reports suggest @jogblog has gone to ground.

Janathon Day 20

Summary
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Distance: 3.24mi
Time taken: 00:28:34
Average/Max Speed : 6.81/8.67 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:49/00:06:55
Calories: 382

Total janathon mileage after day 20 = 73.98 miles

#janathon Day 19

Janathon Day 19 – 70 miles…

19 days down – only 12 to go!

For today’s run I once again joined the club for ‘endurance training’ – sounds bad but actually all we are doing at the moment is running at a slower pace than usual. Pounding the streets for 50min in the drizzle – what a way to spend the evening!

And I don’t want to worry anyone, but……

https://twitter.com/#!/lilbee67/status/160099725239001088

I would just like to count myself out of that idea!

Summary
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Distance: 5.81mi
Time taken: 00:51:36
Average/Max Speed : 6.75/8.27 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:53/00:07:15
Calories: 684

Total janathon mileage after day 19 = 70.73 miles

Finally, my #jokeathon entry…..

Two cannibals were sitting down eating lunch.
One says to the other: “You know, I just can’t stand my mother-in-law.”
The other replies: “Just put her to the side and eat the mash.”

 

#janathon Day 18

Janathon Day 18

Eighteen days into janathon and still going!

Wednesday is probably the worse day to get out for a run for me: a challenging day at school; a break and lunch duty; an after-school club (although after-school today meant I was baby-sitting the kids in detention); and followed by the late bus duty. Together with Tuesday night’s extra effort put in on club training. All means that tonight was a nice gentle 2-miler.

As I plodded around the estate, food was on my mind: nearly ran into the pizza delivery guy as he exited a house; met the next door neighbour on his way back from the chippy; ran past a house that smelt like they were cooking bacon; and another house smelt like they were about to have a chinese. So I had to abandon run after 2 miles because of dribbling.

Summary
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Distance: 2.26mi
Time taken: 00:19:51
Average/Max Speed : 6.83/9.31 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:47/00:06:26
Calories: 265

Total janathon mileage after day 18 = 65.43 miles

….#jokeathon….

A rubber band pistol was confiscated from an algebra class today because it was a weapon of math disruption.

#janathon Day 17

Janathon Day 17

Club training night, another hard night pounding the streets:

  • Warm-up
  • 15min 10k pace with 3min recovery
  • 10min 10k pace with 3min recovery
  • 5min 5k pace
  • Cool-down
Now we are over half way through janathon we can start counting down…..14 days to go!
Talking of countdown….small things please small minds….
Summary

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Distance: 5.08mi
Time taken: 00:48:07
Average/Max Speed : 6.34/10.37 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:09:28/00:05:47
Calories: 588

Total janathon mileage after day 17 = 63.17 miles

…..jokeathon…..

Did you hear about the man who drowned in a bowl of muesli?
A strong current pulled him under.

#janathon Day 16

Janathon Day 16

Today’s blog is short and to the point…..

Today was definitely a struggle – nice gentle 2-miler. But, believe it or not, we’re more than halfway through janathon. It’s all downhill from here!

Summary
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Distance: 2.10mi
Time taken: 00:17:50
Average/Max Speed : 7.05/8.89 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:30/00:06:44
Calories: 249

Total janathon mileage after day 16 = 58.09 miles

#janathon Day 15

Janathon Day 15 – Frostbite Race 4

It was a frosty, cold morning as I waited for a lift to March for the 4th race in the Frostbite League….

Today’s race was held by March AC and was a 5-miler around Whitemoor Prison – there were no armed guards, observation towers or beefy prisoners lifting weights in sight (I thing I’ve watched too many movies). But there was a ‘Whitemoor Prison Fishing Club’  – but no prisoners fishing this morning! Probably for two reasons: a dangerous prisoner with a fishing rod can do a lot of damage to a runner and the lake was partly frozen (it was very cold this morning).

I enjoyed the run, my new ‘go faster’ socks did the trick! 5 miles over a variety of terrain: track, road and mud. I worked hard in the race and bagged the four points for fourth club runner home. Although, club turnout was low so I’d imagine we’ll be pretty close to the bottom of the table when team results are published.

Summary
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Distance: 5.00mi
Time taken: 00:35:43
Average/Max Speed : 8.40/10.84 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:07:08/00:05:31
Calories: 586

Janathon mileage after day 15 = 55.99 miles

And for #jokeathon a bad prison joke……

Q: What do you call a clairvoyant midget who escaped from prison?
A: A small medium at large.