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@12ksofxmas
Final day- 12ks COMPLETE!
On Saturday me, Maria and Katie all met to complete the last 6ks together. We started off fairly steady and sped up towards the end. Massive congrats to Maria and Katie for helping me finish!
Here's the route. Katie came in around 20 seconds after me, with maria another 20 or so behind.
http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/456975227
It was really nice to run with people. Wouldn't in be great to start a company running club...!
Day 9 report- 30k to go!
Here's the report on day 9:
Katie's friday 6k- she beat her previous day's time! http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/456975233 And I did 6k on the rowing machine in 34.05 http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/456001669 18k left...
The final 48- DAY 8
Morning,
Just an update as to where we're at for "the final 48"- the 4 x 12ks yet to be done!
After nearly a week's rest my knee is feeling ok in walking and crosstraining but really worried about running on it again. I also feel ridiculous with energy!
My colleague Katie has agreed to pick up some of the 6ks, and I've decided to use other methods to take down the final 48 before Sunday!
Yesterday- "Day 8"- she did a 6k run and I did 12k on the bike (after a 45 min boxing session ;) )
Spinning
http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/455256257
Katie's run
http://www.mapmyrun.com/workout/455258563
30km to go.
Announcement/Update
Thanks for all of your support so far.
I set out on day 9 yesterday and found myself in agony after about 10 minutes, so had to drop out around 2km in. I'm extremely disappointed, frustrated and upset with the situation as it stands- my right knee is very, very swollen, it was preventing me from running at all- I started to limp- and I know that I'm risking permanent ligament damage if I carry on at this stage.
I'm dosed up on ibuprofen and in support bandages by this point, I'm not well anyway (have completely lost my appetite) and all I want to do is sleep.
I rested up the knee yesterday and won't be running today either, just to give my joints enough respite to be able to eventually finish this challenge.
I have therefore extended the "12 days" target to a new deadline on 5th January (next Sunday, the 12th night), and I hope I can run my last 4 12ks between tomorrow and then. I'm determined to complete this thing but I won't be good for anything at all if I tear a ligament!
Thanks for your understanding.
Running report: Days 6, 7, 8
Getting tired now. I've been ill over Christmas due to too much over-indulging on rich food! So after day 8: both ankles hurt, and my whole right leg is swollen. I've had to drop my pace significantly just to get the kms done- If I want to finish this at all, it might end up being the 12 limps of Christmas or even the 12 crawls!
Anyway, here's what happened on the last 3 runs...
Christmas day run (6) was a tough one. The route was easy enough, but getting up at the crack of dawn wasn't! 7.10am start was a bit of a shock for the body clock after being off work for a week. I did run in the elf hat though, and had my fair share of strange looks and "Merry Christmases" alike! There were 2 other runners out, looked like a couple- big up them running on Christmas day in the dark! And a couple of dog-walkers. I listened to the radio on this one rather than my usual playlist in the hopes of hearing some festive tunes to motivate me, but soon became irritated with Scott Mills' voice. By km4, I was ready to punch him in a scrooge-like fashion. I was, truth be told, in a terrible mood for the duration. I see a correlation here of no breakfast= grumpy runner! This was, of course immediately dissipated by presents upon my return :)
Christmas dinner for me this year was cranberry and chestnut falafels, and my god they did not sit well (though they were delicious). I'm sorry to say I was up half the night for toilet visits (both ends) and by morning was utterly worn out, feverish and shaking, leaving me wondering if I'd be able to get out to run on boxing day at all.
I managed to keep my porridge down on day 7 and set off a little later, slightly delirious in the winter sunshine. I decided to do nice flat canal run to Sowerby Bridge again, and was fairly impressed at my time given how bad I felt. It was packed along the path with boxing day walkers, and I felt altogether cheery although the last couple of km did lag a bit.
Today's run (day 8) was like nothing i've ever experienced. The winds are insane up here, and I'd picked today for the "long, slow hill" climb. You won't believe how high up I went- I swear the air was getting thinner at one point! The route was unrelenting and the weather was absolutely not on my side. I cried in frustration twice- it was like swimming against a tide, I wasn't going anywhere!. My knee, which has been quietly complaining around doses of ibuprofen since day 3 or so, has reached screaming level and is in desperate need of rest. I'm trying to run as carefully as I can so as not to sprain it, hence the shocking time today of 1.25. I've passed the 50 mile mark though, so really don't want to give up now if I can help it.
4 more days to go, not sure if my legs are going to hold up at all. I'm going to slow my runs right down and stick to the flat routes. Watch this space!
Runs so far- in figures
Hi all!
I'm 7 days in and tired out. I can't wait to get back in a gym and do some other forms of exercise :)
Here's the lowdown so far:
Kms: 85.7
Bowls of porridge: 7
High fives: 2
Calories used: 5,497
Hills climbed: 11
Toilet stops: 3
Kayaks overtaken: 2
Time spent running: 8hrs, 6 minutes
Running report: days 3, 4, 5
RUNNING REPORT: DAYS 3, 4, 5 Sooo I missed the report yesterday! I went out a bit later so was ready for a nice chilled evening by the time I got back :) By this point in the challenge (61.5km, 5hr 44 minutes, 4000 calories used) my joints are somewhat normalising to the level of running each day and while uphills are hard cardio-wise, my right knee does not like downhills! It's strange, after the first tough couple of km my body thinks "Ahh, I know what is happening now" and I'm sailing for the remainder. It's like suddenly shifting into a lower gear driving uphill. Day 3 was the first at my parents' house of the challenge, so I started off nice and flat on the canal. They live in the pennines so I thought it best to ease in gently. Being a Sunday, there were a lot of people out and it was a pretty cheerful run for me- endurance challenge around 6km in for a long, slow climb out of Brighouse. But I got through it, and made up some distance remainder with laps of elland. Day 4 was *supposed* to be up in the hills above midgely, as I was staying at a friend's house. It got past 1am on the sunday, we realised we had to be at the cinema for 10.30 (for It's a Wonderful Life, naturally!) and I decided to ditch the plan for a lie-in. No matter, as I just did my run a little later in the day than usual- I think it was a 2pm start?The film was brilliant by the way. Running at this time of day is strange for me- preferable in a way, as I was feeling very energized indeed, and the run went very quickly. I chose one of my favorite routes (and a regular one for when I visit my parents), a fast jaunt along the canal path (the other direction to the previous day's!) then back through Copley and into Elland. There's so much to see on this route, the kms just fly by. It was tipping it down with rain and very muddy but I was running happy as I climbed long wall, then into a hot bath ;) great time achieved. Day 5 (today) had been earmarked as my toughest run of the challenge and I wasn't disappointed. My time of 1hr 14 mins says it all! I decided to go fairly early (I calculated the 1 hour of sunshine promised by BBC weather at 10am) and set off in my new running shoes,which proceeded to murder my ankles as I broke them in (hello ibuprofen!). Today I ran up a hill that 3 years ago, I couldn't walk up without pausing to catch my breath. My grandparents live at the top of Blackly hill so I've scaled it hundreds of times ever since I could walk- I've also cycled up- but I've never, ever ran all the way up without stopping. This is perhaps the most personal achievement of the challenge so far. Of course, the elation was short-lived when I immediately scaled a steeper hill! The route took my down Lindley moor (which is often foggy due to the elevation), I followed a path running parallel to the m62 for a bit, then back into elland and up a long slow hill back to my parents' house I've very firmly decided today that I prefer running uphill to down. It sounds mad, but at least on the uphills you can control your pace and are only limited by your fitness. On steep downhills, you are constantly terrified of going AOT and/or doing an ankle in, which is frustrating. Perhaps it's about control... Tomorrow is another flat n fast (Thank god for canal paths...!) as it's another very early "on empty". Joys. I am donning an elf hat as a seasonal gesture but I very much doubt anyone will be on the roads!
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Running report- days 1 and 2
First, thanks everyone for your support so far.
I thought I'd write a little about the first 2 days of the challenge. 24km down, 120 left to go :)
Yesterday was quite a tough run for me. I've been resting my legs due to a slightly dodgy knee (I ran to Harrogate on a whim and it's been rocky since..) so bit of a shock to get back into running after not going out since Saturday.
It was cold, dark, I was aching all over from boxing the night before, and was out on empty (no breakfast). Running on empty is something I do occasionally but not too often- it saves on digestive and time issues but leaves me bad tempered and exhausted afterwards.
Anyway, by the time I got past the big Tesco at Tadcaster road I was feeling a little more revived- running under a big, glowing moon has a special sort of magic, and there wasn't too much traffic around. Saying that, I could feel the pollution from the a64 flyover bridge in my lungs as it was approaching- can't be good!
Through copmonthorpe, dodging schoolkids, and gazing wistfully into the co-op's glowing windows... warm, with festive treats...!
Running back up past middlethorpe hall, I had to negociate, for the first time ever in my running "career", <I>ice</I>. Very weird. There's a reason I don't usually go out that early in winter, and I had to be extra careful not to slip. Here's hoping for a grey Christmas!
As I came into York it got fairly busy, fairly quickly. Needless to say I got some strange looks in my hi vis, running first over ousegate, down coney street and back over lendal!
I finished about 50m short, grumpy, cold, hungry, and aching. The shortage is very frustrating as I'd mapped the route exactly on purpose. I'm going to have to do a "baker's dozen" and make my last run 13km to make up some shortfalls and tip it over the 144km mark.
Day 2's run was a whole lot more enjoyable- in fact, one of the most enjoyable I've ever done. Conditions were absolutely perfect- sunny, 10 degrees, not too windy. I'd had breakfast (porridge with dates and coffee, fuel of the gods) 2 hours previously.
I set off cautiously, so as not to aggravate the knee, and was soon sailing towards bootham, up to Clifton moor, back down Wiggington road, and... chocolate factory! I'd accidentally planned my route past vats of melting chocolate and the smell was unbelievable! My route then took me down gillygate and into town.
The problem with running at 10am through York on the last Saturday before Christmas is fairly predictable. At around the 9km mark I nearly had a collision with a salvation army band, and don't get me started on the station... but by the time I started up Scarsdale Hill (hardly a hill!) I was still buzzing. As home drew nearer I was feeling pretty good about my time and pace, but at the end of my road I realised- I was on track to fall slightly short again! Cue zigzagging and running around in circles to make up the distance of the last 100m or so. I must have looked like a crazy lady to my neighbours.
I'll update on Monday days 3 and 4. Tomorrow is Brighouse run which is a fairly easy route by the canal, but Monday's looks to be very challenging indeed. Plenty of steep hills, I'm off early on empty again, and it's going to lash it down.
If any of the above has made you smile, please support my challenge by making a small festive donation to the Karen Hill Tribes quoting "Annabel's Run"
http://www.karenhilltribes.org.uk/donate.html
Day 2
Day 1
... and it seems I was just short! curse you, mapmyrun.
I'll have to make up that .5km tomorrow then :)
Challenge starts tomorrow!
Route 1 begins at 7.30 am tomorrow- running past The Group Company offices at 8.30am- wish me luck! This is probably going to be the coldest/darkest of the lot apart from Christmas day...