Well I suppose it's time to start blogging again. I had started last year with the promise of more but this lasted for the duration of Janathon and then abruptly stopped! What turned out to be a brilliant year of running, which included the following highlights:
All the above was left undocumented, which on reflection was a failing on my part. I definitely plan to do better this year (we shall see!).
Throughout the runstreak I am always on the lookout to mark significant milestones with an appropriate distance to match the day/date (eg: On Day 555 I ran 3x5 milers and on 20/12/2012, a 20min 12sec run). What could I do for the 1st run in 2013? 20.13 miles - maybe, after having a lie in I decided on a shorter distance of 13.20 miles. A shade over a half marathon and a play on the year digits.
So with a half marathon distance to run, it was out the door at 9:30 the same time as my wife went out walking for what would see her walk 5 miles. With a visit to the mother-in-laws in the afternoon for a New Years Day buffet we agreed I would finish my run at Costa and meet for coffee and cake there.
The run promised to be a nice 'steady' effort (followers of mine on Twitter will have become used to my run classifications - also known as the Fletchscale and my definition of steady may not match everyone's idea of the word!). A steady run ensued out along the muddy and in parts very waterlogged country lanes. I think in all my years running this is the most water I have seen even in areas that usually stay very dry. The planned route is a 10 mile loop so would need the detour out towards Chelford down a previously closed lane due to flooding. Fortunately the lane was water free and enabled a nice run down towards half distance.
The weather continued switching between sun and light rain and on the route back into Knutsford saw a steady headwind. On the last mile or so in to town saw the remnants of the previous nights activities which included a pair of stiletto shoes hanging on a fence and a cumberband discarded in a hedge! A final zig zagging round the town saw the planned run of 13.20 miles reached in an average pace of 7:17.
For this year's Janathon I am going to include a link to the Garmin Connect map and stats from my Garmin Forerunner 410 watch. This was a very kind gift from my boss on my completion of 1 year on the runstreak which was achieved on 31st May last year.
- The continuing of the runstreak to 580 days
- A total of 3,003 miles run
- A new PB of 2:58 for the marathon
All the above was left undocumented, which on reflection was a failing on my part. I definitely plan to do better this year (we shall see!).
Throughout the runstreak I am always on the lookout to mark significant milestones with an appropriate distance to match the day/date (eg: On Day 555 I ran 3x5 milers and on 20/12/2012, a 20min 12sec run). What could I do for the 1st run in 2013? 20.13 miles - maybe, after having a lie in I decided on a shorter distance of 13.20 miles. A shade over a half marathon and a play on the year digits.
So with a half marathon distance to run, it was out the door at 9:30 the same time as my wife went out walking for what would see her walk 5 miles. With a visit to the mother-in-laws in the afternoon for a New Years Day buffet we agreed I would finish my run at Costa and meet for coffee and cake there.
The run promised to be a nice 'steady' effort (followers of mine on Twitter will have become used to my run classifications - also known as the Fletchscale and my definition of steady may not match everyone's idea of the word!). A steady run ensued out along the muddy and in parts very waterlogged country lanes. I think in all my years running this is the most water I have seen even in areas that usually stay very dry. The planned route is a 10 mile loop so would need the detour out towards Chelford down a previously closed lane due to flooding. Fortunately the lane was water free and enabled a nice run down towards half distance.
The weather continued switching between sun and light rain and on the route back into Knutsford saw a steady headwind. On the last mile or so in to town saw the remnants of the previous nights activities which included a pair of stiletto shoes hanging on a fence and a cumberband discarded in a hedge! A final zig zagging round the town saw the planned run of 13.20 miles reached in an average pace of 7:17.
For this year's Janathon I am going to include a link to the Garmin Connect map and stats from my Garmin Forerunner 410 watch. This was a very kind gift from my boss on my completion of 1 year on the runstreak which was achieved on 31st May last year.
Stats
Runstreak: Day 581
Distance: 13.20 miles
Runstreak: Day 581
Distance: 13.20 miles
Time: 1:36:14
Janathon Total Distance: 13.20 miles
My money is on you again...how long the blog streak?!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kevin, I promise to keep the blog going for longer than January!!
DeleteWell done Andrew - nice to see you back blogging. Good luck with the rest of Janathon
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, I hope to do better on the blogging front this year!
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