Sprint finish...

Last day of Janathon & I ended with 200m as fast as I could.

I'm not designed for sprinting, it killed me, so it seems I ended as I started, a puffing panting wreck!

Just a short quick post tonight, I have 2 things to do, 1) write out wedding invites 2) check my Janathon homework! I'll make a post Janathon blog tomorrow.

Have a good night Janathoners, see you in June?

Are we nearly there yet?

Phew, I'm glad we are! Todays run was COLD, again, and short, again, but done. A gentle 1km, while waiting for food to be cooked.

I must say, that while I've loved Janathon, it's also been an annoying little bugger!


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The end is nigh!

There's about 1,000,000 things going on today & tonight, that 5 minutes around the block will have to count as my Janathon.

Having done it, it was bloody cold & I've returned home wheezing like Darth Vader without his inhaler.

roll on spring / summer!

Frell me... it's cold

It's cold, draz cold & if I had any mivonks they'd have frozen off.

that's enough Farscape, on to the running.

Only a 15 minute run, I was starving & wanted to go home & eat with everyone else.
But with the knowledge that I've ran every day so far & managed not to starve to death whilst out I laced up & made my move. Not too quickly, I was weak with hunger.

1.23km later food was in my belly.
nomnomnomnomnomnomnom.

and now I'm exhausted, I'm going to curl up on the couch & knit socks.

Mojo, Mojo wherefore art thou Mojo...

Tonight I FORCED myself to run. I stumbled around for 30 min, and ended up walking, like a sulking school girl for the last 8 min, making it even longer until I got back into the warm.

I don't know what it is, I just can't seem to enjoy my running, or switch off my head & let my feet do their thing.

I wonder if theres anything out there about Zen running?

3.6km today. I'm off to google, then bed.


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5 mins or bust

I've always promsed myself that if I was not "feeling it" I'd at least try for 5 min & then if after that the run still wasn't doing it for me I'd turn around & go home.

Today was the day that after 5 min I turned around & walked home.

I have NO motivation right now, and I spent the whole day eating junk food too. I'm blaming the breastfeeding & a growth spurt with lack of sleep added.

I ran 3/4 of a mile, I mostly ran 3/4 of a mile, it was the 1st time in ages it wasn't even a little fun.

ah well, bath & bed and a new day in the morning.

Food & then running.

In general, it would have been ok, I think, to have eaten at 6 ish & run at around 9ish.

But I have a feeling something in my food didn't like that idea, I only managed a mile, and really Only half of it was ran. These past 3 days really seem to be testing my Janathon will.

Screaming babies, powercuts, miserable weigh ins, and dodgy belly all seem to be trying to push me over at the final hurdle.

Only 6 more runs to go!


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miserable monday - where I can't even be bothered to use the shift key

i'm sulking. i went to fat club and only lost half a pound in a week.

on a lighter note, if i run 3.16km every day till the end of the month i'll crack 100km in janathon.

today i managed 3.23km mostly ran, but with about 700m of sulking walk...

viva la janathon

Gutted!

Blogging from a power cut!

Just ran my fastest 5k this month, sat down on couch, ten seconds later a power cut!

No hot shower for me, must wrap up & finish playing about on phone.

Goodnight Janathoners'


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Day 22 - the one where life interrupted

I'm surprised it waited so long!
3.32km into todays run, I heard the terrible
"work out Paused" Brrrrrrrrrrrrring! Brrrrrrrrrrrrring! Brrrrrrrrrrrrring! That meant I had to stop running and talk to someone...
The world was exploding at home, my son had been screaming for the last 5min and the bottle his daddy had was not acceptable. The woe of a breast-feeding runner.

An extra 900 m & I met up with my starving child.

4.2km in the bag.





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Oh so cold...

Today's trip out with the 3 year old was to trade in some old computer games.
And as we got slightly more than expected we bought Kinect. I also got one of those fitness games.
"can you tell I've been playing Xbox?"
No seriously, my thighs are killing! It was like a serious fitness class! And the woman shouted at me for not doing things a) in time & b) the right way. So yes, exactly like if I'd attended the real thing!

The Janathon effort was another run around the block.

510m in just under 5 min.
It's still horribly cold & slippy outside. Never have I paid so much attention to the weather forecast as I have during Janathon! (it's due to be warmer this weekend!)




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Nor Rain no snow nor Glo m of Ni t

This was the view @ 3:30pm today, and it was freezing. I knew it would be, my other half had announced that he'd be putting the heating back on constant for the next few days. (His bat sense must have been tingling, or he'd had a look at a weather forecast.) This sort of weather does not bode well for Janathon. I hate the cold as it is, I seem to have cold blood & am possibly related to a reptile... (Long live the 5th Column?) I shouldn't be running in the winter, I should wrapped up in the warm with coffee & cake, watching bad sci - fi & knitting cozy socks.

But I wrapped my daughter up & put the baby in his snow suit and headed out for a walk, as being cooped up in the house all day means she literally jumps off the walls/couch/stairs/bed/me/baby. 3.5 miles later she was miffed, but knackered. (is that mean?) We did make a brief detour into a supermarket, where I was pleased/disappointed that my daughter choose strawberries as a treat instead of chocolate. We also stopped to take a frosty picture of Ivy leaves. She wasn't impressed by this either, and demanded that we hurry up. The baby just slept for 90 minutes. And lost a glove.

So with 7pm looming and the knowledge that I hadn't actually RAN for this Janathon effort, I suited up for the cold.

560m around the block, in 5:54, slowing down as the foot path was slippy in places!

does not bode well for tomorrow...

But it's COLD outside

So cold I could see ice crystals forming on the road ahead. An feel them forming inside my lungs!

So a quick, just under a mile, dash out & back secured my Janathon entry for day 19.

Not the 4.2km I had planned. (odd number I know, it's all to do with keeping my Janathon averages!)


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Blue Tuesday?

I don't know what it was about today's run but I just felt slow & heavy.

Started off with some of my favourite tunes and struggled to jog on, after about 20min I switched to the Audio Fuel freebie (Grid mix 160-170 bpm)

It helped, a little, I still felt slower than normal, but at least I could force myself to run a little more.

Somehow I managed to cut 38 seconds of my best mile this month! Really not sure how?

Right - O tiramisu is calling




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Day 17?

So all the days are starting to blur into one & other!

2 miles ran tonight & I could have done better... But Song 2 by Blur was in the playlist, and I ALWAYS run to fast to it and then end up knackered & hobble the rest of the run. Guess what happened!

On a lighter note... I lost 3 lbs this week! (see what I did there?!?)

Oh & keeping up with what seemed to be the twitter topic of the day...

What's the worlds fastest cake?

Scone
(this joke only works if you pronounce it properly !)

9 seconds - BANK!!!

So I completed the same workout as I did last Sunday & did  5km 9 seconds quicker. I'll bank that. Quicker is quicker after all.

So I've come to see the Janathon Twitter list as a double edged sword, there was the great cheers I've had & gave out to people, then there's this....

I think I've mentioned the mersey marathon in passing before, I think I'd quite like to try it. It's my home turf, being a scoucer at heart, but I'm 50/50 on if I'd manage to get that far. I suppose there are 200+ training days untill the 26 (& a bit) miles. Something to think about over night!

I'm realy diging how it says I've burnt 5,000+ calories this month.

Feels like a Wednsday

It's not quite at the begining of #Janathon & it's not quite the end.

Todays "Run" had more walk than run, was a bit of a let down, but then today has been a bit naff too. I'm not going to mope on the interwebs, I'm just going to swear I'll get up & run in daylight....

but as I type this I get a nosie from my iPhone, & it's a #Janathoner, cheering me on for my run...
it was @carlatutte THANKYOU!

just when you're down, #Janathon pickus you up.

I'm off to make chillie for 4 ppl.

Mid way Janalytics

Ok, so...

Firstly let me say this was JUST FOR FUN and is no way the official #janathon ranking... I've done this all by myself, because I'm a geek who likes to play with numbers.

Secondly, it only goes from data that was available at 9:20pm on Friday 14th Jan on the Running free website... so there are a LOT of missing people / runs / swims / whatever. A total of 189 people have logged activity todate.

Thirdly (?) Third (?)  Next, It's ranked thus
1) Running (178 people logged 1 or more Runs)
2) Walking (64 people logged 1 or more walk)
3) Biking (50 people logged 1 or more bike ride)
4) Swimming (34 people logged 1 or more swim)
    Because that's starts with the most popular activity & gets fewer each level.

Next, all activities were logged by DISTANCE IN KM, for 2 reasons
1)this lead to fewer 0 entries or entries with the same number (running free rounds up to nearest whole numbers)
2) there appear to be more errors in people logging TIME than distance, sorry if you were one of the people who logged their time correctly and have been knocked down the ranks because of it... THIS IS JUST FOR FUN....

Why am I stressing that this is JUST FOR FUN?
well, this am the internetz, people get all upity at mistakes ect, if you spot an error let me know, other wise

STATS & NUMBERS?! SHOW ME MOAR!

This is Janathon Dude... If we say he is the average of us all then in the last 14 days he has...

Ran 50.34 KM

Walked 4.1km

Biked 9.49km

swimmed ;) 0.41km

(and so you see why the average (mean) can sometimes be rubbish!)

So a few medians (I've only used the people who've logged each activity as the sample for each)

Runner 44km ( @Rossc0 of Jogger's Posterous is the Median Runner out of 178)

Walker 32km ( @laurajonesruns of Marathon Miss is the Median Walker out of 64)

Cyclist 27km (Dawn of dawnydawn10 out of 50)

Swimmer 17.2 km ( suesj  out of 34)

What's the median mean? (bubum ta! its a maths joke)
there are exactly 50% of the people above or below each person. They are slapbang in the middle of the rankings!

Enough maths Show me the

"TOTAL UNOFFICIAL AND PROBABLY WRONG ANYWAY HALFWAY POINT (ish) JANATHON LEADERBOARD"

		Run (ranked)	KM	Walk (rank)	KM	Bike (rank)	KM	Swim (rank)	KM
Local Adventures	Gary V	1	308
jenks		2	226	12	19
...musing...	@kevinforeman	3	226	3	57
run-julia	Julia	4	172
2shoes	@Sallykphimister	5	165	35	7
2011 Miles (Jules)	@2011miles	6	163					34	0
runtezza	Terry O	7	143					20	1
Follystone		8	136
RosieBlue		9	134
Mikkel's tri blog	@mikkeljlind	10	133	43	5			10	4
Wombat's Virgin London Marathon Blog	@wombatvlm	11	112
BBBri		12	112
gintares	Gintare S	13	111	38	6
paintedrunner	@paintedrunner	14	107			16	45	7	4
2011km	@pradprathivi	15	107
Sequin		16	106
marts2smooth		17	102	49	2			12	3
The Magathon	Maggie E	18	100
buryblue		19	95
Tom Roper's Running Training	@tomroper	20	95			30	24	19	1
nikkijinx	Nikki T	21	95
jensruns2011	Jennifer S	22	94
pingpongperambulator	@stukingping	23	94
Janathon and beyond	Nick M	24	93
Moving Along - More Effort, Faster Times. Maybe.	@movingalong79	25	93	52	2	10	66	16	2
Motoperpetio	Angela K	26	91
Journey into the unknown	@rosa_rocks_uk	27	89	55	1	50	0
Windy Hannah Slow Runner	Miller H	28	89	60	0
One Foot Out The Door	Robert S	29	88
Cake of Good Hope	Katie K	30	87			6	96
Miles To Go	@sheri3004	31	87
Shazruns	Sharon W	32	87	61	0
Faster Legs	Vini	33	85
Pyro's Yard	Carrick A	34	85
sillysjogle	@sillysjogle	35	83
Hashiru Ed	Ed N	36	82
The Virtual Runner	@TheVR	37	81	19	11	43	4
Runmoor	@runonthemoors	38	81					13	3
Fair Weather Runner	@fairweatherrun	39	77
iliketocount	Shaun B	40	77			26	27
eternalzoe10		41	77
Fitographer	Richard H	42	76
Not much of a runner	Phil A	43	76
runorgocrazy	Giselle S	44	76
bigvern72	Nick V	45	75
Gemma's Janathon	Gemma B	46	75
Fit Artist	@adeleprince	47	75
fletchea		48	74
anewjanuary		49	74
theirisheye	@theirisheye	50	73
Insert Clever Running Pun Here	Kieron C	51	73
Travelling Hopefully	@knittingpenguin	52	72
Yes, I'm Still Running...	@runirishrun	53	72
Oz		54	72
irunitri	Simon B	55	71			42	4	18	1
The Reluctant Runner	@dritenhi	56	68
carahendry	Cara H	57	68			39	9
Running for Vanity	@running4vanity	58	67
hroxrun	Helen R	59	65
Just Plod It	@justplodit	60	64					14	2
2011 Miles (the Dude)	@2011miles	61	63			18	44
tonyparkrunner	Tony G	62	63			44	3
rage against age	@labc	63	61			1	170	1	11
Running out of time	@joedreadlock	64	60					15	2
Fortnight Flo	Carla G	65	60			38	10	23	1
Run Helen Run	@runhelenrun	66	59	8	28	48	1
Running Dutchie	Lucja L	67	58	24	10	49	0
warriorwoman	@warriorwoman	68	58
juleswills1	@juleswill1	69	58
A Bradypus	A Bradypus	70	57			32	14
Angels have the phone box	@haikugirloz	71	56	42	5	12	62
I'm a jogger not a blogger	@Jo365	72	55
Jogalog	Corina	73	54
Orange		74	52
Running Jen	Jen	75	52	57	1	45	3
CJ Henderson	@CJH7969	76	51			31	14
Paula's Posterous	@pbutler102	77	51	17	13
riotstar		78	49
Lazy Girl Running	@lazygirlrunning	79	49			41	5
SianA	Sian A	80	49
cummagnaspe	Sarah D	81	48
thereisasixpackunderhere	Susan J	82	47
Geekgirlruns		83	47
Running For The Quiet	@runforthequiet	84	46
Can't take me anywhere	@angebhart	85	46
Steve and Katy Run	@stephenamp	86	45	45	3
So I'm doing this because...	@helenmew	87	45
zimlars	@zimlars	88	44	21	10
Jogger's Posterous	@Rossc0	89	44	14	16	47	2	31	0
Ramblings of a multi-tasker	@karleensmith	90	44					11	3
Sooozie	Suzie	91	44
Zed does Janathon	Zoe G	92	44	53	2
Talk Silly	@misty2k	93	44
Run DMT	@denisermt	94	43
39 Mid Life Crisis	@39midlifecrisis	95	42	31	8	15	49	2	5
PippiLS		96	41	13	18			27	1
Audiofuel	@audiofuel	97	41			27	26	25	1
Marathon Dan	Dan H	98	41
Jog On	@ruthlewy	99	40
The GF Runs	@KathrynElliott	100	39	27	9	46	3
sallyshurdles	@quasi_sally	101	38	36	7	40	5	5	4
Can't Move It, Climb It!	@vikkiroberts	102	38
Writing Neuroses	@kaysexton	103	35
dadoorunrun	Lazy Betty	104	35
Accountability	@boutdrz	105	35
Jungle GG	@gemmakgraham	106	33	22	10
Unshod Northerner	@donnchadhuk	107	32	59	0			26	1
Bea's Blog	@fadryn	108	32	5	31
Kokopelli Camping	@JaqsD	109	31
Paddy's Blog	@paddyphilipryan	110	31
jjogging	Jenny S	111	31
lonegirlrunning	Judith	112	30
The Bean 29	@TheBean28	113	30	40	5	35	11
marathondog		114	29	44	4	2	151	32	0
Hands like pistons, legs like tree trunks	@tess_hs	115	28	54	1
ksweeswee	@ksweeswee	116	28	47	3
Ninja Mum	Julia G	117	28
Big Bird	Debbie C	118	27	34	7	23	30
Footpather		119	27	15	14			4	5
journalathon	@WARDLAW	120	27
roisinrun	Roisin d B	121	27
Hels Bels	@helsieboo	122	27	28	9
Miss-T		123	26	7	28
I, Phoenix, Running	@tfurcini	124	25
Releasing the inner thin and fit person	@fattypuff2	125	25			33	13	8	4
I am new to this	Alex H	126	25
My Sore Left Knee	@anotherjay	127	25	9	23	19	43
Musings & Madness from Puce Green	@pucegreen	128	25					28	1
Oscar Mike	@theredrocket	129	25
Double Oh Deely BH	@DeelyBH	130	25
casualrunner	@breackthru	131	24	23	10
ceebeebee	@pike3306	132	24	4	52	29	25
Bumble1984srunning		133	23
PupilPremium	Julian W	134	23
My Aching Feet	@sammy723	135	22	16	14
suesj		136	21	18	11			17	2
Thirsty Hippo	Sarah R	137	21	51	2
jay_snizzel		138	21
Might be a giggle	@cliad	139	20
A Half Hearted Half Marathon	Kate F	140	19
Marathon Miss	@laurajonesruns	141	18	32	8
runbabyrun		142	17			36	10
Diary of Maximus	Dave M	143	17	56	1	34	11
mrlumpybadger	Gordon B	144	17
Webb	@iamtherealwebb	145	15	50	2
Jumbo Janathon	Julie M	146	15	10	23			22	1
Bristol Hula	@bufty_grifter	147	15
12 Months 12 Races	@bowerm	148	14			8	73
forbessw		149	14	48	3	7	88	9	4
Jogging Jay	Jay G	150	14
SODIron's Blog	@DazReevell	151	14
Girl on a mission	Justine C	152	14
All Caddywumpus	Lyndsey S	153	14	63	0
JogBlog	@jogblog	154	14	30	8	9	72
Operation Roma	@dRC_M	155	14
Onepaceplodder	Viv Plods	156	13
Avid Bugler	@Tullius0618	157	12
katieruocco	Katie R	158	11	33	8
dawnydawn10	Dawn	159	11			25	27
Shunning Running	Tina C	160	11
Richard's Janathon	Richard D	161	10					24	1
Benko	Stephen B	162	10
Gary's Blog	@garyjuk	163	9	58	1	28	26	29	0
The Road Running Blog	@roadrunning	164	8	29	9	17	45	21	1
irunbecauseilovefood	Jo J	165	8	11	19
sparkysmumruns		166	8
Londonox New Year New Blog	Adam A	167	8	41	5
The Lard Lounge	@bimblebelle	168	8
FitnessCheerleader		169	7
Red Stripe Recruit	@kevindavisphoto	170	7
Babyworm	@bwefshop	171	6	25	10
Lottabottle's Back!	@lottabottle2	172	5	2	69	20	41	33	0
carloslecrabski	Kirsty J	173	5			22	35
lewisandclarkcrush		174	3	20	10	13	62
runningmomma		175	3
livvycamp	Livvy	176	2
I run for cake	Ana Y	177	2
Cog2011	Ruth B	178	0	64	0
HighwayKind		179		1	80	4	114
Grethic's Grethicia	@farctum	180				5	113	6	4
vivplods		181				11	64	30	0
andyneedsabird	Andy V	182				14	54
Words and Pictures	Natalie B	183		6	31
See Teacher Run	@pbear31	184		26	9
fletchea		185		37	6
Farctum		186		39	5
bimblebelle		187		46	3
knitrundig	Sam J	188		62	0
DeelyBH		189						3	5

I know It's a bit of a bitch to read... sorry my HTML fu has left me. & I should eb in bed not playing around with spread sheets & blogs.
Where possible I've linked to a real site rather than your Running free profile... if I couldn't figure you out from the name you created then please drop a comment & I'll change it... ummm probably. perhaps.
Enjoy! Possibly?
Check back Sunday, I will have had the weekend to play with it & sick in some better graphics... probably