Monday 31 January 2011

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?

Sunday 30 January 2011

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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Saturday 29 January 2011

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!

Friday 28 January 2011

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.

Thursday 27 January 2011

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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Wednesday 26 January 2011

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.

Tuesday 25 January 2011

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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Monday 24 January 2011

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

Sunday 23 January 2011

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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Saturday 22 January 2011

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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Friday 21 January 2011

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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Thursday 20 January 2011

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...

Wednesday 19 January 2011

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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Tuesday 18 January 2011

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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Monday 17 January 2011

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 !)

Sunday 16 January 2011

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.

Saturday 15 January 2011

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)KMWalk (rank)KMBike (rank)KMSwim (rank)KM
Local AdventuresGary V1308
jenks22261219
...musing...@kevinforeman3226357
run-juliaJulia4172
2shoes@Sallykphimister5165357
2011 Miles (Jules)@2011miles6163340
runtezzaTerry O7143201
Follystone8136
RosieBlue9134
Mikkel's tri blog@mikkeljlind10133435104
Wombat's Virgin London Marathon Blog@wombatvlm11112
BBBri12112
gintaresGintare S13111386
paintedrunner@paintedrunner14107164574
2011km@pradprathivi15107
Sequin16106
marts2smooth17102492123
The MagathonMaggie E18100
buryblue1995
Tom Roper's Running Training@tomroper20953024191
nikkijinxNikki T2195
jensruns2011Jennifer S2294
pingpongperambulator@stukingping2394
Janathon and beyondNick M2493
Moving Along - More Effort, Faster Times. Maybe.@movingalong7925935221066162
MotoperpetioAngela K2691
Journey into the unknown@rosa_rocks_uk2789551500
Windy Hannah Slow RunnerMiller H2889600
One Foot Out The DoorRobert S2988
Cake of Good HopeKatie K3087696
Miles To Go@sheri30043187
ShazrunsSharon W3287610
Faster LegsVini3385
Pyro's YardCarrick A3485
sillysjogle@sillysjogle3583
Hashiru EdEd N3682
The Virtual Runner@TheVR37811911434
Runmoor@runonthemoors3881133
Fair Weather Runner@fairweatherrun 3977
iliketocountShaun B40772627
eternalzoe104177
FitographerRichard H4276
Not much of a runnerPhil A4376
runorgocrazyGiselle S4476
bigvern72Nick V4575
Gemma's JanathonGemma B4675
Fit Artist@adeleprince4775
fletchea4874
anewjanuary4974
theirisheye@theirisheye5073
Insert Clever Running Pun HereKieron C5173
Travelling Hopefully@knittingpenguin5272
Yes, I'm Still Running...@runirishrun5372
Oz5472
irunitriSimon B5571424181
The Reluctant Runner@dritenhi5668
carahendryCara H5768399
Running for Vanity@running4vanity5867
hroxrunHelen R5965
Just Plod It@justplodit6064142
2011 Miles (the Dude)@2011miles61631844
tonyparkrunnerTony G6263443
rage against age@labc63611170111
Running out of time@joedreadlock6460152
Fortnight FloCarla G65603810231
Run Helen Run@runhelenrun6659828481
Running DutchieLucja L67582410490
warriorwoman@warriorwoman6858
juleswills1@juleswill16958
A BradypusA Bradypus70573214
Angels have the phone box@haikugirloz71564251262
I'm a jogger not a blogger@Jo3657255
JogalogCorina7354
Orange7452
Running JenJen7552571453
CJ Henderson@CJH796976513114
Paula's Posterous@pbutler10277511713
riotstar7849
Lazy Girl Running@lazygirlrunning7949415
SianASian A8049
cummagnaspeSarah D8148
thereisasixpackunderhereSusan J8247
Geekgirlruns8347
Running For The Quiet@runforthequiet8446
Can't take me anywhere@angebhart8546
Steve and Katy Run@stephenamp8645453
So I'm doing this because...@helenmew8745
zimlars@zimlars88442110
Jogger's Posterous@Rossc089441416472310
Ramblings of a multi-tasker@karleensmith9044113
SooozieSuzie9144
Zed does JanathonZoe G9244532
Talk Silly@misty2k9344
Run DMT@denisermt9443
39 Mid Life Crisis@39midlifecrisis9542318154925
PippiLS96411318271
Audiofuel@audiofuel97412726251
Marathon DanDan H9841
Jog On@ruthlewy9940
The GF Runs@KathrynElliott10039279463
sallyshurdles@quasi_sally1013836740554
Can't Move It, Climb It!@vikkiroberts10238
Writing Neuroses@kaysexton10335
dadoorunrunLazy Betty10435
Accountability@boutdrz10535
Jungle GG@gemmakgraham106332210
Unshod Northerner@donnchadhuk10732590261
Bea's Blog@fadryn10832531
Kokopelli Camping@JaqsD10931
Paddy's Blog@paddyphilipryan11031
jjoggingJenny S11131
lonegirlrunningJudith11230
The Bean 29@TheBean28113304053511
marathondog114294442151320
Hands like pistons, legs like tree trunks@tess_hs11528541
ksweeswee@ksweeswee11628473
Ninja MumJulia G11728
Big BirdDebbie C118273472330
Footpather11927151445
journalathon@WARDLAW12027
roisinrunRoisin d B12127
Hels Bels@helsieboo12227289
Miss-T12326728
I, Phoenix, Running@tfurcini12425
Releasing the inner thin and fit person@fattypuff212525331384
I am new to thisAlex H12625
My Sore Left Knee@anotherjay127259231943
Musings & Madness from Puce Green@pucegreen12825281
Oscar Mike@theredrocket12925
Double Oh Deely BH@DeelyBH13025
casualrunner@breackthru131242310
ceebeebee@pike3306132244522925
Bumble1984srunning13323
PupilPremiumJulian W13423
My Aching Feet@sammy723135221614
suesj136211811172
Thirsty HippoSarah R13721512
jay_snizzel13821
Might be a giggle@cliad13920
A Half Hearted Half MarathonKate F14019
Marathon Miss@laurajonesruns14118328
runbabyrun142173610
Diary of MaximusDave M143175613411
mrlumpybadgerGordon B14417
Webb@iamtherealwebb14515502
Jumbo JanathonJulie M146151023221
Bristol Hula@bufty_grifter14715
12 Months 12 Races@bowerm14814873
forbessw1491448378894
Jogging JayJay G15014
SODIron's Blog@DazReevell15114
Girl on a missionJustine C15214
All CaddywumpusLyndsey S15314630
JogBlog@jogblog15414308972
Operation Roma@dRC_M15514
OnepaceplodderViv Plods15613
Avid Bugler@Tullius061815712
katieruoccoKatie R15811338
dawnydawn10Dawn159112527
Shunning RunningTina C16011
Richard's JanathonRichard D16110241
BenkoStephen B16210
Gary's Blog@garyjuk16395812826290
The Road Running Blog@roadrunning16482991745211
irunbecauseilovefoodJo J16581119
sparkysmumruns1668
Londonox New Year New BlogAdam A1678415
The Lard Lounge@bimblebelle1688
FitnessCheerleader1697
Red Stripe Recruit@kevindavisphoto1707
Babyworm@bwefshop17162510
Lottabottle's Back!@lottabottle217252692041330
carloslecrabskiKirsty J17352235
lewisandclarkcrush174320101362
runningmomma1753
livvycampLivvy1762
I run for cakeAna Y1772
Cog2011Ruth B1780640
HighwayKind1791804114
Grethic's Grethicia@farctum180511364
vivplods1811164300
andyneedsabirdAndy V1821454
Words and PicturesNatalie B183631
See Teacher Run@pbear31184269
fletchea185376
Farctum186395
bimblebelle187463
knitrundigSam J188620
DeelyBH18935
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