1500 miles in 2019
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Dec 2019
7:14pm, 31 Dec 2019
623 posts
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Richard-M
Thank you jennyh for running the thread this year! Never made it to 1500 but will try again next year.. happy new year all! |
Dec 2019
7:49pm, 31 Dec 2019
11,615 posts
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Garfield
Happy New Year all! 
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Dec 2019
8:30pm, 31 Dec 2019
1,082 posts
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edison
Missed this by 20 this year, but lost about 300 miles in March/April due to a calf pull, and then Oct/Nov due to falling ill. I joked to my coach earlier that I was going a 20 mile run tonight. I'm not. I accept it won't be achieved and I can just try again starting tomorrow.
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Dec 2019
8:42pm, 31 Dec 2019
3,137 posts
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SilentNightNeilio
I’m ending on 686 miles this year which I’m happy with, further than last year. Mojo has returned. Hamstring sorted. Lost a bit of timber which helps 👍 Happy New Year folks, let’s see what 2020 brings. |
Dec 2019
8:54pm, 31 Dec 2019
4,099 posts
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jennyh
Thanks for the thanks (although I do apologise again for being the most absent minded of thread admins). Am planning to grab the December data in about an hour, if anyone is planning any last minute mileage. Well done to everyone who made it to 1500 or beyond this year. I was a bit disappointed not to make it this year, finishing on 1435, but hoping next year will be better - whilst I still have the odd niggle and definitely need to lose the weight that’s piled on, recent races have been a bit more encouraging. Neilio - good news on getting your mojo back and your hamstring injury sorted. Happy New Year all! |
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Jan 2020
10:02am, 1 Jan 2020
11,617 posts
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Garfield
Happy New Year...I ended on 698 miles for the year.
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Jan 2020
4:22pm, 1 Jan 2020
326 posts
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phidip
Happy New Year 1500s! Here is the last round-up for 2019. I'd like to talk about four running groups, one ancient and three of modern day. Everyone in the running world knows of Eliud Kipchoge and his phenomenal results in the marathon. He is from tribe of Kenyans known as the Kalenjin. As of 2018 only 25 men had run a sub 2:10 marathon and nine of them are Kalenjin! Here is an interesting article on what makes the Kalenjin such great runners: npr.org DingDocMerrily heart2200.94 blackheart148.97 46.73% bonners heart2143.74 blackheart200.72 42.92% NDWDave heart2126.38 blackheart172.4 41.76% Jenni-far-far heart1877.68 blackheart132.66 25.18% riggsy99 heart1802.47 blackheart166.68 20.16% mole-thing heart1795.04 blackheart217.54 19.67% geordieNdog heart1782.96 blackheart161 18.86% Mince Pikelet heart1758.55 125.87 17.24% JP. heart1735.21 blackheart143.64 15.68% Like the Kenyans, Ethiopia has produced some amazing runners. The town of Bekoji (pop 17,000) claims seven olympic medal winning runners with 10 gold medals and more than 30 world champions. Abebe Bikila from the Shewa region won the 1960 Rome olymic marathon running barefoot, breaking the world record. He did it again in 1964 at the Tokyo olympics. clare1976 heart1716.18 77.41 14.41% Merry Christmas & Happy New G(rrr) heart1650.98 blackheart163.46 10.07% Cerrertonia heart1649.25 blackheart140.11 9.95% larkim heart1612.89 126.75 7.53% phidip heart1582.6 57.61 5.51% IanS heart1514.22 blackheart69.93 0.95% Oranj heart1441.3 114.87 -3.91% jennyh heart1435.49 126 -4.30% The Raramuri or Tarahumara tribe from the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. They're known to run up to 320km in one session in two days over very rugged terrain. Thought to have helped the 'barefoot running movement' with their minimal footware known as huaraches. They live in the high sierras and canyons in NW Mexico, one of which is the famous Copper Canyon - four times larger than the US Grand Canyon and deeper in places. Amazing hunters who run down deer and turkeys, and running birds to death by causing rapid series of take offs without rest. They revere the peyote cactus plant that has the pyschoactive drug mescaline (though I'm not sure if this aided their running!) Here's a great article on the Tarahumara competing in the Leadville Trail 100 Ultramarathon: runnersworld.com Hills of Death (HOD) 1427.74 106.05 -4.82% westmoors 1400.1 120.49 -6.66% Jigs 1341.44 97.6 -10.57% Richard-M 1315.86 blackheart113.1 -12.28% rjb 1311.25 120.41 -12.58% Mr. K. 1282.25 blackheart112.13 -14.52% theOtherRichard 1216.26 79.1 -18.92% RichHL 1180.83 83.86 -21.28% Daz Love 1167.34 77.35 -22.18% I guess it can be said that ancient Greeks kicked-off competitive running with the first Olympic games in 776 BC. A group of athletes who trained together would have been referred to as a tribe. One sprinter, Leonides of Rhodes, was so revered that locals worshiped him as a god long after his death. Successful athletes became wealthy and well respected members of Greek society. runnyeyes 1008.95 48 -32.74% _andy 1000.65 20.96 -33.29% Quinn The Eskimo 966.63 20.62 -35.56% stewartC 812.45 6.17 -45.84% Garfield 697.94 57.16 -53.47% NewYearNeilio 686.06 95.07 -54.26% MovingAlong 611.9 70.71 -59.21% pielips 465.31 2.38 -68.98% The Terminator 356.22 6.22 -76.25% |
Jan 2020
4:26pm, 1 Jan 2020
3,153 posts
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jabberknit
Great round-up, thanks, phidip!
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Jan 2020
4:53pm, 1 Jan 2020
11,627 posts
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Garfield
Thanks for the round-up phidip!
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Jan 2020
5:38pm, 1 Jan 2020
31,867 posts
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DocM
very educational.Thank you. I don't think the Kenyans have to worry about me catching them but there is a lot to be said for having mental toughness.
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