I have reached day 15 of covering 10k a day. It has been tough, but I'm still going. Don't seem to have lost any weight, but I'm toning up. I've had a sports massage on my legs. I've taught myself to use foam rollers to reach trigger points to relief points in my legs. Back doing well.
I've worn a hole in the lining of one pair of trainers on the heel, the other pair is wearing too. I've washed more loads of washing than ever. Walked a while. Chafed a little but manageable. Vaseline is my friend.
Still smiling. My wife has been very patient, mostly. Our first baby is still not here. Two weeks until his due date. There are two 5 o'clocks in a day...
Today I PB'd a fun run with my good friends Dan and Neil.
There may be something to this running everyday.
http://10keverydayinmay.com/
http://www.justgiving.com/somethinkblue
Special thanks to;
@FSR_Individual
http://www.hagleyroadphysio.co.uk/
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Birth, marriage and the small matter of 310km in the month of May!
Well May went fast!
I signed up for the http://10keverydayinmay.com challenge towards the end of April as a means of remaining focused in the lead up to playing my part as best man at my friends wedding - I needed that suit to fit! There was also the small matter of my first child's due date as well as the need to rise up to this personal challenge, not knowing what was going to happen after my son was born made me want to squeeze every possible training session: a busy month.
Knowing that it was highly possible I would be distracted from running at some point, I began the challenge of running 10km everyday, two days earlier than the May 1st start. With my http://www.justgiving.com/somethinkblue fund raising page I set off.
The first week or 70km, went well, then things began to get harder, my calves caused the most discomfort and it was around this time that I walked a few days. I also split the 10km into two 5kms in addition, I varied the time of day, one day running in the morning and the next running at night to give my body as much time as possible to recover.
At day 14, I had a sports massage on my legs, from this day forward, I took greater interest in stretching and using foam rollers to target pressure points, targeting the sore areas with localised self massage. Then on May 22nd our baby boy was born. I had ran 230km without a gap but now priorities had changed. He was not eating and my wife's blood pressure was high; they were kept in hospital. I spent the next few days in a daze, taking respite in a quick 5km run a few days later, also happening this week, my friend was getting married and I was his best man, I had a busy week!
After a week in hospital, my new family were allowed home, now we were all together, I didn't want to leave them - EVER! However, this is not reality, the running challenge echoed at the back of mind, I needed to get back to it, I had got 75km left to go, I cracked on, even incorporating introducing my family to the world with a few 5km strolls with the push chair, these were the most special kilometres of all of them.
With the bank holiday weekend, my brother in laws birthday and the Queens Jubilee, I made a decision, I needed to get this challenge completed, so with 25km left on Tuesday 5th June 2012, I set off and just over 2.5hours later, my challenge was over. 310km completed in 36 runs, with an average run time of 63.89mins/10km. Considering I had walked some of the sessions, I was very pleased with this average time!
To date, I have raised almost £100 for the Special Olympics GB in doing this challenge, I was acknowledged as getting the 1st 10km distance logged on the fitnaturally challenge website, and I suspect, I was one of the last! Thank you for taking the time to read this blog. My fund raising page is http://www.justgiving.com/somethinkblue
I signed up for the http://10keverydayinmay.com challenge towards the end of April as a means of remaining focused in the lead up to playing my part as best man at my friends wedding - I needed that suit to fit! There was also the small matter of my first child's due date as well as the need to rise up to this personal challenge, not knowing what was going to happen after my son was born made me want to squeeze every possible training session: a busy month.
Knowing that it was highly possible I would be distracted from running at some point, I began the challenge of running 10km everyday, two days earlier than the May 1st start. With my http://www.justgiving.com/somethinkblue fund raising page I set off.
The first week or 70km, went well, then things began to get harder, my calves caused the most discomfort and it was around this time that I walked a few days. I also split the 10km into two 5kms in addition, I varied the time of day, one day running in the morning and the next running at night to give my body as much time as possible to recover.
At day 14, I had a sports massage on my legs, from this day forward, I took greater interest in stretching and using foam rollers to target pressure points, targeting the sore areas with localised self massage. Then on May 22nd our baby boy was born. I had ran 230km without a gap but now priorities had changed. He was not eating and my wife's blood pressure was high; they were kept in hospital. I spent the next few days in a daze, taking respite in a quick 5km run a few days later, also happening this week, my friend was getting married and I was his best man, I had a busy week!
After a week in hospital, my new family were allowed home, now we were all together, I didn't want to leave them - EVER! However, this is not reality, the running challenge echoed at the back of mind, I needed to get back to it, I had got 75km left to go, I cracked on, even incorporating introducing my family to the world with a few 5km strolls with the push chair, these were the most special kilometres of all of them.
With the bank holiday weekend, my brother in laws birthday and the Queens Jubilee, I made a decision, I needed to get this challenge completed, so with 25km left on Tuesday 5th June 2012, I set off and just over 2.5hours later, my challenge was over. 310km completed in 36 runs, with an average run time of 63.89mins/10km. Considering I had walked some of the sessions, I was very pleased with this average time!
To date, I have raised almost £100 for the Special Olympics GB in doing this challenge, I was acknowledged as getting the 1st 10km distance logged on the fitnaturally challenge website, and I suspect, I was one of the last! Thank you for taking the time to read this blog. My fund raising page is http://www.justgiving.com/somethinkblue
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