Here are the cold hard facts. It's 32 activities because one day after doing my 10km I joined Kata on her 5km (for 5ktober) because she wanted the company and because I love running with her.
| Count: | 32 Activities |
| Distance: | 334.86 km |
| Time: | 28:30:24 h:m:s |
| Elevation Gain: | 3,623 m |
| Calories: | 29,081 C |
| Avg Time: | 53:27 h:m:s |
I am writing this blog entry on 1st November after having been out for a minimum required 3km run and I feel a bit sad. I started 10ktober because I was wondering what the point of running 3km was, and today I am immediately back in the same mindset. I am running my first ever x-country race tomorrow and I am exhausted from 10ktober, so that's why I decided to have a rest today and just do the 3km. Running 10km every day was a great mental challenge, knowing that no matter what else I had to do that day or how lazy I was feeling, I had to make time to do 10km. And if I started the run and I felt tired or just not into it? Tough luck. Keep going. I saw this motivational picture one day in October and it sums up much more succinctly than I could exactly how 10ktober felt.
Yup. That's about it.
I am not sure if anyone that started 5ktober in sympathy kept up with it. No matter - I appreciated very much the gesture, and I think most people didn't manage it because they didn't have the time one day. Well that's it isn't it? If you decide you are doing this, it has to be your top priority. It's like anything, if you want to stop smoking, it has to be your decision and you have to really want it (I imagine).
At the Cumbernauld X-Country race which I attended but didn't run (I will blog on that later), a few of the Trotters were asking about how I was getting on with my challenges and it was really nice to hear that people were genuinely interested. Eilis said that I was the subject of long conversation at Trotettes that week, and that what I was doing was inspiring. Eilis is a fantastic runner, much faster than I'll ever be, and I was flattered. I think I mumbled a rubbish reply to her out of embarrassment but next time I see her I'll try to remember to mention how I appreciated her encouragement.
Props to Kata for putting up with my moaning and for pushing me out the door on the occasions when I was really grumpy. She was always willing to give suggestions on where I could run and came along a few times either for the full thing or for part of it. Real big thanks to Kata for coming along on the full 10km run on Ferry Road Path when she really couldn't be bothered but came along for me - it really helped.
There's a 5km every day for December thing. Not my idea. I am going to give that a go after November's rest period. In fact I am not going to "give that a go", I'm going to do it!
Finally, just out of interest, I did check my weight after my first 10ktober run and it was exactly 79kg (12st 6lbs). After my last run I was 78.3kg (12st 4lbs) so basically I maintained the same weight. It'd be interesting to know about body fat though and if I am less fat and more muscle - my calves are definitely bigger. I wonder how you check body fat?
Finally, finally, 10ktober finished on Day 148 or The Most Runningist Year, and here's the latest log.
