The Running Bug have challenged their members to collectively run to the moon in 7 weeks. That’s a distance of 238,855 miles or 384,400 kilometers.
Well I’m running anyway so why not join in? They don’t say how long we’ve been given to run back from the moon, or indeed if we ARE running back. It’s like the saying, “Before you judge a man, first walk a mile in his shoes, because then you’ll be a mile away and you’ll have his shoes”. Actually I’m not sure it’s like that at all, but the point is that it appears The Running Bug may be sending their entire community on a one way trip to the moon! And what if we fail and fall short? Will we be left drifting in space before eventually falling back to earth and burning up on re-entry? And most importantly, will my Garmin still work from the other side of the satellites?!
Maybe I’m taking this whole moon thing too literally? At least it’s an opportunity to start making Apollo-ing puns.
I’m quite late to the party, I think they started in October, but seeing as I may have joined a running/space suicide cult, maybe that’s for the best. Anyway, it’s something else to keep the interest up in The Most Runningist Year Ever, and if I’ve learned anything from this challenge it’s that anything that might help my enthusiasm must be grabbed with both hands.
Perhaps reinvigorated by The Moon Challenge, I ran 10km yesterday. I had the time and the inclination so why not? I averaged 4:38 per kilometre which is about 1 minute per kilometre faster than I was averaging at the end of 10ktober.
So here we go….to infinity, and beyond!
