Mission: Run Around the World--MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

We're on a mission to Run Around the World!

Please visit the previous incarnation of our thread here: http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/post/484 66.html.

Our wonderful leader Zarelha started one of the greatest motivators ever here on C-C: a mission to run around the world, one run, one runner at a time! All running mileage is acceptable (no ellipticals or swimming) and anyone is welcome to join at any time!

Some info about us:

We started the run at the Southernmost tip of South America, in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. We will end the run in Capetown, South Africa, at the ocean. The total mileage needed to finish is 23,854 miles.

Start date of the run: August 1, 2007, 12:00 midnight.

Weeks start on Wednesday and end on Tuesday. Runners who have had no movement in a full month were put on Hiatus, however, we want you back! Post more mileage at any time!

Our Tally Team will each take one week to be responsible for tallying up that week's mileage. Post here or PM the RATW user profile if you have any questions or concerns.

For detailed mileage, please visit our spreadsheet: http://www.editgrid.com/user/new_cc_worldrunn er/Runners_Log

 

Miles run so far: 23,854.13  Miles to go: 0 (GOAL REACHED 9/13)

Last week: 10 Sep - 13 Sept 2008: 162.90 miles; # of Runners: 13; Avg. Miles per Runner: 12.53; Most Miles for week: 35.00

This week:

Mileage totals:

abaker1961............T = 276.21 ...... LW =
aeetheri...................T = 189.95 ...... LW =
aezell1.....................T = 2452.90.... LW =
alexxandra..............T =  12.30..........LW =
amycarlson..............T = 305.41........LW = 31.30
andesite...................T = 45.90.........LW =
bake7829................T = 179.00....... LW =
bat_2721................T = 130.50.... ....LW =
bignate0100...........T = 706.28........ LW = 10.00
crosschk..................T = 59.75......... LW =
droach3...................T = 101.04........LW =
ducklingerthank.......T= 301.75........LW = 2.80
egrabowski..............T = 56.50......... LW = 11.50
energygirl.............. .T = 289.15........ LW =
fitdan......................T = 37.75 .......... LW =
fitnessfreak............T = 1197.35....... LW = 22.25
goddess9.................T = 57.40...........LW =
heatherlanders......T = 608.22.......... LW = 5.50
hecticred................T = 193.70 ..........LW = 3.35
jenka......................T = 1429.60........ LW = 23.50
jeremy6201..........T = 124.28...........LW =
jes516...................T = 64.15.............LW =
jfk61......................T = 553.30.......... LW = 8.60
joyfulake...............T = 523.87............LW = 
jt1226...................T = 38.20.............LW =
kateonfire..............T = 40.00............ LW = 
katyayer................T = 98.00............ LW =  
kraka.....................T = 128.49.......... LW=
kscout....................T = 546.31.......... LW= 12.00
ladyfirelyght..........T = 3.45..............LW =
leafsfan17.............T = 167.60.......... LW =
lebrowne...............T = 115.20...........LW =
liseebisee11..........T = 25.50.............LW =
manta515 .............T = 541.75...........LW =
matty_h................T = 49.25............. LW =
melkor...................T = 4.00...............LW =
melxcloud..............T = 139.80.......... LW =
minie13.................T = 537.95.......... LW = 
ness757................T = 40.00............ LW =  
peacelovehominy..T = 1.00.............. LW =
phimegaphi............T = 13.00.............LW =
phord.....................T = 171.95 .......... LW =
primadonna98.......T = 320.35.......... LW =
remkewill..............T = 209.60 .......... LW =
rk1.........................T = 361.20........... LW = 8.00
shannymedic.........T = 20.08............. LW = 
skinny_kitty..........T = 503.52........... LW =
sordino...................T = 73.00.............LW =
spacedreamer01...T = 202.88........... LW =
startreadingstopeating..T=13.25........LW =
tabathar.................T = 236.20 ............LW = 
tatjanaturtle..........T = 833.72 ........... LW =
therealbetsy ..........T = 5.20.................LW =
trinzaka .................T = 445.68.............LW =
ultrarunner2..........T = 441.90............LW=
wiliwigi..................T = 364.95........... LW = 11.35
wrm2105...............T = 2347.30........ LW = 35.00
zarelha...................T = 380.65 .......... LW =

PAST CONTRIBUTORS (To reactivate, Post or PM me!)

alicat0421...........T = 26.20
anyoung1984........T = 10.30
belle....................T = 58.25
bippysmom.........T = 389.60
christinalauren..T = 5.00
constentnibbler..T = 15.50
deejlb.................T = 13.20
dhwebb...............T = 86.90
dolceamara........T = 8.00
drop-it-like-its-hot .T= 11.40
ema519..............T = 56.00
entj.....................T = 15.00
faustic_gremlin...T = 8.50
felizia.................T = 138.00
ferrarigpnyc......T = 27.51
hanno.................T = 454.76
inci_vinci...........T = 22.75
jason2734..........T = 1.50
jehiggins............T = 11.00
jocur..................T = 216.00
jonmin...............T = 180.70
jmarierob..........T = 11.90
kazrinya............T = 14.96
kcthomas...........T = 98.00
lilreenz...............T = 7.00
lilyquistj............T = 1.00
lottery...............T = 3.10
lysee80..............T = 48.00
marneedear…...T = 130.54
maxien78..........T = 3.20
maximus0220…T = 12.00
meltydawne ......T = 8.50
mich0304….......T = 4.00
mikelane............T = 5.50
mishellie............T = 1.50
missyrayn..........T = 184.10
mjaned...............T = 8.00
msangelh...........T = 52.14
nightc1...............T = 5.70
nilla529..............T = 82.10
pandajenn19.........T = 423.25
pixyz..................T = 166.85
pokeylvr................T = 3.00
psychrat............T = 3.50
rae4me..............T = 6.40
rednikon...........T = 11.40
red_rebel..........T = 51.00
robyneg.............T = 34.10
runner_girl.......T = 15.00
sarah_11235......T = 45.01
shanfood.............T = 22.25
sharonclaire.......T = 4.50
shavenyak.........T = 26.20
shoopy29...........T = 40.70
soy_vey..............T = 35.05
steelsdaughter...T = 20.75
steelslady...........T = 17.75
sugar_baby........T = 200.00
terri135..............T = 24.50
terribles13.........T = 41.60
thellama.............T = 129.80
therawk1981......T = 19.20
vrykol.................T = 120.42
yoyonomo...........T = 417.00
yupitslauren......T = 5.00

Remember, ANYONE is welcome to join, and everyone is welcome back, no matter how long you've been away. Happy running!

 

Please add 10.25 miles for me from Saturday and 6 miles from Sunday.  Today is rest day - probably just a bit of time on the elliptical trainer and upper body weights.

Add five for me for last Wednesday and Friday.

That makes 10 total.

 

please add 5 this morning 27.6 to go

Hi everyone, 10 miles today.

Original Post by ness757:

Add five for me for last Wednesday and Friday.

That makes 10 total.

Add another five for today.

That makes 15 total and 25 total for this month.

6.84 from today :)

15.1 miles for week of Jul 9 - 15

Hi, everyone!  I'm back from Boston.   I had a GREAT time, except for the trip back home.  Because of bad weather they canceled all the Sunday flights to Atlanta, and because they canceled all the Sunday flights they got backed up on Monday plus more bad weather, so long story short, we ended up spending Sunday night in Boston, having our 7 am morning flight also get canceled, and finally managed to get on standby (my husband and me on two separate flights about 40 minutes apart) and reach home about 24 hours late.  Good times.  NOT!

So the bad news is, I haven't run since Thursday, and I'm still feeling some aching in my knee.  I'm going to run on the treadmill this evening, slowly and not far, and take Advil, and basically hope for the best.  For now I'm just not going to push myself on speed or distance.  That's probably what happened, in June I really pushed the speed and tried to ramp up my distance after a couple months of taking it easy.  Serves me right, I guess.  I'm not complaining, just going to wait and see!

Hi--10 miles today.

2 miles off the bike yesterday.

joyfulake:  I can see how my post might have been misunderstood.  When I say the girls have understood the concept of a race, I didn't mean that they have become competitive against others, I meant that they understood the idea of racing against time.  Triathlons have a special atmosphere in that there's very little competition between racers, it's really about you against yourself.  The time-chip strapped on to your ankle is the thing you need to worry about most.  By the time it's race day, you're taking the accumulation of all of the training you've done and putting it to the test -- everyone there is up against the same challenge. 

Anyway, my point is that my kids know (finally) that they need to go as fast as they can as soon as the whistle blows.  In their last tri of the season last year, one of them was looking for fish at the bottom of the lake during the swim portion and when she got to t1, she wondered where her sister was!  Not this year.  She's finally understood that she needs to give it her all and that the fun comes from doing the sport itself.

(BTW:  The twins know that when they arrive at the finish line, they can look behind and if there's no one between them they can cross the finish line holding hands.  They managed to do so in one meet last year.  It was way cute to see).

2.25 this morning!

5 miles for me for yesterday.  Best part about yesterday was the 5 1/2 hours my husband and I spent canoeing on the lake near our home.  First time we've had the canoe out this year.  After spending the day canoeing and following up with the run in the early evening, by 10 p.m. I was dozing in my chair!!  Will get another 5 miles in today, followed by an hour bootcamp class in the pool.  I've heard the pool workouts are killer! Will probably be snoozing early again tonight :-) Will post weekly mileage later. 

49.1 miles this week.

43 miles for me!

Please add 4 miles for me from today. Thanks!

Please add 6.5 miles for me today.

I hope you get  a picture of them crossing the line, holding hands skinny_kitty!

2.5 miles from yesterday. Our internet has been sketchy so I'll read and write more tomorrow b4 I lose the connection. ;-)

Please add 14.6 miles for me for this week.  Thank

That's awesome, skinnykitty!  I guess I haven't been around 7 year olds enough to realize that going when they say "go" isn't automatic!

Please add 2.5 miles for me today to finish off the week.  I was going to do more, but decided to go hiking with friends after work.  Believe me, even doing 2.5 miles after a fairly strenuous hike was plenty!  That and I decided to sign up for a random 5K tomorrow and I don't want to go too crazy the night before a race.  I'm not going to try to beat any personal records or anything, I just thought it would be a fun substitute for a regular shorter run.  Besides, free technical running shirts always lure me! (and several bands and a street festival and a post-race party!)  Gotta love 5Ks on weekdays!  There aren't enough of them!

That is too cute for words, skinny_kitty!

The good news is that I ran a couple miles last night and my knee was okay.  Not perfect, but way better.  I'm going to keep the mileage low for this week to keep from exacerbating it.

The bad news is, my mileage is low this week, boo!  12 miles for the week ending 15 July.  Thanks!