"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners .... the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit." George Sheehan
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- April 2009 by Mark Bryce as part of http://www.tssignature.co.uk
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- 6000 Miles Charity Event (Star...
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Friday, August 7 at 9:00am
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- Starting the 153 Mile Challenge 7:24am Jul 7|1 Comment
- Mark Bryce - Founders External Blog (Windows Live) 8:50am Apr 15
- What is the 153 Mile Challenge? 7:22am Apr 15
The One Hundred and Fifty Third
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Walking is a cheap and easy way to get your family more active, lose weight and explore new places. You can get bored though. The 153 Mile Challenge from Tyrer Sorrel makes a simple activity more fun and keeps you motivated. Anyone can do the challenge; at any age; anywhere; alone or with friends and the concept of ...the challenge is really simple "travel 153 miles by human power* and raise money for registered charities in the process". * Cars, planes, trains and other transport methods are allowed as a transition but do not count towards your 153 mile total. The basic challenge is walking or running but you can start with the wheelchair, bike or skate challenge instead. At the same time as setting his own challenges Mark Bryce, the Founder of the challenge, is asking you to create and share your own 153 Mile Challenge. It's a simple concept. Use your 153 miles to the maximum and then use this site to tell your story and raise funds for charity. Remember the stuff you see on this site is real people, real stories and happening in real time. Examples of 153 Mile Challenges include: Run 6 marathons; Cycle 'Coast to Coast'; Go on a 'round the world' back packing trip; Organise a sponsored skate party; Go for a family of 4 bike ride every Sunday for 3 months; Organise a 6 mile walking relay for 26 people; Use your regular training miles if you run to stay fit, put your pedometer on and count all your steps until you reach 306,000 steps; run the Spartathlon. The list is endless. Spreading out the miles, travelling alone or sharing the distance with friends how are you going to use your 153 miles?
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The One Hundred and Fifty Third Nikki Kimball shares some secrets for keeping feet blister free in even the harshest of conditions.
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The second movie in a series about The North Face Athletes Mike Wolfe, Nikki Kimball, and Tracy Garneau running The Jungle Marathon. This video focuses on Nikki Kimball while she shares some secrets for keeping feet blister free in even the harshest of conditions.
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Dr. Sheehan began writing his weekly column in 1968 in our old local newspaper, the Red Bank Register. For the next 25 years, he ...
Karen Greig
Finished the challenge according to Plan B with a 20k bike ride and for information ran a mile on the treadmill just to check out the progress of my injury. The good news was and is that I have since run a further 10 miles on the treadmill and have a further 18 planned before Sunday's Lancaster Half Marathon.
Thanks to... those who sponsored me - you really drove me on.
Until the next time
xxx
Karen Greig
Coming to the end of my challenge now - sorry about the string of entries on this wall but Facebook has been reluctant to let me post anything for the past 2 weeks so I have had to keep my postings in a word document and then put them up tonight in one go! Anyway, tomorrow I will finish the challenge with a further 20...k on the exercise bike - after weight watchers of course.
To end on a positive note, I ran about half a mile today from work to the cafe where I was meeting a friend for lunch and my foot seemed to hold out pretty well. I think therefore that I will be able to get a few miles of road running in before Lancaster on the 8th November.
I'm not sure if anyone has actually read my progress reports but it has been interesting writing them and it has certainly focussed my mind on the challenge I committed to 6 weeks ago. Good luck to everyone taking part xxx
Karen Greig Week 6 is looking more promising for completing the 153 miles I committed to although as stated in my previous entry this has been on the exercise bikes in the gym. I cycled 20k on Monday evening which I am logging as 12 miles and 21k this evening (Tuesday) which I am told is slightly over 13 miles. This leaves me wi...th 6 miles which I will be completing on Thursday on the exercise bike (after Weight Watchers!). I have enjoyed the challenge even though it has been blighted with this foot injury which I believe is a recurring injury sadly. Nonetheless I still intend to complete the Lancaster Half Marathon on the 8th November. I cannot let all this good training go to waste. I hope that my sponsors are ok with the way I covered the mileage and I thank them for the added incentive that their interest gave me. I will check in again once I have reached the target 153 miles xxx
Karen Greig In an effort to meet the deadline I have now turned to my trusty mountain bike and today Helen and I pedalled over 10 miles along the Trans Penine Cycle Route - what a great route it is! We did get a bit lost in the last few miles and had to pedal hard across some muddy fields. BUT...this still leaves me with a chall...enging 31 miles to complete this week and darker evenings to boot! I am therefore turining to the excercise bikes in the gym from tomorrow and taking a book with me to pass the time. Hopefully I can complete 10 miles tomorrow and Tuesday evening. Friday I will need to finish with an 11 mile session which will probably be on the exercise bike again! I'll leave an update on progress later in the week so until then, keep up the good work all you challengers xxx
Karen Greig
Well week 5 has been a disaster due to continuing problems with my right foot. Ice packs and Ibuprofin seem to be doing the trick but with one week left the situation is as follows:
After 3 weeks I had completed 73 miles.
In week 4 I managed 30 miles leaving me with 50 to complete in my last 2 weeks.
In week 5 I ran 8mil...es on the Sunday and swam 1 the following Friday leaving me with 41miles to cover in my final week - This Week!
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Karen Greig 2 weeks left and 42 miles to go. The bad news is I have a niggle on the top of my right foot! Have decided to cancel the 4 miler tonight and to go for a 1mile swim instead. Am hoping that this will give my foot the rest it needs after our 8 mile run yesterday. Hopefully a slow 4 mile run tomorrow will be possible.
The One Hundred and Fifty Third "Bonking, hitting-the-wall, crash and burn, total muscle fatigue, whatever the name – as an ultrarunner, this is your worst nightmare. When you are beginning to lose it, the cause of your meltdown matters less than the vision of your training, goals and dreams drifting out the window. But there are different kinds of b...onking and a variety of causes. Besides the obvious lack of adequate physical training most causes begin with a nutritional imbalance. Whether you’re sitting dejectedly on the side of the trail, mentally finished but with plenty of fuel still left in your leg muscles (low blood sugar), looking up at a hill, mind focused on pushing to the top, but legs shaky and depleted (low muscle glycogen) or you’ve reached the hallucinogenic Big Screen where rocks and trees are sprouting legs and beginning to pass you (central fatigue), you are not in your happy place anymore" - Sunny Blende
