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Adventures in Runderland |
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Been home for 10 days and starting to form my new routine which this year will involve going to the gym...my biggest problem in previous years is that i never know what i should be doing but this has been made easier due to an app on my phone called "ifitness". It has workout plans preloaded which takes all that uncertainty out of my trips. It also has an other feature that iam loving which is it allows you to log your progress. Over time this will give extra motivation (hopefully) as I start seeing improvements....all I need now is an app that cooks healthy food and iam sorted :-)
Tredmill running ain't all that bad, it's good for picking a pace and sticking to it... I just miss the adventure of indoor running :-/
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Its two weeks since I ran my Marathon and still my legs are sore, very sore. I wake up in the night with a burning sensation under my knees and cramps that seem to go on and on. The sides of my legs feel tight and if I hadn't had these sensations before I would be worried that I had done some permanent damage.
One of the problems with being here is that the environment is always with you, to get anywhere you have to walk on a physically demanding surface and your body never gets a chance to recover. The job I have been doing is also physically quite demanding with long hours and no days rest since the run. However ...tonight I leave! Yes today is the day, the last day of the season and tonight I board a ship to set sail towards South America. Finally I will get the rest I have been waiting for and hopefully the recovery that my body is craving. This wont be my last post as I still have a month of traveling, but this is my last post from Halley and on that note it was a good time to post the audio I recorded at mile 25.2. The quality is rubbish because I had the microphone away from my mouth but you can just about make out what I was saying. All that leaves me to say is thanks to everyone who gave me shouts encouragement, those of you sponsored me for the charity (Raised just under 1700 pounds for British Heart Foundation ) and those of you who have indulged me in this whole Adventure in Runderland...Thank You :-)!
These are some of the photos from my Antarctic Marathon which (I ran 13/02/10). I successfully completed it in 4 hours and 53 mins and I can quite honestly say it was the hardest thing I have ever done. At the same time it is the most rewarding and satisfying thing I have ever done and I have gained a lot of inner personal strength from the experience and a strong desire to push onwards and further. I think I need to now get out and find somewhere hot, the South Africans on base have suggested Comrades for 2011, personally I quite fancy Bad-water...see how it goes (maybe both) ...for now I need to rest :-) Before I go I would like to say thanks to everyone who sponsored myself on the Marathon and the guys doing the 10k run, so far we have managed to raise over £1664 pounds for the British Heart Foundation which is awesome and made the whole thing that little bit more rewarding.
The plan of action :
Checklist:
Entertainments
Emergency Kit
Other stuff in my Kit Bag
Anyhow its time to go next post will be in 26.2 miles :-)
Today I went on my last run before trying to complete the Marathon distance here in Antarctica this week end.
Tomorrow I plan to rest. Since running 21 miles my legs have been in quite a bad way, I have had slight IT Band trouble and all over stiffness. My hip have not functioned properly and I have had trouble raising my legs. My knees have been so sore that I have been sleeping with them bent and waking up in the night with pain just bellow my them (tendonitus I think). In the last 10 days I have been on only 4 runs and all but one have been no more than 3 miles long. However with all that said and done I felt good on my run tonight and I think the rest/taper has been well worth it. I will enjoy my time off tomorrow all set for the big one :-) Philwww.justgiving.com/halleyfunrun
Just to let you know I will be attempting to run a Marathon here in Antarctica this Friday and then trying to follow it by taking part in the Halley 10K Fun Run on Sunday 14th (Which is my 32nd Birthday). All things being well that should be a total of 32 miles in 32 hours. For the "Fun Run" part Agnieszka Frychowska from the Britsh Antarctic Survey has set up a Just Giving page to raise some money for the British Heart Foundation (Link attached) http://www.justgiving.com/halleyfunrun
Now normally if I was doing a running event I wouldn't ask for sponsorship but as this isn't a normal run, as its for a good cause, as its Valentines day and as I've almost killed myself training for this (obsessed that this is my last chance to run a Marathon in Antarctica) it would be really cool if we could raise a bit of money for all this effort. If anyone could find it in their heart to sponsor me/us, it would be much appreciated and I've attached the Link ( at the end) to the Just giving Website for you to do so :-) Thanks Phil http://www.justgiving.com/halleyfunrun
Whats in the Photo? : Me at mile 17
Whats in the Audio?: Nothing really to do with running 21 miles but just a bit of a catch up:-)
1. Take as much fluid as possible (More than you think).
2. If you stop you get cold (fast).
3. Put plasters on your nipples as they will be effected by the cold and bleed :-(
4. Take extra sunscreen it will sweat off your face.
5. Wear less clothing than you think as you will get hot from running and sweat which will then cool you down rapidly.However its essential to have a supply of warm clothing to throw on the moment you stop running.
6. Don't stop even if you really want to.. once the cold gets to you its hard to shake it off and its also hard to start running again.
7. On the same note as above , no matter how tempting it is when you finish to fall in a heap on the floor...don't its impossible to get up and you will lose alot of heat...I did do this and it took about two hours to stop shaking (I now know what "chilled too the bone means" )
8. Schedule lots of rest for afterwards...I slept for 20 hours non stop following that run.
Likes running on the light fantastic!
