Mount Kilimanjaro

Hiya,

Reading about others who have entered in virtual races such as LEJOG and such, I was curious and looked it up a bit more. I passed the Conqueror site before, but found the price rather much for just a medal. Until I checked it out again this morning and compared it to my yarn buys for my crochet hobby and my e-books. It actually sounds very interesting! And seen you enter for a longer period of time like 10 weeks or more, the price is actually not that much. So I took the leap and entered.

I have entered myself into the Mount Kilimanjaro race for 97 kilometres (60 miles). First I wanted to do the Channel between England and France of 33 kilometres, but then I saw the Kilimanjaro and I found it suitable for me. I work in a steel trading company and I work on East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Zambia, etc.). So what better for me that a 'race' in Tanzania? I'm sure I'll learn new things about this country!

I think I might be able to reach 97 kilometres in 8 to 9 weeks (I only run 30 minutes - 3,... km on weekdays), but just to be sure I chose 10 weeks. You never know what life throws in your face. The Conqueror app is linked to my Garmin account / watch, so tomorrow I will be doing my first run in Tanzania :-).

So thank you all for posting about your virtual races and your bling, it caused me to slink down the rabbit hole myself!

Cheers, Evy

[Charlies1 Graduate10]

Sounds fantastic. Wishing you all the best on your run - or is it a climb?

Have you thought about joining is on the Cape of Good Hope Ultra relay? We will be travelling through many of those same places. There is lots of good company & no cost (but no medal either I'm afraid)

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[Hidden in reply to Charlies1]

Not much to climb here in Belgium I'm afraid 😉.

Can you participate in 2 challenges at the same time? Is it 'honest' to use your kilometres double? How does it work?

[Charlies1 Graduate10 in reply to Hidden]

A number of people are running multiple challenges at the same time. You would just have to log your distances in several places. I don't think there is anything dishonest about it, especially if one is a group run and the other a solo challenge.

[Hidden in reply to Charlies1]

I'll check it out ☺

[61Lady Graduate10]

Well done for signing up. I started Grand Canyon but was almost immediately sidelined on the IC. The great thing about it is you can change your goal time (which I did) plus they plant trees for each milestone - can’t remember the % complete tree planting details but it was on the website.How lovely to find out more about countries you are already sort of familiar with ...but in a different way. Hope you have a safe and happy running experience

[Hidden in reply to 61Lady]

Every 20% I think, that is a very nice extra. Always good to help nature. And yes, never been in Tanzania myself and actually know hardly anything about the country. So always glad to learn more ☺

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

How exciting! What a great motivator too. Hope Tanzania 🇹🇿 is good fun - have a great run 🏃‍♀️.

[Hidden in reply to Frenc]

Haha yes, wish it was for real! But you can see a sort of Google road view of your run in the app. So I can imagine I am there 😉