So near and yet......

[OldNed]

.....not quite near enough! I was out this morning and did 10.85K. Nothing exciting, not terribly fast. I just wanted to do the distance and wasn't bothered about the time (a fairly sluggish 1hr 7mins). But when I looked at the cumulative total for the month I could have kicked myself. It's now at 99.88K for August. Just 5 more minutes would have taken me to the 100K target. Ah well, two more runs planned before we go on hols so that will take me comfortably over 100K.

[Oldgirl Graduate]

Ned well done and 1:07 for nearly 11K is not slow young man. Great total running for August you should be well over 100K, excellent.

[OldNed Graduate in reply to Oldgirl]

Thanks Oldgirl, much appreciated. I know it's not slow really but it felt slow. I'm pleased really! And pleased your sciatica is easing up a bit too.

[Beads Graduate]

Ha! You got me hooked on the magical 100k, I'm glad you are too!

Well done!

Now with a 5k and 7k planned for the week (I remember your plan for 5, 7 and 12 each week) will you make it to 10% over? The next stop is to go imperial, 100 miles in a month? ???

[OldNed Graduate in reply to Beads]

Thanks Beads; yep, I think 10% over is on the cards. The magical 100k feels like a 'proper' target doesn't it. Going imperial though, hmm, that's a big leap. Not un-doable, but a whole new challenge.

[Honorsmum]

Again, I bow down in awe of your greatness!

100k in a month is awesome, especially given the heat some weeks. And I'd die happy to run 11k in that time.

I have managed about 16 miles this week...and my body knows it!

[OldNed Graduate in reply to Honorsmum]

Thanks [blushes]!! And it's always worth looking at things in a different way. You've run 16 miles this week, which is 25.75K which is a) a bigger number so sounds better, and b) a quarter of the way to 100K a month, in just one week. So you too have 100k a month in your grasp! Go girl, Go.

[danzargo Graduate]

Ned you total ba*****!! That's incredible! I mean......just incredible. Just reading it made me exhausted. You are one mean running machine.

[OldNed Graduate in reply to danzargo]

Thanks Dan. I laughed out loud when I read this. I've been described as many things but a "mean running machine" is a first! Increasingly, I'm thinking I should have started this earlier in life but hey ho, we are where we are. I'm enjoying it enormously.

[sofaqueen Graduate]

Sluggish? Really? I think that's absolutely fantastic, I'd be thrilled if I could run any where near 10K let alone in that time! And 100K in a month? You put my attempts at running to shame

[OldNed Graduate in reply to sofaqueen]

Thank you. You will run 10k. You will. And 100K in a month is surprisingly do-able, without being OTT about it. I've surprised myself about it!

[sofaqueen Graduate in reply to OldNed]

Thanks for your encouragement - I'm struggling to improve my distance or speed at the moment so am just sticking with a slow and steady 30 minutes instead of getting too disheartened. Hopefully in time it may happen. You definitely are a real inspiration and give me hope that it may be possible.

[ju-ju- Graduate]

Wow that's fantastic... And a good time too for your run. You are doing so well and I love the 100k plan...you are an inspiration!! I'm really hoping to achieve it myself if I can drag myself out of bed early tomorrow.....well done you ... And I'm lovin the tags!!

[OldNed Graduate in reply to ju-ju-]

Thank you; the tags are pretty cool!! Early start tomorrow then?

[ancientrunner Graduate]

Well done. Should have popped back out and run up and down the garden path a couple of times!! I've still only done 10k once and like you wish I started all this much younger. Good Luck for September. Linda

[OldNed Graduate in reply to ancientrunner]

Thank you.

[runningnotwalking Graduate]

Well done on the distance and great time. Just wondered how you made the transition from graduate to long distance running machine ?

Was it a gradual build up over time and did you follow a particular plan ?

[OldNed Graduate in reply to runningnotwalking]

Thank you. I'm flattered to be thought of as a long distance running machine! I guess I just built up gradually over time, although I did do a one-off 10K soon after graduating just because it felt right on the day and I felt I could. Sometimes you just have to go with "how it feels". I haven't followed any particular plan; I've just kept on keeping on!!

[runningnotwalking Graduate in reply to OldNed]

Then that's all the more remarkable and seriously well done. Good luck with the 100k goal.