Run Around the Moon - we almost did! And thank you, team!!! 🌝

[roseabi]

Yo, the Moon-running Massive!!!

Thank you to everyone who joined in with the "August" distance challenge which ended up carrying on until the end of September 😁

AND AN EXTRA-BIG THANK YOU TO JU-JU- FOR CREATING THE CHALLENGE!!! 💥😊

We didn't quite make it all the way round the moon, but we managed 6004.14 miles (or 9662.73 km); 88.48% of the way round!*

To quote Lordi :

"Not too bad! We did run round Europa, Triton, Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Titania, Rhea, Oberon, Iapetus, Makemake, Charon, Umbriel, Ariel, Dione, Quaoar, Tethys, Sedna, Ceres, Orcus, Salacia out of the bigger solar bodies (mostly moons) with a radius above 400 km."

So there, so fabulous 😊

A few more statistics:

Here are our Top 10 Astronauts (to the end of September):

1. marco83, 322.54 miles

2. Ian Barton (Strava only**), 260.11 miles

3. roseabi, 239.23 miles

4. AnnieW55, 219.11 miles

5. ju-ju-, 205.92 miles

6. misswobble, 205.67 miles

7. DiveMonkey, 195.98 miles

8. Lucy Kirwan (Strava only**), 191.32 miles

9. Macmac, 186.41 miles

10. Lordi, 181.75 miles

Many others were not far behind!

On my list I have a total of 54 Adventurers, some of whom joined the Strava group perhaps by accident 😊

A total of 28 Moon Runners specified a distance goal for the initial four weeks, and 50% of them reached it - well done!

Probably this all just goes to show that people have very different ambitions and positions when it comes to running. I certainly know there were some long-distance race finishes achieved during the challenge!

Massive kudos to you all, and keep on getting out there, enjoying your runs!!!

roseabi xxx

* I've used 10921 km as the Moon's circumference, and quoted figures to 2 decimal places. Also, I think some people have joined and left during the challenge, so there are no doubt some errors! But it's all just a bit of fun really 😊

** As far as I know...?

[Whatsapp Half Marathon]

Well done everyone. It was nice to see the runs and mileage building up each week. Sadly, I was nowhere near what I planneed and what I planned wasn't many miles compared to some (they all count though, right).

Another challenge like this would be good, or maybe even revisit this one again!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Whatsapp]

I'm sure that can be arranged 😊

[Lordi Marathon]

Great attempt though eh?

Crazy thought on next similar challenge...We have members all over the globe so how about running the land route with least sea crossings to go visit our far flung members in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, N America? A sort of point-to-point? Just a thought!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Lordi]

Liking THAT idea!!

[misswobble Marathon]

Big up to everyone but especially AnnieW Check That Out! Running up a storm by the looks of that mileage 💪👍🏃‍♀️✊. Awesome 👏

[AnnieW55 in reply to misswobble]

Thank you misswobble . It was good timing though, the highest mileage 2 months fof training 😀. Note I’m not doing the speed challenge! I think my next challenge after the weekend will be learning to walk.

[misswobble Marathon in reply to AnnieW55]

Take it steady lady 💪👍😃

My feet are sore at the moment, toe nails hanging off and blisters 🙄

Running is a many blistered thing ...🎶🎵

[AnnieW55 in reply to misswobble]

Ooh that sound painful.

I’m sitting here with a sore throat. I have been surrounded by people with really heavy colds for the last two weeks including MrAnnie who has been banished from the bedroom😀. Actually he’s lovely and absented himself so I didn’t get it - we’ll see.

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to misswobble]

Yep, she totally rocked!!

[ancientrunner Half Marathon]

Well done everyone - there are some big mileages there.

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to ancientrunner]

Massive! xx

[Lordi Marathon]

I forgot to say that it was bad timing for me as the period included my marathon taper and 3 week layoff post marathon!

[AnnieW55 in reply to Lordi]

Wow! You certainly covered a lot of miles in the time though.

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to AnnieW55]

That's what I was thinking 😊

[APScotland]

Well done everyone! And especially Roseabi for organising and compiling all those stats! A big job! It was a fun challenge. .. Nice to think that we were running around the moon while actually trotting through the countryside xx

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to APScotland]

Ha ha, that is a marvellous thought!!

[Macmac Marathon]

Great stuff! Well done all, and most of all - many thanks to you roseabi!! 👏🏻👏🏻😀

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Macmac]

Thank you 😊

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

I've got to give a massive shout out to ju-ju- who started this challenge in August. I seem to be getting the credit for it, but it was all her idea!!!! Thank you, Ju xxx

[Macmac Marathon in reply to roseabi]

Oops! I can’t remember that far back 😄. Many thanks ju-ju!!

[misswobble Marathon]

Good job Ju-Ju 💪👍✊