Double August Challenges: Speed AND Distance - THE RESULTS!!! 💥🏅🍌

[roseabi]

Hey all you speedy sloggers! 😄

Thank you and well done to everyone who took part in our dual Summer Challenges. You are ALL SUPERSTARS!!!!!!

You can check out your data as previously:

★★ Let's Go Around the Moon DISTANCE Challenge ★★

docs.google.com/spreadsheet...

★★ Summer SPEED Challenge ★★

docs.google.com/spreadsheet...

Here's my brief summary of the results!

The DISTANCE CHALLENGE was a great opportunity for us all to sport our running AND cross-training skills - and you know how much I love that 😊😊😊

We didn't quite make it, but we managed to get TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY ROUND THE MOON!!!!!! Awesome 💥

Our top-three Moon-circling superstars are:

★ linda9389 with a whopping 1147.6 km on her bike!!! We love you and we know your new-found love of cycling will pay dividends once you're back on your feet 💗

★ Setters with an amazing 676.37 km - a lot of walking with those beautiful dogs 😍

★ GoGo_JoJo with 382.1 km - our resident freestylin' trail marathoner 💥

The SPEED CHALLENGE brought out more of the shorter distances this time! A 3k, a few 1k, and even a 500m run were on the list this time. There were a few ups and downs as ever, and struggles in the warm weather, but I think some of you really surprised yourselves!!

You all did amazingly well, and my special top-three speedy superstars are:

★ Tbae ! Our 500 meter superstar 😊😊😊 Perhaps a new career in track running beckons?

And two new faces, who I hope will be back for the next Speed Challenge??! 😄

★ R4inbow ! A solid performance, and this quote says it all: "Thanks so much for sharing these challenges, it's really spurred me on and given me something different to think about this month, especially with the speed where I knocked 42 seconds off my PB (which was from January) at parkrun on Saturday 😍" Love it!!!

★ Snuffy_T ! You had a bad one in the second week, but you came back SO strongly - well done!!!

AND a special shout-out to SkiMonday , who was a great Challenger in the Spring and for the first part of this Challenge, but had to take a break from running for some much-needed heart-rest. Glad to see you're getting back on your feet now, Ski! And thank you for reminding me that the Moon is made of Cheese 😄 xxx

Happy running, resting, and cross-training everyone!

roseabi xx

[Stephen_UK Half Marathon]

Arghh! I was knocked into fourth place by GoGo_JoJo !!!

To be fair, though, JoJo was running entire marathons...

This was great fun to do. Thanks roseabi

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon in reply to Stephen_UK]

Sorry! 👍🏻🤣

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Stephen_UK]

Oh no!!! Well done Stephen, was great having you with us xxx

[Tbae Metric Marathon]

Thank you so much Abi for the double challenge.It is a large piece of Admin and extra on top of what you already do.

Well done to everyone who participated.

If my plan works out and if these challenges are going to continue, distance will be out for 6-9 months.

I am going for 200m,500m or 1 km, next time.Can’t wait.🤔

I will be working hard in the next few weeks with C25k programme repeat and the occasional 200m intervals and segment crown.

Atb to you and all with your plans.

👊💥🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️⭐️⭐️👏👏

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Thanks for all the effort you put into this roseabi . It gave me a great focus for a month of my rehab - I really got into the challenge with a timely sense of achievement. Even I have to admit to my obsessive personality now though - thank goodness it's another healthy addiction! Huge respect to the speed and running and walking distances - they take far, far more effort than cycling 🙂

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

Pfft, not when you were lugging your bike over things that were meant for walkers! 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

🤣🤣🤣

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

Well done to everyone and special thanks to roseabi , great fun and support as always 👍🏻😁

[Oldfloss Administrator]

Brilliant..thoroughly enjoyed this..and in light of my present increased, (unintentionally) pace..I shall be trying the speed one next time..

Thanks you..this all keeps us going and having fun too!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Oldfloss]

Gonna hold you to that 😄

[Biddy62 Half Marathon]

Awesome! Is right. All the challengers are truly awesome especially those mentioned above! And you are awesome Roseabi for all the support and organising you provide.

[misswobble Marathon]

Yay, well done posse! 💪👍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ We’re all winners 🏅

[Snuffy_T Half Marathon]

Beautiful graph 😀 I don't know what happened to me in week 2..!

[SkiMonday Ultramarathon]

Hi Abi

Cheers for the mention & thanks for organising this.

If you'd like any further, err, technical information regarding composition of the moon, just ask!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to SkiMonday]

😄😄😄🧀