Time to GO 2020 Distance challenge: STORMING TO THE FINISH LINE 🎉🎉🎉

[linda9389]

Wowsers you amazing people!!! When everything is added in we are absolutely STORMING this challenge!!!

⭐⭐⭐ At time of writing this post we now have an unbelievable 2020+1186 km in the pot. In other words we have completed 1992 miles - just 28 miles to go! ⭐⭐⭐

S0 we will reach our 2020 mile goal with days to spare 😊

But we still have another three days before the end of the year.

⭐ Do keep your 2020 pictures coming - we have loved the strava art, spot on timings and distances and the really imaginative 2020 creations.

⭐ Originally @tjcp suggested the idea of a 2020 relay for the last day of the year (see the original post here healthunlocked.com/marathon... ). Can we make New Year's eve a day of 2020 runs and walks (20.20km, 20.20 miles, 2.02 miles ...?); do an individual 2020 by yourself or find one or more VRBs and record a 2020 distance of some sort between you.

Then let that be the end of 2020!!! On our terms. A brilliant, strong, team effort 👍

Massive thanks to everyone who has contributed to these totals - every single bit from every single one of you counted. You are all superstars!!!

Keep 'em coming - let's see just how far away from 2020 we can get. Post and comment below.

Keep running, keep walking!!!

The Marathon Team xxx

Tuesday Dec 29th

Google sheets - the latest running tally and charts docs.google.com/spreadsheet...

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Mon 28th healthunlocked.com/marathon...

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Wow look at that!!!!!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to roseabi]

When everything is in, I reckon we will have hit target yesterday!

[SueKen Half Marathon]

You can add in a 5km Jeff from me this morning. It started to snow just as I went out! But so chuffed as it took me through my 500 mile running target for this year😁

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to SueKen]

Woohoo! That's a fabulous achievement. Bet it was fun in early snow too 😊

[Ellesbelles85 Marathon]

Amazing effort! I’ve just ran 3.11miles so add that to bank! x

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Ellesbelles85]

Great, so 5k right?

[Ellesbelles85 Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Yes... sorry - forgot to convert!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Ellesbelles85]

No problem - my fault for chatting miles!!! I just wanted to check it wasn't supposed to be 3km 😊

[runningdad Marathon]

Just done another 7km this morning.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to runningdad]

Fabulous ... nearly there ...

[Fran6500 Half Marathon]

Really good result. Did 7.45 km this morning xx

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Fran6500]

Fabulous ... aren't we amazing???

[dijep 10 Miles]

Wow we are doing amazing stuff 👍😊I remembered to measure my morning dog walk today😊 🐾So I've got 32. 58k to add from my walks done since 21st.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to dijep]

I think I added 30.72 of that yesterday right? so another 1.86?

[dijep 10 Miles in reply to linda9389]

No...... today's 30 is in addition, its from my morning dog walks. Yesterday total was for afternoon dog walks. Hope that makes sense.Alfie hound gets two walks a day although they are different routes it turns out they are both about the same distance.

Sorry for the confusion.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to dijep]

No problem - glad I checked. Lucky Alfie!!!

[Wimborne Half Marathon]

Hi. I did just over 5km yesterday... so another 3 miles from me.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Wimborne]

brilliant ... sooooooo close ....

[Hidden]

Please may I add a 5k run and a 5k walk from this morning!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

You certainly can ... and we are there!!!!

[Hidden in reply to linda9389]

Hurrah!!! 🎉 fab team effort! 🎉

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

Whoop whoop! My thoughts exactly!!! I feel I need the option to add a sound bite to this thread 😅

[Kevin41 Half Marathon]

Brilliant team effort from everyone, really great to see 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[David_G Metric Marathon]

Hi Linda and running friends, I ran 16.5km by the seaside this morning🏃‍♂️ This also takes me over 1,000 running miles for the year so I’m feeling proud of myself!😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to David_G]

Oh fantastic! That's a massive milestone, congratulations!!!

[David_G Metric Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Thanks Linda! 😀👍

[Hidden]

Hi Linda. I thought I'd do 20.20 miles plus 20.20km to help with the challenge, that's a total of 52.71km and I have done 45km so far so you can add the 45km on. I'll run the rest tomorrow 🙂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

Brilliant - have a great run tomorrow!

[a_in_gsr Half Marathon]

Ran 7k on trails this morning!!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to a_in_gsr]

Nice!

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Brilliant!!

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Wow, we really are going for this aren’t we? 👏👏👏

The thought of this challenge was on my mind when I was deciding whether to run 7.5k or 11k this morning. Naturally I went for the latter, and the weather helped too!

So I can add an 11.01k run and a 2.31k walk to our tally for my total today of 13.32k. Woohoo, we’re going to do it! 🎉🎉

Edited to say I just read the replies and WOOHOO we HAVE done it! What an amazing team. 🥰👊💪👍🎉

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

Fabulous ... I wonder just how far we can get?

[Cmoi Marathon]

10.17k in the slippy-slidey snowy-slushy forest from me today, 29th December, linda9389 - let's get as far as away as possible from 2020!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cmoi]

I couldn't agree more!!!

[Killerblue]

Hi Linda, I’ve done 20.42k since Christmas Day - a mix of runs and walks

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Killerblue]

Brilliant!

[TailChaser Marathon]

Blimey, that's some going!

So yesterday, youngest kitten and I did 5km each and Katnap and eldest kitten did 3.2km each, so I reckon that's another 16.4km.

Katnap will also be out doing his speedy run for the athletics club in a bit so I'll pop that on later. The further we can get away from 2020 the better!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Great! Hear! Hear!!!

[Blackberrypie Half Marathon]

Fantastic work everyone. I have 18.5km to contribute today...

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Blackberrypie]

Fantastic work you!

[Hidden]

6.64 walk from me this morning and off out for a short run this afternoon, ....amazing results from everyone, we are all going to need new shoes at this rate, or buy shares in a running shoe company or both 🤣🤗

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

haha! HU shoes!!!

[Celeriac]

Hi LindaYour Strava kudos just prompted me to add my 5.01k run this morning!

We'll done everyone, we completely smashed it.

😀

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Celeriac]

Brilliant! We absolutely knocked this one out of the park!!!

[Langley-Loper Half Marathon]

Another 5km from me today

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Langley-Loper]

Excellent!

[Boss1973]

Hi Linda, could you add 7 68km walk for me and Boss Jr this morning thanks

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Boss1973]

Certainly can!

[Hidden]

and a 3.24k tempo run this afternoon 😀

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

Great

[Run46 Half Marathon]

A 2k walk and a 9k run for me today...bringing me to 20.20k in the last 3 runs 🙂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Run46]

Fabulous!

[Over62 Half Marathon]

Hi linda9389 the snow came down very heavily this morning so not able to go for a run. I did though manage a 5.26k walk this afternoon.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Over62]

Oh gosh! Take care!!!

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

A mere 5 km run from me today! 😊😊😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to roseabi]

5k is 5k!!! I haven't left the four walls of the house, and haven't even tripped over my mat let alone used it!!!

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

It's a bit cold, innit!!?!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to roseabi]

and grey!!!

[Grannyhugs 10 Miles]

My goodness, aren't we doing really well. I've posted today's distance separately with a picture. Thank you so much for organising this challenge 🤗

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Grannyhugs]

I'll take a look! We have done amazingly well!!!

[Yogamaz]

6.36K walk from me today. Will be running again tomorrow!!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Yogamaz]

Lovely!

[O505k Half Marathon]

12k contribution today, lovely 7.75k run this morning followed by an afternoon walk. 🌲

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to O505k]

Nice.!

[SmilingTortoise1 Half Marathon]

A hilly 8.96 km walk from me for today 😀

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to SmilingTortoise1]

Phew!

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Another 14.26km from me - a 5.4K run this morning, leaving me with a New Year’s Eve 10k to complete 20.20 miles of running. This afternoon we met up with a couple of friends at Belton House near Grantham for a walk and an in person catch up. It wasn’t a promising start as it was snowing where they were and raining at ours but we went anyway and clocked up 8.86k, with a stop for coffee and pasties 😃😃

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

That's definitely making the most of a bad afternoon!

[Time_Lord Half Marathon]

4.89km walk done this morning Linda x

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Time_Lord]

Nice!!!

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

Hi Linda 4.46km from me today x

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cantstopmenow]

Great!!!

[Beatlesforever]

Fabulous! So exciting 😄 A 7k walk with the dogs this afternoon for me 😃

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Beatlesforever]

Lucky dogs!

[Beatlesforever in reply to linda9389]

They could've carried on, they never seem to get tired 😂 I was happy to get home to a mug of hot chocolate! ☕

[RunBrianRun Half Marathon]

Well done everyone! We smashed it! 👍💪

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to RunBrianRun]

TOTALLY!!!

[AndrewJR75 Half Marathon]

6.2k run for me please Linda. My daughter cycled along behind me and I pretended I was Rocky 🥊. Well done everyone!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to AndrewJR75]

Great team!!!

[GoGo_JoJo Ultramarathon]

22.55km for today x

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to GoGo_JoJo]

Great distance again!!!

[Birdlady64]

A 2.02km (2020 metre) walk to the shops and back, plus a 2.51km walk to my parents house to drop off a birthday present for my brother (he is in their bubble) - 4.52 km total.

Hoping to do my last run of 2020 tomorrow - not sure how far it will be yet, but I just checked on Garmin and I need 3.75km to reach a total of 20.20km running for the 10 days of the challenge!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Birdlady64]

Great stuff!

[RacingintheStreet]

6.42 for today 🙂👍

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to RacingintheStreet]

Lovely!

[Hidden]

Another 10k from me

I didn’t realise walking counted or I could’ve added more but haven’t counted 😂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

No worries 😀 Another 10k is great!

[wallruns]

9k walk today.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to wallruns]

Excellent!!

[SlowLoris]

Bit late. 14.4 km this morning.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to SlowLoris]

But not too late!!!

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

A tiny 3k from me and Molly this morning. Maybe I will get to run tomorrow 🤞

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

🤞

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

A 3.66 would make 20.20 overall👍 That will stop me trying to run too far!

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Good idea - I tried something similar yesterday ... but even so today my hip is sore again. 'tis beyond a joke!!! Hope you fare better 🤞

[LottieMW]

Walking and jogging 5km today 😊👍🐌🐢🏃🏻‍♀️

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to LottieMW]

Brilliant!

[Lavender1962 Half Marathon]

6 km treadmill run run today (29th) .

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Lavender1962]

Great!

[Ant50 10 Miles]

Linda, a few more walking km’s, 28th was 9k and 29th was 10k. Apologies if this message appears several times but the app has been playing up for the last day or so....

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Ant50]

I'm only seeing it once, so all good at this end

[Mummycav]

Hi linda9389 ...just a short, snowy doggy walk for me yesterday morning of 1.34kms and then a bambi (Jane Torvill in my head) style 4.59km run last night 😉

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Mummycav]

Very brave!!!