And In Conclusion

Juneathon day 30: run 7.74km 46min

Mostly I have ignored the World Cup in recent posts, with no pictures of all the flags on cars or hung from buildings. So for the last post of this year’s Juneathon I would like to make some small acknowledgement that there is something happening in South Africa by taking a picture of a Zulu shield and spear (even if it looks more like a shield and a paintbrush).

As for today there was no doubt that for the last run of the month I choose my home of running: the canal. During the whole time I was very relaxed, looking around and enjoying what was in effect a final easy lap. At the mid point I stopped to take some pictures, then drank some water and felt satisfied that the end was close. As I passed the hedge that marks the end point of my run I imagined a tape across the path and me running through it, in triumph. The race had been run. It was over and I had completed 30 days of consecutive exercise.

“Hooray” the spectators yelled and clapped “Well done! Good stuff!” Well I’m sure the spectators would have done if they had known but in all honesty the couple of dog walkers were not at all interested in me finishing my run.

But reality should not intrude too far: in my mind I was finishing a long distance race and feeling far more satisfied than normally justified by a run just shy of 8k.

The basic Juneathon stats are below but in total I exercised for 25 hours 35 minutes, which averages out at about 51 minutes a day.

My quirk of thinking in km for running and miles for cycling masks the symmetry of the distances. I managed just over 100 miles for both (101.36 running, 103.5 cycling), which became a target in the last week

All my runs were at a steady/slowish pace, with the average being 5.71 min per km; and my cycling was about 13 miles per hour. Deliberately I wanted to keep everything fairly level so that I could continue from day to day. I was really pleased with how this worked because I only had a few days where I felt really, really weary.

As for blogging: I managed to blog every day, include a photo taken during that day’s exercise and write a total of 9,726 words

In summation I would say that everybody who took part in this year’s Juneathon did a good job, even those who did not make it to the end. there are no failures in this event! But special congratulations go to those who managed to run every day. One of those will be presented with a pair of gorilla’s feet as a prize but how Shaun chooses a winner I have no idea. His job is far more difficult than just getting outside and doing a bit of exercise



Juneathon statistics 30/30
Run 21/30
distance 163.13km
time 15hr 31min
Cycle 6/30
distance 103.5 miles
time 7hr 59min
Gym 3/30
time 2hr 05min