November Challenge 2010

In early/mid 2010 a conversation on Twitter with @runningfairy brought about the November Challenge – 30 Days of running.  That’s 30 consecutive days of running.  We decided it didn’t matter how much you ran, just as long as you got out every day.  Out of the 46 people who signed up for the challenge, 8 completed the challenge (they exercised every day but didn’t run every day) and 6 managed to run every day!  Unfortunately, that final 6 didn’t include myself or @runningfairy. Think that’s down to Murphy’s Law or something.  That and picking up an injury, which I heard a few people did too.  To those, I hope the injuries have healed!

A massive congratulations to Lena, Claire, Catherine B, Rebecca B, Euan and MJ who all completed the challenge and between them amassed a total of 622 miles for the month!  Well done, I know from the Daily Mile and Twitter updates it was tough at times.

As you can see from the chart to the right, Lena secured the top spot for total mileage achieved by clocking up a whopping 157 miles, 26.2 of those running the Newcastle Town Moor Marathon.  Well done Lena.

Everyone built up a great monthly total though;

• Lena                157
• Catherine B   109
• Claire               99
• Euan                93
• MJ                    90
• Rebecca B       74

The chart below shows the daily mileage per challenger.  Little and often seemed to be the key to a successful November challenge, clocking between 1 and 3 miles on each outing while still maintaining at least one long run per week.

Once again, well done to those who took part and congratulations to those who completed the challenge!