Monday, November 26, 2012

Runcember

Sometime after I stuffed my face with stuffing, mashed potatoes, the best pear pecan salad in the world, and corn muffins, the cousins and I had a revelation.

As you may or may not know, JMan ran EVERY-SINGLE-DAY in October and lost about 15 pounds along the way.  It was very impressive and I'm so proud of him.  So we were all talking about that and how impressed we are, and we decided that December would become our RUNCEMBER.
After this decision we may or may not have found ourselves at the nearby track in the PITCH BLACK SCARINESS at 8:00pm Thanksgiving night timing our 400's.  This was AFTER having eaten a huge amount of food people.  It wasn't pretty.  And of the 5 of us, I got last with a 1:39.  I wasn't impressive.  

These were are 5 400 times and our cumulative time.  JMan got 2nd with 1:16.

But I digress.  You don't have to pre- and post-test your 400 times like us.  But you are more than welcome to do that if you'd like!  And you are also ALL invited to participate in what will go down as the legendary RUNCEMBER! 

Rules of Runcember:
  1. The first rule of Runcember is you don't talk about Runcember.
  2. The second rule of Runcember is YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT RUNCEMBER!
  3. You must run or walk at least one mile every single day in December.  No, you cannot run 31 miles all in one day.  Yes you can walk.  No playing basketball / Zumba / Soccer doesn't count.  It's called RUNcember people (or WALKcember), not SOCCERcember.
  4. You must log-in to the spreadsheet and enter your mileage.  
  5. You must be honest!
And that's it!  There may or may not be prizes, we'll see what I come up with.  It seems rather likely.  There also may or may not be prizes for both completing the challenge (i.e., everyone is eligible) and for "winning" the challenge with the most miles.  

So - how do you play?  Just go to the Google doc and sign up!  Then RUN!  Or walk.  And enter your mileage!  That's it, easy peasy. 
Here's the link to the spreadsheet.

Who's in???

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I like that you can walk too since I can't run everyday. I might have to sign up for this! Okay, fine, I will sign up for this!

PS- Congrats to JMan! That is awesome!!! Can he rub some of that off on Mr. Healthy Diva?
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My PT wants me to walk more, but I'm still a little afraid of walking everyday. And I want to run in Runcember! This stinks.
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I am SO down. I can't run every day unless I REALLY want shin splints. But walking seems like it is doable!! Worth a shot at least!! I will sign up when I get to my computer at work!
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Oh man, what a commitment :D I would like to give this a go. I'm totally lame at follow-through so I might want someone to yell at me every day. Can that be part of Runcember??
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You totally broke rules 1 and 2. :)
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Love it. I bet I could convince BF to do this too...especially with the success story of J man :) Signing up when I get home and have gmail access!
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I think I can handle this. I can't run every day, but I can walk. Thank god today's not December. Because ouch.
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I broke the rules!
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Nice!
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i wish i could! gotta stick to the coaches plan….
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But if we can't talk about Runcember, how can we post mileage?
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Oh, this is very tempting although I don't have a treadmill in my house so this might be hard for me...but no excuses right? ;)
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Yay!!! I'm already "streaking" for my birthday, so why not sign up for dual credit?
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i already broke rules 1 and 2 BUT i'm in!!
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This is just the kick in the pants I need to get my running routine back! Nice work!
I'm in I walk my chocolate lab, Jameson about 2 miles everyday. My running has been spotty, but walking I can manage.
I'm in. I need to get out and run more.
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I've just recently started reading your blog, but I'm up for this! I've always been kind of intimidated by a lot of the monthly challenges, or I come across them too late, but this one sounds good! It'll definitely be a challenge on a few days, but seems achievable! (Well, hopefully! ;D)
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Yay! Welcome!!
Looks kike a fun challenge. i am in, if that is OK since it is Dec 1st.

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I need to sign up for this. I've lost my running mojo after the marathon.
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I am in. I guess. :-P
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Ohh I saw this today luckily! I am in! I'm hoping it will help me get moving more. I have been quite lazy lately!
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