Finishing picture!
My goodness I am glad that is over!
40.55 miles!
I managed the first 16 miles easily. At 16.5 miles I had a huge pain in my left foot. Had probs with my left knee and left ankle during previous training runs and I am left handed so possiible running bias for lefties!
The last 24 miles were hell on earth. I limped the last 4 or 5 miles as I could not put any weight on it. Not ashamed to say I cried tears of relief when I got to Cockfosters, just seeing my family and best mate waiting for me was so emotional.
NB. Anyone who said they will donate if I completed it please do so.
Many thanks for all of you that have posted kind words and donated some of your hard earned money already.
http://justgiving.com/walkthepiccadillyline
So it finally begins!
Well I am off to Uxbridge shortly. The day seems to have snuck up on me in all honesty. I am a bit aprehensive but so looking forward to it. Only 40 miles to go. Watch this space or this twitter http://twitter.com/walkthepic
Finished All My Training Runs!
So that’s me finished til saturday now.
1) http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8297114
Uxbridge to Acton Town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2ztSkNckAQ&feature=channel
15.78 miles. 2372 calories burnt.
2) http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8331528
Acton Town to Arnos Grove.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcF5RX4VwZk&feature=channel
19.09 miles. 2667 calories burnt.
3) http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8370614
Cockfosters to Arnos Grove.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_IE0Yzvv5E&feature=channel
3.80 miles. 587 calories burnt.
Totals:
38.67 Miles.
5626 calories burnt.
Quite a bit to do then but I have raised to date £811.80.
Will post sometime after my run on saturday. I will attempt to do so saturday evening but we will see.
Thanks for all your support so far.
Check my progress on twitter on Saturday.
I now have a twitter account. http://search.twitter.com/search?q=walkthepic
If you want to know where I am on the 6th, my daughter will be updating my progress at every station so expect over 42 updates!
I will post comments when I have my 5 minute breaks at Rayners Lane, Acton Town, Kings Cross, Arnos Grove and anywhere else that my body tells me to rest.
Achieved my donation target!
So hit my £750 target yesterday. So proud. I still have about £200 to collect from work mates so I hope to raise over £1000.
Thanks for all your support.
My last training run before the 6th!
Yesterday managed to go from Acton Town to Arnos Grove which was just over 19 miles! I got cramp which was the worst pain that I have experienced in my 42 years and I have broken had broken bones.
I think that I did a few things wrong.
1) Get more than 5 hours sleep!
2) Stop smoking!
3) Do not drink a few pints the night before!
4) Rest every few miles!
5) Do not watch TV AM! (explained in 6)
6) When some idiot from America says get a cow bell for exercise as all the celebs are doing it, do not do exercises that are new to you as the exercises that he did made your hamstrings ache!
7) Stop every few miles for a rest!
If you fail to do 7 you will get severe cramp!
9) Your run/walk is not about speed but stamina!
[URL="http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8331528"]http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/8331528[/URL] my 19 mile run
[URL="http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/view.mb?episodePk.pkValue=8331528"]http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/view.mb?episodePk.pkValue=8331528[/URL] moving on a map does not work too well as updating the process cant see stations!
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcF5RX4VwZk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcF5RX4VwZk[/URL] my youtube video!
Eight days to go!
Not long now. I have had a bad ankle for a week or so now so I am struggling a bit. I am going to attemp Acton Town to Arnos Grove tomorrow which is approximately 20 miles. This will be my last training run until the 6th which is also D-Day. I expect it to take about three and a half to four hours so wish me luck please. Don’t forget to donate! http://www.justgiving.com/walkthepiccadillyline
Worried about my joints for the 6th.
As mentioned in my previous post I did another run last Friday. I am struggling to get over a pain in my left knee and ankle.
I was planning to run to work tomorrow and then I was going to attempt Acton Town to Arnos Grove (approx 20 miles) on Friday, but unless this pain goes I will not do it.
If I am unable to run on Friday I will just go for it on the 6th and comlete it any way I can.
I lost some time due to a knee problem in March so I am now physically in poor condition but will do the run/walk regardless.
If necessary I will crawl it!
