A late start on Saturday's 16 miler, avoiding a dump of rain and missing some, being overtaken by hubby early in the course and then later at 3/4 of the way, was glad to have received this milestone update from Runkeeper - the gps app on the iPhone tracking mileage on running, cycling and a little on the treadmill.
So, how far is 1,000 miles?
4,000 laps around a track
14,664 football field lengths
32,180 Olympic pool lengths
decided to tally my old Nike+ app that was another 909 miles since July 2008 before I ever signed up for anything more than 14km (Sydney city to surf)
So that's at least 1900 miles invested over 4 years, prepping for 4 marathons, and other races in between. Mileage completed in the UK, Europe, USA, Hong Kong, Australia :)
and counting, because the training is not over yet and I'm under my weekly mileage!
The Olympics have been inspirational so far. Good to see China keeping on top of the list since hosting their games at home. Team GB have had an amazing performance in the last few days so I'm feeling happy again, since comparing to the top of the charts Team AUS achieved in the first days in the pool in Sudney 2000, their success came later. Disappointing results for AUS this time, and media reports have been pouring in as to why. In fact, reading how different countries report on their countries athletes performance has been very good reading.
2 great moments to share:
Women's Kieren Track Cycling, HKG's Lee Wai Sze takes bronze, a 3rd medal for the SAR in history! And on TV too in such a high profile race!
Inspirational to the the people of Hong Kong to get out there and cycle ( in the countryside) I hope!
Love the flags, last seen in 1997..
The other one that captures me is seeing Mo Farah take gold in the 10,000m in the Olympic Stadium.
The last 6 laps saw him take up speed and go right past his opponents and leading a good distance away into the finish. Determination was in his face. His training mate from the USA took silver - truly good to have people who push each other to the top.
Read Mo's page on London 2012 website, inspirational quotes:
"No pain, no gain. Train hard. The harder you train, the less likely you are to lose." (telegraph.co.uk, 12 Mar 2007)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"I'll do whatever it takes to get close to a medal, to become Olympic champion. You have no choice. If you want to be the best you have to do that. There aren't any mornings when you wake up and think, 'I don't feel like going for a run today'." (bbc.co.uk, 26 Jan 2012)
"If you train with them [Kenyan athletes], mentally you think, 'I can compete with these guys, I know how they do what they do'. It makes you feel stronger. It's like if you're in a football team and you've played with someone before - you know what that player is capable of. They've shown over the years that they're the best in the world by far, but we can compete against them. The mentality is changing now. We can do what they do." (bbc.co.uk, 26 Jan 2012)
Now, as the gun goes on the Women's Marathon at the Mall, I'm off to Wembley arena to see the Badminton Finals, will I sing 起來? Or would I see Malaysia take their first Gold Medal in history?
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