The motivation was an iPad to the person with the most miles ran after 31 days. I started out in the lead for the first couple of weeks in the challenge putting up 20, 30, 40 miles. Then, suddenly, these two (runners 1 and 2) come out of no where! Putting up 10-25 miles per day, consistently. Up until the last day when they guy in second dethroned the guy in first with 6.xx miles to secure his iPad and losing 18 pounds in the process. I held down my 3rd spot the entire time and although I may not win a consolation prize (they're raffling other prizes for runners in the top 20) but I did lose 10 pounds this month, I consider that a win!

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300 miles in a month is psycho!

There's no cool way to go up stairs, going down them on the other hand...

In the past two day's i've ran 18346500 mm (aka 18.3465 km) and my legs are so tight I feel like ED-209 going down the stairs in ROBOcop. Taking month long breaks between runs is not good, everything gets magnified AND painful. Even the cold air in your lungs feels like a shot of 151. But this will not stop me I welcome the burn.

If I fall down the stairs like ED-209 I won't cry, I'll be laughing along with everyone else. So cheers to me for getting back into the rhythm of running. Not sure if many of you made resolutions (I don't believe in that nonsense... but if you do) running is a great way to get in shape, and FAST!