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December Running Challenge for Parkinson's New Zealand

  • It’s all over (kinda)!

      28 December 2019
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    So officially it’s all over! I did a half marathon distance on Xmas day and ran a total of 132km in 25 days. In addition I biked 115km to make up for not running for 5 days and I’m currently making up the running km’s to endure the 145km total gets done (just 6km to do now!).

    Thanks so much to all you generous people, I never thought I would raise this much. It’s been a challenge, but nothing compared to the people who suffer from Parkinson’s.

    What’s the next challenge? Still deciding that!

    Merry Christmas anda Happy New Year!

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  • Back to running :-)

      20 December 2019

    So I'm back to running for the past few days and the knee and foot have coped - three 5km runs with no additional pain. I'll hit the bike again for a few days, but it's looking hopeful for running a half on Xmas day :-)

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  • Not running, riding!

      16 December 2019
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    So my knee is not great and I can’t run at the moment. However, I have been burning more calories each day than a 5km run by mountain biking. 75km in the past 4 days to be precise. It doesn’t seem to affect my knee, so I’m hoping I will come right in time to run a half on Xmas day. I’ll keep biking for now and commit to a minimum of 15km per day!

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  • 10 runs through...

      11 December 2019

    So I'm now 10 runs in and 62km run in total!

    The slightly worrying thing is I have a bit of pain in the top of my left foot (probably mild tendinitis), so I'll be coming up with a strategy to manage this going forward. If it gets worse I may have to amend my challenge to include some activities with lower impact to the feet. If I do this I will make sure they are equal to running a minimum of 5km (e.g. mtb of 20km)

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  • 20% complete!

      5 December 2019
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    5 runs done, 29km run so far. Legs starting to feel a little heavy, but nothing a good run can't sort out!

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  • It's started!

      3 December 2019
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    I'm 2 runs in and feeling good - 12km done, 23 more runs to go!

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