The Aardvark run, cycle and swim around the world thread

paul · Last edited by paul on Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:55 am; edited 1 time in total

Apparently, according to Wikipedia, it's 40,075.02 km around the world (at the equator). That's 24,901.463 miles.

Just for a bit of fun, I thought we could see if we can collectively run, cycle, swim, row (whatever!) around the world. And no, if you drive to the shops, that doesn't count. It's got to be a sporting activity of some kind or other.

I'll start us off with the 3 miles I ran last night.

Current total: 3 miles

OK, over to the next person... Very Happy

(I have a suspicion it'll be Adi!). Just tell us what you've done, how many miles you covered, and lastly update the total.

Paul

* APRIL 2009 UPDATE *

Courtesy of a find by Adi, those participating in this thread can now update our 'ticker' each time you add miles to the tally. This charts our progress 'around the world'. To update, just go to http://www.TickerFactory.com/exercise/wwvuxbS/ and enter 'aardvark' as the pin, and then edit the number of miles accordingly. Thanks.
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adigaskell · World Champion Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 5556 6975 Ants

When are we doing this from?

If it's from the start of the month, ie 2009, then I've done 292.71km so far on the bike.
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paul · Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:14 pm Post subject:

I suppose we could start from the beginning of the year.

You've clocked 181.9 miles there, Adi (knew we could count on you for some proper miles! Wink

). Prior to today, I've run a total of 28.0 miles. And today, I've walked approximately a mile up near Haweswater and run about 5 miles.

So that gives us a revised total so far of: 215.9 miles

From now, I think we ought to only take mileages from when people join the board. ie. if someone joins 1st November 2009, they can post their mileages from that date onwards, not everything they've done so far that year up to that date. (Anyone who's already a member here can post anything they've done since 1st Jan 2009.)

Who'd like to hazard a guess as to how long this is going to take before we've gone round the world? Very Happy

Paul
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adigaskell · World Champion Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 5556 6975 Ants

Will have added another 80 miles or so by the end of today Smile

As for how long it'll take, bloody ages with just us two Very Happy

I should probably do around 3-4,000 miles this year. Need a few more people doing it.
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paul · Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:23 pm Post subject:

8.1 mile run from me tonight so...

Updated total: 224.0 miles

If all goes to plan, I'll clock a further 557 miles of running by mid May, and maybe a little on top with cross training. We could certainly do with a few more endurance cyclists around here. Smile

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adigaskell · World Champion Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 5556 6975 Ants

Around 160km over the weekend. 454.71 km for the year now.
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paul · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:51 am Post subject:

160km = 99.4 miles, yeah?

So that brings the combined Aardvark member tally to 323.4 miles. By the end of next week we ought to have done 1/100th of it. Smile

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paul · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

A meagre contribution from me today in the form of a one-mile walk.

324.4 miles
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adigaskell · World Champion Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 5556 6975 Ants

Might have made the total by 2015 or something then Very Happy

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paul · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:19 am Post subject:

Maybe... you need to invite your cycling chums. You know, the ones who say 400km is just like a stroll in the park.
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paul · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject:

A one-mile walk and 3.2 mile run from me today.

Updated total: 328.6 miles
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paul · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:43 am Post subject:

5.2-mile run from me today.

Updated total: 333.8 miles

Adi... are you adding your miles in batches? Or are you having a few days off? Smile

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adigaskell · World Champion Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 5556 6975 Ants

Yes, will probably add at the end of each week. Only done about 20 miles though thus far.
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paul · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:40 pm Post subject:

Since my last update I've done runs of 3.2, 4.2 and 9.3 miles, plus a couple of one-mile walks. ie. 18.7 miles

Updated total: 352.5 miles
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adigaskell · World Champion Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 5556 6975 Ants

Didn't do so much this week, only around 90km. Had a tumble after the bike hit some ice on Saturday so licking my wounds for the race next weekend.
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