Well after a weekend celebrating Mrs LB's xxth birthday it is back to work today but I thought 10 minutes of procrastination and a Magic Mile update were in order. Before that I am pleased to say that my run streak is now over a week, despite not being at all 100% fit. I am planning a trip to the physio this week to hopefully get things sorted but whilst I am still doing fairly small mileage I don't think there will be too many problems.
Over the weekend I got a few more entries for the Magic Mile however I would like a lot more. As a result I plan on keeping registration open for a few more weeks yet (probably til the end of February), please help me keep interest up with RT's on Twitter and getting times from friends and family who might not be on Twitter but want to take part. EVERYONE is welcome!
Anyway for those that have entered already I would like to remind you that you need to have given me your best mile split by tomorrow. If you know you can go faster than the time you have given me so far then you need to get out there and run it! I don't want someone telling me in February that they have improved their time by a minute because that is not the point of the Magic Mile.
The whole point is training hard and competing hard to improve on what you thought was the best you could do. Also having fun obviously! For example when I did my 6:49 last week I can assure you that there was nothing left in the tank. I was all over the place, I know that improving that time will be very hard but my target is 6 minutes! God knows how I will get there but I will try.
Tomorrow I will do a post explaining the next phase, however for now the focus is getting more times in so please do. Also remember to follow @LBMagicMile as well as my main account @LardyBoy2011 because that is where all Magic Mile news will come.
Also a reminder of the rules (such as they are is at the bottom of this blog)
Cheers
LBx
SUMMARY - 2012
Running - 47.6 miles (Today 4.1 @8::50mm)
Run Streak - 8
Magic Mile Best - 6mins 49secs
Football Sessions - 4
MAGIC MILE - LEAGUE TABLE
| Place | Twitter User | Time |
| 1 | bazzajog | 04:55 |
| 2 | sunbed16 | 04:58 |
| 3 | hannamator | 05:15 |
| 4 | mike_uobhc | 05:48 |
| 5 | TheBeerRunner | 05:48 |
| 6 | SamMarsh78 | 05:49 |
| 7 | bones_145 | 05:50 |
| 8 | marvinleeryan | 05:50 |
| 9 | neil_mitchell | 06:03 |
| 10 | sleepworkrun | 06:04 |
| 11 | MrFatChance | 06:07 |
| 12 | rob_k | 06:08 |
| 13 | mrafletch | 06:10 |
| 14 | mazymixer | 06:11 |
| 15 | nickmahoney | 06:11 |
| 16 | runrforlife | 06:14 |
| 17 | rossrunslondon | 06:19 |
| 18 | runner786 | 06:20 |
| 19 | chrismarritt | 06:28 |
| 20 | marathonman217 | 06:30 |
| 21 | truckingrunner | 06:31 |
| 22 | robantonycope | 06:32 |
| 23 | Stoerminator | 06:40 |
| 24 | m8dkn | 06:43 |
| 25 | danrunning | 06:44 |
| 26 | martinbown | 06:45 |
| 27 | LardyBoy2011 | 06:49 |
| 28 | jedirider | 06:49 |
| 29 | phillengthorn | 06:50 |
| 30 | Twiterlander | 06:53 |
| 31 | charlie2486 | 06:54 |
| 32 | gordonmaw | 07:02 |
| 33 | naominf | 07:02 |
| 34 | liamconway | 07:04 |
| 35 | rosessions | 07:04 |
| 36 | marktownson | 07:04 |
| 37 | cmmercer | 07:06 |
| 38 | nelsonsnose | 07:10 |
| 39 | TIS_SI | 07:12 |
| 40 | treesausage | 07:13 |
| 41 | shellmoby | 07:22 |
| 42 | RuggedRadnage | 07:25 |
| 43 | gotmethere | 07:28 |
| 44 | mikew30jnr (*) | 07:29 |
| 45 | _martyn_fisher | 07:30 |
| 46 | mikew30jnr2 (*) | 07:30 |
| 47 | hongkongpauly | 07:32 |
| 48 | dav3c | 07:42 |
| 49 | chanters11 | 07:45 |
| 50 | madebyelves | 07:45 |
| 51 | croxie04 | 07:50 |
| 52 | Ma7R1chardson | 07:51 |
| 53 | hollycall01 | 07:52 |
| 54 | dunsrunner | 07:55 |
| 55 | kelcart1 | 07:55 |
| 56 | mrsbedders | 07:56 |
| 57 | JamesTurton | 07:59 |
| 58 | ajbrickner | 08:01 |
| 59 | chickendansak | 08:05 |
| 60 | Michael Hawkesford (*) | 08:05 |
| 61 | hayleybryon | 08:07 |
| 62 | joel_t34 | 08:07 |
| 63 | runningdiary | 08:09 |
| 64 | JulieHawkesford | 08:15 |
| 65 | mel_bucks | 08:18 |
| 66 | sidowski | 08:20 |
| 67 | Dr_Putter | 08:28 |
| 68 | mikew30 | 08:31 |
| 69 | olisloman | 08:33 |
| 70 | jevon_76 | 08:38 |
| 71 | malvernrunner | 08:42 |
| 72 | Lisa_Run | 08:48 |
| 73 | misshudson14 | 08:50 |
| 74 | mazymixerjnr (*) | 08:52 |
| 75 | Jo Turner (*) | 08:55 |
| 76 | kbbookkeeping | 08:55 |
| 77 | rhianonruns | 08:57 |
| 78 | natrasopheJane | 09:01 |
| 79 | nylonruns | 09:08 |
| 80 | InzaghePR | 09:09 |
| 81 | TIS_SI_Chav (*) | 09:10 |
| 82 | TIS_SI_Citeh (*) | 09:10 |
| 83 | Liesel Botes (*) | 09:24 |
| 84 | longjogroz | 09:24 |
| 85 | SidneyHarber72 | 09:29 |
| 86 | splodz | 09:35 |
| 87 | magskev01 | 09:40 |
| 88 | rogersgeotech | 09:44 |
| 89 | MellieMelC | 09:46 |
| 90 | CRUKWalton | 09:49 |
| 91 | CathMarie | 09:59 |
| 92 | summergurl | 09:59 |
| 93 | Jools Gala (*) | 10:00 |
| 94 | Elly_Tatum | 10:05 |
| 95 | alexmitchell (*) | 10:07 |
| 96 | helenstothard | 10:09 |
| 97 | plumduff2 | 10:16 |
| 98 | npbown | 10:17 |
| 99 | darthbeeharbugs | 10:23 |
| 100 | futuretracy | 10:26 |
| 101 | lozzatron12 | 10:46 |
| 102 | Andy Bell (*) | 12:00 |
| 103 | theramblingduck | 13:09 |
| 104 | ruth_stoker | 13:26 |
| 105 | Jeannerobo | 13:30 |
| 106 | crammy76 | inj |
| 107 | josmith | inj |
| 108 | MrsJackabnory | inj |
| 109 | realmattcanning | inj |
MAGIC MILE - RULES
The rules are few and far between to be honest, this is all supposed to be fun only.... If everyone abides by these simple rules then that would be great!
1. The Magic Mile is just simply the best mile split you run throughout January. It doesn't matter if the run was only 1 mile or 20 miles, whatever your best split is, is your Magic Mile Time
2. The Magic Mile times will be fixed at the end of January, each month thereafter each runner should submit their best splits again (only once a month at the end of the month). I will track progress and provide leader boards etc
3. Where possible try to measure the same mile that you managed in January, just to make it as scientific as possible. This will not always be possible but try your best.
4. Honesty and for fun only. There will be a prize at the end of the year for the fastest mile and the most improved runner (as a percentage of their original time), but clearly the whole premise of the Magic Mile is that no-one should be fixing their January time to be 'easy' to improve. It kind of defeats the object!
5. Promotion of the Magic Mile. All I ask in return for this is for all of you to promote this on Twitter and with your mates. It is easier for people to submit their times on Twitter but email is fine! Just let me know and I can DM my email address. There will be a magicmile.co.uk email in due course!
The rules are few and far between to be honest, this is all supposed to be fun only.... If everyone abides by these simple rules then that would be great!
1. The Magic Mile is just simply the best mile split you run throughout January. It doesn't matter if the run was only 1 mile or 20 miles, whatever your best split is, is your Magic Mile Time
2. The Magic Mile times will be fixed at the end of January, each month thereafter each runner should submit their best splits again (only once a month at the end of the month). I will track progress and provide leader boards etc
3. Where possible try to measure the same mile that you managed in January, just to make it as scientific as possible. This will not always be possible but try your best.
4. Honesty and for fun only. There will be a prize at the end of the year for the fastest mile and the most improved runner (as a percentage of their original time), but clearly the whole premise of the Magic Mile is that no-one should be fixing their January time to be 'easy' to improve. It kind of defeats the object!
5. Promotion of the Magic Mile. All I ask in return for this is for all of you to promote this on Twitter and with your mates. It is easier for people to submit their times on Twitter but email is fine! Just let me know and I can DM my email address. There will be a magicmile.co.uk email in due course!
