IRON JANUARY

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  ••• IRON JANUARY •••

Taking it up a notch from last year. The 2023 event offers up THE ULTIMATE TEST!

Dry January … AND…

7 RUNS A WEEK - Holy F@@@! … of no less than 1 mile. Ideal if you want to shift some weight, are thinking about a spring marathon or just want to injure yourselves

Finishers get a pat on the back and a sense of achievement. None ITU rules. Doping allowed.

•••Edited Updated Rules•••

running days are transferable - doubling up is allowed if you miss a day.

Drinking curfew begins at 7am on New Year’s Day - 12am is mean

No cheating! Only you will know… but you won’t fool the cosmos, providence or any other higher power

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You’re on with the running but January is shit enough without having a few beers!

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That’s a

••• HALF IRON JANUARY!•••
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Er… what does “Sprint January” involve?

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You’re going to be dryAF next month, aren’t you?

Plus all of that time to run.

Piece. Of. Pie.

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Doing it all in half the time

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Ok for you then you have to go vegan as well

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Wait, what?

I thought this was a run everyday thing. You mean run every day while sober?

Fuck that.

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I wonder if it’s even possible?!

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Sean Conway does a 496 challenge in January.

Jan 1st run 1km
Jan 2nd run 2km
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Jan 31st run 31km

I think this may be your sort of challenge @toby_Hole_in_the_leg ?

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I wonder how many days it would be possible for someone to keep that going for until they broke?

Feb 1st = 32km, Feb 2nd = 33km and so on

(I’d prob be broken towards the end of the 2nd week of Jan, or the 3rd week at best)

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That’s a great idea. Don’t know if heel would take that in the mid/ latter stages however…

… Oh that’s km - easy then :laughing:

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I did a 50 runs in 50 days challenge. Once. Each run >3 miles but you could defer and then double up (although they had to be demonstrably seperate).

When I had about 17 runs yo do in the last 7 days I concluded it was a shit idea (although I did complete it). Plan was originally about becoming an Uber runner for the season but I hated running for the next 2 months….

Good luck, enjoy :rofl:

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that…

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managed 93 in an attempt to do 100…

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U lot are so competitive :laughing:

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Reckon Spooner would still be going strong into the next tax year

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Last day of less than 3 miles running was so long ago I’m not sure if it was 2017 or 2018

Oh and I rarely drink, so I’m probably totally on for this!

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I did an advent version last December, helped by the fact I had the last week off work. Lots of run/walk in that last week, another week would have been horrible.

Biggest issue in the first week is finding routes short enough. By the end it’s finding the time.

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…the challenge is to stop running and start drinking everyday in Jan.

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