Jimmy's Climbing Everest on The Mount Challenge

Jimmy's Climbing Everest on The Mount Challenge This is my fitness challenge to climb the equivalent of Mount Everest by running up the hill where I

18/06/2021

Day 164 – Sun 13th June

A nervous start today worried that Strava did actually record, and sure I lost or second or three checking it was recording. Still the time was excellent at 6:22, although the distance slightly down at 1.43km.

Two days to go

16/06/2021

Day 163 – Sat 12th June

Having thought on my midnight run the time had not been recorded and doing it again only to find it had recorded after the second run, I arrived home after this morning’s run to find for some reason it did not record any movement. Unfortunately though I didn’t have time to go out immediately for another attempt. So some 12 hours later I went again whether it was the heat or doing it again but a little slower at 6:36 for 1.44km.

Went through the 235km mark which is going to be last full parkrun distance I will run, so the equivalent of 47 parkrun have been completed, at an average pace of 24:04, which is actually 15 seconds under my parkrun best, so looking forward to the restart which will hopefully be in just a couple of weeks.

Three days to go.

16/06/2021

Day 162 – Fri 11th June

Well into the final stretch now with just 4 days left after today and today’s peak passed means there’s just two countries left, and they share the final peak which I think you can guess what that is. Anyway today’s run came in at 1.46km and was 6:29, so a little quicker than yesterday, but a slower average at 4:26 per km.

That peak passed to day was in Pakistan 🇵🇰 and is a well known mountain K2, which is 8,611m high.

15/06/2021

Day 161 – Thurs 10th June

Most importantly today was my Wife’s birthday and so with a day off work it was a bit later start. Again not sure how but 2 days after running 1.39km today it was 1.50km run, the time though was 4 seconds quicker than yesterday at 4:31 so my second best average pace at 4:21 per km.

Finally after about 3 weeks it was past another peak today and that was Kangchenjunga in India 🇮🇳 which is a massive 8,588m high.

15/06/2021

Day 160 – Wed 9th June

As I said I thought I ran in the same parts and yet today the distance was back up to 1.47km, which means as the average pace was just a second slower at 4:29 per km the overall time seems way slower at 6:35.

As I went through the 230km & 18:30 hour marks it was also the last day without any peaks passed for a couple of days.

14/06/2021

Day 159 – Tues 8th June

I often wonder how the distance is measured as I’m pretty sure I run the same parts of the road every time, yet today it was measured at 1.39km. I think it must have been on the hill climb part as my time was 2:16, and overall it meant my quickest time by 9 seconds at 6:12 🥇.

12/06/2021

Day 158 – Mon 7th June

After another long day at bowls, qualifying for two county quarter finals over the weekend, the legs were quite heavy and so slower again at 6:46, although the distance was longer at 1.47km. A slightly quicker average pace, taking a second of yesterdays pace.

12/06/2021

Day 157 – Sun 6th June

After a long day playing bowls yesterday legs were a bit tired and so was a little slower today at 6:36 for the slightly shorter 1.43km, struggling on the hill at 2:34. The slowest average pace at 4:37 per km for nearly a month excluding the midnight run.

11/06/2021

Day 156 – Sat 5th June

An early start for the weekend and an average time of 6:31 for 1.44km. That time taking me through the 18 hour mark, and just a little bit under 225km.

Day 155 – Fri 4th JuneConsistent distance at 1.43km so a quicker time of 6:21 meant I was quicker than yesterday. That ...
11/06/2021

Day 155 – Fri 4th June

Consistent distance at 1.43km so a quicker time of 6:21 meant I was quicker than yesterday. That was also my quickest time, but with the shorter distance the average pace was a little slower than the quickest, still good at 4:26 per km.

Final route photo and this is looking back along the flat section at the top, usually where I try to recover before rejoining the hill for the final downhill section. With quite a long flat section, as well as the start finish straight I’m sure the average gradient of 7.4% is an big underestimation of the actual steepness of the hill.

10/06/2021

Day 154 – Thurs 3rd June

Quicker again at 6:29, but distance was a little down at 1.43km so a slightly slower average pace than yesterday at 4:32 per km. Three little ducks 🦆🦆🦆in a row as now run exactly 222km, and my estimated finish time exactly 19:15:00.

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