2014 Endure 24 hour run

Jo and are were part of one of two teams that entered the 2014 Endure 24 A 24 hour off road running event. To be a mixed team you had to have at least 2 female runners, Jo was the only female in our team so we were classed as a male team, the other Finch coasters team were in the mixed category. It was a 5 mile off road run, continuous running for 24 hours.

 Simon about to start for the mixed team and Rhodri starting for the the Mens team

 

Start of Endure 24

Group of runners sheltering from the rain

Andy S had kindly brought a massive shelter which was very useful, especially with all the rain.

Rhodri handing the yellow band over to Jo 

Andy Y after one of his legs. 

The sun did come out eventually

It rained over night which made the course very muddy.

Group of runners waiting for the change over.

Andy S handing over the yellow band after his five mile lap.

Paul nearing the finish of our penultimate lap after the teams had been running for 23 hours & 50 mins 

Paul handing over to Rhodri for the last of our laps

The final countdown of the 2014 Endure 24

Rhodri nearing the end.

Rhodri finishing the final leg for the Finch coasters mens team

Emer finishing the final leg for the Finch coasters mixed team

Jo and Rachel with their well deserved medals

Me showing of my medal

From left to right, Back row, Jo, Simon, Andy, Paul, Front row, Rhodri, Me, Emer and Claire, members of both Finch coasters teams who had stayed to very end to cheer our final runners home.

Both Finch teams did amazing. The Mens team finishing 9th out of 25 teams, completing 35 five mile laps in 24 hours. The mixed team finished 62nd out of  125 teams, completing 29 five mile laps in 24 hours.

The night shifts were the hardest, running through woods in the dark ,with the rain which caused lots of lovely mud was very hard and energy sapping. My last lap which like most of our runners was my fifth lap was very painful and I had to give every bit of energy I had to get around the course.

Endure 24 is an amazing event, with something like 2000 runners taking part in the event. 

The winners of the event Achilles Heel have put a you tube video up which is worth a look 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBtC7nbhlYw 

V - Vienna marathon entered for April 2015

I always look to see if marathons can be entered as soon as they have been run the year before. After looking at the Vienna marathon, which I run in April 2015, I was amazed at how big it was with 42,000 runners. So I have now entered the marathon and Jo has entered the half marathon, which has 11,000 runners. We also have tickets for the friendship party (pasta & pancakes), it looks very interesting on the video below. I am not very good with technology, I could not work out how to put the video below, but if you cut and paste the below into Google, it will take you straight to the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=75CNY9TxTI0