Saturday, December 17, 2011

Jingle Bell Hell Virtual Race

I'm not sure how many of you follow Taking It On with XLMIC, but she is hosting a virtual race this weekend (and a real one too).  Here is her post about it.  While I certainly didn't do anything resembling a 1/3 marathon, 5K was hellish enough given my current state of head and chest congestion (running with a Halls cough drop for extra fun).  That said, the weather was in the 40's and the sun was shining so that took the edge of the hell.  I also decided to go with the small 0.5 mile loops nearly all within eyeshot of my house as a nod to Marge's crazy training.   My husband took my camera hunting this weekend so my daughter used my Flip to take footage of the last mile and some change.  I tried to take the multiple clips and make them into a movie.  Haven't tried uploading video before so you get what you get.  If nothing else, the still below were all screen captures of the videos taken.

 

The rules for the virtual race:
  • Must be at least 5K in total length...no maximum.  (CHECK! The loop down my cul-de-sac hill, back up, to the end of the sidewalk one direction and back, to the end of my property and back is a 0.5 mile loop - done 6x + two extra hill repeats to make sure I crossed the 0.1 mile mark. - Note the 2' contours - Sorry I have white space I couldn't get rid of in Paint)
  • Must be done on a challenging course (and if you hate treadmills, that means it could be on a treadmill) because the idea is "Hell" ... that is the important part. (CHECK!  That is EIGHT times up and down the hill I live on plus a lesser side hill plus the fact that I HATE looped courses where you see the finish line and it teases you.  Six times?  Insane!)
  • Must be done the weekend of Dec. 17-18, 2011... any time of day or night.  (Dec 17, 1 PM - CHECK!)
  • You must laugh at least once... can be an evil laugh, a laugh of futility, any kind of laugh but laughter is a MUST.  (CHECK!  Laughed every time I high 5'd my daughter's friend.)

High 10 at the end - love how her feet are off the ground here!


  • Email me a link to your Jingle Bell Hell recap so I can post it that next week and we may all share in the fun... please include something about when, where, why regarding the laughing part :) (Will do as soon as I finish this!)
 




For extra "hell" factor, I had the dumb idea of doing this right after I ate my lunch (spaghetti).  Did not particularly enjoy burping that up and mixing the flavor with the cherry cough drop.  I did have a little bit of a water station on my front porch (about 100' to the right of this last picture).  I stopped after the first mile to slug a little bit of water and tie my shoe, the second mile to tell my daughter to find the camera and get a sip and then drank at the end.  Even though it is cool, we still need to hydrate! 

Side note for HBBC point tracking, breakfast was a peanut butter and banana sandwich.  Had a few chips for a snack mid-morning (oops).  Need to figure out how to get some veggies in for dinner. 

11 comments:

  1. Hey, nice job getting your race in!

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  2. Way to go! I love that pic with her feet off the ground and I love that you did a video! Thanks so much for participating :)

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  3. Your recap made me smile!! I should have taken more pics. Love the video idea :) My hell was hills!

    My JBH recap is here [Fitness, Health and Happiness]

    Also, I host an HBBC link up every Sunday if you want to share your HBBC posts. Same link as above if you want to link up.

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  4. Ummmmm. No thank you. Nice photos.

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  5. Great job getting the run in, I loved the photos in your recap!

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  6. Hahah...I love that you ate and then ran....definitely notches the hell factor up a few :). Good job on the run!

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  7. Not only did you run a short circuit, it's not even a loop. Quite hellish indeed.

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  8. Great job! Love the photos of the High 5's.
    I finished my Jingle Bell Hell today.

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  9. Nice job on the race

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  10. Nothing better than getting high fives (or Ten's) from your kiddos!

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  11. That foot off the ground picture is really cute. Nice job getting it done...and conscripting a photographer! :)

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