Kilometer Khallenge

B2K has a tremendous post detailing his thoughts on the Kms Komp. Definitely an apt description of what's going on. Most KMs for the month starting March 18 finishing ?April 15? wins a yet to be determined prize.

After day one, the score is 10-5 for B2K, but I will definitely get in a run before work tomorrow morning to even things up.



I've gotta say I'm feeling like a HUGE underdog here!

From Bill's post:

"On Friday did my Best 5 KM - 26:49 - My first sub 27:00 5km

Today I knocked out my best ever 10Km completing it in 55:00 even."

Just for some perspective, these were the types of times I was putting up when I was in marathon shape (2450th place)...right now I struggle to run sub 30 minutes for 5km, and would be about 1:05-1:10 if I had I gutted out a 10K. So to summarize - the competition is in very good shape and I am not.

That said, I'm going to give it the old college try, and am predicting I finish this thing with around 120 kms under my feet. If B2K can beat me, I think he deserves it. Anything under 100K from me will be a pretty big disappointment. Over 120 will be a big success!

I'm still giving myself a chance as B2K has never put up a month with over 100K....so he'll be in uncharted territory. You never know what will happen!

BTW....team Caputo was in, but now, he's apparently out. Word on the street -21 is "too cold" for his sensitive skin. He's looking for some sort of KM allowance due to the inclement weather. NO DICE! You should have thought of the Khallenge implications before you chose your law school in the frozen tundra of Saskatoon. Maybe we can do another Khallenge in the summer.

Anyway, it's on, and I am definitely going to devote myself to this for the next month.

PS

The timing could NOT be worse for me in terms of work. It's exam season and I'm ridiculously busy. Interestingly I'll be off from Mid April to early May, and I'll only be working about 20 hours a week for May, June, July and August...so I hope that means that I'll keep on running!