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What's the biggest challenge that awaits you?

Currently it's a sprint triathlon in June that I'm working towards
13th Mar 2024
I am currently training for the West Highland Way Race in June 2024. I walked the route in September 2020 over 6 days while staying in B&Bs and hotels. It was one of the hardest things I had ever done and would not have believed I'd be running it!
12th Mar 2024
My first ultra
9th Mar 2024
A marathon one day
8th Mar 2024
Sub 3:30 marathon, ideally a 3:15 to give me a GFA entry shot for London.
26th Feb 2024
Getting round any decent distance in the fells without crippling leg cramps (led to two DNFs last year).
14th Feb 2024
Keeping moving with my ever deteriorating knees
13th Feb 2024
The mental challenge that is going out for a long run. Although I've done it before, at the moment it's just too big a thing to achieve.
12th Feb 2024
The Manchester Marathon and then maybe the Goring Gap 50km. Now, after a 50k and 63k, going for a 50 miler in May.
12th Feb 2024
At the moment, Comrades.
9th Feb 2024
Parkrun event starting with every letter of the alphabet
8th Feb 2024
I've run 2000 km in each of the last two years and I want to keep it up for another 18 years... then at the age of 78 I ran around the whole world once :)
20th Jan 2024
Getting older
17th Jan 2024
The London Marathon 2024
13th Jan 2024
Weight loss to help with my arthritic knee, the goal is sub 18 by June and staying there
11th Jan 2024
Death
11th Jan 2024
I would like to run three half-marathons this year (2024) and a few other shorter races. I ran 3 marathons in my life, learned that it was not my ideal distance, and I am not aiming to run another any time soon again.
3rd Jan 2024
TP100
3rd Jan 2024
Running sub 2hr 30 for marathon as a 50 year old …. (2 hrs 31 mins 17s already . . . It could be possible)
2nd Jan 2024
Maintaining balance.
1st Jan 2024
Age
1st Jan 2024
Equinox 24 24 or even just getting out the door somedays
27th Dec 2023
UTMB
16th Dec 2023
Cromer Marathon 2024
15th Dec 2023
A first half marathon in more than 10 years
29th Nov 2023
Getting motivated
27th Nov 2023
Getting the children to do anything in a timely manner.
9th Nov 2023
Learning to live within my capabilities.
2nd Nov 2023
Dragonback.
22nd Oct 2023
Age
24th Sep 2023
FM
Ram
24th Sep 2023
Sailing around the world.
20th Sep 2023
The Yorkshire Marathon this year. I'm not aiming for a specific time though - this one's just for fun (!). And probably my last marathon (until it isn't, obviously ;) ) Longer term - keeping my speed/pace up as my age increases!
3M
18th Sep 2023
Keeping fit enough to keep going - achilles being the main risk. Investigated surgery some years back, but was advised it was only 60-70% chance of a fix, and 3-4 months in a fixed boot. Managing it with less speed and more distance.
um
17th Sep 2023
London marathon
9th Sep 2023
Moving house and boat to the same place...
8th Sep 2023
Finishing 100 events. I have become unfit since the operation in 2022 and sustaining injury after injury
4th Sep 2023
Gewtting fit post operation, but I am on the way
25th Aug 2023
3 Further Ironman races
1st Aug 2023
Swimming Windermere in September
22nd Jul 2023
Old age.
12th Jun 2023
Building muscle.
9th Jun 2023
Transitioning to ultra running my biggest challenge has to be working out how to fuel for long distances. I am now looking to bigger challenges - quite fancying multi day events - next up Ultra Challenge Jordan in 2024.
30th May 2023
Achieving >70% age grade would be awesome
27th May 2023
Not a new challenge, but balancing doing enough to see continued improvement and avoiding injury by doing too much. I'm grateful that at 50+ I can still push for PBs, but aware that if I get an injury it takes me longer to recover.
10th May 2023
stopping me from stopping me achieving
28th Apr 2023
Beat my HM PB as the longer distances I find tough
22nd Apr 2023
At the moment, the 90K Ultravasan coming up in August...
19th Apr 2023
I've been running for 15 years, so I've done the main challenges that I had: sub 3 marathon; West Highland Way, which is the premier ultra up here in Scotland. I'm hoping to keep running until I'm 100. The challenge is avoiding injury, innit?! :-)
3rd Apr 2023
Getting out of bed.
29th Mar 2023
To get to 300 marathons (eventually). Getting to 100 was easy, but life is busier nowadays, and 300 still seems a very very long way away.
24th Mar 2023
Finishing my PhD
14th Mar 2023
Learning to paddle board... and my 1st multi discipline event 2.5k run /12k bicycle / 2.5k run on 19th March
14th Mar 2023
The Norn Iron 100 miler, with rocky coastlines and dark forests it's an incredible event
5th Mar 2023
At the moment, that's getting through marathon training in one piece and finishing my degree at the same time.
24th Feb 2023
WHW in May, again
21st Feb 2023
Tough Mudder 24/6/23 Selling our house and buying a new one in a place we like.
18th Feb 2023
I do want to run a 100 mile race at some point
16th Feb 2023
Keeping mentally & physically strong through my 70s & beyond ... Walking / cycling trails, nothing planned yet ... eg. Coast to Coast, St Bees on Cumbria coast to Robin Hoods Bay
16th Feb 2023
Finding my mojo to start training for the rescheduled London Marathon.
10th Feb 2023
Running 100 miles
5th Feb 2023
Regaining fitness after a long spell with long-covid - baby steps...
19th Jan 2023
Keeping the mojo
12th Jan 2023
To do new year's day parkrun next year. It will mean I can physically still run and I haven't lost my desire for running
3rd Jan 2023
Losing enough weight to run a decent time again
3rd Jan 2023
Attempting my first marathon (booking it will be the first one).
27th Dec 2022
Getting back into regualr running and restoring my personal health.
18th Dec 2022
I'm just happy to still be running. Maybe a half marathon in 2023
5th Dec 2022
Some days it's getting out of bed
2nd Dec 2022
Planning and doing a JOGLE
1st Dec 2022
Keeping going as I keep getting older
20th Nov 2022
I'm trying to finish a part-time PhD, so my Viva will be a pretty big challenge.
20th Nov 2022
Not sure yet - maybe another marathon at 66 yrs old when I said No More
18th Nov 2022
Getting myself back in shape and healthy
17th Nov 2022
Getting back to where I was before cancer treatment.
16th Nov 2022
Breaking 19 Minutes for 5k and sub 1.38 for the Half Marathon
9th Nov 2022
2023! Let’s be ‘aving you. See 2021 and 2020 for previous “benchmarks” 🤣
3rd Nov 2022
My first 50 mile trail ultra in June 2023 (Queensland)
21st Oct 2022
Trying to get a PB aged 60 at the Manchester Marathon
13th Oct 2022
Two TKRs. And I will need them soon.
28th Sep 2022
every day I'm day older!
PSC
26th Sep 2022
Trying to hit my goal of a sub 20 minute 5k
21st Sep 2022
Running wise; managing my patella tendinitis. Life wise; staying positive about the future.
6th Sep 2022
To keep running or walking!
27th Aug 2022
To loss some weight and to get back my fittest level back up to pre marathon training
24th Aug 2022
AT the moment, a 5k swim, but I think some long distance bikepacking will be on the cards for next year
21st Aug 2022
Not getting injured, balancing managing osteoporosis and training
11th Aug 2022
The Beachy Head Marathon hopefully in 2022 training & injury permitting.
7th Aug 2022
Sprint triathlon in October 22 then we’ll see what comes next 😃
27th Jul 2022
My husband passed away in May 2022 at only 56 years of age. Those who have lost their spouse will know exactly what I mean.
13th Jul 2022
Updated challenge to be to try and achieve England Masters qualifying times
12th Jul 2022
Getting back to form after hip-replacement and lockdown weight gain
27th Jun 2022
Doing a sub-20 5k
25th Jun 2022
Trying to maintain which increases my WAVA.
19th Jun 2022
Death.
16th Jun 2022
Death. And the Leeds Marathon. Possibly the same thing.
10th Jun 2022
Being not injured again.
9th Jun 2022
With the age of 68 (thats still many years away) I want to ride once again the Styrkeproven in Norway, a 540km cycling event going from Trondheim to Oslo in one stage.
8th Jun 2022
reacheiving the sub 20 5k officially
6th Jun 2022
Training for my 27th marathon without getting injured.. again
5th Jun 2022
Getting my pace back.
27th May 2022
Said I’d do the Rob Burrow in Leeds next year. Apparently the course is very hilly 😮
24th May 2022
Trying to keep fit, healthy so that you can cover plenty of training miles towards the annual Dick Turpin 6 hour challenge in the autumn.
17th May 2022
Maybe a pipe dream .. but completing the Comrades Marathon.
Jef
15th May 2022
Anneka
9th May 2022
Getting a Boston Qualifying time in the marathon. Feel like I learn something with every race and am slowly getting there. Aim is to break 3:10 as a V40 - so 4 minutes to shave off in 18 months!
2nd May 2022
After completing then 100 marathons, which was a challenge in terms of logistics as well as the physical aspect, I want to get back to PB shape. Let’s see what Autumn 2022 holds in that regard.
2nd May 2022
Continuing to get older faster than I get slower.
26th Apr 2022
Getting out of bed?
24th Apr 2022
Figuring out what to do next! Race to the Castle 2024 maybe? Getting back to my parkrun PB for now.
19th Apr 2022
Perhaps the Frog Graham...
3rd Apr 2022
To climb Ben Nevis at 70
19th Feb 2022
Second ever marathon, Manchester in April. Aiming for a sub-3:45
7th Feb 2022
death
5th Feb 2022
The Hebden Hobble, which is 51.5km of off-road hills. The scenery will be gorgeous, but this distance is such a large personal best for me that it'd be a massive mountain to climb if it was flat, nevermind the 1400m of near-mountain to actually climb
KPM
4th Feb 2022
Too many to mention..I love a challenge 😁
28th Jan 2022
Time
28th Jan 2022
Keeping up my Runstreak! And maybe my next marathon..
23rd Jan 2022
Daily - getting up!
21st Jan 2022
Sportwise, getting back to running fitness after some health issues.
16th Jan 2022
I'm currently doing a running streak. It would be incredible to get to my comma day - but that is almost a year away at this stage!
14th Jan 2022
Finding “the one”. She’s out there somewhere.
10th Jan 2022
Marathon. I would like to be close to the 3 hr mark but I know that's going to be a push.
CBN
7th Jan 2022
Life is invariably fatal. Apparently no-one ever survives it. What to do about the inevitable post mortem run event refunds? Challenging.
6th Jan 2022
Overcoming injuries and to come to terms with the fact I am no longer able to run 100 miles a week.
5th Jan 2022
Gravity
29th Dec 2021
Defeating age
22nd Dec 2021
Exams, University and Life
15th Dec 2021
Getting my weight down to where it should be
9th Dec 2021
Getting fit again and coming to terms with not being able to do as much as i used to. From now on it will little and often
3rd Dec 2021
Sub 3 marathon and sub 11 Ironman
2nd Dec 2021
70km Platinum Jubilee in Portsmouth in June 2022 with Stevce. The things he gets me into....
24th Nov 2021
Maintaining my improved form and keeping my 10ks 45 and below. Get my half marathon times back down to 140ish
2nd Nov 2021
Can't tell you that right now, but it is a big one, and not fun.
17th Oct 2021
Keeping fit and well despite having been diagnosed with Parkinson's in April 2019. It's the not knowing what's down the road that's hard, but I'm trying to fend it off as best I can, and exercise is helping me keep my fitness (and sanity!).
22nd Sep 2021
Keeping m mental health strong. Hopefully heling me complete a 1/2 IM
22nd Sep 2021
Time, finding it that is
12th Sep 2021
Visiting my family in this bloody pandemic!
9th Sep 2021
Having been diagnosed with prostate cancer, recovering from the prostatectomy and to hopefully be given the all clear.
2nd Sep 2021
Complete a 5k run!
1st Sep 2021
Deciding whether or not to have a go at another 100k event.
13th Aug 2021
I'd love to do a marathon...
ctg
13th Aug 2021
Doing another marathon, it’s been 10 years since I last did a full marathon, completed 3 full marathons London Edinburgh and Inverness plus every other race distance from 100 metres
4th Aug 2021
Unknown as yet
4th Aug 2021
Keeping calm in the face of misogyny.
MsG
31st Jul 2021
Doing consistent training
27th Jul 2021
Life. Nothing planned, lots of ideas.
17th Jul 2021
Tranter Round attempt
14th Jul 2021
The future. I have anxiety issues.
11th Jul 2021
I want to improve my health condition because I am a big-time smoker. Now, I am trying to quit my bad habit and trying to improve my health condition also I like marathons iron man those kinds of events. I might participate in these events.
2nd Jul 2021
The Welsh 3000ers - thats a far off ambition. And getting old (that's closer)
30th Jun 2021
Finishing another SLMM mountain marathon or regular road marathon; or finishing my book (it's on East Asian history so don't get too excited about wanting to read it)
30th Jun 2021
Currently getting back into running after a long break.
23rd Jun 2021
Getting under 2 hours 30 mins for my half marathon best
21st Jun 2021
stopping injuries
11th Jun 2021
Race and pick up the pace
10th Jun 2021
Trying to get back up to an 80% wava score. Not sure if I can get there again, but I would love too.
7th Jun 2021
Overcoming my inner saboteur to get to a place where I'm running regularly and consistently again.
6th Jun 2021
Defeating ninjas
3rd Jun 2021
I don't know. I don't have a crystal ball. But whatever it is, it better be prepared to have its ass kicked!
28th May 2021
Getting fit and staying fit and motivated.
26th May 2021
Right now: Half X again
25th May 2021
Finding time to run and bike seems a greater challenge every year.
20th May 2021
Moving on to Ultra running!
16th May 2021
To carry on running slowly and not to train to hard and have to stop due to injury
12th May 2021
50k run
23rd Apr 2021
starting to run again after total knee replacment, triple heart bypass and internal defibulator fitted.Have managed 100mtrs aiming this year to do 5k
21st Apr 2021
Diet.
19th Apr 2021
Learning how to stop holding myself back.
17th Apr 2021
Loosing weight and getting faster
12th Apr 2021
staying fit, healthy
11th Apr 2021
Conquering 2 fears that have a significant impact on my training and races.
10th Apr 2021
Ultramarathon
5th Apr 2021
Still waiting to do my first 100-mile run. Covid has stalled my plans somewhat, but I guess that is not something to complain about really.
5th Apr 2021
Death !..........and filling in my tax return
4th Apr 2021
Getting into the Norseman
28th Mar 2021
I turn 60 this year.....I am sure I am like everyone else and still feel no different from my twenty's, thinking about what my life will be like retirement on the horizon, more time to run and coach I would love to get to 70 plus WAVA score
27th Mar 2021
age
26th Mar 2021
Currently? Shifting the extra lockdown timber. Future? Marathon under 5 hours.
22nd Mar 2021
Keeping going but not getting too obsessed. Commitment without losing all sense of proportion, that’s the perfect balance.
20th Mar 2021
Finding my running mojo
14th Mar 2021
I have to run a Marathon. Done numerous half’s but after each one, I say never again.
13th Mar 2021
Running wise it’s getting back to full fitness ..... lazyitisis doesn’t help
13th Mar 2021
Getting running again - it's been a while. I need to get those leggings on and get out there.
12th Mar 2021
Finishing lejog 10
11th Mar 2021
An Ultra. My only official DNF was a trail Ultra - we had to bale on mile 12 when my girlfriend sprained her ankle and I had to help her down off the mountain. We’re determined to go back and try it again once Covid is over.
10th Mar 2021
LEJoG 9 874 miles in a year. Biggest challenge for me.
9th Mar 2021
Now that I am past 60 my times will be much slower.
9th Mar 2021
Running wise - Around the Rock - 48 miles in August Life wise - making the most of every day
9th Mar 2021
200 mile cycle round Norfolk
9th Mar 2021
Currently April 2021 marathon
9th Mar 2021
Balancing training and race efforts to keep myself fit and competitive but not to aggravate my knee injury (cartilage tear).
7th Mar 2021
Running through peri-menopause and the associated weight gain, lack of sleep and hormonal problems. It’s the pits. I’m just trying to keep going.
7th Mar 2021
2020 - Shifting some timber, getting back in the horse and running again. 2021 - See 2020...
17th Feb 2021
Keeping my performance up, well into retirement age.
8th Feb 2021
The biggest challenge is to enjoy every day
D2
6th Feb 2021
No real challenges ahead. Main one is just to look after my family of Itchies,
5th Feb 2021
Managing my broken body and the expectations I put on myself
20th Jan 2021
Staying physically fit now that I cannot run due to Primary Progressive MS, I use the exercise bike and walking with poles when I can..... trying to stay on my feet and upright.....
RFJ
10th Jan 2021
To overcome the mental barrier of running a full marathon
3rd Jan 2021
Keeping motivated to run every day at the moment when it's cold dark and wet. Want to run 1500 miles this year and still almost on target to do it. Missing racing during lockdown.
7th Nov 2020
Parenting
1st Oct 2020
Getting fit again after injury.
1st Sep 2020
Being able to run, injury free, consistently.
24th Aug 2020
Growing old disgracefully. Keeping active and mobile and not injured while I do it.
10th Aug 2020
Nothing. My races were all cancelled.
29th Jul 2020
Getting my parkrun 50 shirt, every time I get a little sequence going something derails it. Normally me!!
3rd Jul 2020
The world of Ultra’s. Should have been this year 2020 it may still be if not it will definitely be 2021
26th Jun 2020
Learning to swim without swallowing half of the pool and being comfortable in the water. I started taking lessons just before the pandemic and was making progress but sadly I feel I might be back at square one when we're allowed back in the pool
10th Jun 2020
Don't have anything in mind honestly... just interested in trying to be a good version of myself :)
4th Jun 2020
Running without stopping to roll into a bodybag.
27th May 2020
Keeping up with fitness as I age
22nd May 2020
To stay consistent with my running to find out how much I can really improve
21st May 2020
Returning to fitness and improving general health. 2019 began on a high that continued to late September, but its been a bit **** since then. Feeling more motivated now to get healthy and enjoying my running again.
17th May 2020
I sort of maybe said I might do an ultra.
9th May 2020
Getting back into a habit of training with the little one in my life
8th May 2020
Aging
5th May 2020
Short term, keeping motivated and relatively fit while unable to leave the house and garden area.
5th May 2020
Figuring out what I want to be when I grow up, and then becoming it.
28th Apr 2020
Not getting ill with mental illness and being in some sort of control. Not having a flare up of gout and keeping out of the way of negativity and stupidity.
24th Feb 2020
Making sure I am still running when I push towards 80! I thought 70 was going to be a challenge but that turned out quite easy!
24th Jan 2020
Not falling apart as I get more mature
11th Jan 2020
Who knows, I have completed many events up to Double ironman distance and I am always looking forward to the next challenge. I would love to qualify for Team GB as an age group triathlete and one day doing a deca-ironman and would love to do Arch2Arc
8th Jan 2020
Hoping that I don't upset anyone in my new job of 2020.
27th Dec 2019
Getting speed back into my old legs. Or maybe PBS are a thing of that past?
22nd Dec 2019
Returning from my knee injury. I appear to have broken myself.
8th Dec 2019
A full marathon in 2020. I want to join the 1%.
8th Dec 2019
If I ever manage to get fit enough again, then there's a 30 mile ultra in Sherwood Forest to be done again!
1st Dec 2019
Getting back up to Ultra distance. I don't think I'll ever do more than 50, because I think it might have broken me a bit.
6th Nov 2019
My own insecurities and negative thinking
29th Oct 2019
Now I’ve run my target race and completed a marathon I just aim to keeping running!
12th Oct 2019
Overcoming intermittent mild PF and medial tibial stress syndrome
9th Oct 2019
Getting fit again after several years of being a lazy git!
9th Oct 2019
Getting long run distances back up to 10+ miles after an operation in 2016 (and another in 2018)
20th Sep 2019
Keep on improving to the best of my ability with time available to train. My first challenge was a sub 4 marathon, after my first marathon the VMLM in 4.07 I had 2 'false starts' and then I managed a sub 3.30 in my second marathon.
16th Sep 2019
Montane Lakeland 50!
14th Sep 2019
Life. But- whatever the challenges that pop up, they are only manageable because I run. That head clearing space, sense of mental well being that my runs give me means I can face whatever comes along. I terms of running- can I get close to PBs at 48
8th Aug 2019
As always, I think it's ensuring the continued success and survival of the site. But I've no reason to think that won't happen.
21st May 2019
Remaining consistent with my training
6th May 2019
Fighting middle age
1st May 2019
continuing to avoid injury while striking a balance between doing my best and not pushing too hard
30th Apr 2019
Improving my 10K under 39mins
2nd Apr 2019
2:45 for a marathon, at least in the running world. Might run out of time now I'm 50.
jda
26th Feb 2019
Getting back to fitness and the glory days of 2014/15 when I was running well.
10th Jan 2019
It has always been sub 3.30 Marathon but I'm still 'hopeful'
9th Jan 2019
Shifting the pounds without injury
6th Jan 2019
Trying to get back to fitness by being patient and training sensibly, anyone who knows me knows that I'm not patient or sensible so it's going to be a bit of a challenge.
1st Jan 2019
Lizard-bats
13th Nov 2018
Pendine Ultra in April 2019
24th Oct 2018
Keeping going
20th Oct 2018
Being the best I can be and knowing when I'm there
7th Aug 2018
Keeping my fitness level the same (or improving it) as I gradually get older (I mean physically of course - in my mind I'm still nowhere near middle-age)
6th Aug 2018
Right now, to get my strength and fitness back after injury.
16th Jul 2018
After a lot of running last year I need to figure out what my goals are. Not sure I am up for the 80+ mile weeks. One side says go for 2:36 marathon (5:59 per mile) but other side says just enjoy it. Might give the 95 mile WHW race a bash next year.
4th Jul 2018
Work is my biggest challenge at the moment. It's all-consuming, and stressful. Running-wise I need to work on my speed and lose some weight. But will I?
27th Jun 2018
Doing an IronMan. Gotta be done sometime, once I've learned to swim properly & persuaded OH it is a good idea (which will be never)
18th Jun 2018
Right now, it's the thought of cycling the South Downs Way on July 14th - 100 miles offroad with 4000m of ascent. It will be my biggest day ever in the saddle, if I can do it...
17th Jun 2018
Getting older and keeping going!
15th Jun 2018
3 regular runs a week due to having 2 demanding little girls!
15th Jun 2018
Keeping up the mileage and fitting runs in due to family commitments and health issues.
15th Jun 2018
Everyday is a challenge, a big one but it only serves to show me how strong I have become.
15th Jun 2018
Cotswold Classic 1/2 Iron Man distance tri
15th Jun 2018
Bantham Swoosh.
15th Jun 2018
Avoiding injury and keeping my current enthusiasm high.
14th Jun 2018
Running 5k in one lump this year after suffering PF
Gus
14th Jun 2018
Several years of injury have made long runs more historical romance than factual. Now trying to slowly get back into regular running, steadily picking up mileage, so that a 10k or even HM becomes a possibility...
14th Jun 2018
Tor des Geants in September 2018.
14th Jun 2018
Fixing my knee so I can run again
14th Jun 2018
Not getting slower as I get older. I'd like to get above 75% WAVA also
14th Jun 2018
Telling my wife I want to do an Iron Man.
14th Jun 2018
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