{"id":1281,"date":"2019-11-14T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/?p=1281"},"modified":"2019-11-17T18:51:33","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T18:51:33","slug":"5k-a-day-318-365-a-half-marathon-before-work-as-part-of-the-manchester-24-hour-run-against-homelessness-supporting-a-bed-every-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/2019\/11\/14\/5k-a-day-318-365-a-half-marathon-before-work-as-part-of-the-manchester-24-hour-run-against-homelessness-supporting-a-bed-every-night\/","title":{"rendered":"5k-a-day 318\/365 &#8211; A Half Marathon before work as part of the Manchester 24 Hour Run Against Homelessness supporting A Bed Every Night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Thursday 14th November 2019<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Distance: 22.2 km<\/strong><\/li><li>Total to date: 2104.3 km <\/li><li>Rolling target: 1590km<\/li><li>Ahead of rolling target: 514.3 km<\/li><li>Days remaining: 47<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning I set my alarm for 04:10 in order to get up, shower, eat breakfast, and catch the 05:30 train to Manchester. I had signed up to run as part of the Manchester 24 Hour Run Against Homelessness. This was an event run by Run Wild, the University of Manchester SU&#8217;s social running group, to raise money for a charity called A Bed Every Night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event started at 12:00 on Wednesday and ran through to 12:00 Thursday. The 24 hours were broken up into 5km, 30 minute slots. I signed up to run four slots from 07:00 to 09:00. That was 20km but with the distance from the station to the SU I ended up doing just over a half marathon distance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well done to everyone who took part, whether they ran just one lap or 10, at 3pm in the afternoon or 3am in the morning! \u00a32,485 was raised!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/themanchester24hourrunagainsthomelessness\">justgiving.com\/crowdfunding\/themanchester24hourrunagainsthomelessness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day 318\/365 running 5k-a-day in 2019 for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlzResearchUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlzResearchUK<\/a> &#8211; Half Marathon before work as part of the Manchester 24 Hour Run Against Homelessness<br><br>Donate at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VlrikvzK6f\">https:\/\/t.co\/VlrikvzK6f<\/a> <br><br>See my route on Strava <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BgOHnYGR21\">https:\/\/t.co\/BgOHnYGR21<\/a><br><br>Follow my progress<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t00tpUQrh1\">https:\/\/t.co\/t00tpUQrh1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iBHaty4IkA\">pic.twitter.com\/iBHaty4IkA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Graham Holland \u27a1\ufe0f REGISTER TO VOTE \u2b05\ufe0f (@itsafrogslife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsafrogslife\/status\/1194927905274519552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2863893038\/embed\/3efbac7ffd1b8870d1eebe18cf8ab0665bdf93c0'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<a style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#FC4C02;color:#fff;padding:5px 10px 5px 30px;font-size:11px;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:10px center;border-radius:3px;background-image:url('http:\/\/badges.strava.com\/logo-strava-echelon.png')\" href=\"http:\/\/strava.com\/athletes\/9681964\/badge\" target=\"_clean\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n  Follow me on\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/badges.strava.com\/logo-strava.png?resize=51%2C13\" alt=\"Strava\" style=\"margin-left:2px;vertical-align:text-bottom\" height=\"13\" width=\"51\">\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/fundraising\/grahamruns5kaday\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/justgiving-donate.png?resize=370%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/justgiving-donate.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/itsafrogslife.net\/grahamruns\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/justgiving-donate.png?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Help me reach my fundraising target for Alzheimer&#8217;s Research UK.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham runs 5k-a-day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 14th November 2019 Distance: 22.2 km Total to date: 2104.3 km Rolling target: 1590km Ahead of rolling target: 514.3 km Days remaining: 47 This morning I set my alarm for 04:10 in order to get up, shower, eat breakfast, and catch the 05:30 train to Manchester. 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