ENDEAVOUR HALFWAY POINT

12pm Thursday marks the point in our challenge where we pull out our best power pose and scream “Woah, we're half way there!”.  Although let’s not follow all Bon Jovi’s advice because he also claims “It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not”. That’s not the attitude Jon.  Just to milk this Bon Jovi pun completely dry that song was from “Slippery when wet”. Seems appropriate given the weather that has hit in the last 24 hours.

But enough of Bon Jovi let’s catch up on Wednesday and Thursday mornings highlights.

John Connolly led us off at 8am on Wednesday morning and managed to find some ice free paths for a hard four hours which he said was his toughest yet, he admitted a mid-run squat didn’t help his frame of mind. 29.4 miles bagged with 2539 feet of ascent.

Rob Turner took over at 12pm with his second run of the challenge. Damp feet was the order of the day as he raced round the outskirts of a slushy Edinburgh for a healthy 30.7 miles and 1398 feet of ascent. Thank goodness Rob won’t have to dry those socks in a Camper van like during last years Endeavour.

Paul Giblin started at 4pm and clearly didn’t have Bon Jovi’s “Slippery when wet” on his mind as he proceeded to face plant in the mud in his first 2km. Due to the solo nature of this challenge sadly there are no pictures of this incident. Paul dusted himself down unhurt and proceeded to run 31.4 miles with 1122 feet of ascent.

The overnight runners were looking on at the incoming Storm Christoph with nerves, however James and Grant both based in the south west of Scotland missed the worst of the weather. James ran his biggest total of the challenge so far- 31.2 miles and 2904 feet ascent consisting of what he called insanity loops- bread and butter for a man who likes to run 24 hours on a track. Grant on the midnight-4am shift also dodged the worst of the snow and racked up 28.9 miles and 3862 feet of ascent.

The Kazco partnership took us into Thursday morning running 29 miles and 2927 feet between them. Finally taking us to the official half-way point of Endeavour 2021 was Chris Cowley who certainly didn’t miss the worst of the weather. In his words

“3.5 hours of heavy snow. Lots of wind. 25% of time running spent with eyes shut due to previous points”

Bet he was still smiling though - 28 miles and 3609 feet of ascent. A heroic effort to take us to the halfway point of Endeavour 2021.

Halfway point totals: 

Hours run: 84 (of 168)

Distance run: 599.4 miles

Elevation Gain: 74,928 feet

Get Involved!

• RUN: you can support us, just by donating some Endeavour Support Miles of your own. It would motivate us if our community could get close to (and beat) 1,000 miles across the week. Just let us know how many miles you run by posting on social media, tagging @pyllon and using the hashtag #PyllonEndeavour - you can also log your miles on our Strava club - Pyllon Endeavour.

• TALK: It’s not always obvious when people are struggling or suffering mental health problems - so ask, and listen. Just creating a safe space - free of judgement for people to talk about how they feel can be life changing and life saving.

• FOLLOW: we’ll do our best to update you on the event through the website and across social media. We’ll have someone running at all hours day and night for a full week

• SUPPORT: we’d love it if you could send us burritos again. We’re joking - we haven’t eaten another since the last event! We will be running for 168 hours straight - so feel free to send some messages of support at any time. It’ll make all the difference at 2 in the morning to know someone is following!

• SHARE: clearly we cannot get together in person, so if you do want to support us please share our messages, leave comments and likes on social media and let others know more about why we are doing this challenge

• DONATE: SAMH are our charity partner again and we are hoping to help them continue the great work they do by raising funds for them - awareness of mental health saves lives. So if you can spare any money, we know it will be used wisely, and it will make a difference. Donate now.

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Hope to see your Endeavour Support miles soon :)