In April over Zoom calls, a few of the participants helped Oujgli complete his 40-kilometer run in his apartment by taking turns running 5 kilometers with him at a time in their living rooms.Īs the year progressed and the distance grew, the group started to up the ante. Right from the beginning, the Insanity Challengers were crushing it by coming up with fun ways to overcome even the greatest of barriers: quarantine. One interesting dynamic from this group of athletes is that most do not have backgrounds in distance running and, for many, the 50-kilometer run in May was their longest run prior to the challenge.Īlmost all of the ‘Insanity Challengers,’ however, are well-known in Shanghai’s sporting communities and were up for the challenge, including Intersport’s Kate Hill and Robin Trebbe RunnersHai’s Inigo Arocena, Leigh Hallam and Pedro Martins F45’s Lauren Hogan Trash Runners’ Kate Sogor Xiaolongxia Swim Team’s Chavi Terren and Lauren Tininenko FC Windmills and Tulips Football Team’s Jeroen van Zanden Spinback’s Noureddine Sahibi and FitFam’s Amy Chu, Charaf Oujgli, Cory Arth, David Chadsey, Konrad Hufmann, Paul Kunchinski, Rebecca Silver and Steven Lee. The word eventually got out among more of Shanghai’s sports groups and, soon enough, 19 people from the city’s sports communities were signed up to take on the challenge. Most thought this new challenge was an excellent way to stay in shape, especially as many of the races in China were starting to be canceled due to COVID-19. Sounds easy enough, right?Īfter returning to Shanghai, they shared the idea to the Marcothon Challenge Finishers WeChat group, which included members who successfully ran 5 kilometers every single day in December. In that case, it must be done within 24 hours, or in one go if it’s a race that lasts beyond 24 hours. The rules are simple: You must complete your run within one calendar day, unless it’s an overnight race. Jeroen van Zanden had an epiphany mid-flight, saying, “Let’s do one long run every month of 2020, with the distance of each run increasing by 10 kilometers each month.” In other words, a running challenge that starts with a 10-kilometer run in January and ends with a 120-kilometer run in December. It all started on a January flight back to Shanghai with a group of friends. What do these three people all have in common? They are all participants in the ‘+10 Kilometer Insanity Challenge’. Search the hashtag #ConnectThruSweat to see who else is joining the challenge.Reader Reports is a new series where That’s readers share worthwhile stories of their time in the Middle Kingdom.Ī wig model-turned basketball coach an ultra-trail runner who spends every weekend flying down the craziest trails she can find and a mom who’s constantly on-the-go with her kids. So, if you want to get involved, send me a DM or tag me in a post. Joining together in this challenge will not only make us accountable to each other but as a collective we can motivate each other to get out the door every single day and tick off those miles. We will all run at the same time around the world! We’ll run the streets of London together as well as being united globally with everyone taking part in the challenge in New York, Tokyo, Stockholm & London. Then on Friday December 1st, I will lead a 5k run in central London to celebrate achieving 50 miles. ![]() The challenge is to run every single day. I’ve done a similar challenge before and it made me realise that when I put my mind to something, I can be really disciplined. If you break it down, it’s 2.5K a day (of course you can run further if you want to) BUT the key is the DAILY commitment. You can run on the road, trail, treadmill, whatever you want. ![]() So, we want to encourage you to commit to a daily run or walk. November is the start of winter training and it can be hard to stay motivated, especially if you’re a morning runner like me. Of course, I said yes!Īs a runner and a supporter of women, I’m excited to get involved and to connect with all of the other runners too. Ally is an adidas ambassador, Peleton Instructor, Brooklyn Nets host AND the founder of Love Squad, a movement that encourages and empowers women to come together and to ‘connect through sweat’.Īlly DM’d me earlier this month to tell me about the concept of #ConnectThruSweat and to see if I would be up for the run challenge. I met Ally last year in San Francisco at the global launch of the adidas UltraBoostX. Throughout November I am going to be joining Ally Love and her LOVE SQUAD run challenge #ConnectThruSweat.
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