My experience on day 18 of the 496 challenge where in a month with 31 days you run as many kilometres as the day’s date (in this case 18k on May 18) shows the motivational struggles and ups and downs I occasionally had. Sometimes from one day to the other, at occasion, like on day 18, even during the run.
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This clip was shot on day 17 of the 496 challenge, meaning I ran 17k. By now, I had established a pace half a minute slower than my usual easy run pace would be good to survive the next couple of days. For a long distance runner, the first 2 weeks are not much of a challenge, I’d say. Running 16k or even less each day are totally not a problem, and can be integrated into a full-time job business day somehow. I had taken leave from work for the last week of the challenge but not for the week starting with this clip.
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Hey guys! I’m new here. I just found Mastodon after installing the Vivaldi browser.

I would like to share a series of short clips in the near future of me running the 496 Challenge by Sean Conway. You simply run each day a distance matching the day’s date (e.g. 1k on the first of the month, 2k on the second, etc.) in a month with 31 days. You’ll end up with a total of 496 kilometres at the end of the month. Sean, who gave himself the nickname “the endurance guy” says on his homepage that only 10% of those who start this challenge go on to finish it.

Well, I don’t know if that’s true. I did this challenge last month (May 2025) and managed to finish it. It was pretty hard in the last week. I finished 8 marathons in the past, so I’m not new to long distances, and I guess that helped me. Anyhow, I broke two personal records with this challenge: total distance per week and total distance per month.

I previously posted my clips to Facebook and Instagram and will share them here as well soon.
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Sunday run done. 90 minutes and almost 14km. Kept in zone 2 as much as possible but crept up a little on some hills but all in all a very enjoyable session #running #longrun #sundaylongrun #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity

Nuit quasi blanche, sciatique 🍑 et mal de dos mais faut pas lâcher. Surtout pour la bonne cause 💪
Course la Ridot (Run Iroise Don d'Organes et Tissus)
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La veille d'une course, je sais vraiment bien soigner mon alimentation 🫣

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Treadmill tempo session today, 45 minutes with pace set to the high ends of zones 1,2 and 3. 5 minutes @ 6:34 min/km, 5 minutes @ 5:54 min/km, 30 minutes @ 5:24 min/km and 5 minutes @ 7:14 min/km. Total distance 7.86km @ 5:44 min/km max hr 180 bpm average 162 bpm #temporunning #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity

Demain matin, 12K...
La course LA RIDOT (Run Iroise Don d'Organes et Tissus) est un événement sportif et solidaire visant à sensibiliser au don d'organes et de tissus. Il s'agit d'une course caritative dont l'intégralité des frais d'inscription sera reversée à l'association France ADOT 29.
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Planned a 30 minute recovery run today, was touch and go whether I’d have chance to get out the door or not. Luckily found a window of opportunity later in the day. Decided to keep going to reach 5k to ‘round things off’ #running #recoveryrun #easyrun #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #runningcommunity

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Journée mondiale de la course à pied. Et on en profite pour tester la douleur présente depuis lundi 😬
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Starting this week off with a threshold run, 15 minutes warm up in zones 1-3 to get the heart pumping then 20 minutes in zone 4 3.90 km at 5:08min/km average hr 177bpm #running #thresholdrunning #heartratetraining #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #runningcommunity #globalrunningday

Aujourd'hui reprise du boulot après une semaine de vacances ☹️ Mais reprise en douceur avec un bla bla run avec les collègues ce soir. Et on en avait des choses à se dire après une semaine 😅

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Wasn’t expecting to go out for a run today but luck was on my side so shoes laced up and out for an easy pace jog round #running #easyrunning #polarrunning #runnersofmastodon #runningcommunity

Long run done ☑️ 10 min w/u 1.57km ave pace 6:22min/km ave hr 136 bpm 45 min aerobic 7.24 km ave pace 6:13min/km ave hr 155 bpm 30 min tempo 5.22km ave pace 5:45min/km ave hr 166 bpm 5 min cool down 0.63km ave pace 7:56min/km ave hr 154 bpm #running #longrun #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #runstats

Really enjoyed this Friday 4 🏃🏻🩵 wif sum stretch outs built in so happy wif them splits (just as I start my cutting phase my daughter brings these bad boys home - I hav not touched them - I must be a saint 🍰😩😂) #Running #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #runner #athlete #Health #fitness #workout #Sport #exercise #Music #cakes #cutting #mentalhealth #mindfulness #Friday #Weekend

Hard going running against the wind today, it didn’t help going uphill at the same time but 45 minutes tempo in a 10k sandwich #running #temporunning #10krunning #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity

Midweek easy pace zone 2 run 10 minutes warm up 30 minutes zone 2 and 5 minutes cool down #running #easyrunning #adidasrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity