Circumpolar Race Around the World (CRAW)

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Week 31 Update
It was eventually going to happen, but our streak of 400+ miles per week came to an end. We completed 367 miles last week (which is still good given that our average is about 373 miles and we were one person down last week). It is amazing what we can do when we are at full force.

As for milestones this past week:

• Completed 75% of Antarctica and Region 4 (3/30)
• @Dopey 2020 crossed the 1,500 mile mark for CRAW (3/31)

At the end of Sunday, we were 2,792 miles into Antarctica, and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 4 next week between 4/13 & 4/15. We had a CRAW total of 11,571 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage (53.6 miles/day).

Have a great week!

 

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Week 32 Update
We completed 366 miles last week. As for milestones this past week:

• @RunDopey crossed the 2,000 mile mark for CRAW (4/8)
• @Dopey 2020 completed Star Wars Virtual Half Marathon (4/10)

At the end of Sunday, we were 3,158 miles into Antarctica, and we should complete Antarctica and Region 4 on Wednesday or Thursday. We had a CRAW total of 11,937 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage (53.5 miles/day).

Looking forward to Australia!

 

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Region 4 (Antarctica) Summary
The CRAW Region 4 route consisted of a whole lot of ice for a total of 3,296 miles (the longest region of CRAW). We were in Antarctica the entire time. As a team, we rocked it with the highest average miles per day of any region so far:

Region​	Distance​	Days to Finish​	Team Average Miles Per Day​
1​	2,512 mi​	45.5 days​	55.2 mi/day​
2​	3,094 mi​	61.6 days​	50.3 mi/day​
3​	3,173 mi​	64.6 days​	49.1 mi/day​
4​	3,296 mi​	54.4 days​	60.5 mi/day​

For the total of regions 1-4, we have completed 12,075 miles over 226.1 days for a team average of 53.4 miles per day.

For Region 4, our team's breakout of running vs. walking was:

Running (including treadmill)	2,330 miles (71%)
Walking (including hiking)	966 miles (29%)
Total	3,296 miles

And now, for Region 4 top honors...

Top 3 Mileage (Running & Walking)

1. @RunDopey - 524.5 miles (average of 9.6 miles per day)
2. @camaker - 468.3 miles (average of 8.6 miles per day)
3. @opusone - 415.7 miles (average of 7.6 miles per day)

Top 3 Running Mileage

1. @RunDopey - 512.0 miles
2. @opusone - 399.4 miles
3. @camaker - 333.3 miles

Top 3 Walking Mileage

1. @Dopey 2020 - 204.2 miles
2. @Baloo in MI - 176.2 miles
3. @kbenson13 - 172.3 miles

For an aggregate total of the entire CRAW to date, here are the overall awards (Regions 1-4 combined)...

Top 3 Total CRAW Mileage (Running & Walking)

1. @RunDopey - 2,064 miles (average of 9.1 miles per day)
2. @camaker - 1,845 miles (average of 8.0 miles per day)
3. @Dopey 2020 - 1,602 miles (average of 7.0 miles per day)

@Baloo in MI was, in effect, tied for 3rd (less than 0.2 miles behind)

Top 3 Total CRAW Running Mileage

1. @RunDopey - 1,989 miles
2. @camaker - 1,303 miles
3. @opusone - 1,264 miles

Top 3 Total CRAW Walking Mileage

1. @Dopey 2020 - 886 miles
2. @Baloo in MI - 852 miles
3. @avondale - 593 miles

Four regions down, eight to go! We have completed a total of 12,075 miles so far as a team, and although we have only completed 4 of 12 (or 33%) of the regions, we have completed right at 40% of the total mileage, so we're almost on the downhill side of CRAW . Congrats team!!

 

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And a few cumulative CRAW graphics...

 

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Weeks 33 & 34 Update
Once again... a little delayed in my updates, so I'll combine the last two weeks; however, I will blame it on a long-lasting "I can't believe we are finally off Antarctica" party hangover. Yes! We did it!! We completed Antarctica (Region 4) and moved on to Australia (Region 5).

It seemed that all of us took at little party break as we only had about 357 miles during our transition week between the two regions (I guess there also could have been a little jetlag from our flight from Antarctica to Australia, or would that be boatlag if we took a ship?). In any case, we picked it up again last week and completed 405 miles.

As for milestones during these past two weeks:

• Completed Antarctica and Region 4 and started Australia and Region 5 (4/15)
• Crossed 40% of total CRAW mileage (4/15)
• @kbenson13 crossed the 500-mile mark for CRAW (4/15)
• For the second region in a row, @Dopey 2020 started the region off right... at WDW

At the end of Sunday, we were 624 miles into Region 5 (Australia), and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 5 between 5/31 & 6/4 depending on whether you use our Region 5 average daily mileage (57.4 miles per day) or our overall CRAW average daily mileage (53.6 miles per day). We had a CRAW total of 12,699 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage.

Keep up the motivation!

 

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• @kbenson13 crossed the 500-mile mark for CRAW (4/15)

I'm glad to finally be contributing mileage!

 

[avondale]

Weeks 33 & 34 Update
Once again... a little delayed in my updates, so I'll combine the last two weeks; however, I will blame it on a long-lasting "I can't believe we are finally off Antarctica" party hangover. Yes! We did it!! We completed Antarctica (Region 4) and moved on to Australia (Region 5).

It seemed that all of us took at little party break as we only had about 357 miles during our transition week between the two regions (I guess there also could have been a little jetlag from our flight from Antarctica to Australia, or would that be boatlag if we took a ship?). In any case, we picked it up again last week and completed 405 miles.

As for milestones during these past two weeks:

• Completed Antarctica and Region 4 and started Australia and Region 5 (4/15)
• Crossed 40% of total CRAW mileage (4/15)
• @kbenson13 crossed the 500-mile mark for CRAW (4/15)
• For the second region in a row, @Dopey 2020 started the region off right... at WDW

At the end of Sunday, we were 624 miles into Region 5 (Australia), and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 5 between 5/31 & 6/4 depending on whether you use our Region 5 average daily mileage (57.4 miles per day) or our overall CRAW average daily mileage (53.6 miles per day). We had a CRAW total of 12,699 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage.

Keep up the motivation!

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So glad to have Google street view on our route again! The scenery is already changing quite a bit for the area of Australia we've gone through.

 

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So glad to have Google street view on our route again! The scenery is already changing quite a bit for the area of Australia we've gone through.

Sure isn't much shade, though!

 

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Week 35 Update
We completed 410 miles last week (our second week in a row over 400 miles). As for milestones this past week:

• Passed the 25% mark for Region 5 (Mon 4/26)
• @camaker crossed the 2,000 mile mark for CRAW (Sun 5/2)

At the end of Sunday, we were 1,034 miles into Region 5 (Australia), and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 5 between 5/31 & 6/3 depending on whether you use our Region 5 average daily mileage (57.8 miles per day) or our overall CRAW average daily mileage (53.7 miles per day). We had a CRAW total of 13,108 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage.

If in doubt, go out and run or walk!

 

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Week 36 Update
We completed 434 miles last week (our third week in a row over 400 miles). As for milestones this past week:

• Crossed the 50% mark for Region 5 (Sat 5/8)
• @opusone crossed the 1,500 mile mark for CRAW (Sun 5/9)
• @kbenson13 set a new weekly mileage PR (45.8 miles)
• @Krandor set a new weekly mileage PR (42.0 miles)

At the end of Sunday, we were 1,467 miles into Region 5 (Australia), and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 5 between 5/31 & 6/2 depending on whether you use our Region 5 average daily mileage (59.0 miles per day) or our overall CRAW average daily mileage (54.0 miles per day). We had a CRAW total of 13,542 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage.

Keep up the great work, team!

 

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Just looked at the map, and we recently crossed over the Tropic of Capricorn. They had a metal sculpture off the side of the road...

 

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Just looked at the map, and we recently crossed over the Tropic of Capricorn. They had a metal sculpture off the side of the road...

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How cool! I missed that.

 

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Week 37 Update
Wow!!! Great job this past week. We completed 458 miles last week. Not only is this our fourth week in a row over 400 miles, but this is our biggest mileage week so far for Region 5 and our 2nd biggest mileage week of all time. As for milestones this past week:

• @avondale crossed the 1,500 mile mark for CRAW (Mon 5/10)
• @camaker completed an in-person marathon (Tobacco Road Marathon) and set a PR (Sat 5/15)
  • his first sub-4 hour marathon
  • beat his prior in-person marathon PR by over 20 minutes
  • beat his prior virtual marathon PR by almost 9 minutes
• @Baloo in MI set a new weekly mileage PR (79.3 miles)

Also, on last week's update, I somehow missed the fact that @RunDopey completed a 50k (Wildflower Trail 50k) on Sat 5/8!

At the end of Sunday, we were 1,926 miles into Region 5 (Australia), and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 5 on 5/30 or 5/31 depending on whether you use our Region 5 average daily mileage (60.4 miles per day) or our overall CRAW average daily mileage (54.3 miles per day). We had a CRAW total of 14,001 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage.

Let's keep the momentum going!

 

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Week 38 Update
We downshifted a bit this last week with 361 miles completed, but we are still on track for this region to be our second highest average miles per day. As for milestones this past week:

• Crossed the 75% mark for Region 5 (Tue 5/18)
• @opusone completed his first in-person race in over a year and a half (Chicagoland Spring Half Marathon) - was 75-80° during the race with 70% humidity, but thankfully the cloud cover stayed for the entire race. No PR, but still a respectable 1:45:28 official time.

At the end of Sunday, we were 2,288 miles into Region 5 (Australia), and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 5 next week on about Monday 5/31. We had a CRAW total of 14,363 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage (54.2 miles/day).

Let's finish this region strong!

 

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Week 39 Update
We finished Australia and Region 5!!

During the past week, we logged 371 miles and finished Region 5 (summary to come shortly) with our second highest average miles per day of all five regions. As for milestones this past week:

• Completed Australia and Region 5 (Sun 5/30)!!
• Started Region 6 in East Timor (Sun 5/30)

At the end of Sunday, we were 21 miles into Region 6 (East Timor and Indonesia), and the very early prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 6 on about 7/9. We had a CRAW total of 14,734 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage (54.4 miles/day).

Way to go team!

 

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Region 5 (Australia) Summary
The CRAW Region 5 route consisted of one continent/country, Australia, for a total of 2,638 miles. We completed the region with the second highest average miles per day of any region so far:

Region	Distance	Days to Finish	Team Average Miles Per Day
1	2,512 mi	45.5 days	55.2 mi/day
2	3,094 mi	61.6 days	50.3 mi/day
3	3,173 mi	64.6 days	49.1 mi/day
4	3,296 mi	54.4 days	60.5 mi/day
5	2,638 mi	45.4 days	58.1 mi/day

For the total of regions 1-5, we have completed 14,713 miles over 271.5 days for a team average of 54.2 miles per day.

For Region 5, our team's breakout of running vs. walking was:

Running (including treadmill)	1,667 miles (63%)
Walking (including hiking)	971 miles (37%) - highest % walking of any region
Total	2,638 miles

And now, for Region 5 top honors...

Top 3 Mileage (Running & Walking)

1. @camaker - 394.1 miles (average of 8.7 miles per day)
2. @Baloo in MI - 389.2 miles (average of 8.6 miles per day)
3. @Dopey 2020 - 379.2 miles (average of 8.4 miles per day)

Top 3 Running Mileage

1. @opusone - 339.1 miles
2. @RunDopey - 333.5 miles
3. @camaker - 225.9 miles

Top 3 Walking Mileage

1. @Baloo in MI - 233.0 miles
2. @Dopey 2020 - 218.1 miles
3. @camaker - 168.2 miles

For an aggregate total of the entire CRAW to date, here are the overall awards (Regions 1-5 mileage combined)...

Top 3 Total CRAW Mileage (Running & Walking)

1. @RunDopey - 2,413 miles (average of 8.8 miles per day)
2. @camaker - 2,239 miles (average of 8.2 miles per day)
3. @Baloo in MI - 1,991 miles (average of 7.3 miles per day)

Top 3 Total CRAW Running Mileage

1. @RunDopey - 2,322 miles
2. @opusone - 1,603 miles
3. @camaker - 1,529 miles

Top 3 Total CRAW Walking Mileage

1. @Dopey 2020 - 1,104 miles
2. @Baloo in MI - 1,085 miles
3. @camaker - 710 miles

Five regions down, seven to go! We have completed a total of 14,703 miles so far as a team, and although we have completed 5 of 12 (or 42%) of the regions, we have completed right about 49% of the total mileage, so we're about to cross the CRAW halfway point. Well done everybody!!

 

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Updated cumulative CRAW graphics (through Region 5)...

 

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Week 40 Update
Given that we were only 8-strong this past week, we had a great first full week in Region 6. We completed 370 miles last week. As for milestones:

• @Baloo in MI crossed the 2,000 mile mark for CRAW (Mon 5/31), and it appears to be a great race as...
• @Dopey 2020 crossed the 2,000 mile mark for CRAW (Tue 6/1)
• Completed our extremely short stint in East Timor and started Indonesia (Tue 6/1)
• As a team, we crossed the 15,000 overall mile mark for CRAW (Sat 6/5)
• WE ARE HALFWAY DONE! Crossed the halfway point of CRAW (Sun 6/6)

At the end of Sunday, we were 392 miles into Region 6, and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 6 on 7/9 or 7/10. We had a CRAW total of 15,105 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing about 1 year 6.5 months total based on our average daily team mileage.

If anybody is reading this and wants to join our team, please let us know - we currently have two spots open!

 

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Week 41 Update
The good news is that we are now up to 9-strong on our team. The bad news is that we still have one open spot to fill. Any DISboarders out there want to participate?

Another strong week for the nine of us with 392 miles completed last week. As for milestones:

• @jmasgat joined our team. Welcome!
• Crossed the 25% mark for Region 6 (Wed 6/9)
• @RunDopey crossed the 2,500 mile mark for CRAW (Sun 6/13)

As of yesterday, we were 784 miles into Region 6, and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 6 on about 7/9. We had a CRAW total of 15,497 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing a finish date in mid-March (about 1 year 6.5 months for the total journey) based on our average daily team mileage.

Have a great week, everyone, and stay cool out there!

 

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Weeks 42, 43 & 44 Update
Clearly I have been slacking on the updates lately, but work has been brutal as my boss left, and so I currently have two jobs. Hopefully, I will get more support to relieve some of the responsibilities soon.

We are still down one on the team (so if anybody reading wants to join, feel free to PM me).

Over the past three weeks, we have racked up a total of 1,012 miles (338 average miles per week). As for milestones:

• Crossed the halfway point in Indonesia (Sat 6/19)
• Crossed the 50% mark for Region 6 (Sat 6/19)
• Crossed the 75% mark for Region 6 (Wed 6/30)
• @camaker crossed the 2,500 mile mark for CRAW (Fri 7/2)

As of end of Sunday, we were 1,797 miles into Region 6, and the prediction models are showing that we should finish Region 6 on about 7/11 (so, maybe by the end of this week!). We had a CRAW total of 16,510 miles completed, and for the entire CRAW, the prediction model is showing a finish date in mid-March (about 1 year 6.5 months for the total journey) based on our average daily team mileage.

Hope all is well!