i ran for 1,191 days. didnt even notice the competition was ended till i saw the cow icons unload one day
i hate to think about how much extra electricity i used on that, since i was leaving machines on for it.
but i still think it was worthwhile, as yotta said there was a bug in the client that stopped it being found, unfortunate but it happens.
i didnt join the new search as mainly i hadnt realized it had started and secondly i didnt want any more $800 a month electricity bills