Big day today. Running? Nope. Cycling? Nah.

Mowing. That’s right: today’s submission for Juneathon is cutting the grass.

I even tracked it using Strava:

My reward:

Today’s mileage = 0.4

Total Juneathon mileage = 68 running, 36 cycling, 0.4 mowing, some gym action, hungover dash to catch train and panicked run to cashpoint.

Another busy evening after work: an Endure 24 meeting to finalise arrangements.

Therefore, it was a quick run to the allotment to do a bit of watering. One mile there and one mile back. I lost count of the trips to and from the water trough I made during the watering process. That could have been today’s activity!

Today’s mileage = 2

Total Juneathon mileage = 68 running, 36 cycling, some gym action, hungover dash to catch train and panicked run to cashpoint.

Back on the bike after work today: a big loop of Bourne. 12 miles. A lovely evening for a pootle on the bike.

Had a lovely conversation with a fella at work who cycled John o’Groats to Land’s End, so I’m feeling enthused to try and do some sort of cycle touring adventure in the summer.

It definitely will not be Land’s End to John o’Groats – I’m thinking maybe a week’s adventure. Considering a bit of wild camping and/or B&B and/or hostels for overnight accommodation. Not decided yet.

Another idea is to plan the route to coincide with staying at friends or family. Here’s my first thought:

• Amy’s in Leicester
• Jill’s in Edenbridge
• Mum’s in London
• Kev’s in Norwich

I’m not entirely sure how far that is. 250 miles? 300 miles? 350 miles? It’s probably not the most scenic route, I’m not even sure if it even is an actual route – don’t particularly want to cycle down the A1! It’s only an initial idea and subject to change.

Today’s mileage = 12

Total Juneathon mileage = 66 running, 36 cycling, some gym action, hungover dash to train station and panicked run to cashpoint.

A 4.5 mile run in between today’s football games. It felt a bit tougher than it probably should have – I put that down to the weekend’s excesses.

I was back on the streets. Today I explored a couple of new parts of the town that have recently appeared.

Today’s mileage = 4.5

Total Juneathon mileage = 66 running, 24 cycling, gym action, hungover dash to train station and a panicked run to cashpoint.

A lame attempt today? You decide.

Firstly, let me put a few contextual points on the table:

• It was my mum’s 75th birthday party yesterday.
• I had been drinking punch, beer and Pimms – quite a lot of it.
• We didn’t drive down, so it meant we needed to get train, coach and bus to get back today.

Plus a few pictures to put things in perspective:

Ok, so now my submission for Juneathon Day 17:

• We were running late for train so had a very brisk 15min walk to station. With a hangover.
• Had to go to cashpoint to get some cash for the bus fare – again needed to run to cashpoint and back so that we could get the bus.

I’ll come back to my original question: lame?

Total Juneathon mileage = 61 running, 24 cycling, gym action, brisk hungover walk to station and a quick run to cashpoint.

Early miles today.

This weekend is a busy one: off to London to celebrate my mum’s 75th birthday!

Decided to kill two birds with one stone this morning by running to the allotment to give it a watering. It’s been a few days since I’ve been down there, it looked like a lovely dry morning and there’s no rain forecast so it was a case of needs must.

Ironically, I ran back home in the rain.

Today’s mileage = 2

Total Juneathon mileage = 61 running, 24 cycling and some gym action.