Two weeks into this year’s ridiculous ‘different activity every day’ Juneathon. Today: early morning run.

I was out the door at 5.55am. It was a beautiful morning and wanted to just have a gentle little 3-miler down to the river and back.

I made the mistake of running around the field on the way back, which meant my feet were absolutely soaked by the time I got off it.

But it was a lovely run – 3.5 miles in total – these early morning runs should definitely make a more regular appearance in the week.

Today, a first for me at the ripe old age of 53, a ‘video’ workout. When I say video, I’m not talking Green Goddess, Rosemary Connelly or even Mr Motivator. I’m talking about the craze of online workouts.

I joined the better half for a online workout: ‘arms and abs’. Instructor Caroline put us through our paces. I actually quite enjoyed it. 30 mins of focused, non-stop exercise.

She had us shoulder pressing, chest pressing, lateral raising, tricep dipping, rowing, and all plethora of pain.

I’ll be feeling it in the morning!

Today’s Juneathon attempt was a fast mile.

Managed a 6.35 mile in the late afternoon – it was still pretty warm so more than happy with that.

After the fast mile I had a gentle pootle back through the fields.

‘Death and the Penguin’ by Andrey Kurkov

This was a recommended by someone a while back, then it appeared on ‘Between the Covers’ on BBC2, so thought it was about time I gave it a read.

This story follows Viktor, an aspiring writer in Ukraine. He wants to write novels but ends up writing obituaries. He also has a penguin! He rescued it from a zoo when they couldn’t afford to feed it.

It takes a while, but he eventually realises he has been drawn into a world of politics and mafia. Viktor’s relationship with Misha, his penguin, is seemingly weird, but fascinating.

Good little novel – well worth a read.

Garden circuits.

5 stations:

• Triceps – Dips/Rows
• Abs/Core – Sit-ups/Bicycle Legs
• Biceps – Curls
• Legs – Squats/Lunges
• Shoulders – Shoulder Presses

45 secs on each exercise. 15 secs rest.

Done before 10am. Nice.

Now before everyone starts, I am counting a different Parkrun venue as a different activity this month. End of. No more discussion.

Today was Gorleston Cliffs Parkrun; my home Parkrun. Lovely morning, sunny, warm, the perfect start to the weekend.

Just about got there in time this morning – I had about 20secs to spare before the off. It was a bit of a late decision to attend.

Ran it pretty steady/fast – sub 8min/miles – getting a bit quicker every mile.

Coolio.