Early start. It was a lovely morning.

3.83 miles in the sun.

I was listening to an episode of Talkhouse Podcast – Frank Turner talks with Billy Bragg. Right up my street!

Juneathon Totals:

7 days running = 35.06 miles

1 day swimming = 537 metres

Friday runs after work always feel like hard work. No different tonight. Started off with this…

3 nice gentle miles around the village.

Then did this…

Another 3 nice gentle miles with Kerry when she had finished work.

6.1 miles in all.

Juneathon Totals:

6 days running = 31.23 miles

1 day swimming = 537 metres

First non-running day of the month. I’ve taken to swimming on Thursdays after work.

The school has a swimming pool so it would be stupid not to take advantage of the fact. I’m not great at swimming so having the opportunity to try to improve my technique (and give my legs a rest from pounding the streets) makes perfect sense.

It’s not a full length pool, in fact it is a rather strange 15.8m length, so you end up doing lots of ‘lengths’. Although, when I say ‘lots’, with my technique and speed it is never ‘lots’.

Tonight: 34 lengths. 537m.

Juneathon Totals:

5 days running = 25.13 miles

1 day swimming = 537 metres

I got out of work nice and early and was out and running around the village by 5pm.

I was listening to one of my favourite albums ever: ‘God Shuffled His Feet’ by Crash Test Dummies.

An absolute classic. Released in 1993 and reaching number 2 in the UK album chart. The opening track, ‘God Shuffled his Feet’ is one of the best opening tracks on any album ever.

Back to the run…

5.72 miles – it was a lovely afternoon – bright sunshine.

Juneathon Totals:

5 days running = 25.13 miles

Tomorrow: hoping for a swim.

‘The Terrible Thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket’ by John Boyne

A book for teenagers. A good little read. It’s about an 8-year-old boy, Barnaby Brocket, who defies the law of gravity and floats.

His parents are obsessed with the normal, and Barnaby is far from normal in their eyes.

An uplifting celebration of otherness.

It was raining when I got in from school, so it was a quick treadmill run: 3.2 miles.

Today’s ’what I was listening to during exercise’ was Grace Petrie’s 2021 album ‘Connectivity’.

Great album. Some favourite tracks include: ‘Romance Addict’, ‘Technicolor’, and my favourite ‘IKEA’.

Totals:

4 days running: 19.41 miles