Rest Day.

Tight calf.

Day 7 of Juneathon.

After yesterday’s seemingly harmless activity of running up and down the stairs, which resulted in a tight calf, a trip to the gym for a bit of a gentle bike ride was on the cards.

All in all a successful first week of Juneathon. 7 days, 7 activities.

Juneathon Day 7 = 9.3 mile bike ride

Juneathon totals:

• 31.3 miles run
• 50 times up and down the stairs
• 9.3 miles on the bike

After a rather long and emotional day, last day teaching my lovely year 11s, I couldn’t face running after work.

So I ran up and down the stairs 50 times. 650 steps up. 650 steps down.

Juneathon day 6. Done.

Nothing to see here!

Juneathon Day 5.

Dragged the dog round the woods – 3.8 miles.

Total Juneathon running so far = 31.3 miles

Today was all about the rise of the machines.

Photocopiers hate me.

Today went something like this:

• Photocopier one ran out of paper mid copy – none easily available – had to go fetch some.
• Paper jam one – solved and sorted.
• Paper jam two – solved and sorted – it was the same problem moments before.
• Paper jam three – swore at machine and went off to find another one.
• Photocopier two had a red light blinking at me and refused to come to life.
• Photocopier three ran out of A3 paper halfway through second task – none easily available – had to go fetch some.

Scarpered out of school very quickly today to get to the gym for some treadmill action.

Treadmills hate me.

Treadmill number one was unable to incline, no matter how many times I pressed the ‘incline’ button. In the end it stopped and flashed up the words ‘error comm net’, whatever that meant.

Treadmill two was making a weird whizzing grinding sort of noise, so I jumped off that one pretty lively.

Treadmills three and four were already taken (and appeared to be working fine).

Which left treadmill five, the battered one in the corner, the one with the repaired belt, the one that wobbled when you run on it.

Beggars can’t be choosers – 35min at an easy pace.

Juneathon Day 4 = 3.4 miles

Juneathon total so far = 27.3 miles

That’s the face that greets me every single time I put on the running kit and lace up the trainers. Which, when you’re taking part in Juneathon and running every day of the month, you’d imagine you end up seeing quite a lot.

50% of time he is often disappointed and doesn’t actually join me on a run. The reason? Well he’s getting on a bit now and he is so god damn slow!

But this evening I caved in and we went to the woods for a little jog round. It was the usual routine, the first twenty minutes or so he’s fine, and even at a pretty slow pace, he can keep up. But the second half of the run is a different story altogether. I have to wait for him every 400yds! Which becomes quite frustrating, rest day for him tomorrow.

Juneathon Day 3 = 3.8 miles

Total in June so far = 23.9 miles