Category: Janathon

Anyone fancy a synonym?

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Janathon Day 21

Today has been one of those days. A regular run-of-the-mill type day when nothing out of the ordinary happened.

A normal day.

A regular day.

An average day.

A routine day.

I went to work. I came home. I went to the gym. I came home.

At work, today has been all about the synonyms. Alternative words for sad, alternative words for angry, alternative words for scared, blah, blah, blah. And within all that some fantastic descriptions of making toast feeling a plethora of different emotions. I have some fantastic students who never fail to amaze me with their ideas and creativity.

So maybe a regular day, but one that has actually been great fun.

At the gym I did 30min of hill reps – worked hard and left very sweaty.

Today's mileage = 3.33

Total Janathon mileage = 89.98

 

 

Nothing to see here…

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…move along…move along…

Janathon Day 20

Yep, that's right, day 20. It's amazing that after running every day for the last 20 days it almost feels normal!

It was really cold today so it was a trip to the gym for a hot sweaty 5-miler.

Today's mileage = 5.02

Total Janathon mileage = 86.65

Project365 #20

This is what greets me every day of week….

…feeling especially depressed about it all this morning.

 

 

Couple of fast ones…

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Janathon Day 19

 

After running every day for the last 19 it starts to become ‘normal’. It doesn’t seem unusual that the day revolves around the run. When will I get a chance to fit it in? Should I run before I leave work? Have I got time to go to the gym?

Today I decided that I would run around the school field before going home, that way it is done and dusted. So I did a bit of marking, did I bit of running and then got back to the marking. Perfectly normal behaviour.

Just a couple of miles. But I did run them a bit faster than normal.

Today’s mileage = 2.04

Total Janathon mileage = 81.63

Project365 #19

Today’s picture…catching-up on a bit of The Walking Dead.

Season 5. Episode 4.

 

 

 

Different venue, as promised…

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Janathon Day 18

As promised yesterday, today was all about running somewhere a bit different from the normal trails of the woods. When thinking about where to run, my mind went back to marathon training. I would occasionally go to Twyford Woods. It used to be an old airbase, all that is left is the old runways and service roads. But it is quite a good place just to go to and run. Very few distractions: just the runways to run up and down.

It looks something like this…

However when you are there it is easy to lose your bearings, you have runways, service roads, plus trails. Today I did get slightly confused as to what direction I was going in, everything looks the same…

I also had intended to stay on the concrete and not venture too far off track. The one time I did hit the trails it all looked pretty solid, it was a frosty, cold morning. It wasn't. Therefore majority of run was done with cold and feet feet.

I pretty good run all in all: 7 miles. In fact, I was quite up for carrying on and doing a 10-miler, but I have a mountain of work at home to be doing and needs must and all that. Although, it did bring back the memories of marathon training. I'm considering a marathon in the spring. Don't want to waste all these Janathon miles.

In other news I would also like to report a rather shody looking Butterfly Sanctuary….

And a interesting bit of fly-tipping…

Today's mileage = 7.31

Total Janathon mileage = 79.59

 

 

Yes….I ran at the woods….

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Janathon Day 17

Less than 12 hours since the last run I was at it again. Today I ran along the picturesque seafront taking in the fresh air and morning sun at the woods. I seem to run at the woods a lot. Too much me thinks. Tomorrow I vow to try and run somewhere else. The only reason I run at the woods is so I can take the dog with me and kill two birds with one stone. Big effort to take in some new scenery tomorrow.

This morning's run was pretty uneventful, a big lap on the trails of Bourne Woods: 5 miles. It was a bit foggy this morning, I tried to catch it, mist.

Loads of mud.

I didn't really have a lot planned today so I decided to sort out my snail collection. I took the shell off my racing snail, thinking it would make him faster. If anything, it made him more sluggish. Also, Helen has taken to drawing on her eyebrows, I told her she was drawing them on too high. She looked surprised.

Today's mileage = 5.02

Total Janathon Mileage = 72.28

 

 

Still on the wagon…but only just…

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Janathon Day 16

Today I very nearly fell off the Janathon wagon – I ended up getting home at 10.20pm after what was a very long day.

At 10.29pm I was out the door for a run.

It might only have been a couple or so miles, but it was a run – the sixteenth run in a row. You may say mad. I say dedicated.

Today's mileage = 2.26

Total Janathon mileage = 67.26

Project365 #16

Today's picture: leaving school after the end of another long week.

And relax.