Category: Juneathon

Juneathon Day 16

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You may be feeling a bit of deja vu going on….

WOT! NO DAY 15?

Yes, once again, I have managed to fail in my attempt at running everyday. Although, given that I now have a new lazy relaxed approach to the whole Juneathon challenge, I’m not beating myself up about it. The excuse I offer to the Gods of Juneathon, to quote many a teenager: “I couldn’t be bothered!”.

Anyway….onwards and upwards….Day 16….

After a lovely lay in, some blog reading and some bacon sarnies, I was ready for a run. A nice relaxing dog jog around the woods – not heard that phrase before!!? (Not to self: must make the runs sound more dynamic).

Headed off for the woods and some trail running. Weather forecast said: “Very windy and possible scattered showers”. It was very windy but once in the shelter of the woods it was pretty pleasant, until the said showers appeared! But as true to their wood as the weather people are, they were ‘scattered’ and didn’t last for long. A pretty uneventful run, I took in most of the trails, as you can see by the route. I don’t want to start the #runart off again, but does it look like a man sat on a rock contemplating the future?

One mildly interesting thing happened, I passed the same hiker three times. On the first time he said, “Good afternoon,” on the second time he gave me a knowing smile, and on the third time he completely ignored me! I’m sure this means something….but I can’t think what!!??

iPod was on shuffle and it came up with some great tunes. I also heard some great lyrics that I hadn’t heard for a while and feel the need to share them with the world:

It’s hard to see the light when the fridge door is closed.
Tip-Toe down the hall, open the door, found out that God is a small sausage roll.

‘Full Fat’ by Newton Faulkner

I think Newton Faulkner is great. He is a genius with the guitar and a fantastic songwriter. Saw him at Cambridge Folk Festival last year and he comes across as a really nice bloke. Definitely on the list of gigs to see.

Who’s that gut lord marching, you should cut down on your porklife mate, get some exercise.

‘Parklife’ by Blur

I was never a great Blur fan, I preferred Oasis, but I love that line, and rather relevant with Juneathon in progress.

Total Juneathon mileage after day 16 = 54.12

Juneathon Day 14

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WOT! NO DAY 13?

I have had an epiphany.

When completing Janathon, earlier on in the year, I made a point of running every single day of the month, even if I really didn’t want to. Whereas for Juneathon will be taking more of a relaxed approach. I know the rules are ‘run every day’, but I’ve decided I can do without the pressure of having to run everyday. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve not given up and I still hope to run as much as possible, but just don’t want it to take over.

So now would be a good time to explain exactly why I’ve come to that decision. I didn’t run yesterday, for a number of reasons:

  • I wanted a rest after Tuesday’s club training – where I worked hard.
  • I didn’t get out of school until late – I was on late busy duty and, due to the Queen’s visit, coach was late picking up kids.
  • Stressful night – phones calls to various people – attempted fraud on bank account.
  • Euro 2012.
  • Drama cooking the beef – needed longer in the oven!

So my new relaxed approach to Juneathon lead to a nice relaxing dog jog round the woods. I grabbed the ipod, whacked it on shuffle, and ran 5.53 miles in round about 45 mins. Sweet deals!

Total Juneathon mileage after day 14 = 48.57

Juneathon Day 12

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Tuesday is club training night. Which means:

knackered [ˈnækəd] Brit Slang (adj)

1. exhausted; tired out

2. worn out; no longer working, esp after long or hard use

Training tonight was a tempo session:

  • Warm up
  • 10min fast
  • 3min recovery
  • 10min fast
  • Cool down

Mileage tonight = 4.85

Total Juneathon mileage after day 12 = 43.04

Juneathon Day 11

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After yesterday’s failure to run, tonight’s run was also under pressure: late meeting and two Euro 2012 matches (one of them the England game).

Department meeting finished at 4.40pm leaving 20min to get home. Therefore cue the ridiculously bloody slow driver that I had to follow all the way home. Despite this I was home within a minute of kick-off. Pretty good performance from Eng-er-land, bring on Sweden!

So tonight’s run took place at 9.50pm, and was finished at 10.20pm – an uneventful run of 3.65 miles around town. In the words of Roy Castle:

“Dedication’s what you need!”

Music accompaniment = Crash Test Dummies

Runners passed = 0

Total Juneathon mileage after day 11 = 38.19

 

Juneathon Day 10

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Fail.

It has been a very busy weekend, we have been enjoying the hospitality at MOD Woodbridge, and taking advantage of a very cheap bar in the Officers’ Mess.

It was my Nephew’s christening and you should now call me The Godfather.

No actually running took place today, so I am putting forward some intense games of Giant Jenga as today’s exercise.

Number of miles run = 0

Number of games of Giant Jenga won = 0

Juneathon Day 9

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A morning dog jog was the plan. Got downstairs in running kit and, looking for a bit of sympathy, told Helen I was feeling a tad achy. Her reply:

“Well you will do these silly challenges!”.

Enough said, and off I went….

By the time I got to the woods my lethargic state had evaporated and I enjoyed a nice gentle jog. Lots of people about this morning, dog walkers, runners and even a man walking backwards!? I didn’t ask.

Summary
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Distance: 3.15mi
Time taken: 00:26:37
Average/Max Speed : 7.11/9.03 mph
Average/Min Pace : 00:08:27/00:06:38
Calories: 374

Total Juneathon mileage after day 9 = 34.54

Runners passed = 4

Music accompaniment = Frank Turner – ‘Love, Ire and Song’

What with Euro 2012 underway, how about taking a listen to the Unofficial England Euro 2012 Song by Frank Hamilton….