It was one of those ‘should have gone for a morning run’ run. By the afternoon it was raining and looked to be set in for the rest of the day.

So it was a run in the rain. That’s dedication to Juneathon.

It started of reasonably light, but by the end it was pretty heavy. I was tempted to empty out this fella’s ‘planter’ and use it for the last half mile.

Juneathon Totals:

Running = 14.8 miles

It was an early morning run. Wanted to avoid a late run in the sun – it was forecasted to be another warm day.

When running every day you do need to be quite disciplined. Best to have a plan.

So a 3 mile run was done before 8am. It was warm enough at that time in the morning. So a good decision was made.

Cushty.

Juneathon Totals:

Running: 11.7 miles.

In other news…this is very exciting…

It was a lovely afternoon.

In fact, it was scorchio.

When I rounded the corner and saw the farmer was watering the crops I was tempted to take a detour and run through the spray. Before realising he was also probably pumping insecticides, herbicides, and various other pesticides with the water. So gave it a miss.

My reward for completing day two of Juneathon? A tutti frutti cider.

Juneathon Totals:

Running = 8.6 miles

The Players by Darren O’Sullivan

Great read. Darren O’Sullivan just gets better and better. A clever idea for a novel – definitely worth a read!

Made all the more interesting by being based in and around Peterborough – not sure I’d be walking around the city during the evening in the near future!

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A stranger has you cornered.

They call themselves The Host.

You are forced to play their game.

In it one person can live and the other must die.

You are the next player.

You have a choice to make.

This is a game where nobody wins…

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Next up: Crater Lake.

I’m visiting my Mum for a couple of days so we start the month off with a bit of London running.

I had a rough idea of where I was going to go. Which was quickly scuppered when the gate to the park was locked.

After a bit of doubling back and a run alongside the A20 I was back on track and heading to Avery Hill Park. The beauty of running in London is that there are so many places to run to, and so many routes to get you there.

Avery Hill Park is the home of Greenwich Parkrun. It is a lovely place, especially on a morning like today.

Good start to the month: 5.5 miles and a Strava badge to boot!

It’s Juneathon time!

The annual ‘run every day in June’ and then blog about it shenanigans.

I love Juneathon.

Juneathon has changed over the years, it used to be an actual ‘thing’ – it had a website, you had to log your miles and publish your blog – now I think it might have a Facebook page. But take nothing away from the fact that running every day for a month is pretty tricky.

In recent years there has been less emphasis on ‘running’ every day, it is now more about doing some sort of exercise a day, whether that be a walk, on the bike or at the gym.

Rarely in the last few years have I actually managed to complete it. Normally by about day 17 something has happened that has put paid to the daily run.

Things are going to be different this year – I’m feeling positive. I can do this. I’ve got the added incentive of a 24hr race coming up in July – so it will be useful to get some miles under the belt.

Just as difficult as the exercise, is of course, the blogging about it. There is only so much you can waffle on about. But I love waffling about nothing!

Wish me luck! I’ll be here every day, either with some mind-numbingly boring blog post about ‘another’ run, or an excuse.

It starts tomorrow…