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Janathon Day 13

~ Phil Lengthorn ~ 3 Comments

After 13 days of running, how about a blog full of 13 running related numbers?

13 = number of days run so far this month

10 = number of days run in the dark

2 = pairs of running shoes I own

4.5 = average number of miles I run per day

8.1 = longest daily mileage run so far this month

1 = number of dogs that I often take running

2 = number of legs I have

18 = number of runs left this month

1 = number of marathons completed

16 = number of half-marathons completed

10 = running shoe size

8.1 = number of miles run today

59.57 = number of Janathon miles so far

Janathon Day 12 and a brand new nephew….

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Today was a day of two halves.

Boring bit…..

ANOTHER run in the dark, around the streets of Bourne. Although I have broken the 50 mile mark with today's run.

Today's mileage = 3.68

Janathon mileage so far = 51.47

Exciting bit….

We visited my sister and the new addition to her family, my new little nephew Stanley, 20 days old…

Grace, his big sister, was also on top form today….

 

Janathon Day 10 – ‘Get Better’

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Today is as near as damn to one third through Janathon.

Before tonight's run I had a little read through some Janathon blogs and found that quite a few people had decided not to run for one reason or another. Now in Juneathon I took this relaxed approach to running every day of the month, but not this month. I am determined to run every day and beat the mileage I ran last time. So again, like last night, initial plan was a couple of miles, although once I got going I went for the 4ish miles that I've been doing all month.

Obviously the difference between Janathon and Juneathon is the time of year. This month, the whole idea of running in the dark is getting me down. Only two of the ten days so far have been run in daylight, the rest either pounding the dark streets of the town or donning the head torch and hitting the trails of the woods. So the run tonight started in the usual way….

A pretty uneventful run tonight, although it did feel very cold out and a bit misty. On return the weather forecast seems to be suggesting a very cold spell with possible snow and ice. Something to look forward too!

Today's mileage = 4.35

Total Janathon mileage = 44.13

So the mantra for the rest of the month, with the target to beat last Janathon's mileage, must be 'Get Better'…

 

Janathon Day 9…or maybe Takeawayathon

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A late run tonight because by the time I got home from work I wanted food! So, after a rather lovely steak and chips, I ventured out for what was going to be a quick mile around the block. Although by the time I got going I decided to go for a 4ish miler (to stay on track to beat last Janathon's mileage). So I headed straight into town and out the other side until I had run 2 miles and then headed back. I very rarely run through town and tonight it struck me exactly how many takeaways there are. In the space of 300 yards I ran past the following takeaway joints:

  • A Chinese
  • A pizza
  • Another pizza
  • A Chippy
  • Another Chinese
  • An Indian
  • Another Chinese
  • As well as 5 pubs/restaurants serving food

This is without the 100s that are on different roads that I didn't run on tonight. For a small market town this does seem a bit extreme, although I am partial to a takeaway, especially on a Friday night, so I suppose I shouldn't complain.

 

Today's mileage = 4.13

 

Total Janathon mileage so far = 39.78

Janathon Day 6

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Sunday, the home of the long run, and an early start so that I have plenty of time for the scary pile of marking that needs doing. Although as I write this – 1 o'clock in the afternoon – the pile of marking is still there, well actually I moved it into the garage so that I could no longer hear it.

This morning's run was like a scene from James Herbert's 'The Fog'…

On a 'normal' Sunday without the pressure of Janathon I would have probably put in 8 or 9 miles, but with 25 days left I decided to take it slightly easier as tomorrow will not be a 'rest' day. So a gentle 5-miler was the result. Actually saw a few runners about this morning, which makes a change. Passed a group of ladies doing some sort of run/walk activity, clearly a new year resolution in action. Followed by a fella running at around 100mph, clearly some sort of bionic android alien sent down from a distant planet to make me look bad.

Made time to stop off at the ponds so that Billy Boy could have a dip, also gives me ANOTHER opportunity to play with the fantastic 'Halftone' app I discovered….

Today's mileage = 5.55

Janathon mileage after 6 days = 28.17

Taking the lead from Andrea and her musical related posts, today is my response to the miserable old gits that don't reply to my 'Good Morning!' as I run past: Two-Fingers!