Total so far: £700.53
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Back on the road tonight. Away from the gentle bouncing of the treadmill, and instead on to a butt-whooping from the unforgiving tarmac. No science behind this decision, I just couldn't be bothered to drive to the gym. I really should be putting more thought into this!
Anyway, it was on with the head torch and lovely high-vis yellow jacket and out of the door. It was odd being back on the lanes; almost six weeks since I last ran around here at night. It hasn't changed much. Obviously not as many Christmas lights as there were in mid-December. And oddly far fewer cows and sheep by the hedges with their scary glowing eyes. Even though they spook me a little I felt quite sad about this because they've probably gone to a place so wonderful that no animal ever thought to come back from. Namely a butcher's. I did see a cat hiding in a hedge though. Cats never end up in butchers shops despite the fact that no animal would deserve it more. (Cat lovers: I'm joking, I love cats... honestly!)
Anyway, this is a running blog so I'll talk about that. Just six miles on the plan and I did a boring out and back to Tallarn Green. It was a nice evening but no sign of the Northern Lights. Only the orange glow of Wrexham Industrial Estate on the horizon. I had 7.5 Kg in my pack and I wasn't all that comfortable despite the slow pace. One of the lessons from the Anglesey Ultra was that I need to get more used to weight in my pack.
On the fundraising front I got a 20 Euro donation from a colleague visiting from Germany. I'll pay this into Just Giving from my account and credit his name on it. I'm very grateful for it. Things have stalled a little again on that front over the last week but hopefully I'll be able to kick some life into it this weekend when I do another town centre collection in Wrexham. If you're in the area then please come over and say "hi" and put a pound in my pot!
Thanks for reading folks! Peace, out.
JUST THE FACTS!!
Weight: 78.9 Kg
TODAY
Distance 6 miles
Time 1:09:19 hrs
X-Trainer 0 hrs
Press-ups 0
Swimming 0 m
Sauna 0 mins
TOTAL
Distance 387.40 miles
Time 72:11:52
X-Trainer 17:41 hrs
Press-ups 620
Swimming 13,000 m
Sauna 7:15 hrs
Contact me: miffjacobs@hotmail.com
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