by Julie

Getting ready

Counting down to my 100-mile month in February, I did 3.2 miles last night door to door to the entrance to my estate. I’m counting precisely as I need to find a 4 mile well-lit route that I can run during the week. If everything goes to plan I will be doing 4 miles on week-nights, so I can add a bit to that route and be able to see where I’m going. Always good. I need to do 6 miles in the morning so I’m back to dry Friday nights and going to bed…
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by Julie

Good conditions underfoot

3 miles tonight: am too tired to say much about it but it was good. I only intended to do 2 as I was worried about frosty streets, but actually they were pretty dry and non-slippy so I kept going. That is actually my biggest concern about this 100 mile challenge next month - frost and ice. Any other weather I can run in but slippy conditions, no can do. Would like to avoid a treadmill. But we’ll see. No point worrying about that now.
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by Julie

A good day

First time out in two weeks today, but I need to get back on track. Half marathon in March and I signed up to run 100 miles in February to raise money for the Mater Hospital, where my Dad was a patient for many years, and where he died. His consultant set up a fund in his name for oncology nurse education, so I am running to raise money for that. That will keep me on the straight and narrow! In truth I need to have something to do and this challenge will benefit other…
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by Julie

Seven days of running: day 7

My last day of my running challenge to myself was a bit of a slog; I really didn’t want to go but I didn’t want to fall at the last hurdle. So I forced myself out the door for 3 miles. It was a nice sunny morning so that helped. However I am glad I did it, as it was a good discipline for me. It’s not as if I don’t need to burn a few calories. I’m sure I will be moaning about my weight in this blog before long. I need a goal…
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