700 miles in 2020

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TeeBee Jul 2020 7:47am, 10 Jul 2020 6,464 posts	0 TeeBee Sorry you can't join us Dipps and Linds
alpenrose Jul 2020 7:48am, 10 Jul 2020 45,286 posts	0 alpenrose Morning Have a lovely run TB.
LindsD Jul 2020 7:55am, 10 Jul 2020 38,823 posts	0 LindsD Me too. Work looks evil today.
Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Jul 2020 7:56am, 10 Jul 2020 30,282 posts	0 Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs) Good morning, happy Friday to one and all, Dipps, please could you remove me from Chicago marathon in October, even if we are allowed to travel to USA and the marathon goes ahead I don’t believe it’s a good idea to fly or take part, no travel or races for us for at least the remainder of this year.
LazyDaisy Jul 2020 8:00am, 10 Jul 2020 30,657 posts	0 LazyDaisy Morning! A swim in the sea for me, fairly soon I think to take advantage of the tide. Eek, excited and a big apprehensive! Then my son and GF are coming over for lunch and to take advantage of our much better wifi to finish their working week (Throughout lockdown their wifi has been a problem despite new routers etc. You'd think, since they live in a city and we're in a quiet little town, they would have the better connection, but no )
ferret Jul 2020 8:29am, 10 Jul 2020 4,553 posts	0 ferret Good morning all shame about work but hope the day goes well for everyone, & also that next week is trouble free Pothunter I’ve run very slowly & now sitting with (hopefully) prophylactic ice on last years stupid ankle, think we’re going out later on bikes & taking sandwiches, if I make them. Happy sea swimming LD, just what’s needed after a marathon
ferret Jul 2020 8:31am, 10 Jul 2020 4,554 posts	0 ferret How is the OH today? if you see this LD.
Dr PhFleecyD Jul 2020 8:52am, 10 Jul 2020 50,403 posts	0 Dr PhFleecyD Morning gunks and Bernards! Had to spend ages catching up but that kitten is adorable ITG! I enjoyed the radish joke very much Body blast this morning then whizzing up to run with TeeBee Life is good
Diogenes Jul 2020 9:21am, 10 Jul 2020 50,880 posts	0 Diogenes You academics are not easily discouraged... (slightly obscure song reference) Morning I might test the knee out later as it is recovering better than I'd expected. Should be fine in a straight line on relatively even ground, i.e. not descending steep woodland tracks.
um Jul 2020 9:37am, 10 Jul 2020 2,901 posts	0 um Today's dose of holiday dream .... Heading north today on the planned, booked, but not taken holiday. 200 miles and 4 hours in the car, leaving Sonoma and the wine and the weeping angels behind, heading to Redding and a Sheraton, not an airBnB. And my trusty guide book is no use. It only covers the coast road. So this is uncharted territory and even having to use the web for info. No more of my pics either. There’s not much en-route, other than a long straight road, Vacaville, California’s car & truck sales showroom centre. Whatever you think of in terms of scale, be prepared to be amazed at the size and scale or the car & truck lots here. Even the ‘top 10 things to do’ for towns on the way list more shops and diners than actual attractions. And these are big towns – Williams (pop 5324), Red Bluff (pop 14,283). I did find these 2 alternative attractions to break up the drive - Sacramento River Bend : a rich and diverse habitat for deer, salmon, bald eagles, osprey, migratory, and song birds. As you walk through the wetlands and along the creeks, keep an eye out for turtles, beavers, river otters, turkey vultures, deer, and even mountain lions. Watch out for rattlesnakes! - Route 36 : California Route 36 is considered one of the most scenic and most dangerous roads in the country. The paved road consists of 140 miles of sharp and often unpredictable and unexpected twists and turns. Route 36 passes amazing and diverse topography, including some lovely redwood forests, and at many points it offers wonderful views, but you will be too busy trying to stay on the road to be able to enjoy the vistas. The road is mostly in great condition, except in a few spots where it gets a bit rough. It has big stretches with guardrails with scary drops on the other side. So what better way to break up a 200 mile drive – take a 140 mile side trip on the US’s ‘most dangerous road’ … We may ignore those and push on to see the Shasta Cascades – more our sort of thing. Anyway, on safe arrival in Redding (pop 91,772) and the glitzy world of hotel & lounge with free food and drink.

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Welcome to the 700 miles in 2020 thread, everybody welcome. The thread motto is:
'700 miles is neither necessary nor sufficient'

At normal times: All you have to do is run about 1.91 miles per day or 13.46 miles per week or 58.33 miles per month and take a picture when you get to 700 miles. Extra points for bins :-)

And if you go under or over 700 miles nobody will mind.

Join in the chat on the friendliest thread around - all things discussed, sometimes even running.

Group link is here:
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Mileage league for 700 here fetcheveryone.com/training-mileagetargets-filtered.php?category=RUN&mileage=700 Personal league tables and a link to set or amend run, swim, walk and cycle targets here:
fetcheveryone.com/training-targets.php

If you do reach 700 miles before the end of the year, please reset your targets, so others can keep moving up the table :-)

Send an fmail to Serendippily if you want any races highlighted here and we will all cheer you on:

Dubious December
06/12/20 The Run that Stole Christmas (marathon) - Groundhog
06/12/20 Mapledurham 10 - CStar DD2 (and pacer :-)

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06/12/20 Tri-Adventure - LizzieW, Dipps

Next year:
03/01/21 Tri-Adventure - Fleecy, FM, CStar and DD2, McGoohan, Liebling, LizzieW tbc
31/01/21 Hurtleberry 10k - McGoohan, Dipps tbc

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Joyous January
04/01/20 parkrun - Molesy medal

course pb, Knitwit medal

pb, KimCanRun medal

pb
18/01/20 parkrun - Peregrin medal

pb, ITG

WAVA pb, 1st lady
18/01/20 Tyndrum 24 - Yumee medal

pb
19/01/20 Benfleet 15 - Carpathius medal

pb
25/01/20 parkrun - Yumee medal

pb, LindsD medal

1st age cat, Billy medal

pb - 12barDavid

Fabulous February
08/02/20 XCR - TeeBee medal

club WAVA pb
22/02/20 parkrun - ITG medal

1st Female
23/02/20 Tarpley 20 - Carpathius medal

pb
26/02/20 1000m TT swim

- Sweetie

pb
29/02/20 Florence parkrun - LazyDaisy medal

1st age cat

Marvellous March
01/03/20 The Vitality Big Half - Pothunter medal

pb
08/03/20 Surrey Half - Peregrinator medal

pb
08/03/20 Larmer 20 - Fragile Do Not Bend medal

pb
15/03/20 Liverpool 10 - AutumnLeaves medal

1st age cat

Awful April
Miserable May

Just Disappointing June
17/06/20 virtual 5 mile - LG medal

pb

Joyless July
15/07/20 Lip Gloss training run 5 mile medal

pb
19/07/20 Tri-Adventure Run McGoobling medal

2nd and

3rd place

Anxious August
06/08/20 Dinton Summer series - RRR-Caz medal

1st Senior

Slightly Shit September
05/09/20 Coniston Chillswim - Helegant medal

pb
05/09/20 Marathon Prep Dorney lake 20 - RRR-Caz medal

unofficial pb

Optimistic October
24/10/20 Sussex Endurancelife marathon - Badger medal

3rd in Age Cat
25/10/20 Woodley 10k - RRR-Caz, Raggedy Runner medal

3rd in Age Cat

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