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700 miles in 2020

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Mar 2020
1:42pm, 27 Mar 2020
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LazyDaisy
Good news about you feeling better AR. Hope it won't be too much longer before you get home now.

AL - son1 has just heard he's *not* being furloughed either, and he has, shall we say, 'mixed' feelings about it ('0% work for 80% pay - sounds good to me!') but I pointed out that it means his firm regards him as indispensable which has got to be a good thing ;-)

On my way back from walking the dog on the hill this morning I passed a little lay-by used as a carpark - there were about half a dozen cars parked up and their occupants were also presumably up on the hill. (I saw fewer than a handful of people over a four mile walk.) A police car had just drawn up and I suspect they were going to leave some kind of message about not driving to beauty spots to go for a walk. I'm a bit conflicted about this - if everyone did it then it makes a nonsense of the lockdown, but as I am able to walk there from my front door there's a guilty feeling of 'I'm alright Jack' too :-(
Mar 2020
2:01pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Lip Gloss
OH coming back from his work today saw 5 or 6 youths together but unfortunately for them so did the police :-)
Mar 2020
2:42pm, 27 Mar 2020
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ferret
Don’t feel guilty, LD, & that’s happening here now. But if I cycle & park bike to walk somewhere quiet I suppose that’s wrong too. We’ve just shopped for the week at out of town supermarket, never again, will stay local as usual. Forgot we were on bikes - panniers were stuffed
Mar 2020
2:53pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Turtlemama
LD don't feel bad. The advice is to take your exercise close to home. The fact that close to home for you (and me) means fields, hills, woodland which is normally deserted, is not your fault. If others live in densely populated areas, so be it. Most of the times life is more convenient for them, shopping, cinemas, general lifestyle that doesn't involve a half hour drive!
I'm sure you are compromising anyway, as am I. I am not driving anywhere to run, unless that coincides with the school run. I'm avoiding towpaths or popular tracks. Just means my very local runs still include pretty trails and empty lanes.
Mar 2020
3:00pm, 27 Mar 2020
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LazyDaisy
That's true TM. Apart from the dog walk and my run every other day I haven't left our house or garden for days and nor has OH.
Mar 2020
3:03pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Badger
Afternoon all, thank you for the birthday wishes - usually Thursday is playing cards round some friends' house, last night we were playing the same game online, which costs a few opportunities for teasing each other but was still a good evening.

LD, not your fault that your front door is somewhere convenient for the great outdoors - more like good forward planning!
Mar 2020
4:46pm, 27 Mar 2020
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alpenrose
ITG, no news about getting out yet and I'm sure we won't hear anything now as it's the weekend.

It was a lovely day today and very warm in the sunshine. The lady next door came out and it seems that she's been laid up for a few days just like me. My nephew came down to paint a garden bench in the garage then his wife and my great-niece came down so it was lovely sitting in the sunshine watching her running around and chattering away in both German and English, she's such a delight. :)
Mar 2020
4:52pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Lip Gloss
Sounds a better day for you AR.
Just getting ready to go our walk
Mar 2020
4:57pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Columba
AR - good that you're feeling better. Hope you can get home soon.

Went for a walk that looked rather like TM's walk. Fields and footpaths. Only saw one other person; we avoided each other. Took a pair of gloves with me and put them on for opening gates and climbing stiles.
ITG
Mar 2020
5:51pm, 27 Mar 2020
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ITG
Glad you are feeling a bit better, Alpen, but don't rush things (not that you have much choice). Also good to hear people are getting out and being sensible.

I was at an online conference online today that went rather well for most of the day (having been 2 years in the planning for an in person event!). However, I was chairing the last panel when someone started typing abuse at one of the (young, female - of course) speakers, in both the chat and in the Q&A box. I'm still trembling. I was trying desperately to get rid of it before she saw it but it was not possible to delete it from the chat (though we could hide it in the questions). I'm so sorry for her. It was the last thing I was expecting and for sure would never have happened in person because I (and probably a dozen others) would have got up and punched him. (Yes, it was a "him", at least given that he used a man's name and the sexualised nature of the abuse.) I'm so sorry for her.

Just needed a moan about that. I'm really quite upset.

About This Thread

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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:
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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 :-) )
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 medal 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 medal 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 medal 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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