JOGLE/LEJOG

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_andy Aug 2020 8:17am, 16 Aug 2020 10,903 posts	0 _andy Gus, you beat me to it as I was collecting links! As one journey ends, another begins... brutalclaire.co.uk facebook.com events.geotracks.co.uk
Garfield Aug 2020 8:21am, 16 Aug 2020 13,730 posts	0 Garfield Wow, that's so fantastic!!
Totriornottotri Aug 2020 8:30am, 16 Aug 2020 743 posts	0 Totriornottotri Done! Good luck Claire.
swittle Aug 2020 8:37am, 16 Aug 2020 66,952 posts	0 swittle While JOGLE/LEJOG is unlikely to become an Olympic event, these country-long successes have shown a comparable spirit, as well as stretching the boundaries of human resilience and endurance.
Too Much Water Aug 2020 9:51am, 16 Aug 2020 7,538 posts	0 Too Much Water 5 hour improvement! Excellent work. It will take a very good runner to beat that time
K5 Gus Aug 2020 8:54pm, 16 Aug 2020 3,886 posts	0 K5 Gus Claire's reached Helmsdale - 51 miles, so bang on target for day 1 👍
Lip Gloss Aug 2020 9:06pm, 16 Aug 2020 43,128 posts	0 Lip Gloss I’ve been there - but not run from JOG
_andy Aug 2020 5:38pm, 22 Aug 2020 10,931 posts	0 _andy Claire is now on day 7 of her self-supported JOGLE and about 250 miles in. She is finding that Scotland is bigger than the stupid map that the BBC weather used to use. Speaking of which, warm and sunny with a headwind today. I drove ten minutes along the road this morning for a chat with her as she was heading through the rolling Perthshire countryside. Messages from Tesco loaded up for the day - fresh fruit and pork pies at the top of the list. REal food essential for this The Lomond Hills in Fife making a decent backdrop The long road stretching ahead (for another 630 miles). Lots of walking as the day wears on, aiming for about 40 miles a day after a 4am alarm. Brutal indeed. I like the way this has the traffic noise from the motorway below (heading into Milnathort) which sums up what a JOGLE/LEJOG is all about (!) I'd take the Cape Wrath trail any day over the traffic/A roads/roadkill/tarmac She did talk about the scary trucks/cars on many of the roads. Wider roads with a white line and extra tarmac at the side are fine, but some of the smaller A roads that she had detoured onto were dangerous. She reckoned that having bicycle support meant drivers would treat a JOGLE runner differently, rather than some strange mother pushing her child in a buggy along a major A road (!)
Garfield Aug 2020 5:41pm, 22 Aug 2020 13,777 posts	0 Garfield Wow and I can imagine narrow roads would be dicey.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Aug 2020 5:53pm, 22 Aug 2020 35,956 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Great photos, _andy. And an amazing challenge attempt that will probably get very little publicity and acclaim beyond Claire's family and friends. Brilliant!