Leg miles, not air miles

Ooops! Realised this evening I went to bed before I updated on here on Sunday! I've been out of it a bit for the last 7-10 days, while I try and get a medication balance right. I'm trying to find the lowest dose I need for my sciatica to stop my back aching all the time that doesn't bring on the headaches at a level paracetamol can't cope with. I finally seem to be getting somewhere, but am still living in hope my physio appt comes throught sooner rather than later.


Sunday 14th April - end of week 15

Miles completed this week

Running - 6.24 (RunThrough Tatton Park)
Warm up & Cool down walking - 0
Commute walking - 4.43 (was sent to an office I normally cycle to/from, but as they wanted me to start early I got the bus in and walked home)
Recreational walking - 7.09 (a circular walk to visit a number of shops that I only wanted for 1 or 2 items from each)
Total miles for week - 17.76


Year to date

Running - 98.21
Warm up & Cool down walking - 14.22
Commute walking - 64.13
Recreational walking - 47.34

Total miles for year to date - 223.9
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 284.93 miles in 104 days.

Sunday 7th April - end of week 14

Miles completed this week

Running - 6.22 (Stroke Association Resolution Run)
Warm up & Cool down walking - 0
Commute walking - 3.39
Recreational walking - 1.79 (school run to collect 2 youngest grand-daughters on my day off work - it was wonderful playing tig with them on the way back when we used a footpath well away from cars)
Total miles for week - 11.40


Year to date

Running - 91.97
Warm up & Cool down walking - 14.22
Commute walking - 59.70
Recreational walking - 40.25

Total miles for year to date - 206.14
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 265.75 miles in 97 days.

Another week of nothing done!!
Post was heavy this week, which meant I worked at least an extra hour most days. And I'm not sleeping well due at least in part to my sciatica, so just too tired on my days off to do anything.
I did however force myself to go for a swim after work on Thursday evening. Needed to do 58 lengths to complete 2 miles for the month, but was hoping to do 68. Ended up completing 80 - my longest distance in as long as I can remember for one session, so I'm happy to settle for that as this weeks achievement.

Sunday 24th March - end of week 12

Miles completed this week

Running - 3.11 - first visit to a Great Run Local on Thursday evening
Warm up & Cool down walking - 0
Commute walking - 0
Recreational walking - 23.79 (10.29 on Monday, 7.67 on Wednesday, and 5.83 today)
Total miles for week - 26.9


Year to date

Running - 85.75
Warm up & Cool down walking - 14.22
Commute walking - 56.31
Recreational walking - 38.45

Total miles for year to date - 194.73
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 227.40 miles in 83 days.

Finally managed a decent week, although I'd have like to have managed more - especially on the running side of things.

Started with a 10 mile walk on Monday to earn some bling that was raising money for an armed forces charity
The walk on Wednesday was a lot of stop/starting, as it was a circular to include a number of shops I wanted to visit for 1 or 2 items from each - but not enough (even all together) to merit taking the car.
The walk today was up in the Lakes, as we've been away for the weekend. We meandered from Elterwater to Grasmere to get some gingerbread - a trip we do every time we get up there....

I also swam 1800 metres on Thursday morning (72 lengths of the pool)

Sunday 17th March - end of week 11

Did absolutely NOTHING for this challenge this week

Still, I'm off work now until Monday 25th so am starting the weekintent on doing some catching up.
‏ — feeling shocked

Sunday 10th March - end of week 10

Miles completed this week

Running - 7.53 (1x 2k, 1x 10k)
Warm up & Cool down walking - 0.56
Commute walking - 0
Recreational walking - 0
Total miles for week - 8.09


Year to date

Running - 82.63
Warm up & Cool down walking - 14.22
Commute walking - 57.59
Recreational walking - 14.66

Total miles for year to date - 169.1
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 189.04 miles in 69 days.

Another slow week. Woke up with the worst migraine I've ever had on Wednesday, which meant nothing done for 2 days.
My 10k today was slightly slower than last month when I had a chesty cough - my sciatica hasn't been behaving well this week, and decided to flare up badly about half way round. I still completed though, so I'm happy with that.

I also cycled 13.49 miles this week (commute to and from work on Monday)

Sunday 3rd March - end of week 9

Miles completed this week

Running - 5.62 (2x 2k, 1x 5k)
Warm up & Cool down walking - 1.75
Commute walking - 3.18
Recreational walking - 7.11

Total miles for week - 17.67


Year to date

Running - 75.1 (120.9km - still a way to go to my 500km medal!)
Warm up & Cool down walking - 13.65
Commute walking - 57.59
Recreational walking - 14.66

Total miles for year to date - 161.0
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 169.87 miles in 62 days.

Done better with my mileage this week, and am actually surprised I'm not further behind where averages say I should be.
Plenty of year left to make up the 'missing' 9 miles

This week I also swam 1.18 miles (76 lengths of a 25 metre pool, so 1900 metres)

My Dad's due home from hospital on Thursday, which also happens to be my day off work. So I'm hoping to get a short run in before heading up that way to give my Mum some support - lots of jobs done around the house to enable him to come back, several of which he was adamant he didn't want doing so he's likely to get into a bit of a mood. I'm booked in on a 10k race next Sunday, and it'll be interesting to see how it goes as it's the same course I did last month while I had my chesty cough.

Another quiet week for walking and running - just 4.36 miles to add.
I need to get my records properly updated so I can see just how much I've started to fall behing target - lots of things are falling by the wayside as I'm spending days off work doing jobs for my Mum while my Dad's been in hospital (it's been just over a month now).

I did manage some other exercise though - just over a mile of swimming (66 lengths of a 25 metre pool) after work on Thursday, and 13.48 miles of cycling (to and from work on Friday). The chesty cough and sore throat seem to have finally gone which makes me feel more postive about getting active again.

??? Really confused as last weeks update seems to have gone AWOL

Last weeks report only added on 3.74 miles of commute walking on the Friday, and a 10k run on the Sunday (a live event I wouldn't have done had I not paid for it just before my chesty cough started up on 1st Feb)

This past week has just seen one short commute walk of 1.67 miles - shocking really !! Need to get back to swimming, cycling and running this next week, as I've got several medals to earn before month end :(sweat) Just hoping the final remnants of my cough won't hold me back any longer.

Sunday 3rd Feb - end of week 5

Miles completed this week

Running - 1.25
Warm up & Cool down walking - 0.58
Commute walking - 13.33
Recreational walking - 0

Total miles for week - 15.16


Year to date

Running - 63.24
Warm up & Cool down walking - 11.9
Commute walking - 44.7
Recreational walking - 3.19

Total miles for year to date - 123.03
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 93.15 miles in 34 days.


Pretty shoddy week - saved only by one day of commuting on foot! Just one short run braving the icy pavements on Thursday to complete 100km in January. The snow on Wednesday meant I wasn't driving and buses were likely to be hit and miss, so I walked to and from work. My colleagues declared me to be mental......

Still a few miles in hand though.

Sunday 27th Jan - end of week 4

Miles completed this week

Running - 21.03
Warm up & Cool down walking - 3.37
Commute walking - 0
Recreational walking - 0

Total miles for week - 24.41


Year to date

Running - 61.99
Warm up & Cool down walking - 11.32
Commute walking - 31.37
Recreational walking - 3.19

Total miles for year to date - 107.87
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 73.97 miles in 27 days.


Mileage this week included my first live run event for the year - Heaton Park 10km (which actually only logged as 9.89km on my watch!)

Sunday 20th Jan - end of week 3

Miles completed this week

Running - 7.95
Warm up & Cool down walking - 1.21
Commute walking - 8.51
Recreational walking - 0

Total miles for week - 17.67


Year to date

Running - 40.98
Warm up & Cool down walking - 7.95
Commute walking - 31.37
Recreational walking - 3.19

Total miles for year to date - 83.49
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 54.79 miles in 20 days. Despite a lower mileage week I'm still ahead of target.

Sunday 13th Jan - end of week 2

Miles completed this week

Running - 14.48
Warm up & Cool down walking - 2.99
Commute walking - 16.25
Recreational walking - 3.19

Total miles for week - 36.91



Year to date

Running - 33.03
Warm up & Cool down walking - 6.74
Commute walking - 22.86
Recreational walking - 3.19

Total miles for year to date - 65.82
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 35.62 miles in 13 days. Comfortably ahead of target due to a lot of unexpected commute walking this week

Sunday 6th Jan - end of week 1

Miles completed this week

Running - 18.55
Warm up & Cool down walking - 3.75
Commute walking - 6.62
Recreational walking - 0

Total miles for week - 28.92



Year to date

Running - 18.55
Warm up & Cool down walking - 3.75
Commute walking - 6.62
Recreational walking - 0

Total miles for year to date - 28.92
Target for year to date (based on 1000 miles in year) = 16.43 miles in 6 days. Ahead of game

Starting strong.....

1,000 miles in the year is an average of 2.74 miles a day

Went to bed in the early hours planning to do a 1 mile run (plus warm up and cool down walks) today
When I got up I decided I'd tackle a 5k (which I log as 3.12 miles on my watch)
Ended up doing 3.5miles - plus 0.59 miles walking (warm up and cool down), making for a total of 4.09 miles

I'm aiming to update on here every Sunday now ‏ — feeling happy