Having only written my last blog an hour ago or so - if that - I went to get changed, looked out of the window to check (with a sigh of relief) that it wasn't raining, and headed out into the dark and chill.
After about half a mile the hood was pushed back, and I pushed on. My talking phone/GPS app told me at ten minutes I'd done just under a mile and I pushed on. At 1.3 miles I was back to my starting point ... and still I pushed on. At 15 minutes I'd done just under 1.5 miles and at 20 minutes just under 2. By this point my breathing was ragged, I had the traditional stitch, I was sweating profusely, and hooray ... my sofa was again within reach ... One last push to the edge of the village and I slowed to begin the last "warm-down walk home" at 2.2 miles.
So I cracked, somehow the 2 mile barrier: big smile for me. Sometimes determination really does pay off! I will continue to marvel from afar at my fellow Janathoners running 5, 10, and even 15 miles a day; in the meantime though I will get on quietly with my target of completing the month, however brief my average outings and however entertaining it may be that a 2 mile stretch can be so noteworthy!
And with that in mind, so far so good. Day 21 is Jogged. Day 21 is Logged. Day 21 is Blogged. Yes!
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