Run Around The World has now ended and what we achieved as a team is absolutely incredible and we managed to hold onto 13th place 🙂
Huge well done to @louiserosee.bsky.social @squirrellyaltruist.bsky.social @emmbean.bsky.social and Jill Wakeman #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends #running

Screenshot a Strava activity showing a 5.56km run in 52m20s. Background photo is a group of runners in front of Cheltenham racecourse

A nice gentle chatty club run to finish the month and take me over my 100km distance target. And that’s a wrap on #runaroundtheworld #ratw #runchat

Day 31 of Run Around The World done.
Last day of the challenge today and finished off with a gentle 5K.
Have run more miles this month than ever before in one month 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

Selfie after treadmill run. Underboob 😅 Wish my under arms would sweat like a normal person.

East Coast Lunch Time Zone 5 mile run Dashboard. 10:45 local time. 55:05 run time. Pace is about managing through to Aug 1 and my Seattle PT session in early Aug.

Pre-Dinner ~ 5k run Dashboard - 3.21 miles. 34:06 run time. Pace is about managing through to Aug 1 and my Seattle PT session in early Aug.

408 5K Run Silver Medals

#5KADay #running yesterday was 2 runs - a 5 mile lunch run (east coast time zone) & a 5K pre dinner run (mtn time zone) for #RunAroundTheWorld & #BlueskyRunningLegends. Slow runs. A blister each on my 👣 and looks like another toenail bed is getting injured. Two more run days to go. #Runsky #Runchat

For a moment I thought you had finished and I was thinking, "hang on what about tomorrow"...keep on going for 13th position!
#runaroundtheworld

Day 30 of Run Around The World done.
Very humid out there this morning and the legs felt good and strong all the way round 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

10K run performance dashboard from AppleFitness. 10’29” average pace. 6.3 mile distance, 1:06:06 run time. The breaks - had to give hubs virtual support for our return home grocery haul and I accidentally disabled the treadmill reaching for my tissue. 🤣

5K run performance dashboard from AppleFitness. 36:29 run time, 3.21 miles distance, 11’21” average pace.

5K Running Medal #406

Selfie at the end of my last 4 mile run in Cali before flying back to Denver on Sunday.

#5kADay #running yesterday - for #RunAroundTheWorld #BlueskyRunningLegends day 28 - was a gentle 10k for lunch & gentler 5K before dinner. 🥇 9.51 miles is my biggest #running in a day ever. #runchat #runsky #Fitsky

Day 29 of Run Around The World done.
A gentle and easy 5K was just what was needed this morning 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

Screenshot of a Strava activity showing a 5.04km run in 28m46s. Background is a map of the run and the words “personal record - Cheltenham Parkrun summer course 2024”

Woo! Not an overall PB but a PB for this particular route. I’ll take that! Nice rain halfway round too. Tune of the day: Dropkick Murphys - Johnny I hardly knew ya “where are the legs with which you run, haroo haroo” got me up the last hill nicely #ratw #parkrun #runningpunks #runaroundtheworld

Day 26 of Run Around The World done.
Was a parkrun blast this morning and super happy to finish 12th and with a sub 20 minutes to boot 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #parkrun #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

Selfie on the running levee with ocean and bridges in the background

AppleFitness Dashboard for 3.45 mile run. Average pace 10’19”, fastest mile 9:56.

AppleFitness Run Log. Over 100 miles 25 days in Last 5 mile run was last Saturday, before Sunday Travel day and on the 5K schedule until we’re back home unless I go rogue.

403 5K Run Silver Medals

#5KADay 403 #running outside the Bay Area Peninsula - Walker City - basically San Mateo California. Coolish, windy all the way back, little looser than yesterday. 9:56 fastest mile so healing 🤩. Itching to put in 5 miles again but on the scouting schedule. #Runsky #Runchat Day 25 #RunAroundTheWorld

Day 25 of Run Around The World done.
A nice and steady 4 miles to keep the mileage ticking over for the week 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

Screenshot of a Strava activity showing. 7.65km run in 51m 6s. Background photo is a trail going up a hill towards the sunset

Evening trails with my running club. Chatty, scenic, hills getting easier 😎 #ratw #runaroundtheworld #runchat #runsky #blueskyrunners #trailrunners

Selfie near the mid point on laguna lake headed back. Looks pond like in the background with rolling hills, foggy clouds, lush trees and homes on the opposite shoreline

AppleFitness run map from top of Madonna Trail out to laguna lake loop trail and back

AppleFitness performance dashboard for 3.22 mile run. 34:02 run time. 10’34” average pace.

401 5K Run Medals

#5KADay 401 & #RunAroundTheWorld Day 23 with #BlueSkyRunningLegends today is 3.22 miles #running outside on the Madonna Bike Path in San Luis Obispo Cali. First Cali run to feel like a real push and slowed me down. Windy on the rtn and ended uphill. Woke up before 5am w/calf cramps #Runsky #Runchat

Day 23 of Run Around The World done.
Very muggy out there already this morning so was just a slow and steady 5K to keep the mileage ticking over 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

Selfie. Waterbreak posk 5k. Picnic table, grass, palm trees, Mission Bay Park San Diego

AppleFitness Run Dashboard. 33 mins run time. 3.21 miles. 175 W avg power, 162 spm avg cadence, 10’17” min/mile avg pace. 155 avg bpm. Effort 8 hard, 10:21 mile 1, 10:14 mile two, rest is out of frame.

selfie on the shore at 1.6 miles in. Dock, sail boats, palm trees in background.

400 5k run silver medals.

#5KADay #running 400 toasty shore run in San Diego. Warm, humid, bit windy. Hard push since being out all day yesterday scouting wasn’t adequate rest. We head north up the Cali coast post #run shower. Excellent outdoor runs here. #Runchat #Runsky #BlueskyRunningLegends #RunAroundTheWorld day 22. 🤩

A nice 5k tempo run this morning. Surprised myself by hitting 5k in just a smidge (8seconds) under 30mins. Now I want to see how fast I can do a fast one! 🤣 #runchat #ratw #runaroundtheworld

Day 22 of Run Around The World done.
A nice slow and steady 5K to stretch the legs after Sunday's race 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

St.Albans summer 10K for me this morning and more miles in the bag for Run Around The World too.
It was tough conditions out there so I was super happy to sneak a sub 40 in 🙂🏃
#running #10K #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

5 mile run dashboard for Saturday, 19 July. 54:03 running time. 151 bpm heart rate reflects ongoing insomnia and leg problems. 11:05 slowest mile, 10:24 fastest mile.

5 mile run dashboard for Friday, 18 July. 51:18 running time. 153 bpm heart rate reflects ongoing insomnia and leg problems. 10:32 slowest mile, 9:57 fastest mile, 10’15” min/mile average pace

Training load increase for this month’s Run Around The World Philanthropy. Overall 20% increase at this point. Shows low sleep and high respiration impacts of insomnia on overnight vitals in the screenshot

397 5K run silver medals

#5KADay 397 & 396. 5 miles each day 19&18 of #RunAroundTheWorld & #BlueskyRunningLegends. So many more miles that my left knee tried to buckle on me today and yesterday at the 10 min pace so having to keep it slow, especially with mounting insomnia. I definitely need 😴 & pushing it #Runchat #Runsky

Day 19 of Run Around The World done.
Wet and warm out there this morning so I was happy to get as many miles in as I did before the heavens really opened 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

Screenshot of a Strava activity showing an 8.07km run in 52min29secs. Background is the sun rising over hills

Humid 5 miles. Felt quite tough but won’t get chance to run again until next week so I’m glad I got out and did this #ratw #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunners #runsky #blueskyrunninglegends

Day 18 of Run Around The World done.
A nice and easy 5K this morning to keep things ticking over ahead of doing longer mileage over the weekend weather permitting 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

Day 17 of Run Around The World done.
Back to being very warm and humid out there this morning and being chased by a fox was the motivation I was expecting to help me run a bit quicker lol 😂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

AppleFitness 5 mile run dashboard. High average bpm today - 161 bpm. I pushed on pace for the 5k portion and then had to slow down. Pace down to 10’22” at the moment.

Two dogs frolicking in a field at the off leash dog area. Red/yellow golden retriever and golden Ashby doodle/clobber dog.

Storm skies rolling in on the off leash dog park area. Also shows the parking lot with cars.

395 5K run silver medals awarded

#5KADay 395 #running. Didn’t think I wud make today’s slow 5 mi push but it happened 🥰 4 Day 16 of #RunAroundTheWorld international july fundraiser. Also got 🐶 Ashby out 4 slow 2.7 mi dog park walk #Runsky #Runchat #Dogsky #Dogsofbluesky Pets and Fitness are forms of healthcare. #EosinophilicAsthma

Screenshot of a Strava activity showing a 4.33km run in 26m13s. Background image is me very warm and shiny in sunglasses doing rock horns wearing a shirt that says Run Hard

Interval training. 5 x 400m one of which was my second fastest 400m ever 🤩 Plus some gentle jogging either side. Best tune: Sparks - this town ain’t big enough for both us #runsky #blueskyrunninglegens #runaroundtheworld #ratw #runningpunks

Day 16 of Run Around The World done.
A nice and gentle leg stretch of a 5K this morning and the cool breeze was very very welcome 🙂🏃
#running #ukrunchat #runchat #runaroundtheworld #blueskyrunninglegends

AppleFitness 5 mile slow run dashboard. It asked me to record my own effort level……but it’s supposed to track directly to average heart rate. So went back in and set it at 8. 🙄

394 5K Run Silver Medals

Training load up this month

Running log for july. 72.52 miles in at day 15 ahead of travel. Average pace of 10:21 down by a minute from before leg 🦵 injury. Shows last 7 runs in last 7 days. Six are five miles and Sunday was cut short at 4.3 to make family commitment before roasting temps hit.

#5KADay #running 394 today w/ 5 miles 4 #RunAroundTheWorld july fundraiser. The 5 miles push is getting harder to sustain daily. There’s not gonna b anymore leg recovery or run recovery until my upcoming travel, but I may drop down to 4 miles. This is my mood stabilizer too peeps! 🐥 #Runsky #Runchat

I strongly suspect the rest of the team have put in more miles than I have here but it’s pretty impressive that between such a small number of us we’ve run further than some much bigger teams! Well done team 👏 👏 👏 #blueskyrunninglegends #ratw #runaroundtheworld

Screenshot of a Strava run showing a 5.01km run in 29m36s. Background is a map of the activity around Cheltenham

Shaking out the last tightness from Saturday. Comfortably sub 30 but didn’t really feel I was pushing that hard. This is the first run of my Cheltenham Half training and I’m quietly wondering could this be the one where I finally hit a sub 2 hour half… #runsky #runaroundtheworld #runchat