LE JOG

[Nigel]

Here was October.

I set out from Perth, along the silv'ry Firth of Tay to Dundee, past Rabbie Burns' statue and Captain Scott's good ship Discovery, and then marvelling at the jack-up oil rigs laid up for poor weather by the dockside.

Northwards beside the North Sea to Montrose, with a quick stop for an Arbroath Smokie kipper, I followed the east coast relentlessly, up past grey slate Stonehaven, through the very heart of Aberdeen and out of the Granite City to my favourite eating stop beside the River Ythan at the Udny Arms in Newburgh.

After a quick run across the links, I headed west and uphill into the highlands, where month end saw me with the Grampians in sight in wild Scottish forest not far from Huntly.


October 2010 distance run: 125 miles
October 2010 days run: 22 (the most days run in any month this year)

2010 to date: 1058 miles
2010 days run: 181

Weight at 01 Jan 2010: 95 kg
Weight at end of September: 90.6 kg
Weight at end of October: 89.6 kg (1 kg lost per 125 miles run is admittedly not a high rate of attrition).

Current route to JOG: 201 miles remaining

LeJog 2010 -- A year of running