LE JOG

[Nigel]

July saw me running through the drought-stricken English Lake District.

Leaving the level shores of Windermere behind, a few days of steep climb north of Ambleside slowed me down. Steady scenic progress past Rydal Water and Grasmere led gradually to Derwent Water and Keswick before I gave my tired legs a few days' rest near Wordsworth's home beside the River Cocker.

There I took a few days off to test my ancient roadbike on the classic ascent of the Honister Pass, before kicking my heels again towards the classic golf links beside the Solway Firth at Silloth and onwards to Carlisle.

July ended just across the Scottish border, not far outside Gretna. Five months remain to traverse the whole of Caledonia, but with far too many unscheduled diversions behind me and some R&R planned ahead in August, the years' road ahead still looks much more short than long.

July 2010 distance run: 88 miles
July 2010 days run: 17

2010 to date: 706 miles
2010 days run: 120

Weight at 01 Jan 2010: 95 kg
Weight at start of June: 90 kg
Weight at end of June: 89.8 kg (higher resolution scales rather than any real weight loss).

Current route to JOG: 532 miles remaining

LeJog 2010 -- A year of running