Week 1 - 21 miles so far

A new year and a new challenge - to run 750 miles in 2010. The "rules" are the same as last year, namely:

1. Only continuous runs of 1 mile or more, outdoors, count.

2. Distances are measured by plotting my route using this website.

3. Training runs, races, running to the station all count (as long as they're more than a mile).

4. I keep track of all my runs on a log.

5. If I fail to reach the 750 mile target by the end of the year, I pa £1 to charity for every mile short.

In fact the only real differences from last year are the target is 50% higher, and this time I'm not doing it for charity, not through any lack of charitable feelings, rather to give my friends and family a break from the incessant requests for sponsorship.

This week, in spite of the unusually wintry weather in London I managed 3 laps of Hyde Park at lunchtimes during the week (totalling 12 miles), and 6 laps of Dulwich Park today, adding another 6 miles, bring my total for the week/month/year to 18.

To reach 750 by the end of December I need to do around 15 miles per week so this is a good start, particularly in view of the weather which seems to have brought a large part of the UK to a standstill.