Uh oh

No run update today because I'm injured - my Achilles tendon on my left leg is aching and I think I've got a minor pull, probably from doing a lot of walking as well as a 5-mile run at the weekend. Hopefully it's not badly damaged (it doesn't hurt most of the time nor did I feel it give out at any point, which I'm taking as a good sign), but this is the first time I've actually been worried that I might have done something that'll keep me out for potentially weeks so I'm taking no chances. It's also awkward as it's towards the end of the year so I have much less time to catch up if I am out for a bit - or to put it another way, I have to come straight back from being injured and do a lot of much longer runs than usual. Some of this is probably paranoia too, as it's the same leg and the same injury I had towards the end of last year that stopped me running for about a month (and at one point was so bad I could barely put any weight on my leg).

Oh well, fingers crossed I'll be OK to go out on Friday. I'm bang on schedule at the moment anway (or was on Sunday at least), so the good thing is even with a week out I won't be far behind.

Q. What's got 2 legs and flies?

No. of km done: 651

No. of km to target: 349

Conditions: Sunny and warm

Starting music: Many of Horror by Biffy Clyro

Finishing music: Call On Me by Eric Prydz

A. Me. Though unfortunately "flies" means I swallowed two flies while out today rather than the fact I ran particularly swiftly. I should probably be grateful for the extra protein, but I suspect it's not the most hygenic of snacks...

Can't quite figure out what's going on with my Nike sportband. Or rather, how it works out how far I have to go. At the start of the week I was ahead of schedule, so I skipped a run as a break after my catch-up efforts. Today I did 5 miles - and yet I'm now 10 miles behind??? It might all even out by Friday, but it does seem somewhat schizophrenic. Thankfully I know as long as I'm at the equivalent of 990 km done by the day before my last run, I'm good. Well, I may not be good after having done 990 km, but at least I'll be on schedule.

Hauling my arse back on track

No. of km done: 636

No. of km to target: 364

Conditions: Cloudy and warm

Starting music: Shake It by Metro Station

Finishing music: Where's Your Head At? by Basement Jaxx

Well that was a bit of a slog, but I've done it. After getting at one point 20 miles behind schedule after missing four runs over less than 2 weeks, I've managed to catch up and am bang on target again. Not without some serious effort though - I've run over 20 miles in the last 7 days, and one of those was a 10 km run in 30°C heat (which very nearly did me in - don't try this at home, kids. Especially as running round and round in your home will get very boring very fast).

Pleased to have cleared the backlog though, and also pleased I can maybe bank some miles in advance again so that if I need to take any days off in future I won't have to catch up. Also pleased that I'm very nearly at 2/3rds done! Now if only I had 2/3rds of the sponsorship I wanted - looks like I need to do some more pimping of myself. Or rather, what I'm doing - I'm not literally going to pimp myself to raise money. Apart from anything else, I doubt it'd make much.

A wee bit behind

No. of km done: 563

No. of km to target: 437

Conditions: Cloudy and warm

Starting music: Galvanise by The Chemical Brothers

Finishing music: Better Man by Pearl Jam

I'm about 10 miles back from where I should be just now - not from injury, but from just being really busy at work for a week or so. Bit annoying, but I should be able to catch up fairly quickly.

Think it may nearly be new shoe time again - the current pair are feeling a little bit more leaden. Think I get my moneys worth anyway :)

In other bargainacious news, I think (for me) the hayfever season is over too, so no more antihistamines and nasal spray. That's another £10 a month saved!

Hard work

No. of km done: 540

No. of km to target: 460

Conditions: Sunny and warm

Starting music: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues by Elton John

Finishing music: Roam by The B-52s

Well the weather's taken a turn for the warmer the last few weeks, which is partly why I've been a bit slack on the blogging - I've been tending to go evenings and weekends rather than during the day to avoid the warmest bits, and so often haven't had the time afterwards to write up a post.

Not quite sure what my Nike+ thing is up to at the moment. Yesterday it said I was 10 miles behind. Today, I'm on target, and I only did a 5 mile run. It seems to forget one from time to time. Quite possibly because it's bored logging the same old route every week. Think I might investigate some new ones just for a bit of variety (plus I could do with another street route for when winter comes and the towpath turns into something resembling a World War I trench).

As ever, the sponsor-me-do link is: http://www.justgiving.com/goneabitrunny should you fancypopping a few quid my way. Ta!

It's all downhill from here...

No. of km done:500

No. of km to target: 500

Conditions: Cloudy and warm

Starting music: The Hindu Times by Oasis

Finishing music: All Night Long by Hayseed Dixie

Half a million metres, 6 months, three pairs of trainers, three Walkmans (Walkmen?), and 47 hours or so of running later, I'm halfway. And only two blisters so far - same foot, same place, so it should probably only count once anyway ;)

If you'd like to sponsor me for the home stretch (if 500 km can be referred to as a home stretch), then that'd be awesome. The link, as ever, is:

http://www.justgiving.com/goneabitrunny

Thanks for your support so far!

Quick update

No. of km done: 482

No. of km to target: 518

Conditions: Sunny and quite hot

Starting music: Oh My God by The Kaiser Chiefs

Finishing music: Alligator Aviator Autopilot Antimatter by R.E.M.

New headphones bought, working great. 10 k yesterday, 5 miles today, legs bloody tired and busy at work too. Now dinner. Bye!