Virtual Spine Day 3 Distance Covered Today – 13.88 miles Total Distance covered – 40.30 miles Virtual Slightly warner day but still barely getting above zero degrees. Slightly stiffer breeze gives a colder feel. This stretch lacks the scenic splendour of the last two days and the sound of ‘civilization’ (i.e. the niggling buzz of traffic) are […]
Virtual Spine Day 2 Distance Covered Today – 15.67 miles Total Distance covered – 26.42miles Virtual Very cold and sunny with a gentle breeze Another cold but clear day today with a sharp frost and -3 degrees to wake me up this morning. Not as tough, or as scenic, as yesterday as the compelling journey through the […]
Virtual Spine Day 1 Distance Covered Today – 10.75 miles Total Distance covered – 10.75 miles Virtual The weather isn’t too bad for the start of this epic challenge, very cold hovering around zero but light cloud and no wind makes it good for running and walking. The race starts and I opt for walking […]
Well, 2020 didn’t go to plan did it lol. As some of you will be very aware my plans to do 20 half marathons in 2020 reached 4 before a nasty little virus firstly got us stuck in New Zealand and then ruled out all future races for the year. The challenge came to an abrupt […]
Only a few days to go now before myself and Mark Duerden attempt to walk the 190 mile Coast to Coast, created by the legendry Alfred Wainwright, in just 10 days. That’s a whopping average of 19 miles per day. Thankfully we get to stay in a hotel/pub each night to recover, or drink away […]
Ive now managed to get the site optimised for viewing on mobile devices. So now theres no excuse for following our progress no matter where you are. Just type in the blog address and the magic of the internet will work out what device you have and render it accordingly. http://graden.org.uk/c2c Please sponsor us on […]
We have been testing our live tracking and it now seems to be working. Basically Mark has a Garmin GPS watch that can connect to an app on his iPhone. The watch sends location info at regular intervals to the app and this in turn posts it to a live link whenever we have an […]
Today my Pendleside Hospice fundraising total hit a whopping £1000. Just what we needed to get us on our way tomorrow 🙂 The total is a combination of my 13in13 challenge from last year and the Coast to Coast which we start tomorrow. Please don’t stop there though, the hospice always needs our donations and help […]
9:41 am at St Bees and we are off 🙂
