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Hooray! LEJOG 5 done and dusted! - John O'Groats Baby! ๐Ÿ˜€

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My little legs have run and walked me through an eventful few months since I started LEJOG 5 on 1 September 2020 with a combined running and dog walk distance of 6.64 miles. Today I rounded it all off with a combined run and dog walk of 4.9 miles.

There have been some landmarks along the way, not just in terms of beautiful scenery and some fantastic views, but personal ones too, including my first (and as yet only) 10k on my birthday, and my highest run and walk mileage total of 10.01 miles one day in November.

LEJOG has been a great motivator over the winter months and a great incentive to keep me returning from the IC whenever injury dared to strike.

For all those still out on the road, including Timotea and jorgeRuns - keep going, you are nearly there!! See you at the finish!! ๐Ÿ…

๐Ÿค” ๐Ÿ’ญHhmm.... What am I going to do now......?

I need to find myself another virtual (or not?) event to work towards....... ๐Ÿค”

๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ A second 10k would be a good place to start.

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ComfortnotspeedGraduate10

Well done, DD ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ˜€๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿ˜Š๐ŸŒธ

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Comfortnotspeed

Thank you Comfort โ˜บ๏ธ

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TimoteaGraduate10

Hooray! Well done DD! Hopefully can join you at the finish soon. Want to see pic of you in T shirt? Lots and lots of congratulations. Tx

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Timotea

Ooh yes! The t-shirt! ๐ŸŽฝ!๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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Instructor57Graduate10

Congratulations and Well done on reaching JOG ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Instructor57

Thank you! Now for my next challenge ๐Ÿค”......

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Whoop whoop, cheering you to the end, thatโ€™s very impressive

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to SueAppleRun

Thank you xx ๐Ÿ˜€

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LizcanrunGraduate10

Wow! That's fantastic. Well done!

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Lizcanrun

Thank you Liz ๐Ÿ˜Š

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CantsoimgonnaGraduate10

Yah! Awesome achievement. Very well done Delly-Dot!

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Cantsoimgonna

Oh, you got there so long ago! I'm sure you could have run it again by now ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ˜‰!

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CantsoimgonnaGraduate10 in reply to Delly-dot

Definitely not! The walking on top of the running was a killer! Well done.

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Cantsoimgonna

Itโ€™s lovely to hear from you. Hope all is going well. ๐Ÿ˜Š

Well done Delly-dot ๐Ÿฅณ get the drinks in, although you might get through a few whilst waiting for the rest of us to join you, Iโ€™ve still got nearly 200 miles to go ๐Ÿค—

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to

Best you hurry up then Mrs Jorge! I'll have them lined up on the bar ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿฅ‚

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Birdlady64Graduate10

Fantastic! Well done ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘.I started in January and have only recently received my 300 mile postcard.

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Birdlady64

๐Ÿ‘๐ŸผThat's great progress! Enjoy the rest of your runs ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Week7Graduate10

Congratulations!

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Week7

Thank you! ๐Ÿ˜€

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OldgirlrunsGraduate10

Whoop whoop! Well done Dd, thatโ€™s an awfully long way but you did it! I imagine the dog will be glad of the rest!

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Oldgirlruns

Thank you OGR๐Ÿ˜„. Iโ€™m just going to give Isla a few days to give her paws a rest ๐Ÿพ and then weโ€™ll be looking for another challenge I think ๐Ÿ˜‰

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CBDBGraduate10

Wooohooo!!! Well done!!! Love that finish line!

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to CBDB

Thank you CBDB. ๐Ÿ˜€ Where are you up to now on your LEJOG 6?

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CBDBGraduate10

Just coming out of Bโ€™ham. So heading towards my Home soon, which was my original target (M6 Exit 16) but I think I might make it to the Lake District, now. Slowly but surely! (but I think I wonโ€™t see the arrival of a medal for this challenge, ๐Ÿ˜ Iโ€™m just too slow to finish in the year)

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to CBDB

You are doing brilliantly. Having markers is a great idea. I had a couple of markers on the M6 too - just a little further up from you near J19 (where my childhood home and family are ๐Ÿก), then the Lake District too where I studied for 4 years. Next markers were near my in-laws in Scotland and some Memory Lane places in the Highlands.

I logged all my runs and dog walks by doing my total step count each day.

Happy homeward run! โ˜บ๏ธ

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Banana12Graduate10

You smashed it DD. Huge congratulations. ๐Ÿ… ๐ŸŽ– ๐Ÿฅ‡

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Banana12

Thank you! Iโ€™d hoped Iโ€™d be a little quicker but the IC had other ideas. Still pleased as punch though ๐Ÿ˜€. It has certainly been a great incentive to keep getting out there through the winter weather. Now roll on summer sunshine ๐ŸŒž

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FionamagsGraduate10

Brilliant - with loads of time to spare too! Have you seen they are now doing JoGLe??? Also, since you're in Scotland you could join me on the Edinburgh Marathon Festival 10k. A few of us are doing it - weekend of 29th May - although you can choose when to do it. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Fionamags

Oooh .... I shall have a look at the Edinburgh 10k. Hopefully Iโ€™ll get to run in Scotland for real again at some point when we are finally able to visit my in-laws. I havenโ€™t seen JOGLE either so shall take a look. Thanks FM xx

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FionamagsGraduate10 in reply to Delly-dot

Brilliant! We will be joined by dijep PandaCory and Hareshaw-Granny ๐Ÿš€

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PandaCoryGraduate10 in reply to Delly-dot

Yaas! Well done! I finished at the beginning of April & the (very nice) t-shirt came shortly after. I might've worn it a few times... I'm now doing JOGLE as well, but managed to resist the North Coast 500 for now. I'm doing the Edinburgh 10k, but am slightly apprehensive about it since I'm running so badly just now. I'm aiming just to limp round at a snail's pace (no change there ๐Ÿ˜„) until I get it done. Join us....

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to PandaCory

Hi PandaCory. You are all doing a good job on me this morning! I am seriously thinking about it now though Iโ€™ll need to really get my act together and start clocking up some longer runs...... ๐Ÿ˜„

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10

Congratulations to you Dell-dot on completing Lejog, I hope you are very proud of yourself ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿพ

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to AlMorr

Thank you Al! Yes, pleased as anything. I need to look for something else now. Fionamags has just told me about JOGLE - running all the way back! ๐Ÿ˜

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AlMorrAmbassadorGraduate10 in reply to Delly-dot

Bit late now, but perhaps something for you like COGH challenge could be repeated sometime for people who missed it the first time.

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dijepGraduate10

Congratulations ๐ŸŽŠ ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ŸŽˆBrilliant achievement.

It's amazing how all those dog walks and runs add up to such a monumental distance.

Yes comes on join us for the virtual Edinburgh 10k...

Although I have a feeling I'll be doing mine in July as I'm still propped up on the IC.

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to dijep

I doubt that I will be 10k ready by race day but Iโ€™ll take a look. I need something to work towards. Howโ€™s the IC treating you?

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Delly Iโ€™ve signed up for the Edinburgh Festival 10k (as the vitality London has been postponed until later in the year) then I discovered you have a whole year to complete your 10k, so anytime you are ready will work ๐Ÿค—

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to

Thank you! Now Iโ€™m seriously thinking about it ๐Ÿ˜€

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dijepGraduate10 in reply to Delly-dot

Well on the negative side since the physios prodding I've had backache โ˜น๏ธ, on the positive my leg is much better ๐Ÿ˜ŠI think the exercises are helping though, back for another session next week.

Yes as JorgeRuns says you can do the Edinburgh 10k any time which is great as I'll probably be doing it in the autumn at this rate.

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to dijep

Glad to read the physio is having some positive effects. Hopefully the back pain will ease by itself. Right, Iโ€™m going to check out the 10k....... โ˜บ๏ธ

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Raisemeup60minGraduate

Congratulations ๐ŸŽŠ if you wait for me to get to the 10k finishing line, you might get a bit bored! but I'm going to turn up one fine day. Best wishes โ˜บ๏ธ

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Raisemeup

Thank you! Oh theyโ€™re all doing their best to talk me into it..... I feel a restart of The Magic Plan coming on ๐Ÿ˜† Happy running

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Scruff5560minGraduate

๐ŸŽ‰ woohoo๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒธ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉreally well done DD.

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to Scruff55

Thank you Scruff. Iโ€™m looking for my next adventure now..... looks like thereโ€™s a 10k on the (distant) horizon ๐Ÿ™‚

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Scruff5560minGraduate in reply to Delly-dot

Iโ€™m still only doing occasional 5 ks due to niggling hip. Plucking up the courage to go to a physio ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿคž

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roseabi

Congratulations!!!

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Delly-dotGraduate10 in reply to roseabi

Thank you roseabi. Time to start working on a steady return to 10k now ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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