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Just another morning run, to get me up to my 3 runs per week again. Heat wave, heat flushes and hot headaches have reduced me to a one/week runner again! 😱😱😱

But this morning I had fun rectifying that.

Zombies were out and about in my side missions, as I had finished the main missions of Season 2. So great to know the developers are 5 seasons ahead of me, so plenty of Zombies still to run from! And one can’t simply binge-run those stories! 🀣

My route was as beautiful as ever, some dog walkers about, but other than that, post-rain bliss in a cool, woodland setting.

Almost like running in Scotland where my alternate self is running in the North Coast 500 challenge. On LeJog I am rather heading up the (probably very hot) M6 having passed Manchester and heading towards Preston.

At the start of my local run down here, I experienced a short knee and hip niggle, which always feels quite unnerving, but once I had warmed up, they never reappeared. But must watch that!

Happy running everyone!

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nowsterGraduate10

Just a pedantic query: does the LE-Jo'G follow the M6 or does it divert 15 miles off-line to visit Manchester?

And if you were doing shortest route, you'd probably not use the M6 through Staffs, but probably go closer to Liverpool, having taken the A49 through the Welsh borders, only picking up the M6 around Winwick near Warrington.

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

Yeah, I really think that is one area needing improvement by the LeJog end to end team. I would prefer a virtual route using trails or smaller roads. It’s one of the reasons I loved my Hadrian’s Wall journey so much, with large parts on the walking trails.

Pic of the LeJog route below:

LeJog route
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nowsterGraduate10β€’ in reply toCBDB

To misquote Boromir, "One does not simply run up the M6" 🀣

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ‘πŸ½

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Maddee_6333Graduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

🀣🀣🀣Not if you want to live!

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nowsterGraduate10β€’ in reply toMaddee_6333

I'd expect the Highways England Traffic Officers or the local motorway police would pick you up pretty sharpish and give you a severe talking to.

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

Well, they haven’t been paying attention then, as 1000s of runners have made their way up the M6 since last year, on LEJOG. 🀣🀣

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CowladyrunningGraduate10β€’ in reply tonowster

I used to go A49 from Abergavenny to get to Uni in Lancaster years ago as m5 m6 was just terrible!! A49 nice route and faster!

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

Yeah, I loath the M5 and M6 and we know it well from visiting family in midlands from the North and also when we used to live in Scotland. We sometimes took the A50, which runs for a long stretch besides M6, but it is slow going.

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BeatlesforeverGraduate10

Well done, those zombies will keep you moving!

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toBeatlesforever

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GrannyhugsGraduate10

Aren’t these virtual runs brilliant, all being run consecutively. Well done getting out today in the heat. Happy running πŸ€—

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toGrannyhugs

πŸ₯°πŸ™yeah, love these virtual challenges … and the bling that comes afterwards πŸ…πŸ…πŸ…

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Maddee_6333Graduate10

Pleased you could get out. I in the middle of a hot flush every 3 hours day, one of which I haven’t had in ages and am feeling really heartily fed up.

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toMaddee_6333

Yeah… I hear you! Wishing both of us cool heads! πŸ˜ŽπŸ†’

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BS44

I’ve just started using Zombies app to help me consolidate C25k - I love it. I needed something to occupy my mind while I was running on my treadmill and this works for me 🀣

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toBS44

Yeah, me too. I originally suggested this to my teenage son, but he didn’t go for this but I did instead of him. πŸ˜„ I also actually like it’s running statistics, specifically how it updates your best km, mile, 5k, 10k etc. And I love listening to radio Abel with my own Spotify play list. Sometimes with hilarious combinations.

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Doris8Graduate10

I would have nightmares afterwards listening to the zombies run. But well done getting out . Not much fun having heat flushes. After I have ran and I get hot even after shower my hands start shaking with the heat and really week . Heat not good for me especially at night hands snd feet burn. The north coast 500 meant to be very scenic a lot of folk doing it this year. How your knee and hip settle down πŸ€—

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toDoris8

Thank you, yes. Heat flushes are not much fun. Knees and hips seem ok, so just monitoring. πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ™πŸƒπŸΎβ€β™€οΈ

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

Up the M6 with Zombies on the side, what more can one say? πŸ˜€glad you enjoyed your run, it made for brilliant reading, I just love a few zombies to liven things up (whoops)

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toSueAppleRun

πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

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Deals1Graduate10

πŸ‘ Well done. I've not done a zombie run in yonks. May have to start again

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toDeals1

There still there, roaming around Abel. πŸ˜‰

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CowladyrunningGraduate10

I just think you're so brave doing a zombie run πŸ˜‚ just reading about you doing it makes me feel like running very fast.....away πŸ˜‚ Hope you get your 3 runs back. I got bad headaches when it went stormy and just could not run in that heat before!!

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toCowladyrunning

Yeah, the heat was also difficult for me to cope with. And I did wonder if some of my headaches came from the weather or heat.What was nice that it didn’t effect my daily Yoga.

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FionamagsGraduate10

Look out - its behind yooooooo πŸ˜±πŸ€―πŸ˜„. Anything that bolsters the enthusiasm to get back to it though. Sounds like there are lots of us who have faltered a bit the last while. I'm on a mission to get back to 3 runs/week again too. Onwards with the πŸ§Ÿβ€β™‚οΈ πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈ πŸ§Ÿβ€β™‚οΈ πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈ πŸ§Ÿβ€β™‚οΈ

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CBDBGraduate10β€’ in reply toFionamags

πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ½πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸƒπŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸƒπŸΌβ€β™€οΈHere’s to our target 🎯 of 3 runs/week!

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