Day 282/365

Since the 1st January, 282 days of running everyday, minimum 5k per day, averaging just over 5 miles a day, 1520 miles in challenge 2014kx365. My challenge on the 1st of January was to run 5k per day everyday for a year and hopefully raise funds & awareness of charities Time is Precious & SANDS.

SANDS is the stillbirth and neonatal death charity operating throughout the UK supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby and promoting research to reduce the loss of babies lives. Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week - a time of remembrance for anyone affected by the death of a baby. The aim being to raise awareness of the impact of the death of a baby irrespective of the cause and how it can touch so many but the subject rarely talked about. To help break through the silence #BabyLossWeekUK for more information http://www.uk-sands.org

Remembering my off road trainers ran Somer AC's Jack 'n Jill route starting & finishing at Westfield trading estate.  Legs were feeling slightly lethargic but started out at a nice steady pace out the back of the trading estate and across the fields over Haydon batch following footpaths down to Radstock coming out onto the main road by St Nicholas Church. Onto the cycle path for a short stretch and then back into the fields all the way to Kilmersdon. Once in Kilmersdon the route goes under the disused railway bridge climbs up through wooded area once at the top follows a track straight back down into the village. After already climbing up through the woods, now a sharp ascent of Jack and Jill Hill from the nursery rhyme. Pace had now dropped off  and took it steady along a long lane till you get back in the fields. Through some pasture land full of sheep and another with inquisitive cattle the footpath emerges at the bottom of the batch up over the top and along the footpaths back to the trading estate. Sun was shining but there was quite a cold wind. Going underfoot was slippery and muddy in places but not heavy. 6.37 miles in1hour and 5 mins.