No 189... another run bites the dust

AS regular readers know, I run every day. I have just gone through a personal milestone, having run for over half a year – 189 consecutive days to be precise – covering 2,200km of roads and paths.

Running remains my best medicine for getting me through the physical and mental sides of terminal cancer. And it put me in good stead for the isolation Covid-19 brought and the restrictions we still have.

Last week I met up with Chris – a friend I met in the Sahara. We had a great day running along the Grand Union Canal in the Midlands.

Not only did it clear my head but, while sandwiched between the M1 and mainline train line, I realised that even when there are fast-moving things around, if we try we can find a way to have a slower pace.

That led us to share thoughts about what we will do when we are allowed to stay somewhere overnight again.

It’s funny, if you had asked us before the crisis what we would want to do, it would bear little resemblance to what we want now. It’s not the big foreign holidays we yearn for, but simple things like fastpacking (running and backpacking), wild camping and spending time around the fabulous coastline of the UK.

We shared a real desire to do what we can to help the UK get back on its feet by shopping locally, spending as much time as we can in the UK and buying UK products and services. Don’t get me wrong, I will go abroad again and not everything will come from these shores. But I will make a conscious effort to help the UK when I can.

I hope you have had the opportunity to consider what matters to you, so you don’t waste a day when more freedom is allowed. Until next week Kev