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3rd June 2019

Juneathon Day 2: the one with the missed morning run, blogmin and train related issues

In an ideal world, I would have been writing this blog in my room in Wallingford. Unfortunately, thanks to some train related issues, I’m still at home in Four Oaks. I’m not going to miss spending four hours on a Sunday travelling from Four Oaks to Wallingford.  Spending an extra night at home and being able to watch the season finale of Chicago Fire is a definite positive.

So, what did I get up to on the second day of Juneathon?

Day two of Juneathon didn’t get off to the best of starts when I managed to sleep through my 05:30 alarm. I must have been quite tired as I didn’t wake until almost 10:00. I need to get back into some sort of running routine ASAP. In an attempt to rekindle my running mojo, I treated myself to a pair of these shorts from Lululemon. It’s all about the pockets and I love Lululemon.

Thanks to the weather – whatever happened to the weekend heatwave? – the remainder of the day was so dull, I’m not sure it’s worth writing about. I completed and scheduled a couple of slightly overdue review posts. I spent another couple of hours tackling what I hope were weeds. At 16:00 I packed my bags and checked the trains were running. Rather predictably there were some issues; my train was running so late I would have been stranded in Oxford. I didn’t fancy spending over £30 on a taxi so decided to stay in Four Oaks.

I ensured that I made the most of my bonus evening in Four Oaks. I finished another review post, picked up some bits and pieces from the local convenience store, and wrote a couple of ‘thank-you’ cards.

Fingers crossed I make it down to Wallingford at some stage tomorrow. Although I’ve now booked Monday off as annual leave, I’ve already arranged to meet up with a colleague in the evening.

Random photos from Day 2

I’m afraid that there aren’t any photos as I had planned on taking some in the centre of Oxford, sorry  🙁

Best thing spotted on the Internet on Day 2

With apologies for the slightly cheesy quote.

https://twitter.com/Sports_Greats/status/1135068322863693824

This is something I’m still working on at the grand old age of 40. I wonder if I ever will stop comparing myself to others.

Cumulative Juneathon Distance: 0 km 🙁

Did you have a good weekend? I hope that the weather was better than it was in Four Oaks.

What have you been enjoying on TV recently? Now that Chicago Fire has ended, I need some recommendations.

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0 responses to “Juneathon Day 2: the one with the missed morning run, blogmin and train related issues”

  1. Maria @ Maria Runs says:
    3rd June 2019 at 4:10 pm

    Pockets are the best!
    It depends on what sort of TV you like- I like detective series (where there is one story for the series)- Cardinal set in Canada is good, or Trapped in Iceland, or Follow the Money (about a fraud squad) in Denmark. If you have amazon prime then the Bosch series are great… Or Narcos (can’t remember what TV channel/streaming that is on, but based on the real chase for the drug lords in Columbia). Or for pure feel good TV, the new Queer Eye shows are great.

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