JogBlog running blog

Right then, the Independent Adjudicator has just set up Google Reader with all the Juneathoners’ blog feeds in, so he can keep tabs on you all.

Rather him than me.

Good luck, everyone!

You may or may not know that I’m a huge fan of Audiofuel Running Music. I don’t know what magical properties they put in their tracks but they really work when I need a bit of a boost, whether I’m out running or in the gym.

You need Audiofuel.

And because you need Audiofuel, I asked that nice young man Sean (not to be confused with Shaun) if he could donate a track or two to the runner up of Juneathon. And because he is so nice, he said the runner up can choose four compilations from their music store.

This does not mean you can all slack off in the hope that you don’t get the first prize and you get the runner’s up prize instead. The Independent Adjudicator will be watching.

That nice Laura chick from Marketing Zone (aka Jim’ll) sent me some new Polaroid Polarized Sunglasses to try. I think she sent them to me when it was snowing, so it took a while to try them out. In the meantime, I just looked at them occasionally, admiring their stylishness.

They came in a hard case and with two extra interchangeable coloured lenses (ok, pedants, one is clear and not a colour. Well spotted). I said to Little Crutchey Man ‘is this so you can swap them round to suit the colour of your outfit?’ and he said no and started going into one of his long rambling too-full-of-technical-details lectures and so I emailed the nice Laura chick and said ‘hello, what are the different lenses for?’ and she said ‘Glad you asked. As it happens, brown is a polarized lens that’s great for very bright days and will give you clear contrasts. The orange is for not-so-sunny days  -  or if you’re out as the sun is setting or coming up. They’re easy-peasy to switch – so whatever the conditions you’ll have some Polaroids that are right.’

So there you go. (Probably best not to wear the orange ones with a green top though, eh?)

Because there’d been no sun, I hadn’t been able to try out my nice new sunglasses. And also, because I look really stupid in sunglasses (doesn’t everybody?), I’ve been too scared to try them out for fear of people pointing and laughing at me more than they do usually.

But today I had no choice. I was going running and it was sunny. So on they went and I went outside. The lenses are nice and dark and made my arms look nice and tanned, instead of the pasty pink they’ve turned over the last couple of days.

I set off for my scheduled two miles and the sunglasses stayed on perfectly and didn’t move at all. I felt quite cocooned in them, as if I was invisible and I wondered if I could wear them at races and eye up the fit blokes before the race started without them noticing. It’d have to be at the start of the race as there’s no fit blokes at the back, where I usually hang out at races. Yes, ‘hang out’ is the new ‘being really slow’.

Anyway, I think the sunglasses must have had extra magical properties too, as I even contemplated going further than my scheduled two miles. Or it might have been the scientifically proved magical properties of Audiofuel Running Music giving me a boost.

And speaking of those wonderful people at Audiofuel, they’re going to let the runner up of Juneathon choose four compilations from their website.

(That doesn’t mean you can all slack so you don’t win the VFFs, even if the Audiofuel tracks are a better prize.)

There’s a new, dedicated Juneathon 2010 page. It’s up there, look ^^

I’ll be adding to the roll call there.

Woo hoo, how exciting. Today I have:

a) the new Juneathon logo to unveil, thanks to the mega-talented [rich] (aka Joggerblogger); and

b) details of the prizes. (Ok, prize. Singular. (Actually, there will be another prize but that remains secret and not just because I don’t know what it is. I do know. So there.))

Here we are then, courtesy of that JB bloke, the new logo.

Feel free to copy it onto your own blog posts. In fact, I insist.

Ok, so you’ve scanned to see what the prize is. I’m getting to that bit now.

Today I got an email from a man called Andy from Fitness Footwear. Actually, his name is Adam but as he addressed the email ‘Dear Carly’, I thought it only fair to call him a similar it-starts-with-the-same-letter-and-has-the-same-number-of-letters-in-it-but-that’s-where-the-similarity-ends name.

Anyway, Adam asked if I’d like a pair of Vibram Five Fingers Classics to give away as the winner’s prize* and so I said ‘yes please’.

In case you don’t know what they are or what they look like, that’s them on the left. Yes, I know they look weird. But runners look weird anyway, so it’s not like anyone’s going to laugh at you more than they do now, is it?

I’m going to keep the roll call where it is, so if you want to join in, add a comment to the Juneathon 2010 FAQ and Roll Call and I’ll add you to the list.

(p.s. Today I went for an interview for a job in a running shop. Can you all send either a) positive vibes my way; or b) a big bribe to the owners of my local running shop please? Ta.)

*Legal stuff:

The winner is entitled to choose one pair of Vibram Five Fingers Classic shoes from FitnessFootwear.com. Prize cannot be exchanged for cash. The judge’s decision is final.

What is it?

It’s a month of exercise. Running, cycling, walking, rowing, weights, whatever. Just do something every day in June.

Then what?

Then blog about it on your blog, on Twitter, or on the Facebook page.

Why?

Because you’re a fat lardy bloater and you need some exercise. Because it’s fun.

Who’s idea was this in the first place?

Joggerblogger is the man to blame.

How long has it been going?

This will be the fourth year.

Who else is doing it?

So far, the roll call is as follows:

Me
Phil – http://www.sorelimbs.co.uk/
Andy – http://andystriblog.blogspot.com/
Travelling Hopefully – http://www.travellinghopefully.wordpress.com/
Ash – http://run-bootsy-run.blogspot.com/
Caspar – http://www.uneducatedguess.org/ @caspararemi
Sheri – http://runningawayfromthegrownups.blogspot.com/ @sheri3004
Tom Roper – http://www.roper.org.uk/marathon2005/
Iliketocount – http://iliketocount.wordpress.com
Adele – http://fitartist.wordpress.com @adeleprince
Jo – http://irunbecauseilovefood.wordpress.com
Run DMT – http://deniseisrundmt.com @denisermt
Gene – http://www.genesoboleski.blogspot.com @boutdrz
Hauling my Carcass – http://www.haulingmycarcass.com @haulingmycarcas
Eating Trees – http://eatingtrees.wordpress.com/
Sam – http://www.runningandthinking.blogspot.com
Adele – http://fitartist.wordpress.com/
Shunning Running – http://shunningrunning.wordpress.com/
Breandán – http://www.aroundtheyearin24pints.blogspot.com/
Emma – http://emmavinyard.blogspot.com/
Pete – http://peteschallenge.wordpress.com/
Trying to Run – http://www.tryingtorun.co.uk/
The Red Bucket – http://www.theredbucket.co.uk/jogblog/
Ev – http://seasidestrider.blogspot.com/
Joggerblogger – http://joggerblogger.wordpress.com/
Highway Kind – http://runningmatters.blogspot.com/
Jay McNeill – http://bigmanruns.wordpress.com/
Kirsty
Carl & Claire – http://carlsjogblog.wordpress.com/

How do I join in?

Post a comment here and say ‘I’m in’ or something.

How do I win?

Juneathon was originally meant to be a month of running, so if you’re the only person to run and blog every day, then you’ll be the winner. If there’s more than one person who runs and blogs every day, then one of those will be the winner. If no one runs and blogs every day, then someone else will win. Yes, I just made that up.

What do I win?

Last year Eating Trees won a little monkey. This year I haven’t a f**king clue it’s a surprise.

Where’s the new logo?

Coming soon. Be patient.

It’s a sad time.

The lovely Joggerblogger can’t be Juneathoning with us this year so he’s put me in charge.

This obviously makes things a bit less sad though, as it means that I’M IN CHARGE AND HAVE TO BE OBEYED.

Yay.

We all know what to do, don’t we?

Starting on 1 June, we all promise to exercise every day, whether it’s running, cycling, gymming, walking, or, um, going to the pub (well, if Joggerblogger’s going to bugger off, I’m changing the rules). Then you have to blog about it, either on your own blog, the Facebook Juneathon 2010 page, that I will get going later or on Twitter (although that’ll be quite hard to keep tabs on).

The winner is then decided by an independent adjudicator (I’ll get iliketocount to do it) and the winner gets a prize.

Last year Eating Trees won a cool bronze engraved Monkey statue thing.

Leave a comment here if you’re in, with your blog URL or Twitter username and I’ll do a roll call nearer the time.