The route was tougher in terms of terrain than last week, an out and back rather than being circular, but my downfall was my shoe laces coming undone twice, despite them being tight - I suspect they got caught in the undergrowth, and as a result I did it in 1hr and 33 seconds - close but no cigar.
There will be other weeks to have another crack at it.
Every week, as I've signed up for it, I am entered with up to 13 other signed up Garmin users to achieve a weekly steps target - beat it, and you go up to a higher target group but in addition one of the fourteen will finish top of the leaderboard.
I am at the 100k steps per week, and this week I finished first in my group with a total of 117k, which is now my second win, the being at a lower target.
There are no prizes other than badges but it's another hook to keep me going.
Yesterday, I was not that hungry and came in 500 calories under target - today, particularly mid afternoon, I was permanently hungry! As I've stated before, I will not starve myself, so 200 calories over but not an issue given yesterday's gap.
If you ever read the Brownlee's book, Swim Bike Run, they mention that when training they always hungry, so it must be the extra effort this morning.
The link below is to an extract from a podcast (Marathon Talk) where Vassos from Chris Evans Breakfast Show is interviewed about doing the Race to the Stones this year, which might be of interest.
https://www.facebook.com/RaceToTheStones/videos/vb.272293052894094/670481873075208/?type=2&theater
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