And we’re back.

This week we find ourselves south of Akkamysh, Uzbekistan, just on the border with Turkmenistan. Like Kazakhstan, this region is mostly empty, largely desert, and probably not much fun to pass through. We’re a long way from Charlbury and Morris dancing, that’s for sure.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
4207	5211	-1004

As a group we’re now over 1,000 miles behind target. The first few months of the year we kept pace, but it’s becoming increasingly challenging. I thought all my trips up the High St. would help too.

How are we each doing?

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas Adams	150	57	2	208
Carlin Bowers	0	133	71	204
David Bowers	89	456	120	664
Jonathan Brock	17	0	143	160
Matt Brock	126	5	97	234
Kevin Hook	746	0	358	1105
Chris Hardy	683	34	0	725
Jay Evans	217	0	690	907

With just over half the year gone, we should all be around 50% complete to be matching our 2024 numbers…

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas Adams	662	208	454	31.5%	2.7
Carlin Bowers	261	204	57	78.0%	0.3
David Bowers	966	664	302	68.8%	1.8
Jonathan Brock	408	160	248	39.2%	1.5
Matt Brock	804	234	570	29.1%	3.3
Kevin Hook	1919	1105	814	57.6%	4.8
Chris Hardy	1522	725	797	47.6%	4.7
Jay Evans	1300	907	393	69.8%	2.3

The maps…

There’s no street view in Uzbekistan, just the odd uploaded photo. It’s mostly small, empty villages.

There is one shot of a shop, which is stocking Colegate, Dove, and Pepsi. So western capitalism is thriving in even here.

Keep on pushing everyone!