It’s week 20 and we find ourselves in Seitovka, Russia. For the last two weeks we have mostly travelled along dirt tracks and empty roads, as we wind our way towards the border.

Unfortunately, our target slips further into the distance. But summer is coming, injuries are healing, and I’m getting back on the bike. So perhaps we can keep up this week.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
3152	3706	-555

Here’s everyone’s stats…

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas Adams	90	57	2	149
Carlin Bowers	0	125	27	152
David Bowers	77	361	69	507
Jonathan Brock	8	0	81	89
Matt Brock	70	5	91	172
Kevin Hook	541	0	294	834
Chris Hardy	545	0	0	553
Jay Evans	168	0	527	695

And vs. their targets…

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas Adams	662	149	513	22.5%	2
Carlin Bowers	261	152	109	58.1%	0
David Bowers	966	507	459	52.5%	2
Jonathan Brock	408	89	319	21.8%	1
Matt Brock	804	172	632	21.5%	3
Kevin Hook	1919	834	1085	43.5%	5
Chris Hardy	1522	553	969	36.3%	4
Jay Evans	1300	695	605	53.5%	3

Where we are in the world vs. our target…

And a couple of street view shots of the empty roads and dirt tracks we’ve been on. As a team we’ve run to a desolate part of the world!

Keep it up everyone.

This week we sped past 3000 miles travelled in 2025. Fantastic work. We also witnessed a grand turnout for the Town and Gown. Good job everyone.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
3050	3518	-468

We find ourselves in the Kharbinskiy Zakaznik nature reserve, Russia. I can’t find any photos and Google doesn’t tell me much, other than it’s apparently good for bird watching.

Here’s how everyone’s doing:

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas Adams	90	57	2	149
Carlin Bowers	0	125	27	152
David Bowers	74	361	63	499
Jonathan Brock	8	0	76	85
Matt Brock	63	5	88	162
Kevin Hook	516	0	281	796
Chris Hardy	530	0	0	538
Jay Evans	162	0	508	670

Vs. your targets:

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas Adams	662	149	513	22.5%	2
Carlin Bowers	261	152	109	58.1%	0
David Bowers	966	499	467	51.6%	2
Jonathan Brock	408	85	323	20.8%	1
Matt Brock	804	162	642	20.2%	3
Kevin Hook	1919	796	1123	41.5%	5
Chris Hardy	1522	538	984	35.3%	4
Jay Evans	1300	670	630	51.5%	3

The usual maps:

And there’s no street view in the nature preserve, so here’s some Town and Gown pics. A strange lack of orange to be seen, but we’ll forgive it, this time.

Keep it up everyone.

Another 123 miles completed, and we reach Ergeninskii, Russia. We’re now predominantly on dirt tracks / minimally paved roads, with the odd village sprinkled along the route.

Our target is now 426 ahead, moving swiftly across Kazakhstan, see the blue marker on the maps below.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
2931	3357	-426

Here’s how ya’ll are doing…

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	unknown	Total
Thomas Adams	84	57	2	0	142
Carlin Bowers	0	119	27	0	146
David Bowers	68	346	62	0	476
Jonathan Brock	5	0	74	0	79
Matt Brock	52	5	87	0	150
Kevin Hook	495	0	268	0	762
Chris Hardy	516	0	0	0	523
Jay Evans	155	0	497	0	652

And vs. your goals (below. Carlin and Johnny E have now surpassed their half-way marks.

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas Adams	662	142	520	21.5%	2.2
Carlin Bowers	261	146	115	55.8%	0.5
David Bowers	966	476	490	49.3%	2.0
Jonathan Brock	408	79	329	19.5%	1.4
Matt Brock	804	150	654	18.7%	2.7
Kevin Hook	1919	762	1157	39.7%	4.8
Chris Hardy	1522	523	999	34.4%	4.2
Jay Evans	1300	652	648	50.1%	2.7

The usual maps…

There’s very little in the way of streetview, so here’s one road and some satellite imagery to show just how empty the region is we’re passing through.

As always, keep it up.

It’s been a rough week for LRRC. Both the Bowers have been down sick, Chris has a knee injury, and Tom a broken rib.

The miles have taken a hit. However, this is a mega marathon, not a sprint. So let’s heal up and get back to it, in good time.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
2788	3169	-381

We are slowly moving across a thin strip of Russia and find ourselves in Volgodonsk. Not the prettiest of towns:

Here’s how ya’ll are doing:

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas Adams	84	57	2	142
Carlin Bowers	0	119	26	145
David Bowers	68	321	57	446
Jonathan Brock	0	0	69	69
Matt Brock	49	5	84	144
Kevin Hook	456	0	251	707
Chris Hardy	501	0	0	509
Jay Evans	153	0	472	625

And vs. your goals:

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas Adams	662	142	520	21.5%	2.1
Carlin Bowers	261	145	116	55.6%	0.5
David Bowers	966	446	520	46.2%	2.1
Jonathan Brock	408	69	339	17.0%	1.4
Matt Brock	804	144	660	18.0%	2.7
Kevin Hook	1919	707	1212	36.8%	4.9
Chris Hardy	1522	509	1013	33.5%	4.1
Jay Evans	1300	625	675	48.0%	2.7

The maps:

And there’s not much in the way of streetview available but here’s the Don River…

and a small town called Tsimlyansk.

Keep it up, as best you can.