Goodbye Germany, hello Poland, Tom’s second home. We find ourselves in the tiny village of Sobotka (photo below). After some mega runs from Johnny and Chris we have clawed back our deficit from 92 miles to just 30. Well done.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
1232	1262	-30

Carlin is now back in the game and my puncture issue is soon to be resolved, we’re going to be right back on track. Here’s everyone’s progress…

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas	45	0	0	45
Carlin	0	56	2	59
David	46	102	15	165
Jonathan B	0	0	52	52
Matt	23	5	30	58
Kevin	170	0	116	286
Chris	260	0	0	260
Johnny E	98	0	208	306
Grand total	643	163	423	1232

And vs. your goals:

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas	662	45	617	6.7%	1.9
Carlin	261	59	202	22.7%	0.6
David	966	165	801	17.1%	2.5
Jonathan B	408	52	356	12.8%	1.1
Matt	804	58	746	7.2%	2.3
Kevin	1919	286	1633	14.9%	5.1
Chris	1522	260	1262	17.1%	4.0
Johnny E	1300	306	994	23.6%	3.1

And the maps…

And some random street view images of Poland already looking lovely.

Keep it up everyone!

Our Deutschland adventure is coming to a close as we near the Polish border. The German countryside continues to charm, with much of the route through wooded pathways (see a picture much further down).

February continues to be a tough month, with us frequently dropping below the daily required average. As a team we are now 53 miles behind target. But worry not, there are many miles ahead.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
1022	1074	-53

We are now West of Pinnow, Germany on the B320.

We have also passed our first 1,000 miles. Congratulations everyone. Here is everyone’s progress:

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas	45	0	0	45
Carlin	0	51	0	51
David	38	97	10	145
Jonathan B	0	0	52	52
Matt	20	5	27	52
Kevin	145	0	91	235
Chris	218	0	0	218
Johnny E	89	0	135	224
Grand total	554	153	315	1022

And vs. your goals:

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas	662	45	617	6.7%	1.9
Carlin	261	51	210	19.5%	0.6
David	966	145	821	15.0%	2.5
Jonathan B	408	52	356	12.8%	1.1
Matt	804	52	752	6.4%	2.3
Kevin	1919	235	1684	12.3%	5.2
Chris	1522	218	1304	14.3%	4.0
Johnny E	1300	224	1076	17.2%	3.3
Grand total	7842	1022	6820	13.0%	21.0

And the maps:

A few extra pics of the route…

Above: Large parts of the course this week were on countryside tracks like the above.

Above – Petkus

Above – Generic countryside

Keep up the good work everyone!

DISASTER. Carlin has been out sick for a week, and I’ve been covering the kids, unable to run or bike. The result, our lead has vanished. Gone. Kaputt! At least we remain on-target.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
886	886	0

We find ourselves still crossing Germany, Schweinitz, east of Madgeburg to be exact. Germany is

How are we doing individually?

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas	41.83	0	0	41.83
Carlin	0	50.92	0	50.92
David	35.3	76.83	8.1	120.23
Jonathan B	0	0	51.53	51.53
Matt	19.53	5.14	24.57	49.24
Kevin	116.6	0	84.47	201.07
Chris	180.47	0	0	180.47
Johnny E	72.8	0	117.92	190.72
Grand total	466.53	132.89	286.59	886.01

And the maps…

A few more shots of places we’ve seen this week, in no particular order…

Above – Countryside west of Schweinitz

Above – Madgeburg

Above – Very Kidlington-esque countryside, with less potholes than Oxfordshire.

Regardless of where I drop the “road view” pin, it’s almost always beautiful landscape in Germany.

Keep it up everyone!