Another week, another 171 miles slogged along Kazak dirt tracks. We are now in Rakusha, which I believe is just a region of desert, with no towns or villages in sight.

Our goal hovers around the 600 miles ahead of us…

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
3470	4082	-612

How are ya’ll doing?

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas Adams	105	57	2	164
Carlin Bowers	0	133	27	160
David Bowers	77	411	71	560
Jonathan Brock	10	0	101	111
Matt Brock	80	5	91	182
Kevin Hook	598	0	311	909
Chris Hardy	573	24	0	605
Jay Evans	197	0	583	780
Grand total	1640	631	1185	3470

Chris has got the bike out at last. Perhaps some big rides to work soon?

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas Adams	662	164	498	24.8%	2.3
Carlin Bowers	261	160	101	61.2%	0.5
David Bowers	966	560	406	57.9%	1.9
Jonathan Brock	408	111	297	27.1%	1.4
Matt Brock	804	182	622	22.6%	2.9
Kevin Hook	1919	909	1010	47.4%	4.8
Chris Hardy	1522	605	917	39.7%	4.3
Jay Evans	1300	780	520	60.0%	2.5

Looks like we’re about to take the hard turn to the south around the Caspian sea.

What have we seen this week? Not much. A small town called Atyrau:

And the scenicA-27

Good work everyone, keep it up.

Goodbye Europe. Cheerio Russia. Hello (Istay) Kazakhstan and Asia. Very Nice!

As a reminder, so far we have crossed England, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and Russia. All in less than 5 months! Next up we have all the stans – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Countries I know far too little about. Guest blog post spotlighting each country are welcome!

We are 596 miles behind target. How we went through January ahead of target, I’ll never know.

Lyne Road Running Club	Target	+/-
3299	3894	-596

How each of your are doing:

Name	Run	Ride	Walk	Total
Thomas Adams	103	57	2	161
Carlin Bowers	0	128	27	155
David Bowers	77	386	70	534
Jonathan Brock	10	0	84	94
Matt Brock	75	5	91	177
Kevin Hook	566	0	302	868
Chris Hardy	563	12	0	583
Jay Evans	174	0	552	726

And vs. your targets:

Name	2025 Goal	Completed	2025 Remaining	2025 % Complete	2025 miles per day required
Thomas Adams	662	161	501	24.3%	2.3
Carlin Bowers	261	155	106	59.4%	0.5
David Bowers	966	534	432	55.3%	2.0
Jonathan Brock	408	94	314	23.0%	1.4
Matt Brock	804	177	627	22.0%	2.9
Kevin Hook	1919	868	1051	45.2%	4.8
Chris Hardy	1522	583	939	38.3%	4.3
Jay Evans	1300	726	574	55.9%	2.6

The usual maps:

And some photos stolen from Google Maps. Firstly, the border crossing into Asia…

The petrol station after you cross.

A nice cheap hotel. Looks pleasent.

Honestly, there’s not much on our route to look at and even less on Google with photos.

Anyway, keep it up!

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.