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Atta boy! Do you have Strava or anything so I can give you meaningless kudos?

What can I say, I didn't go to school for maths!

Exactly, 6km is done and dusted - and yes, I have both a month planner and a spreadsheet to make sure I tick all the distances off. Running it in order would have been "fun" but not feasible with work and events already booked in.

1km-15km single runs
16km-31km daily mileage

Any order you like! It's already the 1st here and I can't sleep so I just did 6km.

I want to read the law but haven't had a chance yet, presumably it's published in English in HK? Or if it's coming from Beijing then only in Chinese? If so I can translate it for you when I get a chance.

Totally forgot you have a holiday on the 1st (surprised we don't get one for liberating you!!). Enjoy your rum and coke and don't sing the anthem in a disrespectful way :(

Yessss!
We've set the slightly arbitrary rule that runs 15km and under have to be done in one go, 16km+ days can be daily mileage. I've got a wall chart and stickers (because I am a child).
If you complete it you get a free physio session; catch is that it's in Shanghai...

English-language state media here was crowing about Joshua Wong giving up and saying how the laws are needed to fight terrorism. CCP is just obsessed with fighting imaginary terrorism (see also: mass sterilisation of uyghers).

It's the end of any pretence at one country two systems. Very very sad day.

I have no idea, it's really bizarre and the first time I've seen it here. 英里 is miles and I was staring at it for ages as the 英 is used in the word for "the UK" and also the words brave and hero... So when I saw it my first thought was "hero km?? wtf?" before I worked it out. Anyway I don't think I'm going to be much of a hero, dragging myself around a mountain in the rain for 20 anything.

Any order is fine! I'm trying to front load the month and factor in work events and life and stuff...

Latest stupid challenge I have taken on is Julyathon - 31 days of running, need to tick off one 1km, one 2km, etc. I agreed to it before I did the maths and realised that it's 450km over the month. Guess it will keep me busy at least. About 10 of us are doing it, some virtually, if anyone else wants to join in then the more the merrier!

Definitely not a typo, unfortunately! The organisers have had to draw lots of maps explaining how far a mile is as most people don't really know. I guess I just have to run faster to finish before sunset.

Thanks for the tips, I'll look at getting a hand lamp too. I can always stash it in a pocket when I need both hands. Off to decathlon right now.....

Head torches... I'm doing a trail race this weekend that I thought was a nice casual 20km but turns out is 20 miles (we have never used the imperial system in this country so I'm not sure what that's about, other than confusing people). It starts at 3pm, has some chunky elevation, is forecast to absolutely pelt down with rain - and sunset is at 7pm, so I'm worried about finishing in the dark. So I need a head torch... what do I look for? I know nothing about head torches... help!

This is so sad, really sorry to read about. Jon sounds like he was a great guy and I wish he'd been able to find some help. Glad that John did the run anyway, though it must have been super tough for him to go ahead with it. Depression is so fucking shit.

I don't think anyone should be running wearing me :(

I should be sponsored by them! Maybe I'll write to them, I've only got a few boxes left of the stuff, I could do with more... It was the only thing I could really stomach after the free flow bloody marys messed up any half-arsed nutrition plan.

Hahahaha I have changed it to "shaded". It's actually a really nice street in the Former French Concession so I feel bad accidentally slagging it off! The street near mine with the club that I ran past at 3am is definitely waaaaay more shady.

Wrote up my weekend shenanigans. TLDR: 61.6km over 48 hours, around 8hrs sleep in total, a lot of rain, 3 bloody marys, not many showers, a lot of laundry, not enough food.

http://everydayhai.com/2020/06/24/5km-x-4hrs-x-48hrs/

Pocari Sweat! You can get sachets to make at home, plus in HK you can buy the giant bottles. I genuinely don't think I would survive summers here without Pocari Sweat.

Just finished a slight variation on the Goggins Challenge: 5km every 4 hours for 48 hours. Torrential rain for the last day. Some great moments, some bleak moments, will write it up later - for now I need to eat (have lost 3kg in 48 hours LOL) and then sleeeeep...

I'm in Shanghai, so things here are still normal. My colleagues in Beijing are all working from home again and anyone who's been to Beijing in the last 14 days is banned from our office building. I was actually planning to go to Beijing next month to see some friends but I guess that won't be happening now :( I'm considering stocking up on essentials in case things do go awry here again, though to be honest my idea of essentials is coffee, soju and crafts I'll never complete.

Haha, it's maybe slightly better than that but even official coronavirus advice is "wear a mask, wash your hands, stay at home". Local loudspeaker dude wandering about yesterday was just blaring on about masks, ironically he had his mask on his chin...

Other cities have been locked down for ages, and huge disruptive measures in place to protect Beijing (all flights diverted, even more massive police presence than normal) so for Beijing to be locked down is worrying. Friends there are just trying to carry on as normal if their housing compounds are open (so far only 27 locked down).

Spitting is "good for you" because having it inside you is bad, and why should they have to inconvenience themselves for other people? The mentality of this demographic is really quite appalling, even when I try to keep the reasons why in mind.

I despise people spitting and I think the gov is super irresponsible for not taking the opportunity to do a public education thing around spitting... But no, let's blame imported salmon rather than upset the old people who think that spitting is good for you.

Re: gyms. Mine reopened back in March and at first every other machine was fenced off, showers were closed, pools closed, class numbers limited to 60%, masks needed... Then they opened all the machines, pools, showers, only instructors needed masks... Now the only thing is that we have to show our health code on the way in to the building and have our temperature taken, and some of the gyms won't put the air con on (this is quite common in summer here though, gah). The machines get wiped down but presumably with a damp rag and no Dettol or anything. I refuse to use the swimming pools as they're full of old people spitting. I also don't shower at the gym as I can't deal with the old people shouting at each other at the top of their voices in shanghainese.

Of course this may all change as we're about to have a second wave...