2018 in 2018

Dubai runner

In 1326 the word ‘cannon’ is first recorded in reference to a firearm 

JT141

Must have been quite a spill Dubai. Glad you've healed up.
31miles over the long weekend. 1201 left. 1201 King John grants Cambridge a charter. Over in Constantinople nobleman John Komnenos The Fat seizes the throne of the Byzantine Empire. Gets decapitated the same day.

alehouse

Evening!

Just about back to running, and now up to 98k for the year! In 1920 after much shuffling of feet the First World War was finally done and dusted with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

With around a third of the year gone somewhere close to 670 should have been achieved with 1370 to go, approximately. Looks like I need to run just over 8k a day. Can't see it happening, but you never know!

Sorry to hear that things didn't quite work out for JK the Fat!

Dubai runner

Welcome back alehouse! 8k a day is doable- hopefully!

Thanks JT, just a bit sore now but running slowly.

711 miles with 1307 to go.

7 11 are a chain of American convience stores and we have several over Dubai. They also sponsored a cycling team in the 80s before Motorola took over the sponsorship and gave a young Lance Armstrong a pro contract.

Dubai runner

730 miles done with 1288 to go

In 1288
The Scots Parliament creates a law allowing women to propose marriage to men during leap years. Men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride to be.

JT141

26.6miles in last couple of runs. 1174.4miles left. 10th century. 1174 first record of horse racing at Newmarket.

JT141

16.6miles done. 1157.8miles to do. 1157 Henry II invades Wales. And loses.

JT141

10.1miles tonight. 1147.7 left. 1147 the Second Crusades start up out of Europe and eventually come unstuck against the Muslim Turkish armies.

Dubai runner

747 miles done, 1271 to go

The Boeing 747 is a wide body jet that entered service in 1972 and is often referred to by it's nickname 'Jumbo Jet'

JT141

22.9miles today. Knackered. 1124.8 left. 1124 possible birthdate of Eleanor of Aquitaine (could've been 1122). Consort of Louis VI "The Fat" (another one) of France and then Henry II of England, father of Richard the Lionheart.

Ajul

Another 102.9 miles done in the last couple of weeks. 591 done, 1427 left.

Counting to 591 takes approximately four minutes...running 591 miles takes somewhat longer...

I need to average 6.3 miles a day to get to 2018 by New Years Eve.

Dubai runner

782 miles done so 1286 to go

In 1286 
Kublai Khan plots a Mongol invasion of Japan, but then decides against it due lack of resources 

JT141

Another 40.3miles over five runs. 1084.5 left. 1084 the Normans sack Rome to restore papal authority after Pope Gregory VII is besieged by Emperor Henry IV.

JT141

15.3miles. 1069.2 left. 1069 Harrying of the North. William the Conquerer lays waste to the northern English territories.

Dubai runner

818 miles dine, 1200 to go

In 1200
The university of Paris receives its charter from Philip II.

JT141

Another 59.3miles done over the last week and today. Half way there. 1008.9 left. 1008 King Ethelred The Unready orders the building of a new fleet of warships.

JT141

37.5miles done. 971.4miles left. A whole new millennia. 971 St Swithens remains are reinterred in the Old Minster Winchester. It rained for forty days.

Ajul

172 miles done since my last post three and a half weeks ago, 1255 miles left with 200 left in the year. At the current rate I’m just about on course to make it.

In 1255 Lisbon becomes the capital of Portugal.

Dubai runner

868 miles done with 1150 to go

In 1150
The temple of Angkor Was is completed in Khmer - now Cambodia

JT141

40.3miles in the last three days. 931.1miles to run. 931 Nomina Leonesa, an account of the kings of Leon, is published.

JT141

28.9miles over two runs. 902.2 left. 902 Battle of the Holme where the Anglo Saxons and vikings have a fight.

Dubai runner

Battling the heat for any long runs. Total now 917 miles with 1101 miles to go

In 1101
A second wave of crusaders attempt to reach Jerusalem but are heavily defeated

Dubai runner

948 miles with 1070 to go

In 1070
Canterbury cathedral is rebuilt following a fire 

Ajul

833 miles done with 1185 to go.

In 1185 Japan begins to be ruled by Samurai.

JT141

75miles done in the heat. 827.2 left. 827 Arab Muslim forces besiege Sicily, and plant some spinach introducing it to the island.

JT141

27.4miles over three runs. 799.8 left. 799 Osbald, former king of Northumbria, dies while in exile and is buried in York Minster.

JT141

Another 38.1miles done over the last few days. 761.7 to go. Famine in China leads to people eating each other.

Dubai runner

997 done with 1021 to go

An Other Half

1079k done 939 to go
William I establishes the New Forest in 1079

Dubai runner

Welcome back AOH!

1009 miles done with 1009 to go

In 1009
The church of the Holy Sepulchre is destroyed in Jerusalem