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1588, of course, was the year of the Spanish Armada, a fleet so big it took 3 days to leave port. 130 ships, 30,000 men. In the end it was the Scottish weather that should take the credit for the defeat with a significant number of the ships being wrecked by storms off the coast of Scotland.
Hope everyone is ok.
I am not ahead but have done 549 k this year so far, leaves 1471
King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI in the year 1471
So with the start of Ramadan we’ve had some relaxation, still a curfew between 2200-0600 and you’re only allowed to leave for essentials but some semblance of normality coming back. You have to wear a mask to leave the house, including running so yesterday’s 6 miler in 38 degrees with a mask on was a sweaty affair. But at least we can go out, up to then I’d measured a 28m route around my swimming pool which I covered 5260 times for 147.28 kilometres.
So currently on 626.15 miles, about 20 behind and 1393.85 to go.
In 1393
720,000 sheets of toilet paper - 2 foot by 3 foot were produced for the imperial court in Beijing.
As for me, I was doing well, but had a niggle with the knee (an injury I've had before), so took it easy for a couple of weeks or so, but I did 7 today without discomfort, which is good, totalling only 10 miles of running for the week.
I'm still doing okay regarding this challenge though as I've done 698 miles, with 1322 to go.
In 1322 part of Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire collapsed, possibly as a result of digging foundations for another areas of the building that had been started.
I've done 610k - getting more miles in now I'm furloughed plus have a treadmill
1410 left and in that year
Owain Glyn Dwr of Wales continued to rebel against the English
504 km done, so 1516 to go.
In 1516 Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII gave birth to a little girl, Mary...and being a little girl caused rather a lot of problems in the ensuing decades.
650 miles done so slightly behind with 1370 to go.
In 1370
Pope Gregory XI succeeds Pope Urban V. And the steel crossbow first used.
In 1250, the Rialto Bridge in Venice is converted from a floating bridge of boats to a permanent, raised wooden structure.
I've currently done 840 miles, so I've got 1180 to go. The last major volcanic eruption occurs of Sunset Crater, in Arizona in 1180.
1427 Km to go, so 593 completed: in 593 Empress Suiko begins a long reign during which Buddhism influences the development and culture of Japan. She is the first female ruler and the first to receive official recognition from China.
Well Comrades is cancelled, so got another year to train!
I’m also slowing down the pace but due to the heat. 701 miles done so 1319 to go.
In 1319
Battle of Myton. Robert the Bruce defeats the English.
635k completed so 1385 to go.
1385 saw King Richard ll of England invade Scotland; despite burning Holyrood and Edinburgh his army was unable to press home the advantage and they returned home.
913 miles completed with 1107 to go.
Alexander I, posthumously nicknamed The Fierce, was the King of Scotland from 1107.
In 1344 Bablake School was founded in Coventry. Many a moon ago I used to play rugby against Bablake. But not in 1344. The game hadn't been invented!
Friday sees the 150th day of the 2020 in 2020 challenge, so in theory you should have covered 828 km or miles. If you haven't, don't worry: there will still be 216 days to go.
With 1000 done, it's 1020 to go. In Europe, the year 1000 is sometimes and by convention considered the boundary date between the Early Middle Ages and the High Middle Ages.
1064 is an error code that probably has frustrated many would be database programmers. It can mean that there is an error, and the software doesn't understand what the programmer is asking it to do.
The 767 is of course a wide body Boeing airliner.
825 miles done so 1195 to go. About 80 miles behind schedule.
In 1195
Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony dies.
805km done, so 1215 to go.
In 1215 King John and others were getting ready to sign Magna Carta on June 15th, whereby the king agreed that he must follow the law rather than simply rule as he wished. Current politicians may want to take note!
1200 done with 820 to go. In 1200, the University of Paris receives its charter, from Philip II of France.
863 miles done so 1157 to go.
In 1157
Henry II grants a charter to the merchants of Lincoln.
Later on, the exercise restrictions were lifted which then allowed me to run twice a day, so it's not really a "lockdown" now. Since then, I've done quite a few double days all at my base HR (again a lot on quiet trails or quiet times of the day), which has contributed in helping me to up the weekly mileage, whilst all of my runs since then have been 10-miles or under.
Ooooph, not great about the treadmill, but I can understand if the curfew makes it tough with the humidity etc. For me, what I noticed when I used to use one at the gym (so that was many years ago now) was that there was no air movement. I.E., outside you run along, which can be cooling, but on a treadmill you're basically moving but not going anywhere, so there's no cooling. But my gym was a bit budget so there was no air con or anything like that.
Had the aircon set at 22 and still was sweating on the treadmill, only had time for a 20min run once it was set up. Will pick up some fans to position around it.
895 miles done so 1125 to go.
In 1125
The Battle of Azaz. The Crusaders led by Baldwin II of Jerusalem defeat Selijuk forces.
I shall be listening to 909 for a good part of the day (radio 5 live) given the amount of football matches. May catch a few on tv.
Note that by the end of Wednesday we will have had half the year, so in theory we should be around 1010 k or miles, depending on our targets. I will be behind, but am still gradually catching up.
In 1094
Duncan II invades Scotland with Norman knights and overthrows his uncle King Donald III to become ruler of Scotland. Later that year Donald kills Duncan in battle and retakes the Scottish throne.
DR: I make that 1094.31 to go for you! And am confident that you can get to 2020, as I am.
Marginally ahead of you (in metric!) but 79.4k behind the 1010 that we should be at. So 931 done, 1089 to go.
1089 is a particularly magical number! Write down a three-digit number whose digits are decreasing. Then reverse the digits to create a new number, and subtract this number from the original number. With the resulting number, add it to the reverse of itself. The number you will get is 1089!