Route was: Chepstow/Bennett/Lyveden/ Oakley/Dunedin/Viking/Saxon/Headway/ Lewin/Oakley/Lyveden/Bennett/Chepstow/ Kempton

Splits were: 9.29, 9.37, 9.07,

9.44, 10.10, 10.12,

1.16

R/W - None

I was planning on doing a lunch-time run but it decided to rain when I took my break. So I ventured out into the dark and cold complete with base layer, gloves and beanie. Toastie warm and a decent run. Knee was niggly and was sore and stiff post run. a nice warm shower eased it off a bit.

Lumosity

Eagle Eye - Not my best. Not a top 5 either.

Pinball Recall - Ditto the above.

Tidal Treasures - Stonker of a first beach then two crap follow-ups. Not top 5.

LPI - Back down to 998

Speed - 997
Memory - 883
Attention - 847
Flexibility - 859
Problem Solving - 1489

Math - 1329

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River Ranger - Only got 81 out of 95 correct. Too darn fast for me! Not top 5.

Chalkboard Challenge - I am sure that I got some right that the computer marked as wrong. Not my best and not top 5

Familiar Faces - Trouble with names again!! 4th highest score though

LPI - Slipped another 4 points to 994.

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Masterpiece - 3 out of the 4 puzzles correct within the allowed number of moves. 2nd highest score

Tidal Treasures - A whopping 71 items found across the 3 beaches tonight. My best ever attempt and with 49,000 points a new high score

Memory Match - Getting tough. I now have three cards and two are face down. You have to say if the newly upturned card matches either of the previous two! Decent score though

LPI - Back up to 1004

Route was: RS/Lammas/PriorsHaw/Steel/ NorthernOrbital/PriorsHallWest/Gretton/ Kestral/Levatts/A43/Levatts/PriorsHaw/ Gretton/RS

Splits were: 9.21, 9.02, 9.10,

9.34,

R/W - None

Dank, drab but dry day. More northern Corby exploring.

Lumosity

Raindrops - Not my best. Score not in top 5

Speed Pack - Great game tonight. Best ever score

Highway Hazards - Too many mistakes - doh! Score suitably lower than top 5

LPI - Down 1 to 1003

Streak at 90 days though

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Speed Pack - Not my best but decent enough. Not a top 5 score though.

Familiar Faces - Didn't think that I did all that well. Forgot a couple of names but got all the orders right. Good enough for a new high score

Eagle Eye - Only one puzzle that did not score points. New high score

LPI - Wow! Jumped up to 1013 and only 2 points off equalling my high score

Route was: LodgePark/Shetland/Shire/ Rannoch/JimmyKane/Rockingham/A6003/ Rockingham/B670/Cottingham/Middleton/ TheHill/CorbyRd/A427/BP/Howe/ Collingwood/Fotheringhay/Shetland/ LodgePark

Splits were: 9.27, 9.25, 10.06,

10.05, 10.36, 9.31,

3.43

R/W - 4:1

Grey and drab but dry and perfect for a run. Choose this route so I could reclaim a couple of Conquersize zones. Hilly and challenging but felt strong. Only 4 miles off 1000 for the year to date

Lumosity

Word Bubbles - Poor by my standards with only 47 words. Score not in top 5

Raindrops - Great run in my first life help set up a second highest score

Lost in Migration - Always get 100% on this one so need to be quick to get a good score. 3rd highest tonight

LPI - Stayed put on 1013

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Speed Match - Good but not great. Not a top 5 score.

Train of Thought - Fluffed up 4 trains and not a top 5 score

Continuum - Second highest score

LPI - Down 3 to 1010

Streak now on 93 days

Route was: RS/Lammas/PriorsHaw/Steel/ Bangrave(A43)/Weldon(A427)/A6086/ PhoenixParkway/Steel(A6116)/Birchington/ RS

Splits were: 8.21, 8.40, 9.02,

9.17, 4.38

R/W - None

Drab, drizzly and grey day. Perfect for a quick lunchtime jaunt. Negative splits but who cares? I went through the "1,000 miles for the year" barrier. Yay me! Looks like beating the 1.032 of last year is on the cards.

Lumosity

Train of Thought - screwed up 3 trains in the middle of the game. Otherwise solid and equalled my best score. Placed score at #1 position though

Speed Match - Only 1 wrong and a 2nd highest score

Organic Order - 6 out of 7 correct and a new high score

LPI - New high of 1020 Cracking

Speed - 949
Memory - 946
Attention - 889
Flexibility - 859
Problem Solving - 1539

Math - 1301

Lumosity

Brain Shift - only 2 wrong and a 4th highest score.

Spatial Speed Match - Not played this one much. Got a new high score though

Trouble Brewing - shite as usual. Only 15 cups successfully dispensed. Crap score.

LPI - Down to 1012

Route was: RS/Lammas/PriorsHaw/Steel/ Bangrave(A43)/Corby/HighSt/Stamford/ Lavatts/Kestral/Birchington/RS

Splits were: 9.06, 8.51, 9.18,

0.56

R/W - None

Grim, drizzly and a gusty wind. Hard going. Felt tired before and more tired afterwards.

Lumosity

Wow! 2 new games tonight and I liked both.

Pirate Passage - Pretty easy to work out and should get fun as it develops in later stages. A new high score

Raindrops - Not my best attempt. Brain wouldn't work with sums tonight.

Word Snatchers - Work games, these I just love. All were correct and all but 1 in a fast time. A new high score too

LPI - No move from 1010

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Word Bubbles - Gosh, tough letters tonight but managed to get over 60 words. Score good enough for 4th highest score.

Tidal Treasures - Good 1st and 3rd beaches but a crap 2nd. Managed to sneak into a 4th highest score position.

Disillusion - good game but score nowhere near top 5.

LPI - Up 1 to 1011

Streak at 97 days

Route was: RS/Lammas/PriorsHaw/Steel/ NorthernOrbital/PriorsHallWest/Gretton/ Kestral/Avenue/Levatts/A43/Levatts/ PriorsHaw/Gretton/RS

Splits were: 9.09, 8.59, 9.10,

9.26, 0.38

R/W - None

Rather nice bright sunny day with a chilly wind. Finshed the month off with 72 miles. Now that I have shorter lunch breaks I can only get to do 3 or 4 mile runs rather than the 5 or 6 that I have been used to. Total mileage suffers but I quite like the more relaxed feeling I seem to be getting from it.

Lumosity

Colour Match - decent enough and a top 5 score

Train of Thought - Usual wobble in the middle where I lost four trains. Not a top 5 score.

Word Bubbles - 65 words big score not in top 5.

LPI - Down 1 to 1009

Lumosity

River Ranger - Pretty decent attempt and scored enough to sneak into 5th highest spot.

Pet Detective - Rubbish! Fell short by 1 spot on the first 2 games and 4 spots away upon the last one. So 1 pet didn't get home on all 3 games. No top 5.

Trouble Brewing - Usual shit attempt with only 17 cups dispensed. No top 5

LPI - Down 2 to 1008.

Streak at 99 days.

Route was: Princewood/GrettonBrook/ Rockingham/Willowbrook/Shire/Shetland/ Collingwood/Howe/BP/Cottingham/Jubilee/ SowerLeys/Oakley/Lyveden/Bennett/ Chepstow/Kempton

Splits were: 9.54, 10.04, 9.46,

9.59, 10.43, 10.24,

2.10

R/W - 7:1 then 4:1

Very mild early evening run. Felt flabby and tired so employed a run/walk. Nice to get a decent mileage in too.

Lumosity

Train of Thought - Muffed up a couple in the middle but still good enough to snag a new high score

Pirate Passage - Eek! A couple of tough rounds but second highest score (Though I've only played this twice )

Pet Detective - Fair to middling. 1 completed mission and 2 fell short. Not a top 5 score.

LPI - Back up to 1013

Streak now at 100 days

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Train of Thought - Beginning to be a bit of a theme. Good start, wobble in the middle and a strong finish. Decent score but not top 5.

River Ranger - Good fist of this tonight. Now on level 97 and it is blooming fast! 2nd highest score

Star Search - Only one wrong. Good score and enough to snag 2nd place

LPI - Crept up to 1017 and only 3 shy of equalling the high score.

Route was: RS/Birchington/Steel/ PhoenixParkway/A6086/Weldon(A427)/ Bangrave(A43)/PriorsHaw/Lammas/RS

Splits were: 9.14, 9.33, 9.39,

8.59, 3.00

R/W - None

Lovely sunny autumn day. Perfect conditions for a run. Felt stodgy and lethargic and I stopped for a breather halfway round but it was good to get out.

Lumosity

Tidal Treasures - Excellent game tonight 32 items on first beach then another 34 across the other 2 beaches. 2nd highest score

Speed Match - 100% correct and pretty speedy resulted in a 3rd highest score

Ebb & Flow - 100% correct but not fast enough as score just outside top

LPI - A new high of 1021

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River Ranger - Good enough to squeak in a 2nd highest score

Continuum - Couple of silly mistakes but at the upper levels the distinction between some words is hard to discern when moving at speed. 4th highest score though.

Pet Detective - 1 complete and 2 almost there's....... narrowly outside a top 5 score.

LPI - Down 1 to 1021

Route was: RS/Lammas/PriorsHaw/Steel/ Banngrave(A43)/Corby/HighSt/Stamford/ Levatts/Avenue/Kestrel/Gretton/Birchington/Gretton/RS

Splits were: 8.56, 9.01, 9.15,

9.08, 0.04

R/W - None

Still experimenting with routes available for reasonable lunchtime runs. Today I fused two previous runs together to create a nice 4 mile circular route.

Lumosity

Pirate Passage - Boy, this takes some thinking out and I am glad that it is not against the clock! Good enough for a high score though.

Pet Detective - 3 out of 3 correct. Yep! I thought this out more tonight. New high score too

Speed Pack - Only 1 or 2 mistakes and a 3rd highest score

LPI - A new high score of 1031

Lumosity

Disillusion - only 2 wrong but way off the pace. Not a top 5 score.

Speed Pack - Too many errors. Score way off top 5 territory.

Ebb & Flow - 2 wrong and too slow. Nowhere near the top 5

LPI - Down 6 points to 1025

Route was: Chepstow/Bennett/Lyveden/ Garston/Greeve/Lewin/OakleyHey/ WindTurbines/Rushton/BarfordBr/Grainstore/Newton/GeddingtonBr/Viaduct/Chepstow

Splits were: 9.22, 9.11, 9.29,

9.05, 9.26, 9.39,

9.55, 9.54, 0.48

R/W - None

A nice longish run after a nice lie in. This run took me to 1030 miles for the year and equals my total from last year. I won't be able to get near this sort of total next year so I will have to think about a realistic target to work towards in 2019.

Lumosity

Pinball Recall - Only got 1 puzzle wrong! New high score

Ebb & Flow - 100% correct and I was determined to be as quick as I could. Nicely rewarded with a new high score

Fuse Clues - 0 out of 4 and they were really tough puzzles. Obviously a sub top 5 score.

LPI - A new high score of 1032 Yay!

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River Ranger - Really good attempt with very few mistakes. Rewarded with a 2nd highest score

Trouble Brewing - I really hate this game. I am so crap at it. Not a top 5 score.

Tidal Treasures - Great first game, crap second and a decent third. 56 items recovered and a 4th highest score.

LPI - Gosh a new high of 1036

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Speed Match - 100% correct and a new high score

Eagle Eye - All but 1 puzzle nabbed and a 2nd highest score

Pirate Passage - Like this "newish" puzzle and score a perfect 5 out of 5. A new high score

LPI - Wow! Shot up to a new high score of 1050

Speed - 969
Memory - 1010
Attention - 910
Flexibility - 844
Problem Solving - 1495
Math - 1285

Route was: RS/Lammas/PriorsHaw/Steel/ Banngrave(A43)/Corby/HighSt/Stamford/ Levatts/Avenue/Kestrel/Gretton/Birchington/Gretton/RS

Splits were: 9.07, 9.09, 9.09,

8.50

R/W - None

Weak sun but a chilly wind. A perfect day really to celebrate my biggest annual mileage haul (last year was 1030) getting to 1034 and I haven't finished yet
Jarred my knee doing a 90 degree turn from from street to another but luckily no reaction yet.............

Lumosity

Memory Matrix - Good solid attempt and just squeaked outside top 5.

Word Snatchers - 9 out of 10 correct. New high score

Highway Hazards - Great drive and very few mistakes. Just outside top 5 though.

LPI - Stayed put on 1050

Lumosity

Lost in Migration - 100% correct but not fast enough to get into the top 5.

Word Bubbles - 60 words and not a good enough score to get into the top 5.

Penguin Pursuit - Decent enough attempt but not a top 5 score.

LPI - Good enough day to stay at 1050. Never had 3 consecutive days at #1 spot

Streak now at 110 days

Route was: RS/Lammas/PriorsHaw/Steel/ Bangrave(A43)/Weldon(A427)/A6086/ PhoenixParkway/Steel(A6116)/Birchington/ RS

Splits were: 9.03, 9.14, 9.21,

9.06, 4.15

Lumosity

Trouble Brewing - Usual rubbish attempt only 18 drinks delivered. Not a top 5 score.

Eagle Eye - Didn't think that I did that well but mustered enough points for a top 3 score.

Colour Match - Ditto the above. Top 3

LPI - Up to a new high of 1053! Shocked but suitably pleased.

ps - Shocked as i am really tired. Late night last night. Early start this morning so that I could go to Coventry this afternoon to pick up DS1. Home to gobble down dinner then out again.

Lumosity

Star Search - 100% correct but not quick enough as the score only just sneaked into the top 5.

Lost in Migration - 100% and I got a 2nd highest score

Continuum - Stuffed up too many and just squeaked a top 5 score.

LPI - Sneaked up 1 to a new high go 1054

Lumosity

Highway Hazards - Good but not great. Score not in top 5.

Familiar Faces - I thought that I was rubbish tonight but still got a 3rd highest score

Ebb & Flow - 100% correct but must have been too slow as score was not top 5

LPI - Down 3 to 1051

Route was: Chepstow/Cheltenham/ Lyveden/ Oakley/KFC/Oakley/Station/ Cottingham/Beanfield/Greenhill/ Gainsborough/Viking/Saxon/Copenhagen/ Viking/Duneden/Oakley/Lyveden/Bennett/Chepstow/Haydock

Splits were: 10.21, 10.25, 10.09,

10.54, 10.45, 10.33,

8.39...… watch conked out!

R/W - 4:1

Chilly and dark late afternoon run. Felt slow but felt so good. Knee stiffened up after 7 miles or so, I don't know if that is a reaction to jarring it on Thursday or the fact it was cold. December and still running in shorts