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Day 7. The half way point and it’s getting tougher and more competitive out there! The first mini challenge has been won, with Marsha securing herself a £5 Amazon Voucher for her troubles, but the rumour is that the next mini challenge is going to be announced Saturday. So remember; you have to be in it to win it! Another £5 voucher up for grabs… 

But what about the here and now! What action did we see on day 7? Were there some more crazy attacks? Are the goats jostling for position ready for the home straight? Or did they just put their hooves up and think of cheese…?

A very different feel to the race today; 28 goats got out there but all the main places were dominated by the ladies. Come on chaps!! You can’t stop now you are only half way there for goodness sake! But an impressive showing by the ladies… 

Firstly (and as predicted) Hannah responded in her ‘normal’ metronomic way; another 229m, another day without a rest and once again grabs the Fluffy Vest! I wouldn’t normally question this, but Woman / Man? No… She is just a MACHINE !!  😉

Hot on her heels though is Michelle who put in another good run on her usual route, and making the most of the sunshine before the weekend turns on her. And a cunning strategy from Sally, who if you look at Strava is commuting to work on foot with a run… But she seems to work at the top of a hill, which is a tad unfortunate! Great for scoring points on the way in… But the homeward commute  not so hot! But those 6m are yours 😉

A minor spat broke out in the leafy suburbs of Northants this evening, when good running buddies Kerry and Heidi went in different directions, both on a mission to find a hill and really kick it for a Friday evening. And beat each other. It was close, but Kerry just came out on top. You see running up down your patio does work ( I don’t recall reading about that in the Daniels Run Coach Bible…).

Whilst on the subject of people going to work; in getting to know some of you through this Challenge (which has been fantastic by the way!), a number of you turn out to be very much appreciated Key Workers (in a variety of different roles). So not only are you currently under I imagine huge stress professionally, you are also still finding the energy to run and take part here. Thank you for everything you are doing for us!   

So where are we in the overall competition? 

By a small miracle Simon is holding on to the lead by 13m… He had a recovery family day to day and  proper rest day tomorrow so is going to need to be “on it ” next week! Hannah is lying in second place… So I think we can all see what’s going to happen there <yawn>… 😉

BUT NO!! Dark Goat Linda has subtly moved up and is now only 300m behind Hannah. That would be a big day for her, but again a VERY consistent runner who has only had one rest day so far. Each day has been over 150m for her… So could there be a hilly long run in her legs this weekend?? 

I don’t think either Simon or Hannah can take afford to take their eye off the ball yet.

Quite a few of you now getting past the 500m mark (fab HILL RUNNING from some people who were telling me a week ago they don’t “do” hills). There is likely to be some new names in the top group in the final week. Stella is always good for a long run on a Sunday and is in with a shout. Michelle, likes her alternate days and she is now up there… 

Lets not forget the chaps though; Rob has been on the flat recently, but might be up for a mountain training run at the weekend and is still in touch with the leaders. And then Trevor… he has put his inner mountain goat on a leash the last few days, but even if he chooses to not go hilly, I’m pretty certain he will take some more amazing photos of the beautiful areas he runs in!

The weekend awaits. Keep your eyes on the Facebook page for details of the mini challenge. But now the leader board:

BIB	Athlete	27-Mar	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Simon Cook	34								1350
47	Hannah Bawdon	229								1337
58	Linda Wilkie	133								1009
15	Rob White	25								772
2	Michelle Ramsden	203								717
3	Cat Riona	18								694
38	Trevor Piper	0								613
12	Lisa Dalton	160								512
13	Stella Barker	73								449
104	Leila Goss	0								433
26	Sally Durant	91								397
70	Beth Morris	82								392
6	Heidi Brown	91								368
56	Allen Bennett	0								350
23	Viv Black	0								335
107	Sarah Price	0								320
80	Ruby Gautama-Marvell	43								314
7	Kerry Guthrie	104								308
78	Amanda Waring	0								295
28	Charli May	47								290
40	Santa Upite	68								279
61	Nigel Ryalis	0								266
103	Hayley Roberts	0								263
67	Tracy Walker	0								262
35	Kathryn Milne	78								257
43	Liz Conibere	53								247
8	Josie Pickering	0								244
46	Emily Calista Walker	44								243
83	Ian Mercer	0								243
44	Helen Tailyour	0								221
97	Stuart Weaver	22								203
9	Steve Pryor-Jones	0								193
18	Chris Lowery	27								186
81	M-Louise Dis	0								180
65	Corinne Gibbs	44								177
17	Nic Williams	21								172
102	Morag Finch	67								169
19	Neil Williams	21								164
63	Katie Godof	0								141
112	Sarah Hawkins	0								117
22	Abby Bambury	0								106
11	Sarah Pennell	0								105
5	Andrew Hingston	38								96
27	Steve Williams	0								86
48	Nicola Draycott	49								79
94	James Ryan Mitchell	0								74
4	Kirsty Hingston	55								73
49	Caroline Batty	0								71
30	Mary Anne Mackenzie	0								53
105	Brendan Coles	50								50
111	Katherine Fisher	0								41
74	Emma Lorains	0								4