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 I  have done a blog that covers information about the trips . This is primarily for anyone who fancies trying one . My sister has expressed an interest , new to running and on her second park run (33 mins), she wants to build up to a half marathon sometime next year , so if anyone fancies checking out the info it's all here.

                                    ricardoandjackiechallenge.blogspot.com

So far we have entered Clonakilty in Ireland , Malta , Paris , Berlin, Sofia, Helsinki and Porto , so a few to go yet . The rest of this blog will be in diary from updating events as we go along . Hope you enjoy it .
                We  have pledged £10.00 for any half marathon I do in over 2 hrs and 2 hrs 15 mins for Jackie and £50.00 for any country I miss . Below are our previous and updated  half marathon results .

Richard                                                              Jackie

Lisbon     2015  02:02:52                                 Lisbon      2015  02:15:22
Rochdale 2015  02:00:11                                 Rochdale  2015  02:17.07
Bath        2016   01:54:45                                 Bath         2016  02:11:44

                                                       *  £10.00 paid 

No1        Rochdale      01:54:56                            13 Arches      02:20:37 *19/11/2017
No2      Clonakilty   02:01;02 *                         Clonakilty    02:12:27      09/12/2017
No3      Malta           01:52:23 PB                      Malta           02:14: 32     25/02/2018
No4      Paris            02:07:31 *                          Paris          02:12:32        04/03/2018
No5      Warsaw       01:54:43                             Warsaw      02:14:07       25/03/2018
No6      Berlin          01:59:19                              Berlin       02:18:01*      08/04/2018
No7      Riga             01:55:33                              Riga           02:13:11      20/05/2018
No8      Helsinki       01:56:36                            Helsink      02: 19:02*   09/06/2018
No 9     Vilnius        06:51:54 (42km trail race)* Vilnius       DNF *         16/06/2018
No 10   Budapest     02:02:53*                           Budapest  02:19:42*     04/08/2018
No 11  Copenhagen  02:00:56*                      Copenhagen 02:23:01*    02/09/2018
No 12  Tallinn          01:55:19                             Tallinn       02:15:22*      09/09/2018
No13   Stockholm    01:57:50                             Stockholm 02:14:22        15/09/2018
No 14  Luxembourg 01:58:18                           Luxembourg 02:16:39*   30/09/2018
No 15  Kosice           01:57:02                             Kosice      02:14:41         07/10/2018
No  16 Sofia              02:14:17*                            Sofia         02:20:21*     14/10/2018
No  17 Amsterdam    02:06:43*                        Amsterdam 02:10:35 PB 21/10/2018
No  18 Ljubljana       To be re arranged , in hospital                               28/10/2018
No  19 Pilsen trail cz 02:28:09*                      Pilsen Trail   02:28:07*     10/11/2018
No  20Vienna            02:08:32*                         Vienna          02:10:51       18/11/2018
No  21 Lanzarote      02:28:49*                      Lanzarote     02:28:49*     08/12/2018
No  22 Funchal         02:11:47*                       Funchal         02:25:19*     20/01/2019
No  23 Gent              02:26:53*                         Gent            02:36:58*   09/02/2019
No  24 Verona         02:02:29*                       Verona         02:13:53      17/02/2019

No  25  Split             02:00:39*                           Split        02:13:47      24/02/2019
No  26  Nafplio        02:03:06*                           Nafplio    02:15:50*    03/03/2019
No  27 Paphos          02:07:43*                            Paphos    02:20:46*     17/03/2019
No  18  Sezana         02:11:05*                            Sezana     02:20:51*   24/03/2019
No  28  Constanta    02:28:19*                           Constanta 02:37:41*    31/03/2019


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