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Mrs Weds that would be great. However, Redcar is my first half in June, so don't want to commit to any more halfs till I know how I get on at this one. Moving up a distance is a little scary I feel.

I went out for dinner last night with about 20 people I used to work with, some haven't seen me for over a year and everyone said I was looking fab with a real glow. I can only put it down to my running so that made me

Enjoy your weekend everyone.

DrNortherner, if you do fancy signing up for any local races, let me know. As soon as I've done the Edinburgh marathon (assuming I can get up to speed with my training) I shall be back to doing more pleasant distances in Yorkshire! The Bradford half is in October and that's particularly mountainous enjoyable.

Forcing myself out of the door for an 11 mile run this morning, I'm sure I'll enjoy it when I get going, but I'm reading a good book at the mo and am tempted to stay in bed reading instead.

All the very best of luck for tomorrow Wheely and Possom.

doyou - define 'plodder'. I even look like a plodder at first - kind of flat footed, somehow. However, I did see a woman really plodding round the track as I looked out the window during my meetings - she was dead slow. But I thought fair play to you for getting out there (this is in a uni setting, so she was being multiply lapped by the young athletes...) - it takes a certain steel to be a slow runner and not get discouraged...

I do keep telling myself that if it wasn't for DD I'd be running 6.30 min miles instead of 6.30 min kilometers...yeah, right

Wheely best of luck and enjoy

Thanks for all the good luck wishes ! Not sure how I'm feeling - partly excited as its the next step in distance for me so will feel like a great achievement but very nervous, not as prepared as I'd hoped. Was hoping to do something like 1 hr 5 mins but think I'll downgrade to under 1 hr 10. Weather looks quite good at the moment !

Good luck Possum !

Paws - hope your ankle is ok and your knee stiffness improves doyouthink ! And hope throats feeling better Sfxmum and Moshi. Enjoy the riding Moshi and how exciting about the puppy !

Well done on getting out Hamster - glad you're feeling better and pleased you made it out too drivingmisscrazy - I rreally sympathise with the sleep deprivation (and with you cestlavie and anyone else who suffers !). DD2 has now added 6 am starts to her being up once or twice a night. So, at least she'll have me up in time for the 8 am start on Sunday ... weak .

Enjoy your meal out tonight DrNortherner. I am technically supposed to beo ut for drinks but have no will power where wine and pubs are concerned and would end up drinking too much and being hungover tomorrow which probably isn't the best race preparation so am going to be good and stay in!!

Just had an email with sign up to the Brighton half next Feb. Am tempted but thinking Brighton, february could be very bleak....

Good luck backwardpossum and wheely, will be rooting for you both!

Oooh I'd missed you on the list possum, good luck for that too.

Doyou hope the knee feels a bit better, and good luck for your 20 mile run tomorrow.

Good luck Wheely!

Thanks for the good luck wishes, I'm off out for a wee 3 or 4 miles as soon as my DH gets back from work (he's late again grr) then hoping for another sub 1 hr on Sunday :)

Glad to hear no lasting damage from you fall paws

Hope you feel better soon sfx

Bet it feels good to be back out there hamster. Such lovely weather too!

Sounds pretty speedy to me cestlavie

I am a plodder too drivingmisscrazy

Enjoy your weekend away Moshi*, hope youtr niggles stay at bay.

Another beautiful day here on the South Coast. No running for me though, rest day before my final 20 miles tommorrow.

My knee is a bit stiff which I think is due to my bike ride the other day. Lots of stretching with the foam roller for me today!

Good luck with your races Wheely and possum, hope all goes well.

I love the clocks going forwards - we run on DD time anyway it means is when she's up at 6am, it'll actually be 7am in the new world! Hooray! We'll technically be having a lie-in. Only technically, obviously...

Ankle fine this morning, just took the dog for a lovely long walk. Spring has definitely sprung, hasn't it? We'll be losing an hour's sleep this weekend, but at least we have the lighter evenings to make up for it.

Wheely are you all set for your race?! Feeling confident?!

9k in beautiful spring sunshine here - and about 8c so not hot yet....not very fast but I am a right plodder - I find it hard to make myself run at paces that are slightly uncomfortable except on a treadmill. But I figure that I building excellent endurance :o

happy running everyone!

Thanks paws and thecoo - I may well have some questions for you especially (unsurprisingly) about schools and things when we manage to get our act together a little more... whenever that is!

Hope the shin splints aren't troubling you too much Moshi - they're incredibly frustrating things to get and seem to come out of nowhere. Hope they clear up quickly.

Lovely run this morning, usual 13 miles on a Friday morning. Clear blue morning skies and very quiet and still along the canals and rivers (obviously apart from my panting and wheezing!). Took 1 minute off last week's time and at 8.09 m/m it's slowly sneaking down towards my target 8.00 m/m. Slowly.

I'm with all those who suffer in the heat and the temperature is definitely creeping up - soon as it starts to get anywhere close to the high teens I really start to feel it and my performance suffers. A friend of mine is thinking about the Marathon des Sables and I was tempted but I think I'd actually pop if I tried it. Or I'd need someone to run alongside me with a sunshade, huge electric fan and a barrel of iced water.

Good luck for your races this weekend Wheely and possum - have fun doing them. Everyone else have a great weekend and happy running y'all!

Just been out for a short run as feeling so much better.... Did just over 5k albeit very slow by most standards (5k time was just under 34 mins) but I did it without stopping or walking and feel great...

The sun is out, the birds are singing and the woods are coming back to life....

Must remember to stretch now and go get a shower...

Hope you're not to sore paws and that your feel better soon sfx...

paws any bruises? hope you ok, get a head torch next time and maybe a helmet

hope to fit in a short run today despite annoying lingering cold and soreish throat, at least no temp so it should be fine, w/end busy and far too many people out

happy running and have a great weekend

finally, I am about to get out for a run. Lovely cool sunny morning; DD up at 6 (again!) - sleep deprivation and good running oh well, something is better than nothing, I guess

Oh no paws you OK? Hope you didn't roll all the way down the hill?!

Looks like another sunny day here, off for an hours walk along the river with a friend and the dogs this morning after the school run as I don't work Fridays. Then supermarket shop, then a run this afternoon before school pick up. Out for dinner tonight, looking forward to it.

Wishing you all a great weekend.
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Well that was an interesting run! Made it out for my 6 mile gentle run when DH got home, and decided to do a nice hilly route heading out of town - only I forgot that I usually do it in the daytime and that by 8 pm it would be dark and the streetlights stop before the top of the hill. Got to the top of the hill and turned to come back, only to go over on my foot and suddenly find myself with both feet off the ground, pitching forwards downhill!

No harm done I think, my ankle felt a bit sore but managed to jog home OK. I scared myself though and DH was fuming I'd headed out on a lonely unlit road.

Apart from that it was actually a nice run .

MoshMoshi - London, UK
DrNortherner - Harrogate, N Yorks
Cestlavie - London, UK
IreadthereforeIam - Chester, UK
TheCoo - Bishop's Stortford (Herts), UK
Sfx - London, UK
Pawsnclaws - St Albans, UK
Hamster - Doncaster, S Yorks
MrsWed - Leeds, W Yorks
Doyouthinktheysaurus- Nr Brighton, West Sussex
Wheelybug - London, UK
Drivingmisscrazy - Dublin, Ireland (originally from London, though)
backwardpossom - Moray, Scotland
peachsmuggler - London, UK
penguinarmy - California, USA

desperately tries to think where she knows hamster from

OOh Mrs Wed you are not far from me......we could meet up at the Leeds 10k!

Thanks for all the lovely kind wishes. Nice to tell people as obviously too early and too stressful to tell people in RL.

I blame my inability to run in the heat on my Scottishness!

MoshMoshi - London, UK
DrNortherner - Harrogate, N Yorks
Cestlavie - London, UK
IreadthereforeIam - Chester, UK
TheCoo - Bishop's Stortford (Herts), UK
Sfx - London, UK
Pawsnclaws - St Albans, UK
Hamster - Doncaster, S Yorks
MrsWed - Leeds, W Yorks
Doyouthinktheysaurus- Nr Brighton, West Sussex
Wheelybug - London, UK
Drivingmisscrazy - Dublin, Ireland (originally from London, though)
backwardpossom - Moray, Scotland
peachsmuggler - London, UK

thecoo yes Harrogate is a beautiful town. I think that every time I drive past the stray.

Such a lovley evening I am off for a run now with the dog will meet ds and dh at fotball training and get a lift back, so only about 4.5 miles in total. Might throw in a lap or 2 of the stray!

Then we are having a Chinese takeaway for dinner. Yum