runners united (burning up pavement, burning up threads)

Hello - good luck to my fellow edinburghers for tomorrow backwardpossum and mrswednesday - I am nervous, excited and being very snappy with Dd and Dh.

I have been taking ibuprofen and even found some ibuprofen gel to rub on the corker of a bruise I have on my behind. Went for a walk /jog this morning and it seemed ok - a bit stiff but ok. Mind you because I was paying attention to my body I noticed a sore left shin, a grinding in my right knee and twinge in my left hamstring .....I am sure they weren't there before.

Ohh - drivingmisscrazy should be finished by now - did she start at 9.00? Looking forward to her race report.

Thanks again for all your good luck wishes - they're much appreciated.

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend. Hope you all get times you're happy with.

Good luck Driving, Squix and Possom - hope you aren't feeling as nervous as me

Looking forward to reading all the race reports when I'm home, hopefully lying on the sofa recovering on Monday.

Happy weekend running everyone.x

Good luck everyone!

Just popping in to wish good luck to all this weekend's racers.

My crunching knee is slightly better after a slow 3-miler so I should be running my 9 miles tomorrow at about the same time as the Edinburgh half - will be thinking of you racing while I plod along!

driving good luck for tomorrow! Go get 'em girl

No running today for me. Had a busy day, and a family funeral, so feeling a bit knackered. Tomorrow I planned a 10 mile LSR, but BIL is tagging along and has ideas of me running it at race pace Who appointed him my coach?!

Good luch to all racers this weekend

paws. Am at the atrium in the middle of the house, that sounds amazing!

Got an email from our estate agents yesterday saying our landlord wants to sell our flat! Arrggghhh! In truth, we need to move this year due to not living near enough any local school to have a chance of getting in, and also due to increasing our numbers we would like to live in a house. However, worried now about having to move sooner rather than later. We are lucky in that we are renting and will be renting next house too so have flexibility but dont want to feel under pressure and end up taking anywhere! Not sure, in this market how quickly he will sell he flat anyway and these things usually take a bit of time so hopefully will not be out on our ears soon! Perhaps we will look for houses with atriums!!!

Aw, peach you're due on ds1's birthday, and driving your dp is due (by the scan) on my anniversary! No pressure or anything, but I expect both of you to bear those dates in mind .....

I wish I could say the mum with the amazing house is horrid or stuck up, but she's really lovely. I think she saw that I was a bit awe-struck by the huge glass atrium in the centre of the house going from the ground floor to the second floor, with the most enormous modern chandelier I've ever seen hanging from the top ceiling. I stood there gawping with my mouth wide open . DH is less fazed by that sort of thing, he would've cracked a joke about DelBoy and Rodney cleaning it!

Just a quick pop in to say good luck tomorrow driving and good luck for sunday mrsweds, squix, and possum - PM your link Possum. Lopoking forward to hearing everyone's reports !!

Not much here to report - did an underwelming 5K in the gym yesterday. i hadfn't run for about 10 days and I felt all sort of uncoordinated. Hopefully got that out of the way - plan 10K tomorrow then back to normal next week.

Awww driving. Who wants to be friends with people that judge others on that basis anyway. The scruffy and the poor shall inherit the earth!! Tons of luck for tomorrow, I can't wait to hear about it, it sounds like such an interesting race. You asked about due dates a million years ago, am due on 18th November though from my LMP would be 23rd which I agree with and which was correct at the 7 and 9 week scans. Is it next week you guys have your NT scan?

Good luck also to mrsweds, squix, and possum, hope you get a nice cool day in Edinburgh!!! Looking forward to the race reports!

possum, can you pm me your link please?

Getting excited for you now, ladies! Weather seems a little cooler this weekend, although it may be a bit blustery - hopefully if there's any wind it's blowing you all in the right direction!

Just got back from a school coffee morning and am suffering serious house envy. The mum concerned has just moved in to her newly designed and built house, and it's amazing. You know where you get shown from room to room, and you just keep thinking .... wow. You could fit the entire downstairs of my house into her kitchen .

possum, squix, MrsWeds and misscrazy GOOD LUCK

found this thought you might like it

here mostly revising for exam on the 13th and sorting out a very last minute party for dd, never believe when they say that they absolutely do not ever want a birthday party

Wishing you all the very best of luck possum, squix, MrsWeds and misscrazy!

Ohh - thanks for all the advice - have been taking ibuprofen and a warm bath and a good night's sleep in my own bed have worked wonders. Still a bit stiff and apparently have a lovely bruise appearing on my backside.

Have work meetings and lots to do today but should be able to do some stretches throughout the day. I'll also go for a brisk walk tomorrow whilst DD is at Ballet.

DrNo - how are the flies that have taken up residence in your brain?

backwardpossum , MrsWedsnesday let me know if you need any 'local knowledge' to help you find your way around over the next day or so.

I live the other side of the water from where the race is (see I am starting to use race rather than run ) but from my window I can just about see along the coast to where we are running. I can confirm that today's conditions are bight and breezy. It rained earlier but is clear now.

Driving - so are you heading off this evening? All the best - will be thinking of you tomorrow - very excited for you and can't wait to hear how you get on.

Can't belive this weekend is here!

I know what you mean TheChewyToffeeMum. Even though I am not that far from London I have decided that (apart from the marathon!) I won't do any more runs there as generally all the trains are rubbish or not even working on Sunday mornings and it is just so stressful getting anything sorted. My half marathon in a few weeks is 10 mins drive from my home ...perfect! (I still stress about getting everything ready though!!).

Spoke to friends at running club last night about the whole headphone ban and we agreed that we could all survive (!) if we had someone to chat to so we are all going to do the run together...now all we have to do is decide a pace to run at.

Wow the thread is moving too fast for me just now! Planning a 9 miler on Sunday, hope to fit in an easy 3 miles before then but I am aware of a slight crunching under my knee cap. I am guessing this means I need to work more on my quads.

I sympathise with the obsessive race planning. I have basically given up doing non-local races as the logistics were stressing me out more then the racing.

squix use ibuprofen as already suggested and gently exercise would be my suggestion. Hope you feel better very soon.

I got myself in a right tizzy about getting to the VLM start in time. In the end I was there nearly 2 hours before the start It was nice though because once there I felt more relaxed than I had felt for weeks and was able to prepare myself mentally.

Good luck to all racing this weekend. I feel very excited for you all

lol @ teabags! So glad it's not just me! When I lived abroad, I used to get DH (well, he was DF at the time) to send them to me in the post whenever I ran out!

Me too!

Thank god we have other runners to talk to. My DH is heartily sick of me now.

(have also got teabags on my list)