runners united: the one with the time running with other people

Thanks everyone. Will sign up (gulp) in a bit. Next (and last before the race) long run opportunity is probably Monday as DH likely to be away Saturday and Sunday full of kids' parties etc. Will go to the gym Sat am and do some intervals on the treadmill.

I'm really keen to do this race as the field will be big enough to hide in a bit. If it boosts my confidence enough then there's a much smaller one in November I quite fancy but I would never enter that as my first HM, if you know what I mean.

We are a one willie house too.

After a bit of Local London knowledge - I am down to London with work next week - staying close to Hyde Park - I assume that I'll be fine/safe running there either early morning or early evening? And I'll be able to get a decent 3 to 4 mile route?

what the hell are you lot on?

I come from a family of women with incidental men mostly for reproduction purposes it seems
my great grandmother had 8 girls, gran had 3, those had 7 girls and all but my sister also had girls 7 in total and one boy. Willies kind of exotic in our family

8st that is quite a journey

personally I think I need some counselling regarding weight loss I have a real block as loosing weight seems to trigger massive anxiety with health concerns, I am sure it is all connected in my silly brain with mum being diagnosed with cancer and they shrinking out of existence with indecent speed. I am sure it is some sort of unresolved trauma for an early teen.

anyway hopefully will manage a bit of running but cold getting a bit chesty, always frustrating as running goes.

talk of Blackpool, I went there once a couple of years back on Christmas eve, we took dd to the aquarium, it was nice and quiet but the town looked bleak
We were just trying to get away from the Christmas preparations as MIL likes to sort it out herself with no interference from us children

Wow June 8 stone weight loss! Amazing.

Lol at "we are a one willie household"

And June 8 stone is very impressive! Are you still losing weight or are you able to maintain were you are now?

What a conversation for a Wednesday night!

Hmmm Blackpool HM - I am tempted - I have family in southport so could combine a trip ....it's been years since I've been there, from Liverpool originally so lots of memories of nights out to see the lights then being bundled back into the car in nighties to go to sleep on the way home.

Age wise - don't we become veterans after 35 or 40 when it comes to running any way - much more dignified than being an old bird.

And on an exciting note - I have new socks for my run tomorrow - I am unfeasibly excited at the prospect!

just read your later post (sorry, watching telly at the same time delays posting) - 8 stones lost is quite an achievement, wow.

Hi June - thefeedstation.com do the lucozade gels, if that's helpful.

We are a one willie household . We don't have stretching here - just much hole analysis.

Erm, I did have the Blackpool illuminations Viewmaster slide.... and oh, oh, I did shag someone from Blackpool once. He was nice. (Seem to have slid back to willies again, sorry about that).

Fairy - I wouldn't be worried. Don't push yourself too hard and risk injury, I reckon so long as you take it fairly easy you'll be fine. Always good to have a low PB, makes it easier to beat the next time :)

thanks paws I can get to Boots tomorrow!!

ok got it, did you ask your dh how he feels about it? I look after dd most of the week (she only does 3 mornings at nursery) and I take her to groups and stuff so at the weekend dh knows he has her on saturday mornings for a few hours. Good bonding time etc. of course 1x dd is not the same as several children to look after.
The race looks like fun I would have like to do it if it had not clashed with my HM.

tummy discussions: well I've been on this bodybuilding site for months now and they all say that your sic pack is made in the kitchen, ie: your diet. (eat clean)
I have lost 8 stones now since June last year so you can imagine my belly is a mess and I hate it. I'm 5ft and 55kg (8st6) so not much fat left but whatever there is is on my abs (together with loose skin). I do despair but my trainer has said that we need to do less cardio and more weight lifting to tone up. One of my friends has been on a similar journey to me and trained with him and although she does not have a six pack her belly is no longer "hanging" like mine is and she looks good enough (after 3 children) to feel comfortable wearing a bikini on the beach. My plan is to work on my diet and do what my trainer tells me and stick at it for a year and hopefully I'll see some results/progress every month (take a pic and compare).

moshi have a great time in SF next week :D If anyone can fit some running in it's you ;)

June I get my lucozade gels from Boots.

LOL @ the willies conversations... is it something in the gels?

mmm, anyone know where I can find some lucozade gel? This is the only one I have tried in my long runs, can't remember where I got it from (getting nervous? moi?) I may have had some nightmares about getting trampled in the pens (Am only 5 ft with 15cm wrists ;))

june yes the one in London. I posted a link yesterday at 1:50pm.

Oh and those of you in your 40s- the woman I mentioned yesterday who was in the British team in the World Championships cycling time trials yesterday is 46!

Debi that's not tmi after the talk tonight , I have never suffered from tummy troubles when running, it's just my bladder that doesn't like me running

debbie can't see your post about the rat race, is this the one in london?

Have you all been drinking?!?
Too many willies in this house too (3)

The scab story made me laugh but did anyone else wonder why Bonkers was on mn after an evening bonk?

6 miles tonight, 9.06 min/miles and felt mostly good apart from serious tummy issues near the end. Usually when I get a grumbly tummy a few farts (tmi) sorts it but tonight I ran through the front door and straight to the bathroom. Not good.

Still not finally decided on Rat Race. DH and the boys probabaly wouldn't come as it'd involve a lot of trailing about and we wouldn't know where until the day (that route and the tasks on the website are only examples). But they would maybe drive up to Twickenham/Richmond if the route went out that way.
But the other issue is that it starts at 9.00 and I can't get to London on the train before 8.40. have texted the guy who's making me do it but haven't heard back from him yet.

I'll put a spanner in that one bonkers I have only been running a year and half. When I was pregnant I was laziest cow, partly because I was on bed rest for most of all the pregnancies but also because I didn't do excerise back then but still had exra scans, sorry

I have two boys and totally identify with all these comments! That's why I have two girl cats..to restore some balance!

It's when they discover their foreskin can pull back. boak

Too far?

kills thread

Oh Fairy, welcome. Of course you must do the 1/2 marathon. The distance is in your legs!

Crikey you lot!

I live with 2 boys and 1 man, I work with 4 men, it's no wonder I am completely bonkers. Willies everywhere (though I don't have anything to do with the ones I work with I hasten to add!).

I have fond childhood memories of seeing the Blackpool illuminations in the mid 70s. I think I'll just leave it at that.

I also had extra scans with DS2 (fundal height didn't grow according to the charts). He was fine. Maybe there is a correlation between scans and running. I might do a PhD on it and retire to an exotic island with my Nobel Prize winnings.