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Congratulations, Quenelle

Dr No , love the idea of the Thunder Run.....

Futurity, when you say "so anything over that a bonus!", presume you mean anything under?!! (Ibby with pedantic hat on)

I fear I may need to drop out of Super Sunday MN race: went to running club last night, running along quite happily and my calf just started hurting. Just like that. So only did a quarter of the session. Calf still hurts, a sort of crampy type pain. Presumably a pulled something or other.

Went to GP yesterday to show her my cervical polyps identified by nurse at smear test last week. She has referred me to gynae dept at hospital and I have booked this appt for beg of Nov. But not sure if this appt will be for removal, or just an initial look. Thought that GP said removal, but do hospitals usually do procedures on first visit?

Roasting here today

I managed to nick a shot of the scanner in school so have digital copies of the 10k PB article to upload and post here when I get home.

sounds fun! I'm really looking forward to it now (apart from the heat!). The kids are going to do the fun run after whilst I collapse in a heap!

I admit it, I am vicariously running the Standalone 10k through Futurity

I would describe the course as 'undulating' nothing too alarming hillwise.

Just remembered, they have a great race commentator who looks up runners' names from their numbers as they're on the final approach to the finish line. If you're lucky he will be shouting 'Come on Futurity' to you, and the crowd might join in too

Of course rhet wearing vest and running knickers would have given the game away somewhat earlier. (Duhh....)

I need all the micro planning I can get I don't normally look at the route too much before the race...well I do..but doesn't really sink in so I am looking at the elevation so I don't do my normal thing of "where the F did that hill come from!?!" Just found my PB from last 10K (which was 2009) which was 1 hour 2 mins so anything over that a bonus!

quick read so much easier when I had an office

congrats to quenelle

commiserations on marathon refusals

love the idea, only the idea mind, of the 24h run, a bit like a festival without dodgy music and dodgy assorted substances

good luck for the weekend races, look forward to reports

and also for the plodders joggers and runners doing their training this weekend

boiling here must get up early tomorrow to be in with a chance of a decent run

thanks for that info...just looked at the map again and I can see what you mean..the A507 stretch looks a bit daunting but I like the look of the downhill stretch from 9KM :)

Think I will carry some water if it is hot at that time..am used to carrying anyway due to my half training.

Yes, the chunk between 5k and 7k. It's a long, very slightly uphill drag along a straight road. They don't close the road to traffic either so the cars whizzing past at 70mph+ can be a bit offputting. But once that part's over you're on your way home IIRC the water station is just before this section so don't miss it.

rhet great picture isn't it? And agreed, she looks fab for 60! I am amazed she ran Boston marathon in a bloody sweat/track suit!

sprint finish potential? Cool! Just looking at the map and I think the hard part you mention is at 5K? I've never run round that area before...I know parts of the course from when I used to work in Letchworth so will be fun (hopefully) to run it!

Thanks both. I will be back. I have hopes of going out for a few plod/walks when the sickness subsides.

We want to get past the 12 week/nuchal scan stage before we tell RL friends and start getting excited.

Futurity, whenever I drive up the part of the A507 that goes past Stotfold I think of how it feels to run it. It is the hardest part of the route. But once you round the corner towards Fairfield Park you're past the worst, and once you round the corner into Wilbury Road it's a downhill sprint . I will be thinking of you.

Quenelle thanks for that...just wondered why your name had been removed...congrats on the BFP...although feeling yuk is not good (especially in this weather).

I was going to go for a PB but now not sure...depends how hot it is by 9.30! Would never of imagined when I booked it all those months ago that it would be 28 degrees on the 2nd October...crazy!

Hi everyone. I haven't been near the running thread for a few weeks, since I got my BFP and have since been too nauseous and knackered to do anything let alone run .

Just came on to say good luck to Futurity in the Standalone 10k on Sunday. It's a great couse, usually PBable but perhaps not in tropical temperatures. I hope it doesn't get too hot too early for you.

Good luck also to everyone else racing this weekend.

sorry had forgotten to put my name with the race...

paws aww that's so sweet. How old are they? I was wondering when I could pack up some toys with dd (2.3y) to give to charity and if she would get the concept. I do this fairly regularly with clothes/stuff so she can see the bags sitting in the hallway but has never questionned it.

yes, wow, this weekend's races are going to be hot, good luck guys! I'm taking a cap & sunglasses/suncream with me the weekend after if this carries on.

Absolutely outraged at that bullshit about the world records.
Yesterday we had a race (with gymballs, you gotta love my instructor for the originality factor :))
I won it on the way in, a guy won it on the way back. Should I say that it is thanks to me that he won it cause I was faster? (in any case he got disqualified for some blatant cheating at the end so I won both ways in the end and I certainly didn't win because of him. I'll take full credit thank you very much.

Very interested in running with you somehow, can't go back or will loose my post so will have a look, am in London so south is a possibility.

02/10/11 - Standalone 10K: Futurity
02/10/11 - Bradford Half Marathon - MrsWednesday
02/10/11 - Baxter's River Ness 10k - backwardpossom
02/10/11 - The Run, Northampton - YeahThatsTheBadger
02/10/11 - Great Edinburgh Run 5k - Bumply
02/10/11 - Great Edinburgh Run 10k - Squix
02/10/11 - Big Fun Run 5k London Victoria Park - Wiifitmama
02/10/11 - Camberley 10k- DebitheScot
02/10/11 - Coltishall 10k - Ibbydibby
02/10/11 - Coventry Half Marathon - FairyBasslet
09/10/11 - Great Eastern Run, Peterborough - Futurity
09/10/11 - Herts 10k - WishIwasCherryMenlove
09/10/11 - London Chickenshed 10K challenge - June2009
15/10/11 - Donadea Forest Trail 10k - rhetorician
16/10/11 - Abingdon Marathon: MoshiMoshi
16/10/11 - Aviemore 10K: Piffpaffpoff
16/10/11 - Richmond Castle 10k: Stickylittlefingers
22/10/11 - Shockabsorber 10K Richmond Park - sfx
23/10/11 - Thruxton Mass Attack Duathlon- DebitheScot
23/10/11 - Big Fun Run 5k Edinburgh Holyrood Park - Bumply
23/10/11 - East Coast Run 10k - Ibbydibby
30/10/11 - Great South Run: Wheely, squix
30/10/11 - Nairobi Standard Chartered Half Marathon - M&M
05/11/11 - Glendalough Trail Run - rhetorician
13/11/11 - Stebbing 10 Mile - bonkers20
19/11/11 - Maasai Mara Half Marathon - M&M
20/11/11 - Leeds Abbey Dash (10k) - DrNortherner
27/11/11 - City of Norwich half marathon: ibbydibby, MoshiMoshi
19/02/12 - Brighton Half marathon - Wheely
10/03/12 - Blackpool Half Marathon - DrNortherner
22/04/12 - VLM: MoshiMoshi, ibbydibby
27/05/12 - London Bupa 10K - Futurity

02/10/11 - Standalone 10K: Futurity, Quenelle
02/10/11 - Bradford Half Marathon - MrsWednesday
02/10/11 - Baxter's River Ness 10k - backwardpossom
02/10/11 - The Run, Northampton - YeahThatsTheBadger
02/10/11 - Great Edinburgh Run 5k - Bumply
02/10/11 - Great Edinburgh Run 10k - Squix
02/10/11 - Big Fun Run 5k London Victoria Park - Wiifitmama
02/10/11 - Camberley 10k- DebitheScot
02/10/11 - Coltishall 10k - Ibbydibby
02/10/11 - Coventry Half Marathon - FairyBasslet
09/10/11 - Great Eastern Run, Peterborough - Futurity
09/10/11 - Herts 10k - WishIwasCherryMenlove
09/10/11 - London Chickenshed 10K challenge - June2009
15/10/11 - Donadea Forest Trail 10k - rhetorician
16/10/11 - Abingdon Marathon: MoshiMoshi
16/10/11 - Aviemore 10K: Piffpaffpoff
16/10/11 - Richmond Castle 10k: Stickylittlefingers
22/10/11 - Shockabsorber 10K Richmond Park - sfx
23/10/11 - Thruxton Mass Attack Duathlon- DebitheScot
23/10/11 - Big Fun Run 5k Edinburgh Holyrood Park - Bumply
23/10/11 - East Coast Run 10k - Ibbydibby
30/10/11 - Great South Run: Wheely, squix
30/10/11 - Nairobi Standard Chartered Half Marathon - M&M
05/11/11 - Glendalough Trail Run - rhetorician
13/11/11 - Stebbing 10 Mile - bonkers20
19/11/11 - Maasai Mara Half Marathon - M&M
20/11/11 - Leeds Abbey Dash (10k) - DrNortherner
27/11/11 - City of Norwich half marathon: ibbydibby, MoshiMoshi
19/02/12 - Brighton Half marathon - Wheely
10/03/12 - Blackpool Half Marathon - DrNortherner
22/04/12 - VLM: MoshiMoshi, ibbydibby
27/05/12 - London Bupa 10K - Futurity

Morning all, how are we feeling?

No run for me today, I've got my last LSR tomorrow (8 miles). I'm doing Chester next Sunday - I have to be honest and say I'm not 100% and I'm not nearly as prepared as I hoped I would be but I committed to doing it with a friend and I really don't want to let her down.

The downside is that she is a much, much faster runner than me and so it's a bit of a balancing act - would she prefer to go it alone and get a good time, or have me plodding breathlessly running steadily with her? She has said she's fine with the slow and steady, but I've already said if she wants to "go" on the day she mustn't feel held back.

Off to watch ds1's friendly football match this afternoon then a night out tonight - not drinking though, well maybe half a glass but am driving anyway.

Shameless brag here .... so proud of ds1 and ds2 this morning. School is having a Macmillan Coffee Morning and they were allowed to take in £1 to buy a cake and any extra they wanted as a donation. They both emptied their moneyboxes for a donation without hesitation and ds1 said he really wanted the money to help people with cancer. Honestly - I wibbled a bit emotionally and had to pretend to have something in my eye . Having said that, there's every chance they will use their £1 to buy back the scones and flapjacks we made last night .........

Well Super Sunday looks like Super Sweaty Sunday. Good luck all!

I saw this a few days ago through a Runners World update on Facebook. An utter disgrace in these supposedly enlightened times. She's a woman, she ran the race in that time. She did it under her own steam, there just happened to be men running in the same race - what the hell is the problem with that? It's not like they picked her up and carried her. I don't normally get wound up by this sort of stuff, but this is just rubbish.

It is utter madness. PR must be spitting chips! So basically it's ok for the male runners to benefit from the pacers (who happen to be men) but not ok for the women????

As others have said, she is the one who has set the secord, her talent, and training, and dedication. They may as well say "Oh it doesn't count because her trainer is a man, or her shoes were designed by a man"

Surely we will see less exciting mixed marathons as the women who are are the lead will not be pushing for that few extra seconds to get a WR.

Utter rubbish.

picture here Can't believe this was only in the 60's