Runners United: Where we support each other through the good runs, the bad runs and everything in between.

ransomer? I am not a kidnapper!! That was randomer, which spellcheck clearly doesn't approve of...

ooh sfx what is your aim on the 10k plan (or is it just get faster)? Tell your DH he can always warm up in one of those thermopools. I have Iceland envy now

N4NNY thanks for putting up the pictures, it looked absolutely fab. What a trip! Also I sent you a friend request (in case you were wondering who the ransomer was!). I'm not very good at FB, but I every so often I think I really should get going on it properly - pretty much half the world can't be wrong!

futurity PMSL!!

you have been amusing me when I dip in an attempt to shirk study, loving the mileage thoughts

bumply, like the photos, was it you asking about speed? I am very slow indeed struggle to get 10/11 but aim to improve a bit and would frankly be happy to go 9/10 as average

N4NNY great photos looks amazing, not to bring in sadder thoughts but how is work/ hunt for going? hope you are well

I have friends in Iceland and in Sweden, dh flat out refuses visiting anywhere with a possibility of cold weather said the boy born in Edinburgh and of solid Scottish stock, what would granny Ritchie say?!
I think his childhood in Singapore spoiled him

I am sticking to my new 10K plan to improve and achieve PB and today it said run 3K with fast bursts - ok then done

happy running

pmsl at "look at me how smug I am as I am running like a proper runner." and
"I can run 2 miles..I can do that in my sleep...not now I can't...I may walk..no I won't...they are walking next to me..." running when all around you are walking is SOOOOO hard.

futurity it was around 4*c most of the time so not too bad but when we were up at the waterfalls the wind was so strong it was almost knocking me to the floor that felt much colder.

Great photos! I feel cold just looking at them though....was it as cold as it looks? I could quite easily eat that sweetcorn though :)

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not sure if this will work but I think this is the link to my iceland pictures on facebook

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LOL Hatwoman ..that is similar to me apart from the hills!

Half marathon:

1-2 miles - Ok..get going..oops...too fast...slow down..too slow..bugger..just get on and relax woman
3-4 miles - that's better..I can do this...I am a runner...look at me how smug I am as I am running like a proper runner.
5-8 miles - nothing much..plod plod...
9 miles - bored bored..can't do this anymore..can I stop now..please...why am I running..what is the point?!
11 miles + - Why the f*ck didn't I train more than 11 miles!? Still another 2 to go..I can run 2 miles..I can do that in my sleep...not now I can't...I may walk..no I won't...they are walking next to me...I WILL NOT WALK...LFDI!

my thought processes on runs are highly predictable.

1-2 miles: (the first mile or two is nearly always uphill): why am I doing this...I'm not actually enjoying this...this sucks

3-4 miles: (usually from the top of a hill) ooooo look at the view; blimey that's awesome; I'm quite lucky actually

5-6 miles: what would happen if I tripped and knocked myself out ... wonder if mountain rescue would come ... wonder if I'd be on Look North

6-10 ?? nothing

11+ that's enough now. I really want a cup of tea. like, really really. A nice warm cup of tea.

at bumply: "Mostly I just enjoy not being in ear shot of DS1 and DS2". lawks how true that is. and how difficult. I had a night in London on monday. over half-term I (with slightly-out-of-character-diligence) washed dd's pe kit, put it back in her bag, put the bag in the cupboard where bags live, and TOLD her it was there. 8 am Tuesday morning I get a phone call....where's my PE kit. aaaaargh. listen in the first place; failing that, look; failing that ask your father who is in the same house as you, not 200 miles away...

running is the only escape.

I could only dream of 7 or 8 mins miles pace! I think I managed 3 miles once at 8 min 50 ish pace and that almost killed me! I'm like Rhet in that I hover in the 10-11 for my LSR/easy runs. Running club has got me into the low 9 mins miles pace for faster runs (intervals and hill work) but can't imagine me sustaining that over a long period. If I can achieve a sub 1 hour 10K on Sunday then I have to run at 9:38....panic!!

bumply er, not everyone on here regularly runs 7 or 8 minute miles! I am more at the 10-11 min/mi end for easy runs -it suits me, I like it, I can do lots of miles that way, it means (mostly) that I am running aerobically. So don't worry about it - if you are a lifetime runner (or planning to me) speed on a given run shouldn't trouble you too much!

So much to catch up on, and it is only 4 days I think since I last posted...

Well done Squix and Wheely on doing GSR...hope you are both now fully recovered. Squix, good luck at running club. Really love the one I go to, have met all kinds of different people.

M&M sorry about your disappointment, what a bummer. Especially after all the training that goes into a HM.

Runnerstipple and others who have got a place in Olympic Park Run - well done. Am still waiting to hear either way about my application, as is DH. Rhet have you heard anything yet?

N4NNY Iceland trip sounds fab, am v envious.

Bunked off running club on Monday evening as had weirdy pain in left groin/top of left leg etc. So bad I had to take myself off to bed for a couple of hours on Monday afternoon/evening. Then went to London for work yesterday. Have gynae appt at hospital this afternoon, for closer look at cervical polyp, and hopefully removal (as if it is not removed today will be referreed for future referral). If it is removed this afternoon, my only question will be whether it is advisable to go running tomorrow evening or not! As it is running club tomorrow evening and don't want to miss another session.

2 of DH's friends doing a 20k this weekend. He originally said he was not interested. Changed his tune though when I looked at website of the event and read out the name in full. Turns out it is sponsored by local brewery, with associated goodies in post-race goody-bag. So this morning he announces he is going to enter. There are cheaper ways of getting a bottle of beer!

Great pics Bumply

Not sure what I think about when I run. Probably what to have for tea tonight.

Great photos Bumply! THanks for sharing...:)

Sonic great to have you back, though sorry to hear about your knee.

Cherry the running further thing is definitely a case of LFDT. I was explaining to the mums at the school gates why I was looking a little dishevelled (even more than usual!) yesterday and the non-runners did react with "11 miles?!" like I'd just climbed Everest, which I find slightly embarrassing because I'm not at all athletic. All I do is keep plodding along, thinking about ... nothing... sausages... ooh pretty leaves... nothing... and time just goes by. The more you do it, the more you can do it.

cherry you'll be fine. I remember before I started training for my first half I wondered how I would run past 7 miles. I just trusted the training plan and stuck to it by the letter and didn't have any problems as the miles increased. Only downside was that the training plan only went to 11 miles...now a days I make sure I do up to 13 as that helps me psychologically. As you said, sorting out the sponsorship will help as well.

Hi all ? it?s been a little while, I?ve had a break from running due to some knee problems, with heavy duty anti-inflamatories, and phsyio, so not run in about 6 weeks. I did follow the thread for a while, but found it really frustrating to hear about the running everyone else was getting done! Anyway, been given ok for starting again and seeing how it goes ? managed a short run with no pain which was a relief ? and did a (just) sub 25min 5km, which while it was on a treadmill, and not a real run, still felt pretty happy with that after such a long layoff. Just hope everything holds up ok, if not they are talking about having to have an op ? I?m only 34 I don?t want to start falling to bits just yet!

My photos from the Big Fun run weren't as bad as the previous race photos.

I did a slow 6k run last night. Didn't think about much other than how running amongst the trick or treaters made for more of an audience than I was expecting at that time of night. Mostly I just enjoy not being in ear shot of DS1 and DS2

I other thing I think about is about how my 7.5-8 mins / km pace would look much better if it matched the 7-8 mins / mile that most of you seem to be capable of. Still, a few months ago I wouldn't have believed that I could run 6k without stopping.

rhet me too

Tonight on my 4.5 mile run I thought about what I think about on a run
I think mostly rubbish but I do spend lots of time working out what my HM time would be if I did 9m/m or 9.25 m/m etc.
I also do some lesson planning sometimes if it's the evening before a day I work. This evening I came up with a great differentiated task for tomorrow but because I was out running I didn't have time to make the resource for it

Thanks peach - have signed up for the 25th August - I am intrigued as to what the light suit will be like!

I have also arranged to go for a taster session at a running club.

I am full of action tonight (even if it is from my sofa via my laptop!)

I must confess that sometimes when I am running I think about what I will post about the run when i get back

Ha ha sfx, Jim'll Fix It! When we were wee, my sister and I used to refer to him as Jim'll as we thought that was his name...

Squix, you can register now, here speedoflight2012.org.uk/#!/page/12/Runners
just pick the night you want to do. I was feeling very gung ho about it earlier but this would tie me, DP, and the two little'uns to a weekend in Scotland, which would be lovely but thinking maybe I can't be planning that far ahead for weekends away

should have been in bed hours ago, better get offski!

squix one of dh's best friends went on Jim will fix it thing (sorry foreign person here) and apparently it was quite a small ambition he had, can't recall what exactly, something about putting up posters or something, he was a bit of star for a while

ironing Fanny ? is that as an incentive to run as fast as possible away from it?

I need new shoes mine have holes at the big toe

Ohh ? mega catch up time, it?s really tricky to keep up!

Hello to new / returning folks

Jimmy Saville - he was at the start of my first ever ½ Marathon in Glasgow about 8 years ago, but I don?t think I?ve ever forgiven him for not fixing it for me to be Alice in Wonderland

M&M what a pain ? sometimes our bodies are our best friends and can do amazing things and sometimes they seem to be ready to sabotage us

Moshi - I am starting to get ready excited for your big adventure. No advice on schools, I am sure that there are others on here well able to help .

Peach - I don?t think I?d have been able to reach down there myself to do any tidying up in the last few weeks. Oh and thanks for the link -have been looking for how to enter but I guess it will be publicised nearer the time

I have been very thrifty this week. I discovered that I had an old reflective/high vis jacket (I bought a new one last year as old one was too big ) and I cut the sleeves off to make a stylish gillet.

Pan - I do maths when I am running - working out times and splits and stuff and also day dream a wee bit ? imagine how exactly I would divide up a £100m lottery win, that sort of thing.