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

M&M bastard thing! that's exactly what happened to me on the forest 10k - I felt it arrive IYSWIM...

all madness at fanny's house - slightly crazy here, but fine. Mum behaving OK, more or less, although i think she is bored.

Not sure that I'm going to get out for a run today, but we'll see - I have managed to run every other day at least, so that's something. I've only 140km to go to reach my 2000km for the year, and 2 months in which to do it

Good luck wheely!

Oh masters that's so crap (unintended pun) . V. Unmumsnetty hugs.

Am on a train and doors just shut so I'm on my way ! With my trusty bag beside me.

Back later from the other side ......

Am just hopping in the car myself to get to my friend's house for a run. What a nightmare for you, you have every right to feel sorry for yourself. Make sure you do something nice for the rest of the day .

Oh [master]. That's horrible - I know exactly how you feel. My body is revolting - in the sense of making life as bloody awkward as possible - too.

Are you on your way home?

peach you CAN call me fannybaws. However I first read it as Fannyswab! . So fannybaws actually preferable. Oh no, I'm truly sorry to hear things have deteriorated for your dad and stepmum. . Hospice probably a better option as she will need a lot of care and at 77 he's obviously not up to it. Your poor dad. Hope your cold doesn't get worse, you're doing marvellous in consideration of awful stresses. How long now until D-day?

rhet Yes, you will be reminiscing in 7 years how lovely DD1 was at 2. Hope your mum been behaving!?

DrNo not quite as classy as Dolly I had to refrain from doing my dance routines. DD1 looked mortified when I
attempted the Beyonce Single Ladies dance.

I'm lolling at sweet little innocent 9 year old girls going into Fanny's house and coming out looking like Dolly Parton And Jute bags?! Have a word with yourself woman

rhet glad to hear you are surviving the visit. Have you enjoyed her company?....

Well, night all. I am off to bed and I plan to stay there for a long time.......

Meant to say fanny, every time I type your name I want to type fannybaws (Glaswegian insult term of endearment)

Laughing at the boy without a winkle, one of my favourite ever Blackadder episodes! Ds3 is most impressed with his, I think I told you all he recently said to an elderly lady in a shop "my has got a willy winkle", and to her credit she acted suitably impressed!

Careful now fanny we don't want to scare off our rooster in the henhouse .....

I checked out that website June seems good although must say I dont want to be a body builder. I was drawn by promise of ab stuff although I still think my bs are beyond help. There seems to alot of pregnancy info and workouts on there (which hopefully I will be able to use soon). Although there seems alot of info felt a bit like I didnt know where to start. Any particular plans you recommend?

Jeez fanny, where do you get the energy!!!! Am ok, thanks, might have caught DP's cold which he has been malingering with the last couple of days. Hope not. Looks like my dad's wife might have to go into a hospice, as my dad is not coping too well. He's 77 now so not surprising. Think she will get better care there, but horrible for them to be apart. Not sure yet though as she still has to have liver biopsy on Monday then hopefully get results by end of week

God be praised, Peach is having a miracle

Fanny as ever, I'm overwhelmed and feeling totally inadequate by your energy woman. Wtf are you on? No wonder you run fast!

hello all, reporting from the land of endless familial obligation...wheely have had multiple a few snorts at your poor bag being mocked (have you spoken to the school?)...but good luck. What plucky intrepid runners we are: bag mockery, bandits, etc.

fanny sympathies, I have a horrible feeling that I will look back fondly on DD1's current line 'I can do what I want!' and think, 'ah, it was all so much easier then', even though I am wrecked from all of her attention/cooking/my mother's demands for attention. She is wired to the moon - too many visitors, plus grotty cold and cough, plus DP not having it in the tank. Oooh, it's fun and laughs at rhet's house...almost tempted to send her to nursery next week and not bother potty training her.

Went out for 5 miles as I couldn't stand being in the house any more for a breather - it was fabulous. Hoping to manage it again tomorrow.

pan hello again; I am glad to see that you 'got' the bag thing

slf loved the Halloween report - good time too, your DD is a pretty good runner.

Off to bed for five seconds only to be woken at about 7.30 by 'mummy, I need a nappy change/I've got a snotty nose/I want a drink/ I think you should be punished and therefore must get out of bed and get me at once'

I was thinking as I ran home at around 5, that by tomorrow it will be getting dark at that time. Must dig out flashing lights and hi-vis T-shirts...night all

no,no get on with it and I will just quietly snigger.

pan welcome! Oh oh oh oh a BLOKE! Best wind me neck in and behave.

Ha ha Sticky, well no this one's a girl, or at least she doesn't have a winckle. A boy without a winckle??? etc etc

pan, I shall be languishing in bed, enjoying the extra hour of my weekly lie in. But don't worry, will be with you all in spirit, running vicariously!

sticky yep, thank the Lord she's only 9 once. 9 is the new 13 me thinks. As in prima donna behaviour is a gift you receive from them on day of birthday. She was crying last night as we were all playing Charades and she didn't want to. She's such a control freak. I've photo of said tantrum which will be used as coasters for her 18th birthday party. I painted 8 sets of nails. Did 8 sets of eye makeup with winged eyeliner. 8 sets of hair dos with bastard pink glitter hairspray. Unfortunately whoever was last looked more like Shameless than Sharpay but the thought was there... . Oh yeah and instead of party bags I'm getting jute bags made with a photo of them all on to give out. I really need to calm down and stop trying to be the Mum from Mean Girls.

peach how you feeling my sweet?

yes peach - my weight loss is less so swift! And this is a swift-moving thread, as I remebered! Raining all evening means a spish-spash-splosh 5 miles tomorrow morning, longest run in a year. Are we all going to be limited by the ealryness of darkness as of tomorrow??

the "you're ..... a boy!" line. Perhaps it was just me who practised the "boy!" and "girl!" announcements when pregnant to test out how I would feel about each . I like to get these things sorted in advance.

Which line sticky, (sorry am probably being thick!!) Halloween Park Run sounds brilliant!

Fanny, you deserve a medal woman!

pan, much like Posh Spice, I fully intend to be a studio flat, about 3 minutes after giving birth. Figure all I need is some edamame beans and a "can do" attitude!!

peach are you practising that line for later ?

wheely good luck for tomorrow. It's obviously great to have people to clap you in at the end, but I kind of like the wellardness and "this is for me" feeling of doing races on my own, too. It's good to do it differently from time to time, I reckon. And don't let your poor needy bag listen to those nasty bag-mockers, they're just jealous.

Debi trapped nerve sounds painful. Hope that goes away soon. The stomach thing's annoying - have you tried keeping a properly detailed food diary to try and pinpoint the cause?

M&M I think you must deserve the LFDT medal for not ducking out of the race. Also looking forward to the race report (and hearing you're back safe!)

orange I was going to do that naughty check out the shop then buy online thing, but ended up buying in the shop because they had end of line stuff too (so fantastic when the best shoe is also the cheapest :)). I don't think you'd be the first to do it. But I reckon you should always try before you buy - you might like x brand, but then the next "improved" version turns out not to be so good for you (this happened to me and Brooks, tho I'm a neutral runner).

fanny you're only 9 once! What's her 18th going to be like then... enjoy your 10 miler, sounds like you need it!

Pan hello!

We did the Halloween park run today (me and DD1). I was a devil, she was a pumpkin! We did it in 36:56, which was a PB for DD1. Bless her, we had a sprint finish that I had to sprint for because she absolutely was not going to be beaten by the boy who came racing up behind us on the last km. Loving the competitive spirit!

Sorry good luck to squix too!!