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

had forgotten about that Olympic potential thread meet-up (possibly because I have already dreamed that race [hgrin])...we'll all find out soon

OMG at monkey'sdh'ssecretary
I hope the girl's conscience gets the better of her fanny
Good luck for tomorrow rhet!

Thanks for the nice comments about my duathlon. It's funny to read HM people tell me how impressed they are when I'm more impressed at you for doing a HM!
I'm having a lazy week (have been potty training ds2 so have barely left the house) and my lazy days have turned me into a lazy slob in the evenings too! I've got no kids tomorrow so will go out for at least a short run while I have a chance to go out in daylight.

Those of you who've had shin splints, does this sound odd- for my last 3 or 4 runs (the first of which was about 10 days ago I think) I haven't felt any shin pain at all. But last night in bed and again today I kept getting weird twinges in 1 shin. It was quite sharp and sore but didn't last long each time.

omg monkeywench surely a special kind of wrath for such people

X post fanny excited and nervous I think. And expecting nerves to take over once we've finsihed hols. Plus once I've broken it to dd2 mummy (and daddy but we're going throgh a big mummy phase at the mo) is going away for the night !

Thanks monkey will take a look when back to proper computer.

peach thanks for your confidence. Not really sure how its going to go but feeling a little bit excited. I did offer dh the use of my old garmin complete with pink elastic band but he's v. Ungraciously declined.

peach my births were all very different. I think what makes the big difference is whether you are induced or not. Fingers crossed, you go on time and don't need any interventions. . How are you feeling? Says a lot about this thread that even with no running Peach, you're still posting on it!

wench I have the Brooks Defyance, I love them but I am hard on my trainers, mine need replacing and I've only had them 3 months and even though that's about right re mileage, they don't wear as well as Adidas. Bloody hell, how awful re the secretary. Good god, that is a sick stunt to pull, especially re charity donations. How people sleep at night.

rhet hope you feel better tomorrow, no doubt the toll of last few weeks of pregnancy, work, play, DD and relatives visiting is taking its toll. Try to remember that you also need to take it easy too.

wheely re Garmin! Hey, good to have a back up. You nervous for GSR?

Just did 6.7 miles. Splits were first 3 miles at 8.10/8.20 then The Motherfucker Hill so 4th mile was 9 m/m then last miles were again 8.10/8.20. Very pleased as I found it a very easy pace.

Christ! Monkey, that's unbelievable! Fraud AND stealing from charities. What is WRONG with people....

Wheely, am getting very excited for you, I think you're going to do really well. Oops re. Garmin, but then every woman should have two, no?

Glad the run helped DrNo.

Rhet, I fully intend to win ballot place in the Olympic Stadium 5 mile run then do a 10k (probably a local Clapham Common one) in late spring then half in Autumn. Of course I may just pootle about and not race at all. We shall see.

Asked question on Childbirth section about people who had had 2 day labours with first DC, and what their second labour had been like. Most people seem to be saying "First lasted days, second one came out after 10 mins and a sneeze...". !!!!!!!!!!

wheely they were from M and M Direct - I just searched the model I wanted on amazon and they came up the cheapest. Came within 48 hours as well by courier so I was impressed.

Stay dry everyone, heavy rain on it's way. Good luck with DM Rhet.

Popping in from wet isle of wight. Managed a 5k yesterday am along coast. Then due for last run tomorrow but heavy rain forecast all day so thankfully there's a gym here so can treadmill it. Then its Sundays big one......

Hope I haven't forgotten anything vital....

Been thinkimg of you peach and your family and you rhet in the floods.

And now masters with all going on.
Hope fanny and drno are feeling a bit chirpier.

monkey - where are your brooks from ? I'm a brooks gts girl and need new ones desperately. I am so hard on shoes I was considering 2 pairs for half marathon training so I don't find myself I'm same positions and running the glad in trainers needing replacing.

Apparently new garmin has arrived at MILs ..... But old one worked fine yesterday. Oops ! Have admitted it to DH but pointed out that I was going to persuade him that I should get the new one to start the half training so its only a couple of weeks early. I seem tot have got away with it !

Anyway, stay dry folks !

pronto that should be

quick drop by

wench love Brooks what a bargain

drNEdinburgh sounds lovely, hope you are feeling a little less sad

rhet glad to hear you were not washed away, sounded bad

hope everyone else is ok, not much time to sit and read, need trash telly/book proto. sort of flying solo all week

I love my Brooks wench, in fact I am a convert. Prefer them over my ASics now. I did 4.8 miles tonight, it's all I had time for as dh was going to BMF Feel loads better.

I managed an average pace of 8.39 tonight which is quicker than my norm. I am wondering if my Edinburgh diet of burgers, chips and sticky toffee pudding has helped?

rhet I have no plans for 2012 other than Blackpool half, will throw in some more 10ks and perhaps a couple of 10 milers for good measure.

monkey, lol at the coach trips...peach I don't think it has anything at all to do with the environment - although I am sure the price is appealing to her. She has some issue about carrying heavy bags - although she always travels very light.

monkey and fanny - both of those stories are just awful and it does make you think twice and three times about reaching out to help people. But at the same time, I suppose you have to give people the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.

I didn't run today, although I am not sure how easy it will be to get out over the next few days - I feel weary and off colour. I want to get a couple of 7-8 milers in at least...3 racers this weekend and then me again on Nov 5th. My last for this year :( unless I get to the Due Date Dash :o

what are your plans for next year? I'm going to build base miles until about end Jan and then start on a training plan for BUPA 10k (April) - then maybe a half marathon late May/early June. The marathon series then, in the park (5 miles, 10 miles, a half...and maybe, just maybe...the marathon!). I'd like to do the Forest 10k again next year. 6-7 races sounds like more than enough!

On a more positive note, my new bargain running shoes have just arrived. Brooks GTS 8 Adrenaline - I think the latest version is GTS 11, but I thought the 8s were better, and have managed to get another two pairs for £19.99 each - first time I bought them they were £75 each. I had to go up half a size to clown feet proportions a size 8, but worth it to satisfy my tightwad careful tendencies!

Oh yes, old folk and coaches! DH's parents go to these amazing destinations - Canada, the US West Coast, etc etc - all on Saga coach trips. They spend literally days on the coach, get off for a couple of hours, take some snaps and have a cup of weak tea, then on to the next destination.

They then come back with about a million holiday snaps, all featuring 56 elderly people dressed in beige standing in front of a coach. They may as well have taken the pictures at Victoria coach station. The beige thing is fantastic, it's so uniform they blend into the background as though camouflaged.

drN sounds like Edinburgh is your fun place. Ours is Brighton, we always get there with the boys when we can for tacky treats and fun times. Sorry about your dad but how lovely that he's always there on your mind.

fanny - sigh. I am a mug of the highest order. I practically have doormat stamped on my forehead.

DH is also very very trusting and always believes the best of people. A couple of years ago his secretary - who had worked with him for about 10 years - was found to have been forging his signature on various expense forms and pocketing the money. The auditors picked up on loads of "unusual" expenses he'd apparently signed off for her, and he was under investigation for a couple of months on the basis that they might have been in it together - he had no idea he was being investigated until they told him he was in the clear. So a person he trusted completely was basically quite prepared to put him in a situation where he could have lost his job and/or be charged with fraud, all to line her own pockets.

The saddest thing is that she was found to have pocketed money from various office collections. They only got proof of a couple of occasions, but she'd been put in charge of every collection for at least 10 years so who knows? When ds1's twin died, she collected a fairly large sum of money from his lovely colleagues which we asked to go to the bereavement suite at the hospital where they were born. It now seems the money never actually got there .

Strangeways, well done on joining the running club. How old is DS?am sure it won't be too long till you can get out in evenings [hsmile]

DrNo, glad you all had a great time in Edinburgh. Sorry you're feeling a bit low today, and missing your dad [hsad]

Rhet, what is it with old people and coaches??? They flipping love them eh? They, and twenty-something travellers are the only people that can put up with the bloody things. My niece regularly travels from Glasgow to Guilford on the £1 megabus, the thought of which just makes me want to weep. Of course, I do admire your mother for her green travel choices, though am guessing sustainability is not her primary reason. It's probably more about annoying the arse off you!! Good luck soldier, hope it goes fast!

Fanny, you poor thing, that is awful. You have done a wonderful thing and been slapped in the face, am so sorry. Not sure what advice I can offer but I for one, really admire you. Hope you have fun tomorrow celebrating DD1's birthday.

Ladies you've made me feel better, thank you!

drno I'm sorry you feel low, I've read your threads (not recently) about your mum, that's enough for anyone to deal with. My friend has similar experiences to you (although not as bad) and she struggles. I think in the end, either your body gives in from the constant strain or your mind does. You going out for a run tonight? DH is in late tonight but even if it's 8pm, I'm going out as I need to de-stress.

I think I am also ready to get back out working, can't yet as DD3 still too young (in my eyes anyway!) to leave full time. Would rather be skint! However I'm starting to go stir crazy as a SAHM - I've done it for too long!!

sticky thank you for your kind words. You're a star. . Hey, got an email from GNR other day, my heart leapt but alas, was only some shite from them!

fanny sorry you feel so low That's a terrible thing if she has stolen the Ipad and Dsi. How kind of you to help her the way you did. It doesn't mean that everyone will shit on you though. Some people would be eternally grateful for the kindness you showed.

I too feel low today. Must be something in the air. I miss my Dad most when I feel sad. He was the one person who could put everything in perspective for me. Waiting for dh to get in with the dog and I am off for a good long run to clear my head.

Fanny have a hug, you wouldn't be having this problem if you weren't such a lovely person. You can't be a doormat, of course, but the world needs people like you.

sticky - i tend to have a radar that attracts problematic people. The girl in question has to know that she can't treat people the way her family do, as good people are hard to find. I can imagine she is devastated as I was her lifeline BUT I can't be treated for a fool, teenager or not. She's old enough to know better. I bought her EVERYTHING she owned, her parents though drink and cigarettes are more important than shoes without holes. Makes me sad BUT the responsibility lies with them, not me. DH is harder than me and won't allow her back in our house. Sorry for rambling, life been tough this week in all manner of respects and I feel very very low.

Though you are really lucky not to have been asked about sex!! I thought I had it all down pat, would be the sensible and unembarrassed Mum and explain it all in an age appropriate way... then it comes to it, they're asking you in the middle of a busy shopping centre how that pregnant woman just right in front of you in the queue got that little seed in her, was it her boyfriend's "little willy"?, she's looking mortified at you, you simper and scarper ... so much for Captain Sensiblepants...

Fanny that's so sad, for you, for your DD and for the girl. I can only admire you for getting involved in the first place. I agree though, it's one thing putting yourself out, but quite another involving the rest of the family too (though of course it's important for our own lucky kids to realise that others have an awful lot to put up with). I don't know what to say really, just I understand how you feel kicked in the teeth. I hope the girl sees sense and owns up, assuming that she did take the gadgets. What a crap situation.

Full of grammatical errors - crap iPhone.

drno DD1 is mature in some aspects but immature in others! She's not asked re sex etc yet do I think at age 9, that's quite immature whereas she likes company of older children.

I'm very today. Not sure if I told you all about the girl from an awful home who I took under my wing...? Well, I highly suspect that over the past 12 months she has stole 2 iPod Touch's and Nintendo
dSi. She caused a lot of problems (we took her to Center Parcs with us in the summer) for DD1 emotionally and I has to reassess whether it was too much for my DDs to have to put up with as she was emotionally draining (mother an abusive alcoholic, dad useless - suspect alcoholic also ). She's been texting me this week, I asked her where she had out the iPod and DSi as she was using them last, she replied "do you think I took them?". I replied "I don't know what to think". I'm so angry that (in my heart) I know she has stolen them and it's a huge kick in the teeth as I treated her like my own daughter. It puts me off helping people as, no matter what you do, ultimately, they shit on you. Sorry for the rant, people infuriate me, you don't steal from a child (iPod and DSi where DD1s). She was very jealous of my relationship with DD1 and I assume she's taken them to get back at her. I can't prove it though.

DrNo sounds like you need to make him run more! seriously though, a good way for him to learn discipline and self-control if those are things he struggles with.

Yes, the overnight thing will allow her moaning free rein (e.g. trumping the fact that her actions are forcing me to get up at godknowswhatoclock to pick her up)

I want to run, but am feeling very tired and somewhat nauseous...so might give it a miss for today. I'll see how I feel when I get home.