runners united: no speed limits (LFDT), all running all out for fun/glory etc

I'm sorry peach i know just what it is like :( - seriously ill parents living far away. Feel v helpless and full of worry all the time. Running has become my therapy and I mean that in all seriousness! You have the knowledge that there are people there for them even if you can't make it there yourself. That's a comfort.

Waiting for DH to get back with dog, then I'm off for a big one. 'Tis a nicer day up here than it's been all week. Enjoy all runs this w/e.

fanny I agree, JFDI. You don't need us to tell you!

peach thinking of you and your family.

sticky last time DH saw Motörhead he was literally deaf for a week. I like it loud but not that loud so I've got my earplugs and am not ashamed to use them.

bumply get that bike out, it's like ........ riding a bike, you'll be fine!

Just off to football with the boys and will have an easy run while they're playing. Then will do the Shred when I get back. Bought a couple of new kettle bells yesterday special offer at Sports Direct, bargain hunters - proper cast iron type ones.

peach I'm sorry about your Dad's wife. Having siblings at a time like this is a blessing.

Get yourself on a bouncy ball and think of large, open places.....

.peach - thinking of your family . what a sad time (especially when you're on the brink of such a happy event, if that makes sense).

fanny - JFDI (just ....)

Good luck N4NNY and bonkers!!!

Yes, go on crazy Fanny, you're on a roll!

Wheely, sounds like trying day, really hope tomorrow is better!

Feel like baby has moved down today, but won't get too excited as I know the second babies are supposed to pop in and out of one's pelvis!

monkey, what a rocktastic week you're having lady. I love Spinal Tap too!

Sadly my dad's wife has gone into a hospice today, and seems like the end could be very near. All my siblings have been brilliant doing stuff for my dad, I just feel very far away and disconnected

good luck with the race tomorrow N4NNY and with yours on Sunday Bonkers!

Monkey enjoy Motorhead! Apparently it's so noisy you'll feel your clothes vibrating.

If DS2 hadn't been a week late his birthday would have been 20/02/2002

I fb friend requested someone the other day with a message that just said LFDT but I can't remember who and they haven't accepted me yet. Who was it??

bonkers a kissing gate in the Cambridge half? I'm up for whooping around...I'll need all the encouragement I can get to do this event without my precious music! (evil headphone ban!)

bonkers 12 and 2! That sounds very hard work!

My ds2 not very keen on pooing on toilet either. He likes to do it 5 mins after going to bed. Grrr.

My friend wasn't in labour at 6.30pm so it's looking unlikely for 11.11.11 dob. She's so fed up, poor thing. My helpful advice was to run a marathon

I went out for my daylight run at 4pm today. Shame there was no daylight tho! Running along the canal in the dark was interesting! Did 5 miles though and it felt pretty good.
That's 3 runs and 15 miles this week, the most for quite a while.

bonkers, taking wrong turns must be catching.

Thanks for the good wishes. Between DS1 and DS2 I'm just about done over this evening. They are 12 and 2 and naughty challenging in very different ways.

DS2 has a cold. While I feel sorry for him I do not 1) want bad nights and 2) want to catch it, for purely selfish reasons.

Went for a 7 miler yesterday with my usual running mate and another young chap who's run with us once. We unfortunatly lost him (he told us to go ahead) and then we couldn't find him when we got back. A few emails and office checks later we found he'd taken a wrong turning and ended up nearly doing a 1/2 marathon. Woops.

fanny you are crazy so of course you do the 1/2 on the 20th. Not sure why you're asking really?!

wish Yep, I'm doing the Cambridge 1/2. Apparently there is a kissing gate in the route. I can't believe that's true. We'll have to wear large LFDT hats so that we can see each other and woop and high 5 and generally prat about!

Debi your 1/2 training sounds rather like mine and I did fine. I knew that intervals and the like would benefit but I preferred just running.

Wheley continued good luck with the potty! My 2 were very different. DS1 was over 3 and pretty much training without bribes motivation and rewards. He doesn't do anything he doesn't want to do.
DS2 was more responsive to the whole going out buying pants, cheering and general hoorah but it's been more a matter of him being trained. So, he's trained at 2 1/2 but it's taken a long time and we need to keep on top of it.

Just had a quick scan over. Good luck to N4NNY and bonkers this weekend

Managed another pre-work run yesterday, but got carried away on the downhill with lots of LFDT thoughts such that I missed my turn off. Tried to get back on track through the woods and nearly got lost. Made a 5k run into a 6+ run/hike/walk that was so not what I had intended.

I think it was the last straw for a groin strain that's developed over the last couple of weeks, so I'm going to rest for a few days and concentrate on cross training instead.

If I get withdrawal symptoms for the outdoors I'll have to dig out my bike from the shed and see if I can remember how to ride it - it's been a while.

Why would it be crazy - do it, fanny!

wheely DS was the same with poos for about a month, then one day he decided that actually, doing it on the toilet wasn't really as traumatic as he thought. Stick with it! :)

My fellow runners - need quick bit of advice.... My friend wants to do Conwy HM on 20 November.... Would I be a crazy bitch to contemplate it??

Sorry a me me post - I will catch up with thread now.

Oops phone buggering about.

Anyway, we'll see what happens tomorrow although I have the joy of having to take her to dd1's swimming lesson as dh having his flu jab. That'll be fun

And friends for brunch so I have to sort the ocado delivery and tidy the house before hitting the wine.

Yep that's exactly what happened possum. 9 hours without going.... Then filled her nappy with both sorts ! I'm hoping it was the poo that she was holding

I wanna join that group! Off to look now.

That's freaky! Just flicked over from FB and someone had linked me to a group "Make 11/11/11 Nigel Tufnel day!"

Work colleague baby born today - spectacular birth date indeed!

Are you sure your DD hasn't quietly weed in a corner wheelybug?

RHCP and Motorhead !?! Superb!

Eek, wheely - since 10:30?! Hope she goes, soon and isn't saving it up for a bedtime nappy...

How are you feeling about it N4NNY? Confident, calm and relaxed? Good luck, you'll be great.

11.11.11 would be fantastic. Is anyone else imagining Nigel from Spinal Tap saying "eleven .... eleven ..... eleven ....." when they read that? I love Spinal Tap so much. I was even considering making my username hellocleveland. Might save that for next time.

Well tonight's entertainment is sorted, we are watching the Lemmy film in homage to seeing Motorhead at Hammersmith Apollo tomorrow. The earplugs are packed and ready to go!

Yes I aklways end up buying a new box for every race. But, I've kept all the stuff I put together for GSR into a plastic bag to keep as a race pack.... providing I remember where I put it.

Good luck tomorrow N4NNY and for Sunday Bonkers. Look forward to reading all about it.

On weegate - dd still hasn't wee'd since 1030 this morning.....

that's good! Next time you're in a stationery shop buy yourself a big box of them (if you're me, you do this once, then lose said box, then buy another box, then find old box, then have lots and lots of safety pins... and pinning on race numbers is the only use I have for them )