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

The friend I'm having a meal with tonight has some I can borrow if I can get any at Tesco on my way to her :-) phew panic over

have you got one of those little versions of a big supermarket near you N4NNY? Or a kindly neighbour?

Late night chemist ? Late night big supermarket ?

Having a mild panic I've lost my safety pins since my last race the ones I was using came with my first aid kit. Where the fu)k do you buy safety pins at 5pm on Friday night when you have to leave house at 8am to get to parkrun and race ground?????

debi how is your friend doing? You're right - 11.11.11 would the coolest DOB!! I'd be eating pineapple curry while driving on cobbles if I were her

potty training - my two were completely different about it. I think I had the same approach each time. Just good once it's over and done with!

I ran up and down the street like a crazy person this afternoon! I covered 3 miles apparently. The hill (according to the mapometer website) is a km long, 64 metres of ascent. It certainly felt hilly enough for me (especially the fourth time!)

Never IMO cherry ! Seriously though - I have friends who have done it as young as 22 months, and some as late as 3 yrs 4 months.... In some ways I think the younger end are more receptive to being told what to do but from what I've seen it takes a lot longer and in fact, most I know that have done it early are still regularly having accidents. DD1 decided to do it when she was 2 yrs 8/9 months (can't remember) and did it over night and had about 2 accidents. But before that she refused point blank to sit on a potty. DD2 is 2 years 8 months and has shown more interest/readiness and is sitting on the potty but not producing.

Now, she's just fallen asleep on the sofa.... and I need to go on school run. No action since about 1030................ Its not going to be good is it?

Ohh and I've sent facebook friends requests to two of you that i wasn't already friends with - if you get a request from 'vdc' with a barbie cake as a picture - that's me.

Wheely good luck on the potty training, it's something we will have to do soon. How old is your dd? I cant work out when we are meant to start, ds is 20 months

Monkey very jealous of the rhcp gig, they are one of my favourite groups. And happy shredding!

Lastly bonkers I see you are also in for the Cambridge half, hurrah! That's four of us now

Day off today, I have sent myself to bed whilst ds is napping. There are a million and one things I should be doing but curling up in bed seems the most important right now

No running today, but considering a double shred session later when dp is home. The couple thar shreds together stays together

Well I've managednot to update you on wee gate and its almost lunchtime !

Not an entirely successful morning but I don't think really dd2's fault. I thought if we're doing it, we'd better start right away so pants first thing, first accident in the pre-school (decorators in house too) chaos. Then I managed to invite another child home after school (we had one already) so we had to do the school run, then pop to Tesco express to augment tea supplies... second accident in front of the bakery counter whilst I'm deciding what treat to get.

So home, then a friend knocks on the door and comes in for a cuppa. Third wee whilst we're discussing the intracacies of cake making.

Anyway, since we've been on our own she has tried on the potty about 4 times but no success. I think something more than a wee is brewing which is n't helping matters....

Anyway, you didn't want to know any of that did you ? But DH in a medical and my Mum travelling so I had to bore someone.....

Can I give up yet ?

Thanks for the mantras - have a few to choose from - I will try some out this weekend.

Very windy here too rhet - i did 4 very exposed miles (exposed as in open to the elements rather than showing anyone my pants ) this morning and it was a real battle.

Only just noticed that the add on the top right of the thread is for sportswear - never noticed that we had targeted special advertising before. Although I notice that there is 20% off the website advertising there. Might go and have a peak, supposed to be working but struggling for inspiration!

....and what's all this talk of Maltesers. Is there a race I've missed

What happened to the man who used to post? Did his DP have a baby? Has he name changed and is now posing as a woman?! Maybe it was all a figment of my imagination.

I like having a man about the place.

Morning all, see look what happens - I don't post for a whole day and have a gazillion posts to catch up on ....

squix what about "easy light and smooth" from Born to Run?

Sympathies with the stoooooool sample DrN.

cherry I thought it might be the Striders. Would like to give it a go but am a complete coward .

Did my circuits yesterday and felt a little better even though the trainer made it harder . Very wet and foggy weather which was actually strangely pleasant. Got home to find that my Shred DVD had arrived, but because I was already tired DH and I decided to watch the beginner section while slobbed out eating a bacon sandwich which I think is not the recommended Shred way!

Had a mad rush to pick the boys up from school, get them home and fly out the door to get to the O2 to watch RHCP. They were great - whatever they're on I want some, frankly, because they were jumping and flying round that stage for two hours like you wouldn't believe.

Shattered today, but did give the Shred dvd a go - minus the bacon sandwich - this morning!

One of my good friends is 11 days overdue today. Today would be a cool date of birth though. She was telling me the other day she's volunteered me to help with her husband's training for a 2 man kayak race from somewhere to somewhere else far away! I think I've kayaked about 6 times in my life. The race is something like 20 hours long so I hope I'm not expected to go with him on his LSK (long slow kayaks), I'd rather do the tempo kayak

I've brought my running stuff to work today so I WILL go out after work.

Writing this while my naughty yr 10s do a test. They're struggling with 30 mins of silence, oh dear!

squix a friend of mine uses "fast and light, fast and light". I've tried it when I'm trying to run faster - together with imagining running over hot coals, as RW suggested! Seems a bit mad when I type it out.

Got a great day planning - coffee and cakes and baby admiring this morning, decent break for digestion, then some speed work. Might try some hill training a la Sonic (that sounds tough effective).

happy running!

Wheely What worked with my dd2 was being allowed to wear dd1s pants.. mildly grim I know but I went with it...

Been a bit strapped for time this week, so did two shorter runs, Wed - 7.5km, but kept my pace just under 5min/km, so pretty pleased with that (that's fast for me anyway) and today did 6km over fairly hilly course, with additional hill training on cliff st. The hill's pretty nasty - quite short, but at least 1 in 4 gradient, and there's 5 traffic islands going up the street so you run up to the first one, back to the bottom, up to the second, back etc etc. On the final run up, I'm not sure I was going faster then walking, and my legs felt sooo heavy. Anyway, I'm going to try and get out for 13km on Sunday and if that goes well, I'm going to disregard all the sensible advice I've had from everyone on the thread and do the 15km run on the 27th...

Ohhh not managed to catch up for a few days and was worried I'm missed things starting for peach and rhet'sDP - am starting to get excited for you - new babies

Have been a bit rubbish at running since the GSR - only been out twice. Have had a rubbish cold and a heavy week at work, hoping the cold has just about gone and I'll get out this weekend. I might also have a first practice for the rowing thing I agreed to do.

I've joined the running group I tried earlier in the week - I'll give it a go, it's not expensive so I'll see how I get on.

I also need some help with a mantra - I've found LFDT really doesn't work for me - swearing doesn't come naturally (I blame my childhood) - I've tried, but a bit like spitting when running it's not really me (don't spit, don't swear - blimey - I sound a bit of a prude - not really, honest). So any ideas - given recent posts - 'mmmm malteasers' might be a good one! How about 'Just One Minute Quicker' - JOMQ ?

Awww thanks possum. As long as hat hasn't had her sweaty feet all over them!