Runners United. C'mon let's be awesome at running in 2012!!

oh never been in a secret group before, how exciting. Can I just check can my other fb friends see that I am a member of this group?
What was the superchicken fan group peach?
Well done sonic, sticky and futurity some great running at the mo (just not by me)
Its a difficult one rhet I don't want him to realise what is dad is really like as I don't want to see him hurt but sometimes when he going on about how great his dad is I really have to bite my tongue and smile, no pleasing me . He did turn up this morning.
Welcome sofa sounds like you doing well. I also hated any sport or excerise at school and had every excuse in the book to get out of pe.

Afternoon all! Very pleased to be in a secret club I usually find out about secret clubs after they've disbanded!

Took boys to footie this morning and did my 8 miles, but found it very tough. It's a beautiful spot for a run, NT woodland on the edge of the Chilterns, deer bounding around, but a combination of hills and not enough food meant I was suffering. Being the utter twat I am however I ploughed on. Leading to DH (quite reasonably) pointing out that using 900ish calories after a 250 calorie brrakfast and a week of going carb free is fucking stupid. Am going to have to find a balance here.

cherry I know you said your DP sometimes heads up to Dunstable Downs or Ivinghoe for a hill workout, does he ever go to Ashridge? So pretty up there.

Think you are all on to something with the school/sport issue, I was very sporty though at school and good at cross country and swimming, though I didn't like team games. Lost interest at uni though. I was on the hockey team but spent most of my time organising pub crawls social events.

My boys are not gifted in any sport, but they enjoy it and that's as important to me. There was a boy in reception at their old school who was training twice a week with Chelsea - yes you read that right, in reception. He initially started with Spurs aged three but got poached. Amazingly talented but according to his mum even with his talent only 1 in 100 boys who ever attend the training will ever play for the Chelsea youth team, let alone the adult team. Kind of puts it in perspective.

Anyway .... Great times from you other lot . Off to walk the dog and ponder stuff.

cherry I think I just added you.

badger thinking of you this afternoon at the scan, hope all is well. I know what you mean, DP kept looking at me whenever DD2 latched the first couple of week cos I couldn't do it without opening my eyes very wide and going "naaa" in a high pitched voice . Must have been a bit weird to watch!

sonic that was a great run, and certainly counts as your "freedom" HM. and for getting your NY resolution done by the 6th. Perhaps you should have a resolution per week from now on!

Great run too justoneminute - you'll be whizzing round Brighton!

Welcome all new peeps.

Good luck for the ravers this weekend!

Will someone send me a link to the FB group? I am JJ on FB and friends with Shred, Fanny and various others. Was thinking we needed some sort of interface between FB and MN!

No time to catch up properly, but badger hope the scan goes ok.

Shred I asked at running club on Thursday and looks like Parkruns are definitely happening in St Albans this month - woo hoo!

Planning on 6 miles tomorrow. Been to the tri shop to buy a variety of gels to see what suits me best. Oh and I am going to attempt a music free run . DP has challenged me to beat his brother in the Cambridge half - would be a struggle for me probably but it's quite tempting if nothing else for mocking rights afterwards

Talking of which, (I know lots of sponsorship requests start coming out at this time of yearso apologies) but I've decided to do the Cambridge half in aid of Cancer Research (if nothing else, i can't wimp out of it), and so if you have any spare cash, would love some sponsorship. It's on my FB page or I can send you a link.

Well done sofaking good going, you will be there in no time at all

Sticky ? well done on the park run PB that is great. We have a park run very close to me here but I have never braved to enter it for some bizarre reason. Sonic great time wow especially if you have never run a HM distance before.

I was not so hot running at school either, I used to swim a lot though so the teachers thought because I was reasonably fit at that I would be good at the cross country/1500m running and kept shoving me in teams, that experience scarred me for quite a while until post 2 DC?s?..

Lovely LSR this morning in beautiful sunshine, 12 miles in 1hr54. It was supposed to be slow but I looked down at the garmin every now and again and it was registering faster than I liked. My guess is that my shorter tempo type runs are over reasonably hillyish terrain yet my long slow route seems to be very flat. It totally threw my pacing out and I struggled a bit at the end tbh. I will suffer for it later I am sure and for some stupid reason only running snack I could find was a small pack of 'chewits'.... not recommended. Lots of runners out and about too though which was nice to see.

Thanks for the welcomes.

That's a great time Sticky. My last parkrun was on Christmas Eve so aiming to go next Saturday. I'm determined to get a sub 30 before Easter. DS managed it before the end of 2011 because I bribed him with £20.

runningallday I think you might be on to something there with those of us not being good at sport at school 'blossom' later on.

Backward I find it really how they 'teach' running in a lot of schools.

I've just got back from W2R1 of bridge to 10k so did 3 x 15 mins and covered about 6.5K. Not very fast as working with my HR monitor but really enjoyed it and managed to say hello to people I passed rather than just breathing heavily! I can only dream of a 9min mile at the minute futurity....

thank you! And well done on the interval running futurity - lots of LFDTing this morning I think...

predictably I've been staring, analysing, nay obsessing over the stats (for the whole 3 miles ). It was 8:43 for the first mile, 9:00 for the second and 8:52 for the third (and 7:55 for the last few metres - I wasn't going to be overtaken by the woman coming up behind me!). So I need to speed up the second mile. Simples!

Well done sticky!

I did an interval run this morning. 4.75 miles including 2 miles at just over 9 min/mile pace. Not done that before...the first fast mile was hard but then had half a mile recovery before the second fast mile which was REALLY hard. Then I did another 1.75 slow at the end..again that was weird..running slower after having done such an effort in the previous mile.
I suppose it is to teach yourself to run on tired legs or something.

I've also got a painful blister which is annoying me now...the side effect of new shoes. Moan moan

well done sticky!

Nice one sticky :)

Oooh secret group!

That's good orange, a friend of mine had shingles and it was horrid, kept "recurring" (usually at the worst possible moment).

hi sofa! Hope you get your place in the GNR ballot, there seem to be quite a few on the thread in it too. I will be there!

Had a really nice park run this morning. Lovely to see the other crazy running folk, and according to the garmin I PeeBeed - 27:28. Very happy with that, especially considering the extra load attached post-xmas!

Thanks so much morvern - very very useful. Am inspired. Will look into the ultra groups (though finding it hard to think of myself as in any kind of ultra territory despite the WF entry!); maybe I can lurk for a bit...

Hello sofa! I reckon all the people who were good at running at school have stopped by the time they are 30. Its the people who were terrible at sport at school that have nothing to lose to take it up later in life! Well, that goes for me, anyway!

Hiya sofa welcome to the thread!

Sorry to hear about ex and DS1 orange. Hope he turned up on time this morning...

And well done on the run sonic - great time!

Happy weekend all!

Welcome to the thread, Sofa - I am another "hated running at school but am converted now" runner!

Speaking of which, I meant to say yesterday, I was out walking near a secondary school the other day and a PE class had obviously been sent out for a run along this woodland path (it was about a mile long) and bless them, you could see the sporty ones bombing off in the distance and there were 2 'larger' kids at the back just walking along. You could tell they HATED running with a passion. I walked along the path quicker than they did and found the geocache I was looking for before they'd finished their 'run'. There was a woman passed them near the finish who joked "not long now boys". Shame!

sonic of course you can - are you FB friends with anyone on the thread, as they could add you to the group? If not, PM me your details and I'll add you. :)

Good morning!

Do you mind if I join you? Been lurking for a while.........my running buddy from the C25K thread has stopped running and I found being on a thread really helped to spurtle me on.

I started C25K in September as a way to help DS1 (11) increase his activity. I've become addicted to running which I never really expected as I was so crap at it at school (and used to sit under the bridge smoking instead of doing xcountry and join the class as they passed).

I've decided to go for it this year! Started B210K and have my first 10K on 1st April is aware of the irony. Looking for a HM in June to do with my DSIS and have entered the GNR ballot for September so have my fingers crossed.

orange don't worry, in time, your dss will see your ex for what he is; morvern love your dd's comment (and her name!); am way at the back of the pack for the book, but would love to read it after whoever is having it next

sonic great time! it sounds like hydration is the key for you - goal achieved by Jan 6! impressive

I rather like the secret group

right best make the tea and try and get a bit more kip

All, thanks for the advice. I went out this morning, which was cool and breezy, had found a route that took me past 5 water fountains so I didn't have to carry a bottle, and did a HM distance in 1hr 57. Am really pleased with myself - have never run more than 10miles before, so feel really positive about Busselton HM in feb. And even if I can't do it for any reason, if my ops gets moved fwd or weather goes too hot, I'm going to count the time as acheivingmy sub 2hr NY goal! Have decided energy drinks don't sit well with me, so ate jelly beans at 18 km which sent me buzzy home happily! I know it's nothing like fanny's 22mile acheivement which is incredible!

possum can I plese join the fb gang too?

Thanks for the secret group possum! I've never been in a secret group. Unless you count the Superchicken Fan Club which was infrequently held in my garage as a child....

I have set up the group. If you're not a member and want to be, let me know - it probably just means I'm not your FB friend... yet

Dh seems to be getting better thanks sticky. Have been giving him homoepathic stuff which seems to have really helped.

orange, your ex really does need a rocket up his arse. Poor DS1

good luck at park run sticky

oh orange you really don't need that stress on top of everything else. How is your DH with the shingles?

Must be getting off to bed, park run tomorrow! :)

Can I have the book afterwards please

YES backward! Apart from Rhet and Moshi I can't seem to keep track of who is who on FB. I know who the running people are on FB, just can't tally them to the people on here. Perhaps I'm a bit dim!

Debi think I could just see your profile pic, but not to sure.
sticky at your tin opener.
That dress is gorgeous bonkers and your dh sounds like mine too. Enjoy the wedding.
Waves to moshi glad you doing ok.
Hope you feeling better soon alma its frustrating is'nt it.
welcome glitch and justoneminute
I have fb you possom
Well done fanny thats amazing. Always best to get checked out but sure it's nothing.
Yes it's me wheely
Good luck for the scan badger
I just keep bookmarking link to article and stuff you posting hoping at some point I will have time to read.
Now that I have finally caught up I am ready to sleep.
Did 6k on treadmill after work. Went ok, seem to be coughing less so might see how I get on outside next week as I really hate the treadmill.
Just incase you didn't already realise my my ex is a deadbeat wanker. He was supposed to pick the kids up at 3.30 then he changed it to 4.30 then to 6pm then 7.30. Then text to say the traffic was to bad on the motorway and he will pick them up in the morning instead . Ds1 is really upset ds2 couldn't care less. But we have all had a nice evening together but feel so bad for ds1 he really thinks the sun shines out of his dads arse and of course can't tell him what he is really like so have to bite my tongue hence why venting on here sorry.