Is there a general running thread?

that is a bit pricy on your amazon link though - I paid £180 and you can get the garmin hrm and strap much more cheaply than that combined price

I have the one in your link sirzy, am just getting to grips with it but so far am very impressed - you can switch the GPS off (if you are running on treadmill for example) and it will still give you a close enough idea of your pace and stride length and cadence even without a foot pod! Also it magically and automatically uploads to garmin connect without any effort

and it's all purple and nice

I also have a grubby FR10 in green for sale if anyone is interested

Me too Sirzy!!!

I've got the forerunner 10. Cheap and cheerful, does everything I need. I'm not sure what the extra features are on the 110, I think you can see more on the screen at one time but you can scroll the screen on the 10 while you are running so I've never found that a problem.

Welcome cocochops! I have a garmin 110w, it's basic- time, distance, pace and lap pace as well as a hrm. I wanted one that wasn't like a small computer on my wrist but like a watch, it does all I want but I know most of the other people I run with have more sophisticated garmins. This one is the one I have but this is the one I wanted! Couldn't find it in this colour for a decent price and didn't want a black one

Hiya coco, all runners welcome
I'm having a day off today

Hello runners can I join?
Just getting back into running after a few years off having dc.
Am signed up for a 10k in may and half marathon in September. At the moment doing about 3 miles 3 times a week but will start upping the distance soon for 10k training.

Love using map my run but bit sick of phone jangling around in my pocket so thinking of treating myself to a gps watch. Any recommendations? Quite like the look for the garmin 10 as not too expensive

Thanks everyone. Yes, I am doing the Silverstone HM. I think I would of pulled out by now but signed up to raise money for a charity. I am sure I will be fine, but stand around on my own until it starts is a bit unsettling but I am sure I will be fine.

Finally managed to go out at 9pm at the gym. Walked 1k, ran (at 11.5k pace ) for 3k, the fasted walked (7k) for 3k. Then got chucked out as they were closing.

Another 3 in 30 mins here, another run in with snarling dogs! I'm putting my feet up t

Wow sirzy, that's speedy!

Bootcamp instructor told me I had a surprisingly strong core today (not sure whether to or !) This was after managing to hold a V sit for 2.5 mins. He didn't see me barely able to get the door to the ladies' open afterwards though, hehe.

When we went to donington there was no English rider ThursdayLast, so the whole crowd were cheering for Valentino but he started right at the back of the grid and eventually came second, was a great atmosphere!

I've been tonight did 4.5 miles in 46 mins, very muddy in places and with dogs but lots of fun. Don't normally go two days in a row but had itchy feet today!

Good one Sirzy. Feel like a total slacker now (but really don't mind so much ...)

Well done sirzy, thats quite a pace!

I love the Moto GP cinnamon, but that year is was beyond cold. And Crutchlow fell off and broke his ankle

Anyways...

Just took DS to see his GPs which translates as i dumped DS on his GPs and took myself off for a run before he could notice i was gone
6.5 miles in an hour. V happy with that. Feeling confident I'm not going to make a massive tit of myself at the Sport Relief mile.

Anyone else out today?

I think I registered for transport cinnamon, on the off chance that DH might not have been able to make it. He's usually at the finish for me - we used to run HMs together so he'd have to wait. Although he hasn't been able to run since last year, he's been at the finish for me whenever possible.

There's no time limit at all as far as I could see OhOneOhTwoOhThree, I'm sure you'll be fine. Did you register for transport? I didn't as dh is going to pick me up, I'm sure we could take you too. I can't really picture how it's going to work though. Two of my club mates are doing the marathon, they've both done it several years now and one of them was the one who persuaded me to do it :)

My hubby is a motoGP fan ThursdayLast, we went in 2006 at donington park but it got so much more expensive after that. We paid £6 for dss's ticket ! I'd love to take him again sometime though. We cooked, took an umbrella just in case and ended up using it as shade!

Sorry, that suggested that you are as slow as I am Buddha, I didn't mean it like that.

I also have to get home on my own - DH was going to drive me to the start and meet me at the finish but he is now leaving for an overseas work trip on the Saturday. According to the race info there is transport from the half marathon finish back to the start - I hope they wait for me!

I quite fancy Silverstone too

Buddha - if you aren't doing Eau's half, are you doing the one cinnamon and I are doing in the same neck of the woods? I could do with some company at the back

Ha!
We watched the moto gp at Silverstone in 2012. Oh my gosh it was June and it was bloody freezing!