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KittyandTeal · 11/10/2016 08:41

As the ballot spaces start being allocated I thought I'd start a thread for those of us lucky enough to get a space.

I was rejected through the ballot but I have had a charity space since June so I'm running (and raising £1400) I've been training for a half so I can get the distance under my belt. Im up to 11 miles now in just over 2 hours. I'm slow but getting there. I'd like to get in under 5 hours but I'm happy to just be running it.

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chocolatepastry · 04/03/2017 21:45

Good luck kitty. It'll give you a boost being in a race. Try and enjoy it!!

Was thinking I'd do that rmr event on 2nd but just realised I'm booked for something else that day so solo it is!

Just realised I've only got to do 3 long runs before the big day which doesn't sound so bad!!

Hope everyone else is having a successful weekend Smile

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KittyandTeal · 04/03/2017 20:27

I felt the same after my 14 on Monday chocolate! Aahhhhhh.

Got my half tmrw

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chocolatepastry · 04/03/2017 14:24

14.5 miles done this morning... I now appear to be stuck to the sofa!!

It felt like a really long slog and doing another 12 after that is terrifying. I think it was probably more psychological than anything as last weekends 11m with a friend was a breeze! But the thought of doing 16 next week is not currently a happy one!

Why do people do this for fun?!?!

emummy · 03/03/2017 11:53

Well done running, great stuff!
Am feeling a lot better thank you, penicillin is wonderful! Will try a very short slow run tomorrow morning.
Will be in Glasgow to watch dd2 race with her club in the national relay champs in the Emirates stadium, should be fun. It's great watching these competitions, but it does make me feel old & slow!

runninglikemad · 03/03/2017 07:33

Kitty yes that would be a conundrum but what a shame to have to miss the opportunity to share your story. Do understand though.

emummy how are you feeling?

Well I managed 13.2 miles yesterday and am so chuffed with myself! Never run that far before and weirdly I feel ok today, bit stunned but otherwise ok!

Is anyone planning any races or long runs this weekend?

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KittyandTeal · 28/02/2017 16:40

Oh no emummy! Tonsillitis is the pits. I can still remember how ill I felt with it at 13. I hope you get better really soon.

Thanks everyone.

I've just had to turn down a songs of praise feature. The marathon have asked me to be one of their featured runners with my story etc (I submitted it ages ago!) and SoP are interested but as an atheist it would be wholly inappropriate and possibly a tad disrespectful if I did it. Shame because I really want to raise awareness. Hopefully someone else will be interested.

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runninglikemad · 28/02/2017 11:47

Oh no emummy that's not good, hope you are soon feeling better Flowers.

Well done everyone with your long runs! Kitty fantastic well done you Smile

emummy · 28/02/2017 07:52

What did we say about training being a roller coaster? Am in bed. Ds has given me his tonsillitis, but with the added twist that my throat is all swollen up and I am having trouble swallowing. Have had a horrible night. Waiting for GP to open to get emergency appointment. Sigh. Good thing I still am a week ahead of my training plan.
Kitty very well done on your 14 miles, fantastic! Good luck with the half this weekend.

CoffeeDiamonds · 27/02/2017 20:48

Brilliant Kitty! 🐱**

Tailwinds · 27/02/2017 19:24

Well done Kitty!

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KittyandTeal · 27/02/2017 16:34

I did it, I flipping did it! 14 miles in 2:39. I felt good, pretty strong, a few niggles to start with but gone after I'd warmed up properly.

I'm so proud of myself. Although I'm shattered and my legs hurt (in a 'I just ran a really long way' kind of way) I cannot imagine adding another 12 to that.

Think I might aim for a 2:30 half in Eastbourne on Sunday. Tail I'm hoping the weather holds out, today was all kinds of grim!

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Tailwinds · 26/02/2017 21:07

Well done everyone on your long runs this weekend, especially Elba with your hills and emummy doing 18 miles.

I can wait to go back to long runs meaning 10k which is actually enjoyable, anything else is just too time consuming with two young children.

Kitty I did the cuckoo trail this weekend - it's a regular route for me as I can make it into a loop from my house of about 14 miles / 22km or longer - I hate an out and back run so always do circular routes. I'm just outside of Eastbourne and can run either to the seafront via the harbour or to the cuckoo trail via Pevensey marshes; I've been favouring the latter recently.

I may do Eastbourne half as much of it is along my regular running route but I'm going to see how the weather is. I've had enough of running against the wind on that stretch of seafront.

emummy · 26/02/2017 19:19

That's great Elba especially with all those hills! Well done

CoffeeDiamonds · 26/02/2017 18:41

Well done Elba! I'll be delighted to get that time on my first half. I've got 4 weeks...

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KittyandTeal · 26/02/2017 17:17

Well done Elba. Great time.

I think I'm just going to take tmrw slowly and try to accept it fir what it is, which is a ,one way in wind and rain.

I'm looking forward to my half next week. Be good to have a running partner and some support.

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Elba84 · 26/02/2017 17:11

emummy well done on your 18 miles!

coffee well done too- I can relate to the hill issue!!

kitty i seem to fall in and out of love with the training too- it's bloody hard, and getting harder! Have decided though that I won't push it through pain and niggles, or feel bad about skipping runs if it's too sore. I think it's ultimately counterproductive if we end up injured! Keep going, you're doing great.

So I survived my first half but wow I was not prepared for the hills!! Started on a horrendous one in the first mile so trying to find an easy pace was impossible. Enjoyed it though, and got chatting to a women who is also doing London for the first time and lives near me, so might do a couple of runs together.

Official time was 2.38- however my Fitbit and phone measured 13.6 miles for the course. Time at 13.1 was 2.32. Would of liked quicker but taking into account the hills and not being on great form I'm happy enough! Looking forward to my flat road runs again though now...!

emummy · 26/02/2017 15:48

Brilliant Coffee well done!

CoffeeDiamonds · 26/02/2017 15:42

Reporting in to say I've done the Huddersfield 10K today. Oh my goodness, the hills! It was all up and down (VERY up and VERY down!) with no flat at all.

Did my slowest ever 10K time at 1:12 but am fairly happy with that.

PickleSarnie · 26/02/2017 14:34

18 miles?! Bloody well done emummy!

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KittyandTeal · 26/02/2017 12:11

Well done emummy! That is brilliant. I'm not surprised your chuffed.

I am foam rolling daily but maybe I do need a sports massage again. I've seen a running coach and so I know where it all stems from and am doing exercises to rebalance myself. I guess that's kicked it all off.

I think I've just fallen out of live with training a little bit atm. Hopefully it'll come back

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emummy · 26/02/2017 11:51

Hope you get a good run tomorrow Kitty, hopefully the niggles will settle. Can you see a physio or have a sports massage?
Well I can now confirm that 18 miles is a long way! Flatter route than last week thank goodness and I was so chuffed to finish! Standing in the car park doing my stretches and grinning like a loon, go a few strange looks! That's the farthest I've ever run, managed to keep a fairly steady pace on my tired old legs. Next week will be shorter as the week after that is the Inverness half.

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KittyandTeal · 26/02/2017 07:43

Tailwinds I'm in Hawkhurst so a bit of a drive from the coast but fairly close.

I'm not doing Hastings this year, mainly because I'm doing Eastbourne next weekend and I didn't want to book in too many races. Where are you?

Sounds like everyone is doing really well. I'm feeling tired so I've started taking extra vit d, b and iron to see if that helps.

With all these niggles etc I'm seriously doubting my ability to get through the training program. Starting to wobble a bit about it. Annoyingly I thought it would be my mind that gave out first but it's seems my body doesn't want to cooperate with me. I'm really hoping for a decent long run tmrw. The weather looks awful but I think I'm binning off the coast and doing the cuckoo trail, an old railway line so nice and flat.

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Tailwinds · 25/02/2017 21:01

Kitty you must live near me if you are doing Hastings to Bexhill runs. Are you doing the Hastings Half?

I did a 15 miler today, felt really good and comfortable until about 13 miles when I went from fresh to dead on my feet. I really doubt my ability to run a marathon at the moment.

Elba84 · 25/02/2017 20:58

emummy wow 18 miles! Can't remember- have you done a marathon before?

Hi and welcome to utah and coffee.

So to top off my week half the sodding wisdom tooth broke of this morning on a fish finger. Not in agony (yet at least) but no idea if it will hold out for the 10 days and literally no time to sort it before then.

Thanks for the reassurance though about tomorrow- unless tooth flares up (which feels distinctly possible) will give it a go and see what happens. Not feeling it at the moment though... Oh well.

runninglikemad · 25/02/2017 17:03

Hello coffee and utah! Lovely that your DH is running with you Utah he will be an enormous help and support. Coffee could you join a running club to help with motivation and getting over fears? They sometimes have marathon training sessions which are really helpful.

18 miles emummy wow that is such a long way!

Kitty good luck with the belt, I have a flipbelt which is amazing although I seem to need hundreds of pockets for everything!

Does anyone feel completely exhausted the day after a long run? I managed 12 miles yesterday (only the 3rd time in a 2 year period) and I just cannot summon the energy to lift my head off the table this morning! Absolutely exhausted. Do you get used to it eventually in the same way that we would probably all be able to run 3-4 miles now and just carry on with our day afterwards and yet at the beginning that seemed so far and equally as tiring?