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This weekend, around 100 MNer will be running to raise money for Macmillan - please could you sponsor us?

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popsycal · 23/03/2010 14:29

PLease could you sponsor us?

here

Thank you

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popsycal · 16/04/2010 18:48

I CANT BELIEVEWE ARE A FEW QUID SHY OFTHREE THOUSAND POUND!!!!

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MummyPig · 03/04/2010 13:03

have done my 5k, and directed many friends to our sponsorship page. sorry i couldn't do it last weekend but i am still proud of myself, and everyone else, and look at how much we have raised!

Wheelybug · 31/03/2010 22:19

Thanks Twink (and keep skiing - am thinking you'd like it !)

Well done Popsy - great total . You're a star.

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popsycal · 31/03/2010 19:56

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saggarmakersbottomknocker · 31/03/2010 19:10

Great total!

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popsycal · 31/03/2010 12:23

oh wow we are over £2000!!!

Am so pleased - thank you everyone!

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Twink · 30/03/2010 22:24

Do not hang your head in shame Wheely - circumstances well beyond your control, thoughts were there and you will make it out at some point. Mr T would have just hoped that you enjoyed your skiing - it was something he learned to do after diagnosis and we had our one and only trip together when he had a chemo break (although miniT & I have been again as instructed!)

Wheelybug · 29/03/2010 15:47

Popsy - am a bit shamefaced . We got back from ski trip saturday night and then dd2 came out with chicken pox sunday morning so spent the day dashing around doing things I needed to do that I wouldn't be able to do this wk when under house arrest and didn't think about running .

I have donated but shall I do my run next weekend (or an evening before then if poss) ?? Or should i just slink of no and hang my head in shame (sorry twink and mr twink).

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JustineMumsnet · 28/03/2010 22:27

And me - sorry only just got to computer to report back. Congrats all (it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!)

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HelenMumsnet · 28/03/2010 21:16

Evening. Just popping in to post my 5k as part of the MNHQ team - I, too, thought of your DH's chemo PBs, Twink, when I was puffing up that last hill. Kinda puts things into perspective straightaway, doesn't it?

Well done, all!

wuglet · 28/03/2010 21:00

I was down for 5k...but just did 6.94.

Am amazed - 3 months ago I struggled to run for 1 minute. So I have got something out of this too - cheers popsycal (and twink) for the inspiration.

liath · 28/03/2010 20:36

That's my 5k done, complete with unplanned sprint finish when it started to bucket down!

Well done everyone, fantastic effort.

MmeLindt · 28/03/2010 20:33

I almost turned back when my hips started aching but thought of all that MrT and his family have gone through and that spurred me on to keep going. Over £1800 raised so far.

fishie · 28/03/2010 20:29

HELLO! i have done my 15k.

popsy i could have written that post except it is me right leg. irritatingly i have new shoes but didn't wear them as this is the longest run i've done since being ill and they are a bit stiff (shoes as well as me).

i too thought of mr twink.

soyabean · 28/03/2010 18:11

Hi everyone: I ran my 10k today with a few minutes walk in the middle... Well done everyone!

saggarmakersbottomknocker · 28/03/2010 16:54

Well done everyone.

I'm sort of glad it's not just me with a dodgy hip.

MrsWednesday · 28/03/2010 16:29

I've done mine too. Beautiful day for running, managed 9.2 miles in 1 hour 26 minutes.

Well done everyone! Congrats Twink, fantastic performance.

Katz · 28/03/2010 14:33

i did it! 5km in 37min - was a walk/run combo for both DH and I so I guess we count as 10km all together.

thanks again to hulababy for having my DDs i wouldn't have made 1km without DH there too and sunday lunch was much appreciated.

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popsycal · 28/03/2010 12:26

that's exactly what i was thinking of too twink

brilliant work too twink what us nexton the cards for you

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Twink · 28/03/2010 12:23

I'm finished too! Got 2nd lady vet (behind a dear friend), 7th lady overall so a good morning.

Must be something in the water Popsy, my hip was agony and I just thought of MrT doing his chemo PBs, put my head down and got on with it.

Well done all!

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popsycal · 28/03/2010 10:29

Job done - if in a slightly different way than I had envisaged

Discovered ipod wasn't working and only had time for a quick charge so decided to do a 4.65m there and backroute which is a good job as it stopped working at around 10k. And that is not all that stopped working. My hip and knee joint of my left leg started really hurting. I know I land heavier on my left leg and have a feeling I may be due some new trainers. However, I was forced to run/walk/run miles seven and eight as I would not finish otherwise. I kept think of MrT, Twink and MiniTwink and that kept me going. I tried to run as much of the last mile as possible.

So.
SLightly longer than I planned but am pleased with my 1 hour 35 minutes considering the hip/knee/strong wind against me on the second half

Hope everyone enjoys their run.

Now I amoff for a shower and to ponder my response to an article I read earlier about Mumsnet 'crusaders' which made me quite cross

Keep on running

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ProfYaffle · 28/03/2010 07:38

Just done my 5k, beautiful sun rise jog around the fields of south norfolk. dh also did 17k (!) yesterday.

Now we're off to dig the allotment for a couple of hours. I really have no idea why I'm not a size 8 (No-one look at last night's empty pizza box .....)

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popsycal · 28/03/2010 07:26

I am heading out in an hour - it is beautifully sunny out there by the look of it. Will bre needing several cupsof coffee fistto make up for the dreadful night with ds3 andtheseveralglassessofwine

Like Orm, I may be sometime....

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ClaudiaSchiffer · 27/03/2010 23:54

I've done it! 6K, will donate now.

Well done everyone, Annie don't be glum 10 K is pretty impressive to most of us.

catchingzeds · 27/03/2010 19:38

Well done everybody!

I've just finished my first ever 5k run, I really can't believe I've got here after just a few weeks.
Really owe you all, I don't think I would ever have done it without the inspiration and motivation of Mumsnet

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