Happy when we are running!

[MoshiMoshi]

Hear ye! Hear ye! All those who want to liberate themselves from the shackles of their domestic and work lives, join us here in our continued bid to run and be happy and feel free !

Is hat's race today in the Peak District. The weather's been grim

Wheely that is amazing well done you. All the best marathon runners throw up at the finishing line.

for Hattie.

Well done Wheelybug! Hope yours went well too, hat...

Oh missed your update Wheely. Well done!

wow wheely
fab fab fab!
:) and

Well done Wheely!! I fainted at the finish line of a very hot 10k once - that was excruciatingly embarassing so I sympathise!

Anxiously awaiting for news of Hat.....Checked website but no info yet

Wheely that is great well done you
some friends who run it said it had a very good atmosphere this year

Woo hoo! Congratulations, wheely! is that your new PB?

Thanks All ! Yes Moshi - it is a new pb - although its the first official 10K I've done.

Yes good atmosphere SFX - I think the weather helped that in a strange way !

Popsy - I'm of you being able to run a half marathon (on little training).

The fainting/marathon vomiters makes me feel better ! I didn't quite lose my breakfast but just looked a fool, but at least I know I gave it my all....

C'mon Hat

well done wheely - great time.

it was GRIM today. grim but brilliant too. it was throwing it down. A lot of the hilly stoney paths had turned into streams. There is one bit of the route that's normally a stream - well that had turned into a complete torrent. although most of the time you're in the stream anyway, at one point you have to go right cross it - and people were waiting to help the next people across because the water was so fast. (the link below has some pictures that give you some idea of the terrain - but not the amount of water we had today - the "stream" in question is Grindsbrook Clough). When crossing another stream I ended up crotch-deep in water. It was wild as hell on the top - horizontal rain that felt like hailstones. At about 17 miles I was really losing heart - just felt awful. but after the last hill the final 2 miles went by quite quickly. aided by a couple of slips onto my bum. all in all it was one of the toughest things I've done - but so worth it. even Italian man said it was tough. tougher than a 2-day race he did in Scotland once. apparently.

one of the things that made me smile was the female dilemma of how to strip in a car and put dry clothes on. I decided I was too cold and wet and tired to do anything other than just do it. 2 minutes after I'd done it I smiled as I saw a woman in a nearby car clearly go through the same thought process and come to the same conclusion.

I achieved my 2 aims - not to get lost and not to come last.

pics of the area

wow hatwoman

a legend on all counts :)

can go to sleep now knowing you are safe:)

just looked at photos - you are mad and amazing :)

cant help wonder about Rob and Lee and their sweets though:)

Oh well done hat. I thought you'd be in for a tough one when I realised it was today - the weather was awful wasn't it?

dh rang (he's a firefighter) and said there were some people missing in the river, near Gradbach I think. The air ambulance went over at about 4ish too.

You absolute star Hat, well done indeed! (surely you should have had 3 targets though?!)

Superb pics, can well imagine the extra challenge today's weather brought.

Lol at changing dilemma, these days I just do it - usually in the tea queue, bra strap down sleeve etc then quick wrap in towel. Oh to be like Wonderwoman..

As Popsy said, at least we can all go to bed now!

Hat that is amazing I am so impressed
and amazing scenery

Wowee Hat - you are seriously hardcore . Really well done (for the changing as well as the run).

Yayyy! Well done wheely (awesome time!) and Hat (am speechless). You should both be really proud of yourselves.

I only did 4 in the rain today so am living vicariously through you two and going to bed having felt it was a good running day!!

Wow, Hat. Just looked at those pictures.... Lost in admiration! The scenery looks really beautiful in a rugged kind of way. Would like to go there (walking, not running though )

Hurray and well done, hattie! Enjoy this week knowing it is under your belt now.

wow, well done hat and wheely, legend!

Ok so I played a hockey match and did a yoga session this weekend - was meant to go running this morning but just can't get out of bed.

Tell me off if I haven't gone running this evening ;)

Anywhere I might have missed to look for last season's running shoes ? Need to replace mine and would prefer to do it cheaply !!!

sport shoes ? my go to discount place

Hattie that sounded like an awesome feat, well done you. The pics are amazing I am quite . How do you feel today?

I think I'd better not respond on the DFID thread in case it catches up with me.

master - I've added my penn'orth. I didn't look at all of DFID's answers but its one on MDG 7/slums was a bit rubbish.

am feeling fine today - bit tired but ok. I did keep waking up in the night though with stiff arms? . have been pondering my next challenge...)even though I said I was going to take it down a few pegs) Italian man is organising a 6-day race in Spain. I declined.

a friend of mine - who's taken up running recently - came 5th in the hampton ct 10k. how good is that? (though he gets negative points for saying something about our running being a result of mutual mid-life crises)