Runners United: the one where we talk about running, life, the universe and everything inbetween

[Pawsnclaws]

New thread everyone!

Rest for me today - just six days to go and I've woken with a sore throat .....

I was thinking more along the lines of 'help me jesus'

Ha ha! Or for the athiests amongst us, "Help me Rhonda!!!"

I will report back tomorrow on the effectiveness of various random shouts (it's a very quiet route, so no-one will hear me)

peach yesterday on our 15 miler I was shouting "LETS FUCKING DO THIS!!!!!" and doing a crazy jig everytime we flagged!! My friend was laughing her tits off and had no idea where I got my enthusiasm from....

To everyone who replied re DD (can't scroll down and re-read thread as on my
iPhone ) thank you. You all made me feel so much better.

Good luck everyone tomorrow and I look forward to race reports and (yes I have a soft spot cos paws in Chester) really hope paws you are feeling ok and I actually feel quite nervous for you!

T'is a magic mantra fanny! I must remember to shout it out during labour, though suspect the "help me Jesus/Rhonda" option might be to the fore!!!

peach DP keeps saying 'oh my god, I have to give birth again. What was I thinking?'

She's right Rhet!! The way I'm thinking of it, there's a well worn exit path outta there, it'll surely be easier!!

peach I can be a bit eccentric at times (bit of the life and soul annoyingasfuck type) but I'm yet to find my own little running mantra however yesterday was a definite "FUCK YOU CAR DRIVER WE OWN THE ROAD !!!"

X factor shite. However I watch like a sheep. Simon Cowell is terrifyingly becoming the next Rupert Murdoch.

Pah - don't worry, second baby flies out like a bat out of hell.

hello terribly envious of all of you about to pop, pain? what pain?

nothing quite went to plan today but the drugs might be working as I am quite chill.
anyway tomorrow is another day, which will hopefully start with a run, short one as the plan is a 10k on Monday, hopefully at a proper pace

enjoy the races

fanny erm, that's what we are worried about - DD1 was only about 5 hours from start to finish...

Oh you'll be fine rhet - my second took twice as long - I was trying to make it sound better.... . However my third was like a bat out of hell. 45 mins after deciding I was truly in labour she wad born. VERY close call!

good luck all the Sunday runners - crossing my fingers for the weather.

rhet I was a "fast worker". It was a huge relief to me that we live very near the hospital here - DD1 was very nearly born in the back of a Skoda on the N11! Oh the drama... but the positive side was the second time I knew it was going to be quick, so could react accordingly. It was all quite orderly (and from the pain point of view was great, DD2 shot out like a greased ferret! - sounds a bit like Fanny's third :))

Like a greased ferret! .

Hmmm, DD took 47 hours not including waters breaking 10 hours before contractions even started. Am sorting of hoping for a sub-24 hour one this time, though am sure will be lulled into false sense of security and stay at home too long. Do NOT want to give birth in King's College Hospital car park with only the help of a passing stranger, like my friend did. Eek!

fanny - you've gotta wonder what state poor old great grandmother's nether region was in after 10 of the little buggers miracles

Actually serious question for you - if you've got a paper number for a race and you think it's going to rain, what's your strategy? So far I've put it in a A4 plastic file envelope, but then I'm wondering how I'm going to have the safety pins in without tearing it

sticky, could you sort of laminate it with selotape, then the safety pins won't rip it??

Strategy would be to go topless and write it across tits in permanent marker pen - a Sharpie if you're well off...

Oh you said a serious question

What kind of races is fanny thinking of?

I love that we laminate with Sellotape!! Races in Benny Hill style obviously sfx

I know of someone who had 3 children none in the delivery room, one in a lift one in a cab one in a toilet. She wasn't exactly the sharpest or most organised person ever

I often look longingly at Sharpie pens thinking how I'd love to waste a tenner on a pen to colour in the heels of my poor worn down shoes...

sfx we have myself talking about pens and you discussing random woman's births! Only on the running thread hey!!??

And I am good at random talk apparently it confuses dh, I can't see why all perfectly logic to me