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 .....

bigger the better is my motto sfx - however with shrinkage due to age, I would say I'd need a threesome to get required rise.

Should be for tipple that but what the hell, sfx you can share my banana erotica too

Say no more wheely! If he is aiming for 7:15s we may fall in line as I am guessing an overestimation of the course on my Garmin and building a safety margin in. Unless of course I fall apart and then will just struggle with whatever pace I can... You can tell him I'll be the only West 4 Harriers runner in a yellow vest with blue band. All the other West 4 runners are at the Cabbage Patch 10 that day (nicer T shirt I am told).

as the actress said to the bishop

Just popping on to mark my place - have been away for a few days and this thread has dropped off the Threads I'm On list

Hope you're all well, going to catch up properly tomorrow :)

Argh I can't keep up with my favorite* thread!! You guys are too fast.

• dont tell my postnatal thread !

fanny I've tried to catch up quickly but, err, threesome? what are we talking about now? :D
drno your mil sounds like my mil, I sympathise.

For the cooks amongst us:
I made chocolate mousse tonight, it's not healthy but it's really yummy!

Good luck to the runners this weekend, I'm off to centerparcs with some friends (where we will be eating said mousse).
Sharing a house with 4 tantruming toddlers will be a nightmare fun! Will hopefully fit in a run on Sunday during naptime, and will do my best to try and coax the other women to come to zumba while the men look after the children (for once) for an hour!

Thank you for the virtual banana bread runnerstipple, I might actually hae to make some tomorrow. Have got big one (!!) and a little one in fruit bowl.

sfx, those recipes look amazing!!! And it says the apple and blackberry one is only 587 calories per serving, so practically a health food!

Am paying for early night asbeen awake since 4.30 so back where I started . maybe I should get up and bake....

poor old peach - the last few weeks of pregnancy really suck, don't they? presumably nature's way of making you think that having a newborn waking you up every 3 hours is actually a relief?

I knew we shouldn't have mentioned bananas in front of fanny

I am 'resting' today - have 10k tomorrow which I haven't really thought about at all, or actively trained for per se. So no idea what I'm aiming at - running with a friend anyway, which always changes things.

Weather is more or less normal today - much much cooler. Thank you to those of you who have sponsored me for the 15k in Glendalough on Nov 5 :)

So happy to hear all the MIL from Hell posts. I'm clearly not alone. Amazing we have so many Tunbridge Wellians in the group.

So far so bearable with MIL. Very happy to be sitting in work and miles away from her. At least tomorrow I can say that she's leaving tomorrow right?

peach you poor old soul, you are nearly there, but like Rhet says, these final days are surely meant to make you wish for a wakeful newborn!

No running for me tonight unfortuately. I can't escape MIL, dh is begging me to stay in and make nice. I'm running tomorrow though, I can't deal with her all weekend without at least one 'mental health' run.

Moshi best of luck at Abingdon. Can't wait to hear all the details.

encyclo that is the POINT of running...I always plan my runs around my mother's visits - although she is so irrational that she gets narky if I go running, but then starts making snide comments about my getting fat if I don't. The running time is YOUR time and don't let anyone, least of all your MIL encroach on it. Sorry for shouty capitals!

Thanks girls! I do so want enjoy these last few weeks, as will likely be the last time am pregnant (sob) but feel like I am wishing them away. Have just had a virtuous/non virtuous time sitting in sunshine on bedroom floor sorting baby clothes (what more???) listening to hypnobirthing CD while having a pint of full fat coke and a large Fruit and Nut

Anyway, will stop bloody moaning so much. There are plenty of people on this thread with real problems in their life, and also people who have had fertility issues, so I will zip it!

Encyclo, a run tomorrow is a must in that situation!!!

Rhet, I think a 10k with a chum and without expectations sounds like fun. What kind of course is it? Will get on the pooter later and sponsor you for your 15k. Glad the weather over there has calmed down!

Beautiful morning here, cool, crisp and sunny. Wish I was running but it will have to wait until the weekend, maybe tomorrow?

MILs are such a challenge aren't they, it's something I spend a lot of time pondering given that I have three boys and might end up with DILs (and we all know how mums are about their boys ....). I really try and get on with mine, but she can be very hurtful (sorry - she says she "tells it how it is"). Oh and that's another of my failings - failure to produce the precious granddaughter she would have loved to have. She has two sons and five grandsons, and sadly each time I've produced a boy she has proclaimed it "a big disappointment" (those actual words). It's just very sad she can't be happy for what she has .

Out last night but I was very good (!), one small glass of wine. I think I may have persuaded the mums in the class to do a charity 5k (I'm such a running bore).

peach and rhet's DP .... hang in there, not long to go.

Totally agree Rhet ! I get very grouchy if life/other people get in the way of my runs so they know it is in their interest to let me get out so I remain a nice sane person!

Went out for first time since half last night to running club and was fine..did a nice easy 3 miles and this morning did a nice speedy 3 miles! For me that is some where in the 9 min miles...I would like to get to a point where that is not a speedy pace for me and is more natural. I suppose I can get there...after all my pace has generally improved...I just need to keep up the speedwork and stop myself doing junk miles and make everything count.

Ah paws - I gave my MIL the 2 granddaughters she, I expect, really wanted as she has 2 sons and is very girly. So she kind of treats them like dollies which drives me insane. DD1 is pretty girly and into that sort of stuff so doesn't mind. DD2 is not girly so will give short shrift in time I think.

futurity - I meant to say earlier but I too have decided when I do a tri I am going to start with pool swim. I'm just getting into swimming what with the lessons and all and its made me realise its harder htan I thought !! And not sure when that will be, not next year I don't think. The main things i'm going to do are 2 halves (providing I survive the first) and probably London to Brighton bike ride.

rhet - keep reminding re the sponsosrship, I will add my bit too.

So, can anyone answer what is probably a really stupid question about kids bikes. Does the 'inch' measurement refer to inside leg ? DD2 is desperate for a bike but is teeny tiny and I think her legs are particularly (sadly has inherited that from me and my welsh ancestry). I know a few years ago a friend bought a 10 inch bike but I can't find one with proper pedals (they're all on the front wheel like a trike) but actually I think dd's inside leg is 12 inches... so it might be alright. I know dd1 had a 12 inch at 3 but she was taller and has long legs. DD2 will only be 2.9 at christmas.

hello lovely bright morning here, ,meant to have a wonder around the course today but just no time to do it, will settle for a 5K instead, no chance of running over the weekend due to dh's mental workload, fortunately should easy by Monday

peach moan away, rest, indulge and enjoy
from my part I like hearing about pregnancies and always like holding newborns whenever I get the chance, I made peace with the fact that it will always hurt a little but I am happy that I got to enjoy it at least once

paws I think I'd have lamped my MIL one had she said that to me! So bloody insensitive aren't they? However, ladies, one day, we will too be MILs and let's hope we don't become MILITK... Can I just ask Paws, how on earth have you not bragged all week on here, that YOU DID A MARATHON on Sunday!? Come on love, you need to shout it more! Are you feeling okay? I believe it takes a while to recover doesn't it?

Rhet It's quite a talent you know, being able to turn any topic on here into something we could read in The Viz. Good luck for race tomorrow, I bet you a banana loaf that you kill it and do it sub 50 mins! LET'S FUCKING DO THISSSSSS!!" will be reverberating across the Irish Sea.

futurity well done on getting out - only advice re getting faster is err... HILLS! Lot's of em. Just run up hills until you die. No seriously, if you put in speed work each week and some hills a couple of times a month (hill intervals) then naturally you will get faster but if you just run the same speed, week in, week out, you will reach your plateau. None of us are going to be Moshi speed, as I am convinced she is a robot, however, there are no reasons why you can't get down to running 8 min miles if you put the work in.

encyclo good luck with the MIL. Here's some from me and a big spliff to smoke to knock you out for the night, so you don't have to put up with her. You can smoke it behind the shed, come in, eat a load of shite then go to bed and feign illness.

peach full fat coke hey?! God you are such a dreadful example to us keep fit fanatics. You are barred from this thread. Only come back when you have drank 4 cups of ginger tea.

baking yet another chocolate tray bake cake, with wholemeal flour and lowfat yoghurt = healthy

Oh yeah. No running for me. Notice the fucked up cycle happening for me? Train great; then ill. Train great; then ill. Train great; then ill.

wheely I have no idea - I would imagine that it refers to frame size? e.g. i am 5'2" and ideally I would have a bike with an 18" frame? will watch with interest as DD is also teeny tiny (still under 90cm tall) - she is 2.9 in about 3 days...but she does like vehicles. I think the baby is going to bring her a scooter - any tips for good ones?

Let's compromise fanny, I'll have 4 cups of ginger! Disclaimer - ginger is what we call fizzy drinks in Glasgow

fraid I don't know anything bout children's bikes wheely or..erm inside leg measurements!

futurity, am always confused by the concept of junk miles. On the one hand you read articles which say don't do them, therefore every run presumably is LSR, tempo, speed or hill training. On the other
hand, lots of articles say the vast majority of miles per week should be done at easy pace. Am confused, can anyone explain???

sfx, just had a little cry at your post, thanks. Hope you stormed it at the cake bake.

I don't think there is any such thing as junk miles, really. But if you are doing 1 long, 1 intervals/hills, 1 medium (easy) and one other run (preferably) you will do fine.

I try to do one interval run and 1 set of hill repeats a week, plus LSR (usually at very sedate pace), the rest I run as I feel. Sometimes I don't manage hills and intervals - and this is a new regime for me, but I feel better already (only about a week in).

sub-50 - I don't think so!!!

Rhet, the mini microlite (in blue, Ha, take that Pink!!!) is the one we got DD last Xmas, when she was same age as your DD. Very rarely see kids on anything else round here, think it's cos they are very stable (3 wheels), easy to scoot, and pretty robust. DD is getting a "soft Tinkerbell that I can take to bed", when DD2 arrives ?!?

Actually done a bit more googling and it is wheel size in children's bikes. Some sites say she'd be tall enough, others don't. V. confusing. I have always thought we'd go balance bikewards for dd2 but she seems to be eyeing proper bikes.... She won't let me measure her inside leg at the mo but maybe i'll pop into our local bike shop. (FWIW, to demonstrate where she gets it from, I ride a 15 inch and I struggle to touch the ground on that ).

rhet - you can't go wrong with a micro scooter at this age. Really easy to get the hang of, light etc. DD1 had hers at 2.8 and was straight on it and shooting off, DD2 found it at about 18 months and was riding it regularly on trips from before 2. However, ours is beginning to give up the ghost but hoping it lasts until she can handle a 2 wheeler or bike. Especially as our buggy wheels are falling apart and I refuse to buy a new one .

Sadly we have the pink one. DD1 would never have gone near a blue one (DD2 woudln't mind though). I like the new ones that are out in lots of different colours but htey are about £10 more expensive which quite frankly seems a rip off.

I have the ethos that if I only run 3 or 4 times a week, each run, I run hard. Anything extra is easy (may add a longer steady in). So one LSR, one tempo or speed intervals, one steady longer one and if I can fit hills in, then that'll be my fourth. Junk miles to me, are if you are running every day.