Omg fanny, " gone through me like Moshifarah on a moped". Please don't do that again to a woman with a compromised pelvic floor!!!
DrNo, that is so sad about Angie off Biggest Loser. I watched the last 2 series and have the workout DVD 
Orange, I think if 1 hour 36 is you struggling, then you ate going to be fine. Best thing after a difficult run is pick yourself up and move on. You will actually have learned loads from it and can absorb it over the next couple of days. Remember as you are increasing your mileage, these linger runs might all be difficult doing the distance for the first time, but that's to be expected. Bless you, dropping yer crisps! Loving petrol station man, what a gent.
Hat, that does sound like a great trip, and well done for getting out and running. Loved your middle age woman paragraph, sounds like you met some really lovely, inspiring folk!
monkey, sympathy on musical bed front! We were lucky in that although I co-slept with DD1, once she was in her own cot, and now bed she seems to like her own space. I would still like her in our bed sometimes (so snuggly!) but she never sleeps, just messes about and chats nineteen to the dozen! I love bf too, I just love their little faces when you look downat them, and the baby drunkard look they have when they are finished. 
at your GP. There is a surprising amount of of ignorance, even within the medical profession, about bf. Well done you for feeding when 7 months pregnant. I think the exhaustion might have sent me over the edge! I bf DD1 till she was 2.5 but wanted a bit of "time off" before getting pregnant again.