Runners United. C'mon let's be awesome at running in 2012!!

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Will post the race list later on computer.
Come one, come all. We are a band of maverick posters who run, talk about running, and talk about other stuff, mostly life, large pants, and questionable children's artwork. Come and join us if you dare! Disclaimer: we are actually the friendliest thread on MN. Fact.

I am dubh roisin on fb (also not my real name, obv )

I love nuts, but we have to be a nut free house. DH keeps his muesli at work! Most of all I miss peanut butter - I used to eat it every day.

This first phase of the diet is meant to be 4 days of protein only, but I'm having veg too - can't cope with no veg. No fruit though. Just going home now for an omelette .

bonkers I am Helen Jay Owens so request me my love. (the Jay is my DH and it's a "joint" account - ie he noses on it and I post! ). Was the only way I could convince him it was a good idea as I had a nasty case of a stalker on there a couple of years ago and it shook him up.

does mean that whenever you get a notification re fanny, it comes up as Helen has updated his status... she runs so fast because she is a man, people!

sticky you haven't actually revealed which Garmin you have...

Haha I know sticky but I think DH wants me to keep it that way...

shred that's tough going - I was laughing the other day because there are 4 people in this house and they all have different flipping milk - dd1 has lactose free, dd2 has breastmilk, dp has soy (because of dd2 and bad response to a lot of dairy) and I am normal.... however, no-one has the kind of reaction you've dealt with, just not great with dairy

dd1 wants an ice-cream cake for her birthday...any ideas? baked alaska? and will I be able to do that with goat's milk ice-cream (nicer than you'd think)?

It's the 305 forerunner with the HRM

It's so HUGE but I love it! Was funny yesterday when an old chap asked me the time, there's me with the world's biggest watch on but I didn't know . I could only give him a vague notion on the basis on how many miles I had to go and what time I started.... eejit.

so long as there aren't any picture of you getting your lad out fanny...

sticky no chance of flashing my wizards beard on FB.

rhet does it HAVE to consist of ice cream? Otherwise you could have made one in the shape of an ice cream...

I have 3 FB from here my initials are MG my pic is of me Pre race with number on If anyone wants to add me just let me know who you are so I can try to remember.

need to adjust list N4NNY for some reason in my notes you were MAM initials

Thanks for thread peach. Only half caught up so sorry if missed anything.
Sticky I'm pale too but my eyebrows are my only must, can't be arsed with manicures or anything but got to have my eyebrows done.
Regarding running pants [whispers] I just wear my normal thongs as I find all knickers find they way up my arse anyway so might as well wear something that is supposed to be there.
Chief I don't know anyone in rl who is that kind of superwoman, I have decided the ones in magazines are making it up (makes me feel better to believe that ).
N4NNY Really?
Right must quickly run round with hoover before I have to pick up boys.

Check it out! I am posting this using my new phone. I'm off to download some apps now. Any running related recommendations?

rhet, I've made this before

www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ice-cream-cake-77

it was awesome! You could buy/make goats milk ice cream to use in it???

My eyebrows are dreadful. At 36 I have never had them seen to. Which is least painful, threading, waxing, or plucking???

Christ! Am 37. And senile evidently...

peach that is fucking genius! she will adore it...and I can nick fanny's brilliant idea and make it in the shape of an ice cream. It's a sad old thing that she is obsessed with a foodstuff that does nowt for her innerds...

senile? nah, just sleep deprived - how is K? A is good, but getting trickier to settle than she was...grinning away now though. Weigh-in on Friday!

peach, are you still going for your run tomorrow? I hope so, even if you walk/run for 2 miles, it'll be great. We almost need a race report!

07/01/12 - Bupa Great Winter Run 5k Holyrood park - bumply
08/01/12 - Southwest Road Runners First Chance 10k - RunningAllDay
08/01/12 - Norfolk County AAA cross-country - ibbydibby
21/01/12 - Buchlyvie 10k - bumply
22/01/12 - Four Villages Half Marathon (Helsby) - Fannybanjo
29/01/12 - Reedham 10 - ibbydibby
19/02/12 - Brighton Half marathon - Wheely, n4nny
04/03/12 - Milton Keynes Half Marathon - pawsnclaws
04/03/12 - Duchy Marathon - RunningAllDay
04/03/12 - Smokies 10 mile - LittleChiefRunnyCustard
10/03/12 - Blackpool Half Marathon - DrNortherner, Fannybanjo
11/03/12 - Cambridge Half Marathon - Futurity, Runnerstipple, Cherry (what have I done??), Bonkers20
25/03/12 - Edale Skyline - (21 miles. 4,500 ft climb) Hatwoman
25/03/12 - Fleet Half Marathon- DebitheScot
25/03/11 - Run Northumberland HM - AngeChica
31/03/12 - Olympic Park Run - wiifitmama, runerstipple
31/03/12 - Run Richmond Park 10K - sfx
01/04/12 - Reading Half-Marathon - RunningAllDay, Tulip27
15/04/12 - Cambourne 10K - Futurity
15/04/12 - Great Ireland Run (10k) - rhetorician
22/04/12 - VLM: ibbydibby, AngeChica
28&29/04/12 - Wye Forest 50 (miles!) - RunningAllDay
29/04/12 - Greater Manchester Marathon - Fannybanjo
29/04/12 - Shakespeare Half Marathon - FairyBasslet
26/05/12 - Edinburgh Marathon Festival 10k - bumply
27/05/12 - London Bupa 10K - Futurity
27/05/12 - Edinburgh Half Marathon - squix
09/06/12 - Blenheim Sprint Triathlon - Cherry
29/07/12 - San Francisco Marathon - MoshiMoshi
14/10/12 - Cardiff half marathon- n4nny
20/10/12 - Run Richmond Riverside - sfx

have entered race! do you think I should take buggy with me (am rather excited about the baby jogger )?

peach Threading is the least painful, then waxing, then plucking IMO.

Also I've found threading didn't last as long as waxing. Go for it! I first started getting mine done about 5 years ago and it really does make me look brighter (as in sunny, NOT intelligent...I've got glasses for that purpose).

Sigh....maintenance takes much longer as you get older (I'm 41).

Littlechief I use Runmeter on iPhone - 'tis not perfect but pretty good for the money and stores all the data on your runs. Think you can get a Mapmyrun app as well for it but haven't got round to looking for that yet!

rhet you should definitely take the baby buggy. Give little rhet her first taste of what it's like to be in a race! If she starts wailing, you may even get a PB!

Hope you get out for your run peaches!

Managed a slow 6 miles last night but a much quicker 6 miles this morning at about 7.30 m/m - absolutely gorgeous cold morning out there and was wearing my devastatingly attractive new Ronhill Vizion tights which clearly made me go reasonably fast even at the expense of looking a complete dick

List of races is getting long... need to get signed up for a couple and add those. Still trying to persuade a friend to sign up for London to Brighton run but might be getting him there.

(PS not going to have a lot to contribute to the pants and eyebrow debate I'm afraid !)

cest i am disappointed in your lack of response to the pants and eyebrow debate; i mean, really, what do you think this is, a running thread, or something?

Oh I do love a good thread, makes me feel slightly less werewolf like ..... think the boys were worried every time we had a full moon! Although having had it done for a few years now it doesn't need doing that often. I'm like orange it's one of the few things I do, don't even bother with a haircut anymore. I just use one of those home brazilian blowdry kits every couple of months to make my hair less poodle-like and do the ole mumsnet hometrim!

I'm like a fucking Albino Gorilla at the moment. Pubes, eyebrows, legs, pits all need attention. Then there's the small problem that is my feet. They are truly shocking.

at cest having to read all this. I actually reckon this thread has a LOT of lurkers you know...

Anyone on to the running.... 4.6 EASY miles done. Tank miles.

fanny a new profile pic for you <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=farm3.staticflickr.com/2276/2164060205_cc5715687b.jpg&imgrefurl=www.flickr.com/photos/9690777%40N05/2164060205/&h=351&w=291&sz=47&tbnid=RY1nroso7n5GdM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=75&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dalbino%2Bgorilla%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=albino+gorilla&docid=-UrvWdodcPq99M&sa=X&ei=BocET67kMerg4QThz92NCA&ved=0CEAQ9QEwBQ&dur=5756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">smiling nicely

What's a tank mile?

I have two confessions to make:

1. If I'm going a bit Denis Healey, I get a blunt razor and wave it near my eyebrows. It gets rid of the long wiggly worm type ones that grow out at an angle. As beauty tips go, it's a bit shite I think.

1. I used to wnder about Master&Margarita's name, so I googled it. It's a famous book I find out . I thought I was pretty well read (so, not, then). I got it from Amazon and will start reading tonight.

Tank miles to me are runs that are easy to just add miles to my tank!

at the photo - I wish I was that attractive!