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RACE FOR LIFE 2006

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 24/01/2006 23:16

Come on girls - who's doing it?

I signed up tonight, and im shit scared!!! (I am 3 stone overweight and not shifting it very fast.... needs to be done by July!!!)

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rummum · 25/01/2006 21:37

I'm going to do it....
I mentioned it to the girls at work and they were a bit dubious about doing it with me.....
I'm tall and slim and they assume I'm fit but I'm not I get puffed out doing ring a ring a roses with the kids (I work in a pre-school BTW)

JenumGeranium · 25/01/2006 21:40

good for you rummum! Should change that to runmum now!

Ring a ring of roses is strenuous (sp) stuff!

notasheep · 25/01/2006 21:43

jessicaandrebeccasmummy- ill sponsor you £5,still got your address so no excuse!

16th July-you have no excuses to get fit!

Bettikitten · 25/01/2006 21:48

Shitting himself now - hah hah tosser

Bettikitten · 25/01/2006 21:48

ooops so sorry wrong thread

JenumGeranium · 25/01/2006 21:49

lol Bettikitten

Bettikitten · 25/01/2006 21:52

I only realised when I read the post below about sponsorship and thought "eh who would they sponsor in big brother"......

.....realisation then dawned......

Terrible blonde moment....

JenumGeranium · 25/01/2006 21:55

Made me laugh!

I'm guessing you are talking about Gorgeous George!

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 25/01/2006 21:56

notasheep - do it here if you can...

race for life

and THANK YOU x

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Elibean · 25/01/2006 22:36

Crawl? Ok then, I'll do it. Off to sign up

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 25/01/2006 22:37

GOOD GIRL!

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Elibean · 25/01/2006 22:41

And, I'll sponsor you tomorrow - too knackered to crawl downstairs for my credit card, off to bed, but will leave myself a postit note. Good for you for doing it AND for starting this thread!

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 25/01/2006 22:41

thank you. xxx speak tomorrow xxx

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chapsmum · 25/01/2006 22:48

have entered sun 11th june (week before my wedding) great excuse for getting in shape. shall we talk tacticks for training JARM???

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 25/01/2006 22:50

chaps.... go ahead!

Im currently a 12 stone lump of lard, so realyl starting from scratch.

the link further down has a really good 8 week training programme on it - onyl advises 3 x a week training , but i plan to do Davina McColl's workout DVD in between.

apparently best to do 1 min run, 2 mins walk etc and built it up......

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notasheep · 25/01/2006 22:52

You will do it,have confidence in yourself.

I am so into this whole race for life thing that at 6months pregnant i was giving out medals at the end!

chapsmum · 25/01/2006 22:55

IT is a great race, I would have done it last year in memory of a dear friend, but was in the throws of labour. hosp v close to finish line though!

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 25/01/2006 23:02

im not doing it specifially for anyone, just those who have loved and lost.

i lost my mum in 2004 to chrons disease so i know what heartache is, and believe me, if NACC did this sort of thing, i would be patron saint of it by now.

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SleepyJess · 25/01/2006 23:46

Yep I will do it again this year.

Dingle · 26/01/2006 00:30

Sleepy jess, where did you do it last year?

AlmostAnAngel · 26/01/2006 00:38

sleepy how much did yo make in the end?

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jessicaandrebeccasmummy · 26/01/2006 10:39

THANK YOU Elibean - That was VERY kind of you. Much appreciated - and ill try NOT to crawl!!!

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Elibean · 26/01/2006 10:49

Nah, bet you end up running the whole thing! I just signed up for one of the Richmond ones. Middle aged lady crawling around the Old Deer Park, that'll be me...

tangerinecath · 26/01/2006 11:41

OK then, why not?

Just signed up for the Boston one on 9th July.

mykidsmum · 26/01/2006 11:46

Me, me, me, hoping to run it all this year am alreday out running once a week, will be upping it to twice when it gets a bit warmer.