This weekend, around 100 MNer will be running to raise money for Macmillan - please could you sponsor us?

[popsycal]

PLease could you sponsor us?

here

Thank you

Oh yes! Good luck and well done to everyone!

I'm incredibly embarassed to be reporting that I only ran 10km instead of my promised 21km. Today was the first time in nearly 10 years of racing that I've not finished a race.

I was completely lacking in mojo, kept getting dizzy and found myself running sideways at one point! I think I'm just depressingly under-fit and over-weight at the moment.

But this was going to be my last half for a while, cos weekends are just too busy to train atm. So I was hoping to go out, if not in a blaze of glory, then at least a blaze of mediocrity instead of a blaze of embrassment! I would probably have finished if it had been a point-to-point race, but it was 4x5km laps. I HATE laps!

So sorry to let everyone down.

Though, thinking about it, it was 11km not 10km, cos they made us do an extra bit on the first lap to add the 1km.

annie - that is fabulous. absolutely no reason to be embarrassed. thank you for taking part

Annie
you did twice what I managed and you took part, that is the most important thing.

My legs are really aching now, my knees and my hips too.

hi just in from my 10k half dry half in short sharp showers, in the end run an extra mile to dry off

thanks to the MN friends who contribute sponsorship money will add my family's contribution

well done all

just been chatting to dh and cant believe what we have raised ( despite my recent 'opposite of ubiquitous-ness'

thanks to all who are running and donating

Well done everybody!

I've just finished my first ever 5k run, I really can't believe I've got here after just a few weeks.
Really owe you all, I don't think I would ever have done it without the inspiration and motivation of Mumsnet

I've done it! 6K, will donate now.

Well done everyone, Annie don't be glum 10 K is pretty impressive to most of us.

I am heading out in an hour - it is beautifully sunny out there by the look of it. Will bre needing several cupsof coffee fistto make up for the dreadful night with ds3 andtheseveralglassessofwine

Like Orm, I may be sometime....

Just done my 5k, beautiful sun rise jog around the fields of south norfolk. dh also did 17k (!) yesterday.

Now we're off to dig the allotment for a couple of hours. I really have no idea why I'm not a size 8 (No-one look at last night's empty pizza box .....)

Job done - if in a slightly different way than I had envisaged

Discovered ipod wasn't working and only had time for a quick charge so decided to do a 4.65m there and backroute which is a good job as it stopped working at around 10k. And that is not all that stopped working. My hip and knee joint of my left leg started really hurting. I know I land heavier on my left leg and have a feeling I may be due some new trainers. However, I was forced to run/walk/run miles seven and eight as I would not finish otherwise. I kept think of MrT, Twink and MiniTwink and that kept me going. I tried to run as much of the last mile as possible.

So.
SLightly longer than I planned but am pleased with my 1 hour 35 minutes considering the hip/knee/strong wind against me on the second half

Hope everyone enjoys their run.

Now I amoff for a shower and to ponder my response to an article I read earlier about Mumsnet 'crusaders' which made me quite cross

Keep on running

I'm finished too! Got 2nd lady vet (behind a dear friend), 7th lady overall so a good morning.

Must be something in the water Popsy, my hip was agony and I just thought of MrT doing his chemo PBs, put my head down and got on with it.

Well done all!

that's exactly what i was thinking of too twink

brilliant work too twink what us nexton the cards for you

i did it! 5km in 37min - was a walk/run combo for both DH and I so I guess we count as 10km all together.

thanks again to hulababy for having my DDs i wouldn't have made 1km without DH there too and sunday lunch was much appreciated.

I've done mine too. Beautiful day for running, managed 9.2 miles in 1 hour 26 minutes.

Well done everyone! Congrats Twink, fantastic performance.

Well done everyone.

I'm sort of glad it's not just me with a dodgy hip.

Hi everyone: I ran my 10k today with a few minutes walk in the middle... Well done everyone!

HELLO! i have done my 15k.

popsy i could have written that post except it is me right leg. irritatingly i have new shoes but didn't wear them as this is the longest run i've done since being ill and they are a bit stiff (shoes as well as me).

i too thought of mr twink.

I almost turned back when my hips started aching but thought of all that MrT and his family have gone through and that spurred me on to keep going. Over £1800 raised so far.

That's my 5k done, complete with unplanned sprint finish when it started to bucket down!

Well done everyone, fantastic effort.

I was down for 5k...but just did 6.94.

Am amazed - 3 months ago I struggled to run for 1 minute. So I have got something out of this too - cheers popsycal (and twink) for the inspiration.

Evening. Just popping in to post my 5k as part of the MNHQ team - I, too, thought of your DH's chemo PBs, Twink, when I was puffing up that last hill. Kinda puts things into perspective straightaway, doesn't it?

Well done, all!

And me - sorry only just got to computer to report back. Congrats all (it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!)

Popsy - am a bit shamefaced . We got back from ski trip saturday night and then dd2 came out with chicken pox sunday morning so spent the day dashing around doing things I needed to do that I wouldn't be able to do this wk when under house arrest and didn't think about running .

I have donated but shall I do my run next weekend (or an evening before then if poss) ?? Or should i just slink of no and hang my head in shame (sorry twink and mr twink).