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Thankyou BS, not easy is it, but hey! We are here.
Thankyou to you all x
ps, my friend has just gone into labour...woohoo!!
Am dressed to go out but the ipod is out of juice now... so waiting for it to recharge..Honest...
LM - i think you might just be addicted, i know i am & damn it feels good.
PLOD - yes that did make sense.
STRUMP - welcome to the thread. Good luck to your friend. Lets hope mother & baby are ok & lets hope you get better soon
Thankyou AS.
Baby boy arrived safely last night at 22.47, weighing 8lb 2oz, mum and baby well
Take care TTFN Nessie
Hey plod...
I feel exactly the same as you and am really relieved to hear you say it... To be honest, I am scared of doing it a lot of the time, as I don't actually believe I 'am a runner''. So I recognise your emotions completely!
And as for the laziness - I always feel so much better afterwards that I then get on my wiifit and do more.. Strange huh whereas before all I wanted to do was crawl into bed..so it really does work.
Strump - Huge congrats to mum and baby.. 8lbs!! Blimey!
TTFN Nessie
Hi All
Found this friendly thread and just getting back into running after being kind of run down this last year or so.....
Congrats to Mum and new arrival - yep 8lb 2oz know what that feels like
Best thing I did this year was to join a running club, I was welcomed with open arms, you could not meet a friendlier bunch. Fortunate for me they accept new members whatever your running ability! I just plod along at my own pace with no pressure to keep up - and to hear shouts of encouragement from the others is just fantastic.....
First 10 k tomorrow bit nervous as it is all road, there will be onlookers supporting all along the route - I know this as I've been the onlooker wishing I could do that - and now I am
Thanks for listening
Take Care
xx
Spk to you all soon TTFN Nessie
Hi All
I feel just the same with my running, so i think its a common thing.
I dont think we should under estimate ourselves though, we may not be 'elite' runners, but we are out there having a damn good go. Slow but sure and the more we do, the better we get!
I also want to join a running club, but im terrified incase im not good enough
ps...the new baby is sooooo yummy!
myredface - Welcome! Good for you doing the 10k. It'll probably be a good thing having the onlookers cheering as you run. Can't imagine better motivation than that
Let us know how you get on.
Strump - I'm the same... I'm scared to join a running club in case I'm too slow and hold everyone up. I originally said I'd look for one to join once I could do 3 miles.... Now I can do 3 miles and I've changed it to 6
I'm just about to head out for my run. I'm happy because it's raining! Does anyone else love running in rain or is it just me? I like it because it keeps me cool, and there's less people around to laugh at my red face
2.5 miles in the rain.... fantastic stuff.
Could have done without the idiot shouting, "Faster! Faster!" at me from a pub doorway though, then laughing like he'd made the funniest joke ever. Soooo original!
Thanks Plod and LM
LM Sounds as if you had a great time outside in the cooling rain, I agree it is more my cuppa when it is drizzly and on the cool side - heat and sun not so good as tend to get more beetroot faced than ever. Not mentioning that first 20 minutes made evr more difficult !!
Hmmm...those pub door doorway jokers - same old tired jibes. I have to correct my breathing when going by so as not to breath in their rotten fumes. Puts me right off my (slow) stride.
Do try and find out about your local running club, most I am sure will welcome newbies of all ability. I feel lucky to belong to the most friendly club in West Sussex and have taken part in various fun runs held throughout the County.
Last one was a 5 mile run over the South Downs - exhausting and a really good atmosphere I even won a spot prize!!! .....
How Brilliant was that??????
myredface
Where in West Sussex? Im in Lindfield.
LM, well done, 2 miles more than ive run today! xx
myredface - I'm tired even imagining a 5 mile run over the downs. My aunt and uncle live in East Sussex so I've walked over what they call the downs a few times. Soooo many hills - I can't even imagine running it! Well done on the spot prize - that's fantastic!
I'll investigate the running club definitely. I'm not too fussed at the moment as the weather is nice and it stays light til late. Though in winter I'd like to run with other people - partly for motivation and partly because it's probably safer.
Just done 3 miles in the rain. Considering I didn't want to even leave the house am v. happy! and the best part was i felt like i could have done more
well done to everyone out there running in this miserable weather. am just settling down with a glass of wine now.
just figured out that if i increased my running by 5 mins each week i coudl do a marathon next year.. or is that a bit optimistic at this stage??
Louise - Not at all - I think as long as you're increasing gradually and not doing too much too quickly, you're fine. They say a general rule of thumb is to increase your running by 10% each week. Anyway, goals are important - I'm in the ballot for FLM 2009. How cool would it be to be able to run a marathon?I say go for it! As soon I managed my first mile, I was plotting marathons.
I'm having a couple of glasses of wine tonight too. We deserve it
PLOD - I also feel good after doing a good run or beating my PB. I have a great big smile on my face & punch the air. I use www.mapmyrun.com to work out routes & distance.
RED - Welcome to one of the friendliest threads on this site. Hope you do well in your 10k tomorrow. My first run is not until 15th of june & i am nervous already so i know how you must be feeling. Make sure you come back & tell us all about it.
Can't believe there are so many others feeling like me about joining a running club. I imagine being too slow to be accepted into the club, that probably sounds silly though.
LM - i am doing a half marathon in october & would love to do a marathon eventually but still a scary thought though but well done you for applying & i hope you are accepted.
So many of us wanting to do FLM! How fantastic would that be if we all got in? I get all emotional even imagining crossing the finish line of the marathon - is that really weird?
LM
I dont think its weird at all, its some thing we really want and so i guess makes us emotional.
I have another Race for Life in June, i always cry when i cross the finish and i doubt i will be any different in June.
Strump - I'm jealous. I didn't sign up for Race For Life this year, and now I wish I had!
I'm on a rest day today and I'm grumpy because I want to go out and run
Wow everyone how fantastic to go for FLM!
With my first bout of BC, my brother raised 25K running in FLM and said it was amazing... I started the running though thinking of doing it, but actually, now it really is just something that I enjoy doing.. and I am so much at the start that R3W1 is beyond me let alone FLM!
LM - You make me laugh.. Tomorrow will come round soon enough! Go for a walk or something to get the grumpiness out... *smile*
Strump - So moving doing walk for Life.. My daughter did it for me and seeing her do it with my name on her back made me weep too...
RED - Welcome here - BIG HUG! Sounds like you are doing brilliantly already and we need that to keep people like me inspired!
AS - Great having goals. I have been told that that is really really important and I am sure the way you are going that you will do brilliantly!
Plod - Lovely to see you posting again - I thought we had lost you!
Happy Sunday all.. I am really going to try and write this application letter now for a promotion and then go for a run.. At least that's the plan!
TTFN Nessie
Now you are all starting to make me wonder if I should as well!
But I can always come out and support you... *ponders*
Nessie - My plod the other day was actually quite hard... I have been doing R2W1 for about a week and this was the hardest one..and I was thinking of moving up to R3W1 but might not now.. It is slow progress...
BS - Wow, your bro raised £25K? That is amazing! I'm glad you're enjoying running so much
It must be a fantastic influence on your daughter seeing you do something so healthy - and having fun doing it. My parents are very anti-exercise, and I think that's rubbed off on my sister - she sees any form of exercise as a form of torture - I'm the freak of the family it seems!
Plod - I agree, if we get in the marathon we'll have to cheer eachother on. I think I'll need it! Everytime I get in from my 3 mile runs (especially the times when I'm knackered!) I just think, "Oh my god, 23 more of these?!". And then I remind myself that when I started, 3 miles seemed impossible. How long did your half marathon take? I want to do a half maybe around October time.
Am still sulking over my lack of running today, but know I really can't go today as have ran 3 days in a row and am going tomorrow too. Will probably follow BS's advice and have a wander to the shops for dinner food. After running, my next favourite thing to do is cook (and eat - that's where this running thing comes in handy too
).
LM - yeah i am the freak of the family too, get no support whatsoever even from my partner which makes me more determined to succceed
Ho much does it cost to enter the FLM, just saw that the ballot entry is closed already.