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BB - Fab day to get an afternoon off.
Nancy - Gin injected jelly baby's sound fab....
Im assuming that you are all starting to taper now?
NL, enjoy your night in. If you don't have any JBs, just go for neat gin instead
<wanders into neighbours house>
It's all gone quiet in my thread tonight after a busy day. I'm reduced to watching the hatchet job on the marathon and now Embarassing Bodies.
I'm a huge fan of the 10 minute pack Lee. I did take to extremes when a taxi arrived to take me to the airport for 10 days in Houston and I was still asleep and hadn't done my packing. That's not to be recommended.
Lee - geocaching is like treasure hunting for grown ups. Gives me another use for my Garmin too
www.geocaching.com
I'm having an evening in too. Sadly, I don't have any jelly babies....
Are you able to post a list of runners that havnt checked in yet?
Lea - I'm glad you asked about geocaching, I had to google... felt a bit thick!
TP - I had to turn dispatches of, it started to annoy me. V boring night on TV, I'm watching ashes to ahses but it just confuses me
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Might go and have a wander.......
It's bugging the life out of me too! I turned it off before I went hoarse shouting at the feigned naivity of the whole thing. All these people who 'have' to buy a gold bond place, all these charities who are being charged for advertising etc.
Can't follow Ashes to Ashes either but I love the Gene Genie.
Hello - just popping in to say Hi. I'm just checking out which group Lee the Pea is in so I can meet you before we get to Bala pre-weekend. I don't want to get to Wales and start asking a load of strangers "excuse me, are you Lee the Pea?" I'll get locked up and they will confiscate my England passport. Lee of course will be safe with Scottish one!
Will be good to meet up with Purple again too. Sorry I can't stay for the whole party but I have to be at mile 22 and then the finish to meet my OH. He's running Brighton the week before too so he's expecting to struggle, but still doing fancy dress for the fun of it. He's in group 5 though.
See you all on 25th. I'll bring some G&T.
Found you
Soooooo excited
ok...info:
Forum name: Dina Mo (formerly Fatfyes)
Name: Julie
Number: 5829
I will be wearing a red Virgin marathon top with 'Julie' written on it
I reckon I'll get to mile 17 around 2hr40 ish.... I think....
I have short hair and huge knockers...you can't miss me
*waves to Soupy*
Barley, spreadsheet coming along nicely. It is on my work computer tho, so I can't send it to you at the mo, but here are the runners we're still waiting to hear from:
Addick Gal
Bikermouse
Claire Marshall 9
Cupcakes Jess (first timer)
Hayley Nunn 2 (first marathon)
Jacky Patching (first marathon)
Jenni Fox (first marathon)
Jon Charles (1st London)
Kittenkat
Mike Halpin 2 (first marathon)
Penny W
Ruby77
Sarah Lawrence 3
Sunluvva
SUSAN Cunningham 2 (1st marathon)
Edit: taken Dina Mo off the list due to x-post. I keep x-posting with you on the points comp thread too, how funny!!!
Right, i'm off to bed as i've an early start. Have a great weekend folks. I'll be back Sunday night
spooky stuff LTP! And I'm off to bed too.... flying to Spain tomorrow for my taper. Castellon Region has some lovely mountains I plan on plodding up
.........see you all next week.
you're all fab by the way x
Hi Soup - will be great to see you
Hi DinaMo.. enjoy Spain, what a fab way to taper! A 10th marathon definately deserves a drink in the pub afterwards
Afternoon wonderful Group 2-ers. How is everyone this lovely sunny afternoon?
In 2 weeks time we will all be in/heading to London! How exciting is that?
I've just done my first warm weather run of the year (how sad is that when it's the middle of April). 13 miles in the sun at about 17 deg, so much warmer than I've been used to. Let's hope it's not quite so warm and sunny on the 25th, apart from one tiny little bit round mile 17 so that our fantastic supporters don't get too wet or cold!
Does anyone else have more or less permanent butterflies due to the mounting excitement now?
I'm still in denial at the moment. Two weeks sounds scarily close....
Off to get my eyes tested and see if I can get me some contacts to wear on race day. Fingers crossed. Knowing my luck (and my awkward eyes) there'll be some reason why this fine plan goes t*ts up....
I am very excited and also scared. The thought of being alone amongst 40,000 runners is daunting! Adductor and IT Band injury are starting to niggle again. Fingers crossed I will make it through the last two weeks, run the Marathon with pain I can tolerate and re-assess the injury later. Doing my long run of the week tomorrow. Hopefully the weather will be slightly cooler. It is always cooler up here on the North East Coast of England compared to the South so here's hoping Marathon Day is not a tropical 17 degrees plus!!
I can't wait to go to the EXPO. It sounds fantastic. Think the credit card will have a good beating that day. Will anyone be attending on Friday afternoon, say 3pm? My train gets into Kings cross about 1.30 and going straight to the Expo to get number ect, so I can chill-lax on Saturday.
Hi!
Sorry I'm a bit late providing my info.
Forum name: Penny W
Name: Penny
Race number: 4142
Estimated time to mile 17: about 3 hours 40 mins
What you'll be wearing: fluorescent yellow vest with my name on it supporting Action Heart, Cancer Research & Labrador Rescue - & a pair of black furry Lab ears & a tail! Um, fake fur obviously!
Any special needs: I'll bring a drink & some gels along to the expo
Thank you so much!
Angela, don't worry you won't be alone. The atmosphere is simply amazing. The other runners and the crowd will make you feel part of one very large cuddly (if slightly sweaty) family. Then you get to mile 17 and it gets even better!
I'm going to the Expo on Friday. I'll be getting there about 12.00pm so I'm not sure whether I will still be there by 3.00pm.
Nothing on here for nearly 24 hours! Have I broken the Group 2 thread??
Or is everyone out enjoying tapering in the sun?
Hi All and thanks for being my support group.
Just done my last long run of 16 miles along to the seafront and loved it but felt weird stopping at 16 and not carrying on, race pace too so getting very excited... (must remember sun cream on 25th, I now have a sunburnt face)
Here are my details ..
Jacky patching
Real name... see above
race no..24665
Time should be app...2.50-3hrs I think
I am wearing a purple Great Ormond street vest with JACKY on the front and a black skort.
Blond hair and a slightly knackered look I should think!!
I have no idea what I will need as its my first marathon but a SIS go gel (Not tropical
) and a hug,and maybe a few jelly beans. I am fussy and like the jelly belly ones so will be dropping off some bits at the expo on wed.
Do you need me to drop the gels off or do you have a supply?
Cant wait to see you as I have no personal support until mile 25 !!! Bit late then but kids cant walk round all day
See you all in u um 14, yes thats just 14 days
Jacky x
I think they probably have! I've been cycling all day, although it wasn't that sunny down here.
Looking forward to seeing you Jackie, lots of hugs going for free
Hi everyone, thanks so much for being in my support group!!! I am going to need you guys!!
Details as follows:
Forum name: Hayley Nunn 2
Name: Hayley Nunn
Race number: 33887
Time I hope to be at mile 17: Hopefully around 2.45-3 hours
I am wearing a purple Alzheimer's Research Trust vest with HAYLEY on it! I am blonde if that helps!! Will have black VLM tight leggins on!
Will probably just need my gels and maybe some good old Kendal mint cake, but will drop off what I need for definite at the Expo next week!
To say I am ridiculously nervous already is an understatement!! I will need a massive hug and apologise now if Im an emotional wreck!!!!
Thanks so much
Hayley xxx
Barley - can you give Jacky a big hug when she gets to mudchute please......she's in the same running club as me
<waves to Jacky> Have you worked out who I am yet?
Morning All! Thanks for the latest updates folks...the spreadsheet is filling up!
I'm still waiting to hear from the following folks though:
Addick Gal
Bikermouse
Claire Marshall 9
Cupcakes Jess
Jenni Fox
Jon Charles
Mike Halpin 2
Ruby 77
Sarah Lawrence 3
Sunluvva
Susan Cunningham 2
I can't believe there are only a couple of weeks to go
totally mental. I also can't believe this time last year I was in the same position as all you runners, albeit having not run for two weeks due to injury 
Fingers crossed all the injuries and niggles clear up in these next two weeks. Definitely don't push it now - it is really hard to taper, after months of tons of running, but you'll not like gain too much now anyway. Resting more will be better for injuries than hammering it in the last couple of weeks.
So as I said before, if anyonw does want to send a photo of themselves to me (you can PM me on here and I can give you my e-mail address), then please feel free - it will be an extra help to identify you all on the day. If you'd rather not, don't worry. We'll just scream manically at everyone that goes past until we get the right person
Oh, and i'll double check with Barley as to how many gels etc we're likely to be able to supply, i.e. i'm not sure if gels are generally left at the expo by the runners, or if there will be lots to give out on the day. I didn't use them so i'm not too sure, and I just want to double check
I will, I will, she may not be able to get away
Thanks for keeping an eye on the thread Lee, sorry ive been absent, ive been so busy over the last week.
Would it be possible for you to try and send the missing runners a PM?
The supplies we usually give out on the course are:
Specific items left by individuals which they wish to be passed to them at Mile 17.
We also hand out lots of banana's, orranges, jelly babies, jaffa cakes, fun size chocolate bars, etc to all and sundry as they pass. Some people leave general stuff at the expo which we collect, e.g. last year we had maybe 50 bags of jelly babies and half a dozen boxes (boxes of boxes) of Jaffa cakes. We also buy banana's & oranges from Asda.
Welcome Emma
If you have any questions or concerns about the race, feel free to ask as we're bound to be able to help