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Talkback: ASICS Target 26.2 Team: Emma
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Emma - its a real pleasure to help you and the others and gives me a great deal of satisfaction to see you doing so well - great to see all the others like sleepy and mcs helping you all as well with their own points - and most of all, its you who are doing the hard work so take a bow - only 7 weeks to go now!!! The real credit, however, should go to Sam who has been guiding you so well.
Rest assured, everyone, I have already been in touch with Emma today by email so have congratulated her on her great result and marvelled at her dedication for going out to run the 2 miles w-up/c-down that she missed earlier!
Some other great runs achieved this weekend - you all take the long runs in your stride so well... Keep up the good work.
I am sneaking off to a spa for 1 night tomorrow - so looking fwd to it. Did yet another workshop this weekend so feeling in need of a couple of days off!
Great running Emma
Keep up the good work. Perhaps you could try teaching from inside a plastic bubble 
Although i work with pre-school children I seem to dodge the bugs (famous last words) but that might be because the children only come for 2 days each.
Good news here is that I am managing to run on the toe with little discomfort and got 10 miles done today after a couple of missed long runs
WHOOOOP WHOOOP WHOOOOOOOOOOOP
I'm so proud of you that am a bit teary myself after reading the last day's posts. Brilliant! Go girl! Love the mini-race-within-race breakdown - fantastic idea to make it less daunting!
Massive virtual hugs and a bit of delighted girly squealing!
Easy to get up in all of this but it is supposed to be fun
Cant believe that you went back out to do 2 extra miles!
Question for Sam really, could Emma be overtraining which is making her susceptible to all of these viruses? Could she drop midweek slow run session??
Saturday ran a parkrun for the first time. My 9 year old daughter did it with me and ran all the way. She sprinted the last bit and beat me by 10 seconds. Very happy little girl.
Sunday I did a home-made progression run. Ran 7 miles slowly to the start of a 10km race, did the first half of the race at MP then the second half at Half marathon pace. Went really well and surprised how comfortable the MP bit felt after a 7 mile warm up.
Then ate lots!
Particularly liking the last part of your weekend Kevster!
Yeah you do that young missy Emma C - conqueror of the TW Half! Onwards and upwards for you now...
What are you up to today - any strength work on the horizon? My pose of the week is upward facing dog at which I am definitely 100% better than last week's downward facing disaster! Think I've already grown a couple of inches in height - loving doing a complementary activity to add a bit more variety into my training! Only time will tell if it helps I guess!
mcs - bet you a quid she has!
mcs - the medal was a huge square thing. Very different to last couple of years!
I am still smiling - cough worse but it would be after that - really chuffed and still a bit in shock!
I have a question for Ruth regarding a post some pages ago (been a bit nervous about posting)
"You are right you can get the good oils from green leafy veg, nuts and seeds and their oils but this is a round about way as the body has to change these fatty acids to ones called DHA (docosahexanoic acid - spelling??) and EPA (eicosapentaenic acid) as it is these that the benefits come from and DHA & EPA is found in oily fish in direct form. If using supplements sick to the amount you woud get in 2-4 portions of oiy fish (450-900mg of EPA/DHA). Hope this helps. "
If you seriously can't stand fish and would rather eat food than pills, how many nuts or leafy vegetables are there to a portion of oily fish to keep up the omega 3s?
Today SB I have a nice gentle 4 miles planned and feel rather smug as I made a huge ratatouille on Saturday evening so no cooking tonight just pop itin the overn with my jacket potato and Bob's your Uncle! Oh ...not forgetting the lovely mature chedder grated all over the top - can't be too well behaved.
Been eating like a piggy all day today - so hungry after yeaterday ... but then I'm hungry most days!
Fab Melbec - where are you running? If I can o it so can you!
Welcome slowcoach - don't be frightened to post - but I have to warn you I am slightly neurotic so you will have to put up with all my external processing of all my worries!
Thanks Abi - how are things with you?
Emma - you've no worries about the future now just positivity and an enjoyable finale to this amazing experience
Slow coach - don't be nervous, we are all learning from these threads so post away!
Cheese, cheese, glorious cheese - enjoy your reward-cheese - I'm sure it's in the rules that you get a reward for a good run!
Hey Slow Coach - good question - I did wonder the same myself but I'm lazy and happy to take a capsule when it comes to squeezed fish! I suspect a small mountain of kale might be the answer but I'm sure Ruth'll be along to educate us soon enough (p.s. this is a friendly thread - no meanies would be tolerated so welcome and worry not!).
On the subject of fish oil I was a bit freaked out by the recommendation in this month's RW (page 85) to take 3000mg daily vs Ruth's 450-900mg - is this one of those optimum health vs RDA conundrums or just a typo? It's no wonder I get confused!
Oscarr - that sounds rather hilly! (Snowdonia!).
Thanks Tenjinso! How is your training going?