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I obviously don't watch enough TV???
I feel slightly better......think my early night did me good. Out at KOC for an easy 6.5k. Slightly longer than I am supposed to but all ok apart from the wind and cold making me wheezy.......I think I am needing to borrow juniors inhaler.
RS - My Iron stuff arrived yesterday, and thank goodness it tastes better than it looks!!! Hopefully it will be more success than the supplements the doc has had me on for years!!
Not a good night sleep for me.. mrs dv is still on the hourly medication for her eye infection. I've been coping with the disrupted sleep for the last 7 nights but her 1am slot woke me to the extent that I never got back to sleep again.. I feel very groggy this morning....
Kaz... best of luck with the iron supplements... are you sure you need them though and can't just eat more iron rich foods?
Started on my Olympics box set. Many hours later and I'm still only on 's' in the athletes' parade. It's going to be a long haul...
DV / RR - I am not going to take the iron supplements from the doc anymore, they've never done any good anyway. This other stuff gives you 100% recommended daily dose in 10ml, so going to use that just to try and boost my iron levels but also try and eat more iron rich food although I already eat lots of broccoli and spincah.Hopefully this stuff will boost my iron levels upto a nearer normal level???
My mum also told me last night not to be taking both!!
Kaz - Good to hear you are back out, but just make sure you don't over do it.
I'm already bored senseless with stretching and no running. It's going to be a very long few weeks.
Dannirr and I were interviewed for a BBC Radio Kent feature on the race on Sunday... the finished edited version was emailed to me last night and I've just listened to it again.. its great fun.. the presenter has captured the facts of what we're doing plus the sense of humour involved... it is 11MB.. if anyone would like to listen, PM me your email address and I'll forward it. It will be broadcast on several BBC networks tomorrow.
Ok, so yesterday was a big day for me. First run for months and months. Weighed myself before I started, 14st 7 3/4lbs...a whole 26lbs above fighting weight. Only ran 4 miles and it took 35 minutes, but hell it felt good to be out there pounding the streets again.
Best of it all, neither during the run, or afterwards, or this morning have I felt any of the old niggling injuries. Fingers crossed it stays that way...158 days left to lose the weight and get some quality miles under my belt!
Anyone know roughly when Eurostar tickets will go on sale for apr 5? Will it be this year or next? Cheers
Johnny - It must be good to get back out after a long lay off. I for once and now being careful about what I eat, as regular eating habits and no training would no doubt send my weight quickly in the wrong direction.
Morning all, I'm a little lost between Star wars, john major and Mr Grey...
@Kaz - I hope that the supplements work. I've been prescribed some for 'joint care'.... whatever that means.
@DV - can you have any naps during today to catch up on the sleep or is it still every hour during the day? Can you send me the link when you have a minute - would love to see it. I think you have my email?
Johnny - nice one! Take it easy now, don't get carried away...
DV - send me yer interview, work email please. And get some sleep, we can't have you falling asleep tomorrow night....
Scifi/fantasy doesn't do it for me, either. Husband no 1 was really into it couldn't understand why I wasn't. Husband no 2 has a Good Film formula: Subtitles = good. Incomprehensible plot = better. Wanting to kill yourself by the end = best. All 3 = Perfection.
One day I will have a normal husband.
DV - PM'd (not John Major)
BTW how are the London-Paris plans going? Are you running through the tunnel or did another cunning plan take precedence?
gotta go now.. will email those you have asked a bit later...
London-Paris-London is pretty much sorted I think.. I have a route and an idea of logistics... not planning on the tunnel... route is London-Newhaven-Dieppe-Paris. Same on the way back... doing it in three days each way... leaving London on the Wednesday, arrive Paris Friday, expo Sat, marathon Sun, leave Paris on Monday arriving back in London on Wednesday.
Should be a bit of a laugh...
DV - ditto, PM'd. Lack of sleep doesn't sound too clever. Hope the rest of the week goes better.
How are the rest of you all today?
I'm a bit disturbed by this John Major stuff to be honest.
Proper ladies man, Mr Major - ask Edwina Currie
Well... I came into the office all prepared this morning for my meetings and due to Sandy I have no outlook, ability to connect to any servers in the US and i'm stuck trying to give clients a meeting that I cant get access to..... So all in all - the rest of my day will be spent on here and catching up on paperwork.
seems like i'm now fully registered for berlin
I probably favour the mr_maj approach though the older I get the less interested I am in 'upsetting' films. Possibly as I end up blubbing
Same here!
I'm struggling with webmail so no idea if they've sent me anything...so far I've seemingly received only 2 emails where I normally get a dozen spam-ish mails a say.
I thought the same thing... but I've just posted and a few others have received the email. They could be doing it 'bands' so the first tier go first etc.
hmmm ... thats what i was thinkin DLR, but the emails/code came in - i did it and got confirmation that €66 is being charged to my card (didnt bother with the 20 euros for the tshirt malarkey) - its all about the medal and the spiritual experience for me.
i have an old championchip (thats 8 years old and lookin a bit crusty but i couldnt get the number off it so just stumped up the €6 euros for the rental one. better to be safe on that one i think. (the chip doesnt lie - unless you take a massive shortcut!)
So does he...
10k for me this morning, with my metronome. Scared a few locals with the beeping but have given up on trying it on vibrate only. Right hip and leg feel a bit unstable and niggly again...hoping it's because I've changed my gait/cadence slightly and trying not to worry.
YM - how are you finding the metronome? What cadence have you set it at?
I tried once at 180bpm and couldn't get to grips with it
I now have it set at 182 bpm which, for some reason, seems to suit me better. The hardest part is keeping it slow - the natural instinct for me is to run faster. This time it was easier than on Monday, it felt more natural again. I have no problem on tempo runs or intervals, the challenge is going to be the easy paced runs!
Danniir & DV - great interview