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I have read lots today about the change in club places for London,on 1 thing I was reading a guy got hammered for basically saying "stop moaning,put the effort in and get a gfa" lots of people saying oh that's too hard,I can never do that,I don't have time etc etc.
I agree with him,it might be hard for a lot of people(including me),hence the gfa name,but if you really want something you should be willing to put the effort in.I was 3 stone overweight,no exercise in 20 years,work 48 hrs a week(plus 50 min each way)married so lots of excuses people were using but I've decided to do something about it and give it my best shot.I might well never achieve it but I know damn well I will have tried my best If I fail,I even do hill loops for gods sake
People have choices in life,I used to follow football up and down the country,I chose to stop when we had the kids and I'm going a lot less now as I'm choosing to spend some of that time running instead, so choose what you want most in life.
According to my records I have averaged about 6 hrs a week this year running and that's got me into a position where I have a chance,I could fit more in but that time gives me a great family balance also and again that's my choice,if I fitted in 8 hrs then I would probably get it but I choose not to,I'm sure most people could find 6 hrs if they really wanted to, so for everyone who thinks it's too far to get gfa,then listen to an old, not quite as fat as he used to be man it's really not if you decide you want it and are willing to put the work in.
Rant over
I have a mate who is really unfit, and he has two young kids and he is always making excuses for not losing a bit of weight and getting a bit fitter. I know it's obviously not easy, but in his case he spends so much time faffing about on his PlayStation I can't help but think "get out and do something!".
As a matter of interest, where are you seeing these comments? I may go and take a look
"This isn't a typo but I'm currently waiting to go into a pilates class. I'll let you know how i get on....eek!"
I wished him luck and then he said:
"It took some persuading by Gayle (his wife). It was either this or salad for tea!".
DD without dying and I'm prepared to put in the graft. GFA would be nice but I do feel blessed for getting a Ballot place.
Big G/Ian, I agree re the moaning VLM rejectors! It always sounds as if most of them are non runners, who will only train once they get a ballot place as some of the comments are things like ‘that’s my 20th rejection in a row!’. I’d rather a system like Boston as I think that when you have people hobbling around in 6 hrs + it devalues the achievement of running a marathon. But as you say, VLM can run it however they want.
Ian - it didn't take you long to settle into your new paces, and your new shoes.
That's great that your wife is doing her first race in GC
Great post about moaning about GFA places. You are absolutely right. If somebody really wants to achieve a goal then they can do that, if they can't achieve a GFA (and there are some that can't) then they can get a charity place but they won't put the work in to raise the money. If you suggest they pay the money themselves from savings or take a part time job to raise the money they look at you in horror. I get emails from some of these losers (and that's all I can call them) saying can they have a copy of my training plan and they'd like to run a sub 2:45 marathon using my plan. You can't run a sub 2:45 marathon on 3 runs a week, 30 miles a week. As soon as I say for those sort of times you need to be looking at 70+ miles a week they just sulk.
You are a great example of what can be achieved with hard work and careful balance of your family and work life.
Jelly - you too have turned your life around and look what you've achieved too. And as with Ian you're not finished yet there's a whole range of races/goals that are before you.
Big G - ha ha at your friend, his poor wife. If he came to my Pilates class on a Thursday we have a lady who is in her mid 80's, doesn't need to use the wall for any balance work and still rides a motorbike. She's a tough cookie and works hard to keep her fitness as she loves going out on the motorbike.
SK - oh no, with the flat tyre, hope the car is all sorted now.
I agree, some folk for some bizarre reason think they have a right to get a marathon place at London. I suppose the same attitude thinking they have a right to everything without getting off their lazy a*** to work for it.
How's the foot?
Rest day for me today, I am feeling better today too RHR back to normal, was a little raised yesterday.
Anyway, I'm off to Vienna today! Whoo hoo! It's only a short trip as with the flight times I'm only really there two full days, so I'm not taking my running stuff. I'm going with the WAY lot, and some are already there as a few went to Budapest for a few days first. Looking forward to it
I offered to organise a meal for the Saturday night and I came across a place called Bierhof (which has quite a few beers available) so that's what I've booked for 20 people. About 10 others are going to see a Mozart concert, but that's not my thing really, so I offered to set up a "splinter group" for a meal if people didn't want to see the concert, but we'll all meet up later in the evening.
I had to get out my copy of The Third Man (classic British film with Orson Welles, 1949) as it was shot in Vienna. I'm really looking forward to it
So no writing of press reports this week, as another club mate is doing that for me this weekend. My write up about Cornish Marathon got into the paper with a pic of ET who won the FV55 category. Annoyingly though, the paper made *two* typos on the small caption on the photo I sent in - "ET was the firs FV55 runner in the Cornish Marathn"......grrrr!. Hopeless they are!
I think the other local paper will be promoting the awards ceremony (the paper are sponsors), which will be published today. The ceremony is a week today, so something else to look forward to. I really hope I win the category, but we'll see! There are 5 of us from the club going, and I'm taking a +1, so it should be a good evening hopefully. It's my birthday that day too, so will be a great present if I do manage to win the category. It's not common knowledge yet, but I've decided to step down from the press role after the next AGM in February so regardless of if I win or not, it'll be a nice time to step aside and let someone else take the reins.
Lucky you off to Vienna, I spent a couple of days there and it was lovely, but cold. Their marathon is on my to do list, the finish is up an elegant street with Strauss music playing and has been recommended by friends.
I didn't notice the tiny typo on ET's pic, but the pic does look really good. The HE are useless aren't they?
Nice pic of you in the MDA too.
I guess all your marathon running is maybe getting in the way of your Press Officer role, but it is a demanding role, every week of the year so I can understand that you want to have a rest from it...disappearing with your award tucked under your arm, I hope
Big G - have fun in Vienna and good luck at your awards. I'd probably choose pilates rather than salad for tea as well!
Big G-Enjoy Vienna,hope you have a great time and win the award next week.Great timing about your mate ending up at Pilates,maybe his wife read what you'd put on here
Shades-It will be interesting if I can still hold the paces,while not increasing the effort too much as I get to the 20's.I have 4x20's planned in before GC,then after 2 weeks easy another 4 planned in before Manchester so hoping I will be sued to them by then.
Ian - yes, when you get to the 20's don't push yourself too hard, just back off if it's not there that day on the long run, all still good training.
I've never shopped on Black Friday before but have just placed an order for some kit, got a couple of really good bargains. Stayed away from the shoes though.
I have two pair of 9's which have done me really well but one pair have nearly 500 miles on them and have ripped at the toe. The second pair have gone moldy
20 done today,wasn't too bad,pretty windy still though so splits were all over the place,still exactly in the middle of my target range so happy with that.
OTB - great news on the bargain Guide 10's. I'm on my 2nd pair of Guide 9's and love them and have another unworn pair in the wardrobe. My last pair were ruined by a stone that cut a hole into heel counter, they still have some mileage left in them. I'm trying to work out how to patch the hole so I can use them for training. You can just see the bit cut out by the stone, at ideas on how I could patch it are very welcome.
Where did you leave your shoes that they went mouldy?
Big G - I know the deadline for the HE must be tight as I have mine delivered late Tuesday night and it's a big paper to print.
I like Birmingham airport.
Ian - tough doing 20 in windy weather.
I might have to have a look at the Guide 10's then, but the price will be good after Xmas too I expect.
mamafox - good luck for your marathon on Sunday, I know you're leaving tomorrow by train or BMW
Big G - have a fab weekend in Vienna.
Shades - foot not getting worse but is still ‘niggling’. Running doesn’t seem to make any difference to it, the only thing which seems to aggravate it is standing for a long time and sometimes walking for a longish time. But it’s more discomfort than pain. Did 5 miles today in the sunshine which was fine and I have a (mainly off road) 10k on Sunday. Have my club awards night tonight which is good fun but can sometimes go on a bit long!
SK-Expect to see pics of your trophies on here
So what difference is the Guide ISO from the previous Guides?
That's good news on the foot, maybe stronger inserts in your non running shoes might help?
Ian's right, we want to see your awards, better clear some space on the mantelpiece
Good deal on Manchester entry especially as you were going to enter anyway.
I've found a boxing day 10k so probably going to enter that for a time trial before GC,not the same as a half but it will give me an idea of how it's going.
Speaking to the coach on weds and he had a look at my plan for me,the only thing he said he would change is midweek have a 10 mile run,2 w/u 6 hmp 2 c/d to build speed endurance.i'm thinking after GC to replace my track session with this for the 10 weeks before Manchester.Would you say this is a good idea?
I think I’ll just get one trophy tonight, for winning the Summer League (10k races). I didn’t do the XC last year and only did one T&F event. We have a big trophy for a series of races which form a club championship. I think I’ve done 8 of a possible 10 races (and been 1st lady from the club for all those). But the way the points work, the trophy always goes to the person who has done all 10 races. Fair enough really, but this tends to favour those without any family plus means some runners do these races with injuries and hobble round, just to get the points!
OTB, Ian- I also bought the Guide 10''s at a great price.
Big G- enjoy Vienna looks a fantastic place.
6 miles for me this afternoon, it was quite cold when I started with next to no wind when roughly a mile into the run it started snowing I couldn't believe it. Snowed for about 2 miles and I have to say I really enjoyed it.
Shades - Glad you had a good marathon at Cornwall and lol at you being overtaken by that pasty.. ha! Also extremely good news that your hip doesn't seem to be bothering you.
Big G - Well done on another sub 4 - when you were even dithering over whether to race! Lovely photo too, you all look so relaxed and happy (must have been taken in the first km!)
Enjoy Vienna. I'm imagining you in one of those furry hats with ears on with a beer in your hand
OTB - Great result from you, really well done and a fab base to go from
Jelly - Why are you in a metal box? Have I missed something everyone else knows?
SteveMac - I am wildly jealous of you going to do the NY marathon. How wonderful.
SK - Sounds as if that foot problem is bearable. Hope you come home groaning with your (deserved) trophies.
So sorry if I've forgotten anything as you wouldn't believe how disorganised I am. We are supposed to be leaving (by train Shades.. BMW is taboo subject here) tomorrow morning - I've got the children farmed out in different places as they've all got different things planned and have yet to sort the animals out. Bloody chaos.
Anyway, on a running note I've tentatively tried two 10k runs - yesterday and Wednesday, as my hip is feeling a bit better. It is still a niggle but a distant one. Not sure how it will bear up over the long distance though. Can't believe I'm going to be running a marathon after 3 weeks of doing a big fat nothing apart from a half 2 weeks ago. God knows what will happen. Think I'll start out at easy pace, try and crank it up a bit and see if I can stay there. We'll see.. should be interesting!
mamafox - good luck for your marathon.
Did a slow 6mls today - including walking warm up and a phone call from my brother in the middle. Chilly to start, but lovely and sunny. Squirrels everywhere
That's a good session your club coach has suggested, it will be tough if you've had a long day at work, but a good replacement to the track session coming up to the marathon. I hope you'll still be doing your hill work though
SK - I looked at M & M direct yesterday, they have a lot of running shoes, particularly Adidas on offer but so many are pink. I can't buy Adidas as I'm not sure what model would suit me, so unless I can get along to a running shop to try a load on I can't buy them. I don't think you'd find cheaper for those Boost though.
Hope the awards nights went well.
steven - good for you making up the charity money with your own, if only everyone else was so honourable. I believe the charities have to be stricter these days and I've heard that they take credit card details as they've been stung by so many folk before not raising the funds.
When I did the 10 in 10 at Brathay we had to raise £2k each and the charity were going to feed us and give us accommodation and look after us for 12 days, there was one in our lot that didn't bother to raise even £1k, and the year after I think they had another one or two that didn't bother to raise the minimum amount either. So after that they had to charge for the accommodation and food in the form of an entry fee, which was only fair. I promised the charity that I would make up any shortfall myself if I couldn't raise the £2k. Thankfully due to the generosity of a lot of RW forumites and Fetchies I reached my target.
Another Shadie wearing Guides...we should be able to get bulk discount
Snow
Jelly - must be cold in the winter though in your metal box
mamafox - well that's promising news about your hip, you've done well to recover from that in a short time so I hope it behaves itself during your marathon. Have a good journey today (best not to mention the BMW, I guess) and I hope you enjoy the marathon.
mowzer - I'll put you on the DD 2019 list as you haven't responded to my suggestion in horror
Very cold and a bit frosty here, I can see the pavements are a bit icy so I'll have to delay my run until later.