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Bupa Great North Run 2007
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no apology necessary - join in whenever you like, and get your entry in for 2007 :0)
It's taken our fundraising for Macmillan past £1,300 !
£100 per mile between us. Not a bad effort.
Legs starting to feel like my own again. Went for a three mile run in the gym on Tuesday night. First three quarters were torture, but after that it settled down. Ready for 7 miles this weekend, then the GCR on 15th :0)
Have just found my application for FLM thought I had sent it off - wobbling now due dismal result in GNR (2.57)
have done nothing but eat and be lazy since the big run and realy need to get up and run again...maybe tomorrow.
won't be able to keep up with this once back at work so will just pop in now and then for inspiration!
I think I'm mostly back to normal after Sunday, although the dodgy big toe is still the same and my right ankle (which I dislocated in a drunken adventure years ago) still a bit stiff.
I managed a couple of easy miles on the treadmill on Tuesday before my spinning class which was harder work than usual, and I got out on my bike last night for about 8-ish miles. I did a couple of miles to the next village then up (a lot!) and back over the mountain - hadn't been up there for years even though it's right there out of my bedroom window.
I'm also thinking of giving the Great Cumbrian Run a miss and maybe having a go at that Hellrunner nonsense in Cheshire - could be a muddy giggle...
The weather is more normal too - great cool running weather with rain to cool you down - am I turning into a running bore??
I guess it depends what you've got coming up. (Sorry if I've missed that)
They want about £40 which is a lot of money to lose if it doesnt go ahead. Personally I'm hanging on a while longer (FLM have in the past offered guarenteed entries as well to people who dont get in through the ballot).
Theres a couple of other threads going on with more details of whats going on if you have a look before you make your mind up.
I'm doing the Great Cumbria Run on 15th, October.
As are MandieR and Santa the Mackem
Having a boozy, cold ridden recovery week!
Have booked my hotel for next year - New Northumbria in Jesmond. It's lovely - walkable to the start but they do want two nights minimum. People were booking it the morning after the run - although my friend tried to book Malmaison that day and they said the date wasn't finalised until later in the week! Hmmmmm.....
It does have a nice ring to it,but what would you tell the barins at xmas??? "Daddy, is santa really a mackem???"
"Well of course he is-he does wear red and white!!".
RLTW-Aye our friend Neil who is doing the walk got in touch with me on Tuesday.By the time i,d finished work he,d gone thru sunderland and was on his way to hartlepool,but he is doing well.
Anyway back to sunday:
It has to be said that will go down as one of the best half marathons ive ever done.The little hiccup at the finish to get to the start in the morning was the only downside which was a great day.
Running in a santa suit did create problems of sweating rather a lot.I took on loads of water and lucazade sport just to keep me going.When I got to 3 miles I thought oh my god youngun,you,ve made a big mistake running in this gear,but I just slowed down and started to enjoy the run.
The crowds along the route were fantastic.I wish I had a pound for everyone who cheered "come on santa".The final mile was superb.I felt I was just gliding along to the finish,no aches,pains or hurt.A tremendous feeling.
After collecting my gear off the bus it was a 10 mins walk back to the car and an easy drive back to sunderland.
A great,great day-but never again in fancy dress!!! Oh by the way time:1hr59mns38secs.
(Disappointed I never got to sit on your knee though).
Did someone from here run in a Scooby costume? I've just been watching a bit more of Sunday's programme and a lad in said outfit was interviewed, and when he ran off I could see a length of green ribbon safety-pinned to his back, and I immediately thought "Ooh, he must be one of us!" but i can't find him in Vicki's list. Could just be coincidence I suppose.
My legs are almost back to normal, though I do have a pain in my left big toe joint which occurs every now and then. It's so painful I'm walking on the outside of my foot at the mo' ... hope it goes soon.
Wanted to go out tonight for a run now that my blistered feet of yesterday have healed, but got in from work late and have exam in the morning, so I'm just popping in here whilst cramming. I'm absolutely chomping at the bit to get out there again. I wish the run was only this Sunday
Reading about all you who did it this year is giving me really itchy feet to get back out running. My knee feels OK, but I can't help thinking if I rush my recovery, I'll just knock myself back even more.
Still, when the nights are dark cold and wet, like tonight, I'll think back to how frustratonhg it was not to the GNR06 and use it as motivation for next year.
Just been for my evening constitutional at the track - legs are so much less stiff than the start of the week I'd almost think I hadn't ran at all last weekend.
I'm almost considering doing a spring half, could this be the long slippery slope to hell? I don't want to end up being a running nutter but I feel I prolly already have the bug lol.
36848 if you want a laugh. I look like I'm marching to Peter Kay's Road to Amarillo.
Can;t believe the number of posts so far. Not sure what time to put down for next year - don't even know if I will get a place. I had hoped for 2 10 this year and ended up 2 26 so perhaps I should be more realistic. I'll go for 2 20 please Vicky.
RB's comments about Garburn etc yesterday gave me an ego boost and something to work towards