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You and I ran part of the GNR together 2 years ago and we were talking about what we had done and what we are going to do.
You are much fitter than the vast majority of the population and are actually doing something.
I still need to lose 2 - 2.5 stones in weight and vary between the "I am too fat it's embarrassing to run" and the "I can only lose weight if I exercise". However I know which one will work!
Good luck and looking forward to seeing you at some events.
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I'm looking foreward to hearing of your next plod, it won't be as hard as the one you did today!!
Great Start!!!
The best approach I've heard of came from another forumite, Candy Ollier. He is always encountering idiots, of all ages, and takes the "ignore them, they'll go away" approach to a brilliant extreme. He treats them simply as an obstacle that has to be passed. No eye contact, no attempt at humour, no defensive or aggressive behaviour on his part. Even if they're strung out across the pavement (goading him to react) he just runs around them. Just as he would a fallen tree or a patch of roadworks.
They're not people, they're not worthy of your attention. They are inanimate lumps of something unpleasant.
Bravo!!!
By the way, I don't say anything back to hecklers, what I say is in my head, and is quite sufficient usually to leave me shaking my head looking at them in a pitying way.
(Can't resist this - the last word on heckling. When the primary schools were desegregated in southern US, the first black kids to go to white school had to run the gauntlet (escorted by police) of white parents behaving like monsters. One girl was seen to mumble every day as she passed these fiends. She was later asked what it was that she was saying. Her answer? "Father forgive them for they know not what they do...")
I am so pleased. I'll be posting tomorrow on training. I'll look for you there. You can do it!!!!
I agree with just ignoring hecklers---have to say ive also then ignored some nice comments cos ive been so focussed on running
FWIW, I met you at reading and you looked fine to me
You WILL get back to running again.
You are still the same person who finished the Highland Cross (20 mile on foot/30 mile cycle for those who don't know it) despite recovering from cellulitis/dvt and having 2 punctures. That kind of determination doesn't grow on trees lady!
As the others say, ignore the hecklers and anyone else who says you can't (I remember our conversation when you were up) and just go out there and prove them wrong.
And punch your doctor on the nose the next time you see him!
(((Speedie)))
Sorry for the waffle, but you know what I mean - I'll shut up for now :0)
Can't really add to all the wonderful words posted above but am growling with indignation over what your doctor said - what medical evidence is there that you won't see 10stone again? Grrr.
For completely different reasons from you, I sometimes find it hard to get out of the door and go for a run. But I give myself a firm talking to, and ask myself what I will gain from not going out. A clean house? An hour spent on the forum? A bit more work done? The washing up? Pah! I can do all of those when it's late at night or when I've done my run. So a run wins every time. and I rarely regret it.
And as for the hecklers? After the second week of seeing you running past them, they'll stop noticing you; you'll be as invisible as traffic to them. So persevere, and they'll turn their attention back to whatever kids do on street corners.
Keep at it - and as Stickless says, come and post on the daily training thread. There's all sorts there, and room for everyone.
Jj's right about the kids - they're not worth your attention.
As for your doctor - he (I assume it's a he?) is an ass!!
EP - that was last March. Another hospital stay again in the summer put paid to my confidence. Not sure if I could have done it without your help. But at the end of the day I did enjoy it.
Nessie I can't imagine doing the Highland Cross again. First year was brill but the second year was a nightmare and then last year thanks to being in hospital having to pull out. 50 miles seems a long way now doesn't it. I loved it though.
Its these thoughts that I have to keep in my mind. The enjoyment I got out of all my races and the enjoyment I got from being fit and healthy.
I am really trying to get back on track folks. Finding hard to shake off this negative attitute. Can't help the too old and too fat idea. I will work at it because I know I CAN DO IT. I just have to get the mind into gear and the rest will follow. Once a stone or so is off I will feel much better.
Hope everyone else is feeling good and not suffering too much in this weather.
Keep posting
you CAN do it
sorry about your adventures with the weather! I hope no one up there suffered too much.
will we see you at Reading? It would be lovely to see you even if you don't run
gwoan you know you want to - plenty of time to train ;0)
Putting this in black and white makes me see just how stupid I am being.
You are all so right. I still want to run but I want to do it they way I did 4 years ago. I don't want to wait. Then I think back to when I started running 17 years ago. I was 5 stone overweight then. I need to go back and read my running diaries and see just what I was like then. I kept a note of every mile I ran and every pound I lost. I stuck in and it worked. I lost all the weight and ran well. I have done it before so I can do it again. I just need to be a tortoise for a little while till the hare appears again.
Boy do I sound mad but this must be my physcological side coming out.
Now that I have decided this am I mad to do the Lochaber marathon in April???? I have an entry but know I will have a lot of walking to do in it. But then it is training for the Edinburgh one which I got my confirmation letter about today.
Try to remember how you used to feel and make it happen again. No shame in falling off the running wagon thingy occasionally. :-)
gwoan gwoan gwoan
just do it ;0)
Please come to reading
Come and stay in the Mad hotle the night before
I will look forward to meeeting you againat Lochaber
Stay overnight we'll have a jar or two and a natter
Will look at Reading Hippo and Cdk. Will reply BB via e-mail tomight. JARS, Swerve and Hoose-goer thank you for your kind words.
Must go or I will be late for work.