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Hi folks, just back froma short break. Spent a few days on a cruiser on the Caledonian Canal
A friend hired a huge baot and asked us to join him. It was great fun and very relaxing and i can thoroughly recommend it. Handy tip though: if you do it, get a baot twice the size that you think you need. There were 5 of us on a 8 - 10 berth boat and it was still 'cosy'.
I did a couple of 4 mile runs on the canl path and thoroughly enjoyed them. I am really glad i decided to take the full week off after LN. It meant that my runs this last week were comfortable and enthusiastic. I meant to get out today, but it has just started to rain. I should have gone out first thing instead of doing the chores
Anyway, all ready to get back into the swing of this this next week. I have a new weights prgramme all ready to go and a bit of a plan to take me up to Glen Clova.
I need to read back as I only skimmed the last couple of pages, but congrats RJ
and I hope Tom's race went / goes well.
Sounds like a good break FFB
. I quite like going on smallish boats, but could never work out port and starboard, so dont ask me to steer! 
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Back up to 7m today, its slow but steady progress
. Even threw in a few short sprints at the end 
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Had to finish some work this afternoon so I'm feeling suitably
now.
Aaahh time for a Guinness......I'm so glad October is my month off from marathon training
.
Morning you lot.
Just back from a weeks hols in the Costa del Sol. Loved it and it was sunny, clear blue skies and in the high 20s all week.
Reality (and cold) check this morning !!!!
Catch up time.
Hi Evertbody!
So summer is over eh!
Well done on all the weekends efforts!
Dude - so you decided to save yourself for the apre-party and marshall instead of running ???
Tom - you must feel that a load has been lifted with having completed your first race back so well. Good stuff. Onwards and upwards!
KKB & birkmire - hols sound great! Nice to chill our for a bit before the mad push to Xmas.
Congrats on joining the Harriers Kirsty. I guess you folk from Cambuslang are right into hill work!!! I'm from Bothwell where it is fairly flat - though the hill back up from running round Strathclyde Loch is a killer.
I did the Aviemore half yesterday. We were all freezing waiting for the start but fine when we got going. The water stations were the weak point as usual but otherwise a great run, with stunning autumn scenery. The rain even stayed off till mile 13
. I was expecting to plod round, it being my third half in 3 weeks, but it all went well and I finished exactly one minute slower than my PB. Third time running this half and event best for both OH and I. So we were pleased with that.
Next race - Strathaven Run with the wind 10K.
Have a good day!
Good running Tom, well done on your first run back from injury.
Aviemore sounds lovely SFC.
Hope you enjoy your new club Kirsty.
Wrap up warm Birkmyre!
I'm off for a lunch time plod in the drizzle.
Wellddone Tom, great result for your first race back.
Like the sound of your bike ride Tigerspaw. Happy new bike hunting
Men indeed tricialitt!! Hope he's calmed down a bit now!!
Well done SFC and OH for Aviemore. meant to be a good one. One day .....
Lucky you Birkmyre. Bit different here then eh? I do like the cold and wet tho - must be mad
Hope you get a lot out of being at the club Kirsty. Def. the best thing I ever did
lol at your cosy boat FFB
Been on the broads and thames in a boat before and yeah it can be a bit crowded regardless of how big your boat is. You just have to really get alongwell with whoever you're with I suppose 
Happy Monday everyone. Still full of the cold and not run since Tuesday last week
but my entry for the Highland Fling is complete and in the post 
Wow Tom thats a great time for your first race back - wish I could do that kind of time!
I'm off on my October holidays this week, so glad of it as I have been exhauseted recently. Been at teh gym already today and loved it - I could get used to this!
Off to enter the Edinburgh marathon. Also looking for a ladies hi viz jacket at a reasonable price but having difficulty.
A'noon you lot.
Tom: Well raced.
Kirsty; Enjoy your new club.
Bedshaped: There were actually quite alot of local runners out in the evening runnning along the 2.5Km Sea Front. I am well wrapped up today and there's a cold starting !!!
Used the hotel gym a couple of times and thought I had 'rediscovered my old form' was until I realised it was set at Kilometres not Miles...So still got a long way to go.
Oh dear Bedshaped, post-marathon cold / flu? Think its quite common for that to happen, I try to keep out of peoples way for at least a week after a marathon so I dont catch anything. Not always easy to do though!
I like the way you just subtly sneaked mention of the Highland Fling in there at the end Bedshaped, so as no-one would notice
. You mad bugger entering that 
, you've obviously been spending too much time hanging about with that nutter Karen D 
. Oh well 5 months to train if you dont count October (which I'm not 
) 
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Hi guys - well done Tom and the other racers at the weekend.Must do Aviemore sometime....sounds wonderful....
Been feeling really lethargic for most of last week but feeling energised again - I wonder if it was some post marathon bug thing. So did a 4 mile run with the dog yesterday and had a spin session on my spin bike tonight - pushed it hard and enjoyed it.
Getting excited about racing in NY next weekend - OH is racing as well so it will be great fun.
Kirsty JJB had cheap run jackets a while back - don't know if they are any good.
Bedshaped - maaaaaaaaaad! I thought you were the sensible type as well. Good on you - enjoy.
TP - did I pick up that you are buying a new bike? what you looking at?
Hi Jaggy - its a new mountain bike or hybrid type I'm after, I dont want to spend too much as it will mostly be used as a knock-about for short rides in the winter and on pot-holed country roads / tracks etc. and in heavy traffic.
At the moment I have a Trek 4300 with semi-slick tyres and a fixed fork so I'm after something similar to that and about the same price range. I'm finding it hard to get a mtb type without the 'bouncy' forks though, but I dont really need them for the type of riding I do, and in the price range I'm looking at any suspension forks they put on it will probably be cr!p anyway!
Or......I could go back to the bike shop, keep my current frame and get new chain, rear cassette, brakes, possibly need a new back wheel too, needs a new peddle on one side
, crank is starting to sound dodgy 
, could end up spending over £150 on repairs. The Trek frame fits me quite well and is about the only part of the bike thats in decent condition! Hmmmmm 
......undecided at the minute!
lol yeah it was a bit sneaky eh Tigerspaw
I do spend far too much time with people who do so many ultras it's considered "normal". I feel a bit of a lightweight planning a mere 53 miles 
I have a hybrid Trek but i don't use it too much. I am thinking about changing the handlebars and tyres to make it more road bike like but I don't know how feasibile that is, not really being a bike person!!
Hope you have a great time in NY Jaggy - sounds great
Good to hear you're feeling good and getting back into things.
I think I'll go out for a wee walk. Been at home alone with kids since last Wednesday so been house-bound or restricted to a slow stroll pace so it will be nice to move at a decent pace!!!
Kirsty, I have a JJB yellow gilet which is fine, does the job
Have you checked Aldi to see if there's anything left? Happy hunting!!
Hi TP - sounds like you're thinking it through and will work it out - have you checked Edinburgh Bike Co-op?
Bedshaped - check the geometry of the frame versus a road/cross bike frame and see if it will work with the changed set up. I was over at recyke a bike in Stirling today with an old road bike that I'm sorting out for my son. They are cheap cos they are a charity and do a good job. I trusted them with my good road bike and they gave it a service and fixed the bits I wanted changed and I have to say did a great job. If you took you're bike over there they would be able to tell you if it is possible to make the changes you're considering.
It's a 5 mile race in Central Park and it will fulfill another one of my daft ambitions. Maybe the marathon in NY sometime but just happy to be racing over there this weekend!
Go for it Bedshaped, I think 53 miles is an excellent goal for 2010
. Uh-oh I must be a nutter too 
.
Its a bit of a shame we dont have more of the 30mile or thereabout runs I've seen advertised down South, I fancy a crack at something about that distance, everything up here seems either standard marathon or Too Bloody Long
. Like you say though its all relative 
.
Simple upgrade to get your hybrid faster on the road would be change the tyres to semi-slick, so you still have some grip in the wet, but get rid of the knobbly mtb type that stick to the road, thats probably the cheapest and easiest thing to do. The narrowness you can go down to for the tyre size will depend on the wheel width and diameter, so you would need to check that out before buying new ones, although mtb wheels are pretty standard, just dont buy a 700C road tyre (obviously
).
With handlebars, some people find they dont like using racing bike type 'drops' if they are used to mtb flat type, and it does change the handling of the bike. I certainly find 'flats' easier if you are riding in heavy traffic, more upright position and easier to react quickly to situations.
Also you could get a lighter saddle, and take off any bits you dont use (like if its got a pannier rack etc), oh and peddle straps are a good cheap ugrade too, good for climbing hills without the scare factor of actually clipping yourself to the peddle
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Kirsty - I got an Aldi hi-vis for OH and myself - £15 each - not quite the quality of a Brooks Nightlite but will do the biz..
Check and see if they have any left.
What's all this bike talk on a runners forum then ..
Recommend Aviemore half to anyone - also Lochness 10k, Tain Hill Trail race (12), Lossie Turkey Trot 10 and that's before the Heb 3 and other half mara/full marathons out in the Westen Isles ...
My parents are both from Harris and I feel it's my home.......
Love it
LOL @ TP saying bedshaped is mad for looking at scary distances.......something about the Jurrassic multi-day event springs to mind
Kirsty, the other thing is to keep an eye on Lidl, they normally follow a similar stock cycle to Aldi and I haven't seen them stocking running gear yet - and sales are always good!
Thanks too for all your good wishes
I told my mum that I'd heard it would improve my marathon time, don't think she knew whether I was being serious or not......