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Ya MM, fully insured through disability company thing? Its just going to make life very hard for BF transporting his son. Hes 19 and quadraplegic, with an active social life as well as lots of other appointments for his health. My car doesnt even transport his folding wheelchair.
That's a real bummer Kaz, but at least he is OK. And thank-fully he wasn't on a motor bike.
My sea swim has been postponed due to lack of sea. Got my tides wrong. But I have a date with 'high tide' on Thursday evening.
Just watch out for the turtles. Frightened or otherwise.
Yip Simon it could of been a lot worse indeed. Thankfully its only a car, if somewhat inconvenient in the circumstances!
MM - I'll be wearing anti-turtle cream.
Kaz - Damn!! good to hear everyone is okay. How long will it take to get fixed?
Itll be an insurance job, involving the mobility lot so who knows?? I expect a while. The work itself will take a while but the paperwork before will probably take longer!
Kaz - good luck!! Will the insurance pay for a rental vehicle in the meantime? I think it should, especially if it's a mobility special one.
They should, I think, can't really do without one.
Kaz, bummer about the car..
Star Trek was excellent. And the storyline is open for more films to follow...
DV - of course it is! Looking forward to seeing it.
Kaz - hope you and BF get that sorted quickly.
A good Monday to all.
Kaz - sorry to hear about the car but a blessing that noone was injured.
Hope everyone has a great Monday!
Thanx folks!
Happy Monday here - the sun is shining again now, after a night of terrential rain. Looks like its going to be hot again!
Hope everyone has a great day!
It's raining, the heating has been turned on and i'm sitting at my desk in a winter jacket... I wish I lived in the Orkneys!
Not really Emmy.........this will be our week of summer just about over, highest temp has been 11.5 degrees!!!
Kaz - Sorry to hear about the accident, but it's good that nobody was hurt. The car being out of action is a pain, but cars can always be fixed.
DV - I need to get down to see the new Trek film. I sense another cheap cinema night in my future. I loved the reboot film.
Well done to all those running at the weekend.
ATM - Are you doing the Dunlop 10km this weekend?
Kaz - sorry to hear. He feeling okay this morning? No stiffness or soreness anywhere?
Suze - has to be a 1920s smoking jacket.
May 15: Scott W's birthday.
May 17: Simon Mac's birthday.
May 18: Brooklyn Half - Alexander.
May 19: North Norfolk Half - Keyser Suze. Port Sunlight 10k - Orbutt.
May 23: Suzy M's birthday.
May 25-26: Chislet 24-hour challenge - DV.
May 26: Brussels 20k - Pottermoss. Edinburgh Marathon - DJ Wolf, Tiddy, NCane, Weedy. Mittelrhein Marathon - Emmy. Mull of Kintyre Half - Helterskelter. Paris-St Germain 20k - TP.
May 27: London 10k - Carl D, Jimbob, Nic E.
Jun 1: Absersoch 10k - James B.
Jun 8: Luxembourg Marathon - Emmy.
Jun 9: Bala Half Ironman - Dave The Ex Spartan. Blaydon Race - Iain M. Chateau de Vincennes 10k - TP. Mersey Tunnel 10k - Orbutt.
Jun 15/16: South Downs Way Ultra - DV.
Jun 19: We Own The Night Alternative Run, Paris - TP.
Jun 21: Nacht van Vlaaanderen Marathon - Emmy.
Jun 22: Gent midsummer night 10k - Emmy.
Jun 22/23: Hadrian's Wall Ultra - Richard L, Weedy.
Jun 23: L'Equippe 10k - TP. Shrewsbury Half - DLR, James B, Jimbob, Maus, RS, Suzy M, Yer Maj.
Jun 25: Keyser Suze's birthday.
Jun 29: Giants Head Trail Marathon - Emmy.
Jul 4: Peachtree 10k - Danni.
Jul 14: Manchester 10k - James B.
Jul 16-18: Badwater Ultra - DV.
Jul 16-22: In The Long Run (Bratislava to Brussels) - DLR, Emmy, Helterskelter, Iain M, Maus, RR, Suzy M, TD, Weedy.
Jul 21: Lottery Anniversary Run - Jimbob, RS. Run Melbourne Half - Jus T.
Jul 27-28: Thunder Run - Malcs.
Jul 28: Ironman Switzerland - Engineer.
Jul 30: Maus' birthday.
Aug 3: The Devil O' The Highlands Ultra - Kaz.
Aug 5: Dublin Half - Straycelt.
Aug 10: North Downs Way Ultra - DV.
Aug 11: Isle of Maus Marathon/Half - Iain M, Maus, RR, RS, Weedy.
Aug 17: Helsinki Marathon - Pottermoss. London Gay Pride 10K - DLR.
Aug 17-18: Enigma Gold Double - Emmy.
Sep 7: Aberfeldy Marthon - Clag.
Sep 8: Run to the Beat Half - Jimbob.
Sep 9: Bala Olympic Triathlon - Dave The Ex Spartan.
Sep 14: Silkstone Shuffle - DLR.
Sep 15: Great North Run - Iain M, Jimbob, RS, Steve Duffy, Tiddy, Weedy.
Sep 21-22: Cotswolds 102m ultra - DV.
Sep 22: Harvest Trail Half - Yer Maj. Ladybower 35 - RR.
Sep 29: Berlin Marathon - DLR, Emmy, Iain M, Jimbob, Kaz, Maus, Neil B, Orbutt, RS, Suzy M, Tiddy. Paris-Versailles 16k - TP, Denys Finch Hatton, Farah Aden, Berkeley Cole.
Oct 6: Barcelona Tri - Simon Mac. Cardiff Half - Yer Maj. Kielder Marathon - Weedy. Royal Parks Half - Carl D. Onetit's birthday.
Oct 8: Jersey Marathon - Princess Fiona.
Oct 12: PF's birthday.
Oct 13: Chicago Marathon - Danni.
Oct 20: Abingdon Marathon - Steve Duffy. Amsterdam Marathon - Emmy, Megs, Weedy. Cabbage Patch 10k - Nic E. Yorkshire Marathon - Malcs.
Oct 20-25: Inverness to Skye 136k - TP.
Oct 26: Beachy Head Marathon - Yer Maj.
Oct 27: Frankfurt Marathon - Emmy. Venice Marathon - Elizabeth. Marine Corps Marathon - Fanfan, Iain M, Rick.
Oct 28: Dublin Marathon - Carl D, James B.
Nov 2: DLR's birthday.
Nov 3: New York Marathon - Tiddy.
Nov 6: Danni's birthday.
Nov 9-10: Enigma Fireworks Double - Emmy, Weedy.
Nov 17: Marathon d'Orleans - PC91.
Nov 24: Florence Marathon - Engineer.
Nov 25: Jimbob's birthday.
Dec 1: James B's birthday.
Dec 8: Newcastle Racecourse Marathon - Weedy.
Dec 27: Wiol's birthday.
Dec 31: TD's birthday.
Jan 3: OO's birthday.
Jan 9-12: Disney Dopey - Danni.
Jan 12: Orbutt's birthday.
Jan 15: Yer Maj's birthday.
Jan 19: DV's birthday.
Jan 29: Kaz's ginormous dog's birthday.
Feb 3: TP's birthday.
Feb 6-9: Quadzilla - Emmy.
Feb 10: Emmy's birthday.
Feb 28: Iain M's birthday.
Mar 1: RS's birthday.
Mar 8: Jus T's birthday. Peter B's birthday.
Mar 18: Paris Half - PF,
...Mar 18: Paris Half - PF, Suzy M.
April 6: Brighton Marathon - Iain M.
Apr 8: Alexander's birthday.
Apr 10: Kaz's birthday.
Apr 24: Audrey's birthday.
Apr 6: Paris Marathon
Definite: ATM, DLR, DV, Eggy, Emmy, Jimbob, Maus, Mrs DV, Mrs O, NGUG, Orbutt, PF, RR, Steve Duffy, Suzy M, TP, Weedy, Yer Maj.
Maybe: Carl D, Danni, Engineer, James B, Kaz, NCane, Nic E, OO, RS, Scott W, Simon Mac.
Apr 6: Brighton Marathon - Iain M.
April 13 London Marathon - RR, TD.
June 2014: Comrades - Danni, RR.
Autumn 2014: Albiequeueueki: Danni, DV, Eggy, Maus, TD, Yer Maj.
Yer_Maj Standing next to my hunkier and faster and younger friend, does not flatter me well. Save this one for the 13th month. It was Paris Marathon 2011. 2h56
That's a bummer, kaz.* Don't give up on the weather. Between 5 and 7 am, today, I watched as it went through the entire repertoire from driving rain to brilliant sunshine. We just have to accept that' summer' will be in 10-minute chunks...*
Yes, to Dunlop, Eggy. The 10k is hilly but more interesting than the 5k out-and-back route. And the cakes at the Finish are fantastic.This is the race with the world's best homebaking.You'll love it.
Happy Monday everyone.
Kaz - hope the car gets sorted soon, glad no one was hurt.
Killerton half was a tough one. Beautiful trail run but the hills didn't seem to end. Finished in bout 1:50 but waiting for the results to come out. Was happy with the time as although I've kept running since Paris I've not done any speed work.
Advice please - I have a real habit of trying to run up hills too fast and this was almost the end of me yesterday, having to walk way more than I wanted. I also find running slowly up hill possibly worse, is this all in my head or is there a good techneque to running hills?
TD - excellent. You appear to have a bigger....medal....though
I'm astonished at how motivated by cake this entire thread is. Even Stool Cake.
Honestly? walk them! Learn to speed walk up hills. There's a few youtube clips of how Killian Jornet (a super duper ultra athlete) recommends to go up hills. You will expend more energy running up a hill than a fast walk.
I've found I can walk a hill faster than people can run it!
I agree Emmy, my friend was walking up a killer hill last week and I was 'running' at about the same pace, and was considerably more tired! When I switched to walking though, I couldn't keep up.
Trev, living in Norfolk I dislike the few hills we have, but I've found that running slightly slower, taking shorter steps and looking to where you're going, not where you are, helps me to keep going. I always feel loads better if I can run up a hill and then keep going as well. As if the flat bits are easier as you've just done the incline up!
Weedy, ha, a smoking jacket... That's a good idea.
Yum, cake... It's a close run thing for me between cheese and cake as to which I'd run further for. Now, cheesecake...
Good morning all.
Kaz - sorry about the car, and I know it's a huge hassle, but it is just a car. The people are all ok so all is good.
For me, I have to speed up hills. Its in my head I think. I find that if I attack the hill I feel better, and everything after the hill feels so much easier. If I just survive the hill by plodding up it, I seem to feel more tired. We have lots of hills around here, so I can't really avoid them - although I have plotted out one very convoluted route over 8 miles that avoids almost all of them
Catching up....
ATM - read your comment about the blades, wasn't expecting that. I couldn't stop laughing, I was in tears. Finally when I explained to Mrs P what was so funny, she just looked at me as if I needed psychatric help.
Simon - my advice for swimming in cold water. Dont !
RR - 8th ! Fantastic. Cant wait to hear about it.
Weedy - It's when I haven't got time, it's the hardest. All I have to say to you is, George Ballas. Cheers for the list, cant back out now.
Trev - i'm no expert on hills or running techniques but what i do is I increase my speed approaching them / accelerating into them so that i have extra momentum to take me up - if its a long hill i'm still gasping like the rest, plus it helps to know when the hills are coming - another reason to check your race route/elavation chart so you know when to wind it up a little.
the other things that help running up hills - 1) lean into the hill a little, 2) move your arms more to help drive you up.
Weedy - please add me to the Crouch End 10K this Sunday .... (if you can be arsed!)