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What a lot of impressive running, walking, hiking, streaking and fuelling this month! I've been busy as ever but have followed, liked and hugged along the way. I clocked 183.3km in July which is very high for me, and that was just in base training. I have to admit I'm glad the month is over. Our club challenge, which was…

I was about to complain about the 43C in the shade where I was yesterday, but I'll just shut up! Lol @polskagirl01 hahaha I remember you telling me about those roots.

@martaindale yay, enjoy! Funnily, I found card from Tre Scalini in a drawer yesterday which made me think of you, then saw this morning on Strava you ran in Rome and was wondering how the heat compares to what you're used to. Rome is generally a few degrees colder than here in the summer, I think. Talking of heat, it's…

@shanaber glad to see you're ok, gentle hugs!

Pmsl sooooo British

@tarun_yadavA ok, as nobody else has, I'll give you another one to amuse you... to engage your glutes, imagine you have a coin between your buttocks and don't drop it no matter what!

Meanwhile in me and running news... I ran my moonlight race on Saturday night. It was hot and humid, bloody hard work because I ended up racing it even though I didn't intend to (surprise, surprise lol) but great fun and very pretty. The first half of the route is nothing to write home about, just along a road around the…

As per Strava comments with @tarun_yadavA I said I'd start the convo up in here on running form tips. I remember reading a lot of them in here in the old days, many from @PastorVincent (God I miss him still), and I found them very useful so thought we should drag them back out for newer members. Help me out here, folks!…

I may not have the number right but Tre Scalini's tartufo has 13 different types of Swiss chocolate in it. Sinful heaven! Also @martaindale they're pricey but if you get them to go instead of sitting at a table and ordering to eat there they're a couple of euros cheaper ;-)

Thanks @martaindale I adore Rome. I see Tarun's gelato and up the stakes by suggesting Tartufo from Tre Scalini in Piazza Navona. Now THAT is to die for! I always said the only marathon I wanted to run was Rome and had a goal to do so before I hit 50. Then the Sherry marathon happened this year, but Rome is still on my…

@martaindale wow, I remember when they did that race, seems like yesterday. Where has the time gone??? Also, really glad you found the sprinkler, hope they keep it running for you. We're getting to the point here where the only thing keeping me from carrying on a couple of miles down to the beach after my runs and just…

I was! Funny, we're going to Paris in August and mini-me, who has never really had a princess mode and is into anime and weird video games and stuff and who also never wants to go anywhere or do anything outside her bedroom, is mega excited to go to Euro Disney and see Mickey Mouse, and says she's going to buy and wear a…

Hi everyone, life is crazy busy as usual but I'm reading, liking and hugging. I escaped for a 5 mile race on Saturday evening with a group of friends... it was HOT and humid and the pack went out way too fast resulting in me running it a lot harder and faster than intended, but we had a blast as you can see from my face in…

@kgirlhart yikes! Glad she seemed to be feeking ok, hope she recovers quickly.

@TheMrWobbly aww thanks and oooooh, Eastbourne! Pretty sure that's where the South Downs Ultra I couldn't make last month but fully intend to do next May ends 😈

Snap on both! I will run a mile from a germ, and also loved the space and now mutter loudly when people crowd me. My run today sucked, we had to do a specific route for the club challenge and it was steep with horrible footing, plus my watch didn't start and life is yucky atm. In short, I ended up struggling to breathe…

@polskagirl01 I don't think coach will let me wait long, there are 5 months of grind ahead :-/ BUT I would love to streak with you! Dad is... ok. Sometimes he sounds almost normal, other times... not so much. But he's hanging in there.

Yeah, it upset me when the penny dropped. However, it was probably time I persuaded myself that my Dad's health is not at all dependent on how much or how little I run. (For those who haven't been here like forever, my father - who lives in another country - developed a brain tumour a couple of months after the start of…

Thanks for setting us up @martaindale No idea what my mileage will look like this month, I get to enjoy 'base training' for a couple of months before the specific training block for the 'adventure of the year' begins. Everything is planned by time rather than distance, so yeah, no mileage goal, just to stick to the plan.…

Well done everyone on reaching, passing or embracing not meeting their goals for May. I can't remember if I even had one for the month as it has been a recovery month. Starting over is sucking, even after just a couple of days off after my race in April, but hey ho. I realised on Tuesday evening that I hadn't done a HM…

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I'm so excitified I don't know what to do with myself. I think I mentioned trying to get a place for the relay version of an awesome ultra in November and not winning that lottery? Well... we have a place! Those with winning numbers were given a week to pay and we were high up on the waiting list. I was down in the dumps…

@quilteryoyo @kgirlhart thanks! @Teresa502 stunning scenery but yikes, bears! @quilteryoyo ouch, that kind of stuff hurts so much. Glad it didn't bother you to walk or run on. I forgot in my rambling report to say that I finally met the village donkey I've loved for years. There are several that you hear round there but…

Hi everyone, I disappeared there for a while, life is hugely stressful with kid issues, husband issues, work issues, parental health issues, you name it it is ganging up on me atm. So, yeah, I've been popping in to read, like and hug but nothing more for a while. Don't even remember how long tbh. Time escapes me. So,…

@Scott6255 It's the kind of crazy challenge that's really up my street... I suck as a runner, but I am stubborn and bloody-minded hahaha. Also, it's cool in that I can pretty much do the distance I want to do and the elevation isn't all that much, whereas most of the shorter ultras here have some crazy elevation in them!

@Laurz9191 awesome work on your races, I'm very impressed, there's no way I would even consider running a 5k hard and then doing a 10k afterwards! @quilteryoyo hope mom is feeling better and the meds kick in quickly and nip it in the bud. Great running everyone! @quilteryoyo it's crazy laps, one per hour but on a slightly…

On the topic of heat, the first race in the world skyrunning series was held here last weekend. It started at 3 pm and there were some serious issues, including runners collapsing from heat exhaustion. Needless to say, there is a lot of noise and debate going on about whether the organisers should have changed anything,…

@noblsheep welcome back! I finally went for a run this morning. It was hot, it was hard, but it was awesome to finally be ruuning again. While I approve of coach's strict post A race recovery schedule, it's frustrating to sit it out.

Thanks @martaindale I just did a doubletake at your miles! I'm not doing mileage goals at the moment as my training plans go by time rather than distance, plus I don't get to start running until the end of the week. I have a 17k trail race on the 21st... the one where my mum lives that some of you may recall me worrying…

@Teresa502 awesome, wtg! We knew you could do it!