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How do you 'troll for strange'? Asking for a friend...
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Started my taper so looking at 80 miles for April. Biggest thing is to get round London.
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Thanks for setting up April @AlphaHowls I would get a robot mower for that hill @quilteryoyo , loving that spring has sprung with you. Offspring no 1 home on Sunday so swapped my long run day and went past my March mileage target. Things didn't go as planned. Went for 20 miles, got a tight calf at miles 15 and couldn't…
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Thank you @springlering62 - you have no idea how much that means! You are an inspiration to so many on here. I'll will think of your success when I hit that wall!
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Well that didn't go well! A few issues at work in September and I fell off the wagon, down a ravine, into a mine and then they switch off the lights! Weight piled back on big style. Came back to training in January, back didn't like working with the extra weight and I have a fortnightly physio appointment in the diary.…
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Keep them coming @UncleMac , these make my day :)
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Great news @Laurz9191 keep it steady! So the streak is coming to end is it @tarun_yadavA ? I think you enjoy it too much! For those interested you only need 23 people in a room before the chances of one of them sharing your birthday is more than evens. Training still on track with 20 miles on Sunday. One more long run and…
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Many happy, slightly belated, returns @Teresa502 Here is a question for you. Statistically speaking, how many people need to be in a room for there to be an expectation that 2 of them would share they same birthday (day and month, not year)? This was may journey over 12 months from not exercising to running halves.…
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That is a great photo @AlphaHowls Do you have a physio @Laurz9191 ? Hopefully a rest day can ease things Agree on the PTs @tarun_yadavA , my physio is now also my PT. If he breaks something he has to fix it 🙂 Good run yesterday apart from a blip with the watch. 17.6 in total. Very slow, very flat, very happy It looks like…
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That's the first I heard of raindrops stopping your watch @yirara and I will switch of my touch screen for runs from now on. That is a great gift @quilteryoyo and spot on! Good luck with your race @emptydog and anyone else racing this weekend. Swapping long run Sunday for long run Saturday so I can look after my better…
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Right there with you @daria0919 I seem to come away from PT sessions feeling like something is broken. I am definitely too fat to run my marathon in 5 weeks, bits of me seem to take turns to fail. Still struggling once I get to 13 miles... and two months ago I struggled to get past 7 miles, then 10 miles, then I couldn't…
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Many happy returns for Friday @ContraryMaryMary Nice work @Aquarian - keep it up! We had signs of spring, and then the rains returned! Swapped long run days as the offspring were home for Mothering Sunday. Really not sure how to approach going further with 5 weeks to the marathon. Slowed it down on Saturday to stretch out…
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I had a half marathon streak. It was going really well until today - day 2 that is! Fair run at Eastbourne yesterday, weather was really nice, cool and dry. A little slower than Brighton last week though there was a much bigger hill on this run. Have a great week everyone!
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Your efforts all look amazing. Keep it up. Feb was a bust for me, target 100 miles, actual 77. Moving on from officially the wettest Feb on record in my area, and hopefully up with a target of 120 miles for March. There were some Feb highlights, work organised a team event where people came for a run or walk with me as…
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Thank you for asking @tarun_yadavA I am running for the stroke association, happy to bore anyone on how much good they do. My page is https://events.stroke.org.uk/fundraisers/andrewwalkington I am an accountant, of sorts @quilteryoyo and yes, I wear a lot of grey! Thank you all for your support for Sunday. I am treating it…
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I am running the London Marathon in April @daria0919 . I can't say this week was any better, arrived in work on Monday at 7am, ended up with a 36 hour shift to get a job completed. Topped of with a complaining e-mail from my boss's boss about why things are taking so long. Quite honestly £"€& 'em! So no exercise at all…
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Right there with you @Leigh_b I said this was the year of saying no, not doing very well at it so far. Sat in the office now having my lunch break and thinking "Why am I limiting myself to a lunch break, I only get paid Monday-Friday, I can have all the breaks I want!" Only 9 weeks to my Marathon, long run tomorrow. One…
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Great unplanned HM @ContraryMaryMary Nice work on reaching the 100 mark @quilteryoyo Felling positive vibes for your results @chris_in_cal My non-exertion 'zen' is a bit of sensory depravation for me @polskagirl01 . Either complete blackout or some soft led lights, ear plugs, nice and warm so cosy, nothing to do but think.…
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Thank you @shanaber , my son is moving to Canada Water and will be pretty close to Tarun. We could go for a run together, for about 10 yards and then I would be watching him disappear into the distance. I should get down to 10 minute mile pace and that would be a good time to join up. Got this stupid cough an cold that…
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So sorry to hear the news @quilteryoyo . Glad you had some positives on the day. Thinking of you.
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Sorry for not commenting as much as I should, likes and hugs given out where appropriate. My Feb goal is just to run regularly and not be in pain. Back is definitely on the mend though yoga is still problematic. Still, the sun is shining, somewhere - keep going folks!
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Well that took some catching up. The boating was sort-off fun. 3 people on a boat who are definitely amateurs with two of them judging each other and b*tching to me about the other! The best behaved award went to the dog who was living his best life, life-jacket and all. Managed a 5k, 10k and 15k in the week and still…
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Sound like a great race @martaindale and well ran by you. My taste buds are shouting at me reading about the post race meal. Many, belated, happy returns to you and @Laurz9191. Not sure I would be so keen to run on my birthday, I would spill my beer. Yesterday I ran the parkrun with a gentleman celebrating his 83rd…
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You can feel like that. Feel awesome as well!
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Try the 'lifestyle' treadmill. They give you a video scene to simulate a running route. Where did it give me? A busy city centre with lots of people about. At one point I was even running between the tables of a street cafe. I felt like such an **** I was tempted to stop! That cake is amazing @polskagirl01 ! It might be to…
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There is a family of 6 foxes living in my garden. They have been very welcome until this week when they started digging up the lawn to practice burrowing. They have been given two weeks notice!
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You are a legend @UncleMac - keep it up :smiley:
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I love the way you sound out your discussion on whether to do 20 or 27 miles @7lenny7 . I have a habit of asking people questions and then saying the answer before they have a chance to even think about it. I understand the point on mileage @AlphaHowls and when I checked my year to date miles and then saw you August…
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Thanks for getting the September thread going @AlphaHowls My target for this month is going backwards down to 70 miles from 80. I have a training plan for a HM in October and there is a certain amount of tapering in here. I have even added a couple of runs to suit my longer term goal to make it up to 70. Happy September…
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Ahhh! Are the temps over 80 degress now? Makes a nice change from windy and rainy earlier in the year.
