Just a little bit further 2012 - Page 3 - Beginners

Alistair Fitzgerald

01/01/2012 at 15:31

Afternoon all,

Welcome to all of the newcomers Deva Duck,Liz,mathschick- are you a Sussex based runner?,limper & any others I have missed.

I am somewhat worried that young LLB has already been sussed out as the noisy one!!!!! LOL!

Ecky-Don't worry about the bad behaviour of last night & don't wsate the wine today and tomorrow are still days off for most of us!

Jude-well done on your 16 miler that is fantastic.

Well I am back form my very very hilly race that included 2 hills that were so steep you had to walk up them + one that had 275 down up and then 275 steps up!

I took it easy and didn't get het up about times- i just enjoyed myself. The race distance turned out to be 7.78 miles and the total climb up hills was 1726 feet- we also ran up part of the hill that they are using for the cycling road race in 2012 & I am sure that I was overtaken by Mark Cavendish on his bike!

I have no idea whee I finished but the time was a very slow 1.22.08 but bearing in mind the steepness of the hills & I took it easy I am happy with that.

I do feel fine now....buty, will endeavour to make a dr's appointment on Tuesday....

Have agreat time everyone....and thanks for all of your concern.....

Eckytump.

01/01/2012 at 16:09

I am stubborn Loula.I have had this problem before and it seemed to go away for a while.I know I have been overdoing it lately as even if I havnt been running then I have been walking miles.I walk so fast too its almost like a jog.

Wohooooooo you did it Boss.That time was really good too.Hope you do go the Docs.

loulabell

01/01/2012 at 17:22

AF!! BOSS !! yay you did and are back safely good time and a fantastic 2nd day result for our 2012 results board

oo um, yes maybe ive been sussed..but i have been a very good girl today and done my miles boss! i was quiet on those didnt have the energy to talk.....or sing

Alistair Fitzgerald

01/01/2012 at 17:34

Well done LLB sounds like you have been a good girl. Not sure what you mean about 2nd day result for our 2012 results board- I thought it was still teh 1st day of the year- been on the wine? If not why not?

loulabell

01/01/2012 at 17:39

oh poopy yes...i meant our 2nd result in 2 days.....by'ecks being the LAST of 2011 and yours being first of 2012

....nope now wine for me today....and prob not anymore for a while...i only had 2 glasses very early eve yesterday....i was at the very leasy consistent on time... my 20 was 3:35 ...same as last week

mathschick

01/01/2012 at 17:42

AF - well done today and glad you were ok, but you must go to the dr!

I am not sussex based - based near Nottingham actually, just picked that marathon because I didn't get into London and it was a good date - beginning of Easter holidays so means I have 2 weeks to recover afterwards!

Alistair Fitzgerald

01/01/2012 at 17:44

20 miles in 3 35 is really good sub 4 30 Marathon is in your grasp.

spaghetti legs

01/01/2012 at 17:52

Oh there you all are!!

Happy New Year Crac team!!

RoadRunner76

01/01/2012 at 17:54

Deva Duck wrote (see)

Thanks for the welcome. Am doing my home town half in Chester which is not until May, but I wanted to make my first attempt at my local race and it is flat In the meantime I will be entering a few 10ks over the next few months and will chip in with a few parkruns.
You don't sound quiet to me loulabell

Ha ha ha ha!!

AF - Hope you're doing OK.

'German Cake' in the oven as we speak! A Piece of Cake is a most wonderful thing, in ways some might not have thought of:

Oh by the CRAC Gods, would you look at that beauty?

Then there's this:

http://www.tracker.zp.ua/torrents/images/315690.jpg

Two entirely different types of Cake.

limper

01/01/2012 at 18:10

I'll take the first example of cake thank you very much RR

Loula - that was an excellent run you put in today. I've heard good things of the Gloucester Mara, although wasn't it cancelled last year due to the weather?
I'm so glad you are a very quiet person - you make me feel less self conscious about my own shyness

Well done for your race AF. Sounds like it was a toughy. Which one was it?
I'm a Sussex girl BTW, even if Mathschick isn't.

This is a busy thread! Please excuse me not being able to keep up too well. Broadband on the lily-pad can be a bit temperamental!

Alistair Fitzgerald

01/01/2012 at 18:17

limper where are you from then?

mathschick- I have never run a marathon aiming to do one when I hit the big 50.....in 2014.....or unless I get persuaded by people on this thread.

RR- I feel fine now thanks.

SL- Happy New Year too you too

limper

01/01/2012 at 18:22

By the seaside AF. Not far along from Portsmouth.
You local to me?

Wait two years until you do a marathon? Nah, do it this year. Gaw on, gaw on gaw on!

Alistair Fitzgerald

01/01/2012 at 18:49

limper - I am near Horsham. I want to get my 10k an 1/22 marathon times down before I do a marathon.

by 'eck, it's hilly

01/01/2012 at 19:18

Loula, I was very brave and sorted out my blister. May I recommend savlon's advanced healing gel for all those running ultras or liable to get cuts, scrapes, sunburn, blisters. It works wonders on kiddies minor bumps too. Almost as magic as calpol

Limper, AF, I am north Hampshire. I did my first 10k along the seafront in southsea.
Mathschick, any chance you are a teacher....

loulabell

01/01/2012 at 19:31

limper, it may well have been cancelled due to bad weather indeed...thats why i havnt paid entry yet

Alistair Fitzgerald

01/01/2012 at 19:39

limper the race I did was the Trionium Nacker Carcker starting around Box Hill in Dorking.

Edited: 01/01/2012 at 19:39

loulabell

01/01/2012 at 19:42

NOMMY CAKE RR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have nearly finished reading my Dean Karnazes book...im in luuurve

mathschick

01/01/2012 at 19:47

by eck - yes, I teach maths in a secondary school

AF - I think that is a tough race? Someone on one of the other threads did it in a gorilla suit!

by 'eck, it's hilly

01/01/2012 at 20:19

Mathschick, it's only teachers that want their races at the start of the holidays. I am planning mine so the kids are at school and I can spend the day recovering!
RR, that cake looks diet busting. My daughter bought me a huge Christmas pudding yesterday while I was racing. Bless her. I didn't have the heart to tell her I was going on a very strict diet.

Eckytump.

01/01/2012 at 20:59

I want that Cake. Yummy Yummy.

Mind you I could do without any more sweet stuff. Just had Chicken Dinner with Syrup Sponge for afters.I am proper stuffed..