Scottish Runners

Merry Christmas everyone!Great wee run around Paisley with Santa hat complete with pigtails.Everyone seemed in good spirits and I recieved around a dozen friendly toots!Time to relax and enjoy some fine food and wine! 

Managed a wee run along the canal- had a nap , and now we're getting ready to go out for lunch.

Good day so far!

Merry Christmas.

Did you get new trainers Vickhi and Joe?

Merry Christmas from Elspeth and OH - very full of turkey etc but also with some good new running things!

Good luck with the race UTC

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you've all had a fantastic time and too much food!

About to start on our alternative Christmas dinner of .... pizza!! Off visiting relatives for the next few weeks so we wouldn;t be a around to eat all the left over food so keeping it simple with homemade pizza. magic!

Lots of running and tennis stuff in the stocking today. need to get some other interests i think!

Sounds like everyone was having a good day!

Glasgow parkrun for me this morning. Outsprinted a young girl in the last 200m which was unseasonably mean, but she did sneak a PB so I don't feel too guilty. 2nd fastest 5k I've ever run which was a surprise, but it was perfect weather. Great spread of sweets and cakes after the event too!

In the afternoon I wore the dog out by running him around Bishopbriggs, visiting many of the haunts of my youth. Even some of the dreaded school cross country route which is a bit eerie now the school's been demolished and the site is derelict.

Off to Ayr for the 10k tomorrow. Will need to get back to work for a rest!

Graeme - I also got a lot of positive reaction for running with my Santa hat and the dog's Santa bandana.

Merry Christmas all  Have been busy so not getting much computer time, but relaxed, well fed, but not too well fed and looking forward to tryin my new kit. Got a good haul from santa with a good mix between running stuff and non running stuff.

Really enjoyed the Ayr Turkey Trot 10k today, well organised and perfect running weather. I managed my best 10k time since 1991 too , now only 8 secs to go for a PB in the only distance I ran seriously in my youth. Clearly preparing the day before the race with a hard parkrun, 8 easy miles, a huge pile of food and several glasses of wine is a winning combination.

Running Bhoy was there, didn't talk to him but saw his name in the results.

Back up to Inverness for work tomorrow , then off to North Ronaldsay for New Year. Should be quiet!

morning... back to work it is today then.... 

time for a turbo 1st.

sounds like everyone had a great time, well done 57.5 thats a fantastic achievement!! Well done RB (and Kirsty) too!!

bf still in Ireland til Friday as he's off still so having an extra couple of days with family. Spent last night with family too inc niece n nephew. Knackered though, really wish I was off today.

Morning

Still got this cold, so nothing doing bar walking Geordie.

Need to catch up.

57.5: Well done on your 10k time.

Morning Tri.

Back at work today, and lurgified with cold, GRrrrrrrrrr.

Hope it passes quickly, I REALLY need to be upping the mileage soon.

Afternoon all

Good to hear everyone had good Christmases and a decent haul of running related pressies .

Safe travels to 57.5 headed to Orkney .

Sorry to hear of the folks with colds / lurgies and those back at work . Boo to that!

I got some really good miles in over the weekend, 3x back to back to back LSR's, then had a rest on Xmas Eve, before doing a lovely run in Pollok Park on Christmas Day (the sun was even out briefly!!!). Also managed a run on Boxing Day but was very tired from all the Christmas shenaniggans.

Luckily got those miles in because have had a really bad stomach the last few days, on and off, put it down to too much rich food (I wasnt drinking any alcohol at all) then just found out one of the cousins who came to Xmas lunch (and had to leave early to throw up ) had norovirus!!!!!! FFS!!!! So now I don't know how much of my stomach cramp is 'real' and how much is psycho-somatic....but I'm hoping it goes away soon . I am now avoiding all contact with the rest of the rellies, but I suspect she has already spread it to all the grannies and all the kids . That was 13 people at dinner, including a tiny baby (!!!) exposed to norovirus because of one stupid idiot, who could have stayed at home and had a portion taken up to her .

Having another rest day today, and hoping I can run tommorrow.

Take care all .

Get well soon guys. I think I might keep off the forum for a while with all these viruses going about!

morning...

thankfully no lurgy here just a sniffle but feel absolutely fine and its been around for a while. was planning a swim last night but pool only opened til 4  ended up doing a clear up of the house... x training??

hope everyone is ok...

new training plan for new year kicking in in a few days once the palava of new year is over

weather miserable out... turbo time again

Morning

Still got this heavy cold. Not been eating alot though.