oh bugger, another fat newbie.....

 Nice one sarge it can only get better from here as well.

Well done Sarge! first step on the Outlaw ladder complete.

Dammit Sarge, that swim time is faster than mine. I'm so glad that you didn't see me stick my foot out to trip you up.

107 finished that race, and you were one of them. 64 million did not even bother to enter. There's a load of couch potatoes within that number. As they say, you've got to be in it....

SgtLard wrote (see)

Meanwhile my xmas 910 arrived and im staring at the box ...... I mean, christmas is not mandatory. I think i promised myself something for finishing..... and the OH would rather buy me socks and other uber useful stuff ... Id be doing her a favour really......

mine too . it keeps calling to me to take it out of it's box for a test drive/run/bike/swim. but to be honest i think the OH might have my knackers on a plate if i tampered with it before Christmas

SgtLard wrote (see)

Indeed. I got a finishers medal at the weekend. What did you do?

Now THAT's the kind of motivational fighting talk I like to hear. Whatever I did do, it doesn't warrant a reply to a rhetorical question.

Welll..

Jammy Dodger 2 wrote (see)

SgtLard wrote (see)

Meanwhile my xmas 910 arrived and im staring at the box ...... I mean, christmas is not mandatory. I think i promised myself something for finishing..... and the OH would rather buy me socks and other uber useful stuff ... Id be doing her a favour really......

mine too . it keeps calling to me to take it out of it's box for a test drive/run/bike/swim. but to be honest i think the OH might have my knackers on a plate if i tampered with it before Christmas

seems mine doesnt have any sticky tape 'stopping' me from messing with it. so its really about delayed gratification i suppose......

Dave The Ex- Spartan wrote (see)

At the weekend ? 15 miles of hill walking in the Lakes and a 10 mile run

Didn't get any medals tho, although I did scoff a full cooked Englsh without a flicker of guilt

Take it steady with the ankle, they can take ages if you rush

I was cooking a full breakfast at tea time - minus black pudding  9as the veggie/vegan OH+dependant no1  wont have that'muck' in the house

lol blisters

see you race day one day. thats the only answer that matters

We tend not to get Sunday breakfast til at least 12 noon and often later, Once we have done what ever training we had in mind...

.... Bit of a weekly treat

Lard if the other half is one of them you might want to show her this it could help with the brainwashing err sorry i mean she might like it. Friendly bunch and always got some good banter at races.

SgtLard wrote (see)

lol blisters

see you race day one day. thats the only answer that matters

Yeah, that sounds good to me. I've got a marathon booked for January, as a bit of fun, so we'll see if I can better 3:28 this time, and definitely no walking. Maybe.

so annoying. want to train. would train (if OH would take an hour to go shopping). having to wait til lthe ankle is a consistent colour rather than red n white hoops

grrrr

Matie injures are a pain in the arse. as above as Dave say's or maybe some swimming depending on if you tend to kick or not.

very fcuked off.

ankles being a right b'stard. it could pass for a tory all on its own. life is just getting in the way of having one. OH is trying to be its psycho twin. ( appratenly, I cant do an ironman. or something - 'yes dear, I cant and you can watch me not do an (mDot) ironman in Nottingham in July'

might manage some organised PT on sunday - after a shed load of furniture removal, a full downstairs swapout of wooded floor for carpet and a full restore of the furtniture.

my anlke wont get better enough for me to train on it IF im mauling all that house shyte about all weekend.......

grrrrr.

Take deep breaths and remember you have ages before the big day. Enjoy the PT and look on the brightside you won't have some psycho shouting into your ear wearing a red t-shirt while your doing it. Unless you fancy getting someone to come round?