half IM distance, the event was longer than most of the forum contingent had attempted to date.The previous months of frenzied training had not been without its casualties. A week before the race the list of injuries had grown amongst the forumite
, but it looks like the forumites have taken all the places!" And this from S3oB: "Noooooo! The training I can stand, but nearly eight months of the Abingdon Marathon forum?"Your forum threads have helped give Abingdon the kind of buzz that's normally reserved
forumites make you feel at home and are great at offering tips and advice to beginners like me."The effects have been incredible: since taking up running, Donna has lost three and a half stone and is now raising money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer
appreciative runners.4. Missing all the celebrities, but spotting most of the forumites, catching up with people, enjoying sun and smiles.5. Meerkat yelling 'Come on three blue people with furry things on heads', and other such encouragements.6. Singing 'Happy
ContentsFinding your way aroundSpeed-reading the forumsHow to post a messageForum folk and forum etiquetteAdvanced featuresForumites in real lifeIn a nutshellRunner's World's forums are like the world's biggest, friendliest meeting place for runners
Nearing Gorey Castle to the east of the islandFew of us can comprehend the strength and stamina required to complete the swim leg of an Ironman (2.4 miles), let alone a 44-mile open water swim around Jersey. But for longstanding forumite Dr Nic
, the RW forumites at mile 18 – and I wanted to soak up the atmosphere.” She came home in 5:27:12.Perhaps to the relief of Anderson. “If I’d run under five hours, Keith was going to have to let me take him to aerobics. I even had a pink leotard lined up
to the theatre where the races start.As always in my experience (2000 and 2003), race day was one of the hottest of the year so far; not entirely appropriate for those of us who had trained through a British winter.A number of Forumites wanted to meet beforehand
.Thanks to all forumites that I met on the day. Overall I'm gutted as I know I was fit enough to make my target time but in the end I just couldn't handle running in the pain any longer. I must have looked a terrible sight for the supporters on route over
finished!! I thought she was behind me but when I looked forward she had just gone ahead, and she was thinking that I was ahead of her!!Most memorable moment - Meeting 'Vrap' in the queue for the loo, having never met any other forumites before. What a
