Well, talk about insult to injury, I'm failry sure I don't have a place in the FLM, having bequethed my entrance fee and cheque cashed on the wrong day, got home yesterday to find an FLM acceptance for my husband...Damn and blast him, he swore he wasn't going to enter, had no interest in doing a marathon at all and then after lying through his teeth, on his first flaming attempt he gets in....there is just no justice in the world, am feeling more than a little put out, to cap it all, after being sick last week, am now going down with some throat infection. Think I'll attempt hibernation.
I've got a 100% record too. One application, one entry.
I'm sure you're planning to be as helpful and as understanding to your old man as possible all through the winter and spring. He needs all your support and sympathy.
Seriously SW, why not pick up a charity place and join him? I'm sure he'd be willing to help you raise the cash. If you could each drum up about £500-£700 of sponsorship you'll be able to run.
El Gordo
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
maybe it has something to do with you both being called Andy??? I've thought about a charity place but its an awful lot of money to raise, I don't work for a rich organisation who double what you raise, and don't have a lot of free time, although if I had got a ballot place I was going to collect for the Lifeboats - wehat still really annoys me is he said he def. wasn't going to enter - grrrr
he filled in his form very correctly with Andrew, the git, mind you, he thinks he might defer for a year just in case I get in next year - hhhmm, I still haven't even got my rain jacket...just going down the garden to injest a few worms....
On a training note, my throat is killling me, managed a slow 3 miles yesterday, but don't know if I can repeat it today, seem a bit off track with Hal H's intermediate 15 k schedule, but plan to stick to the 8 miles next Sunday if I'm feeling up to a waddle.
Does anyone know the received wisdon on training through cold/virus?
Depends how bad it is, and where it's affecting you. This is a big generalisation, but if it's affecting your chest, and therefore your breathing, best to stay at home. Personally, I've found that if it's just a sore throat/cough/runny nose, I'm OK to run. My very modest 10K PB was set when I was coming out of a bad cold. Decided to run only an hour or two beforehand. Arguably, getting some fresh air and mild exercise can help.
But definitely one of those "listen to your body" times. If you feel properly ill, avoid running.
El Gordo
Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
for sound advice, aching rather a lot today, so don't think I will venture out, hasn't settled on my chest yet, but throat feels like someone is sharpeing knives in it. If it carries on for more than another couple of days I may have to scratch from the ten miler...
On a lighter note, I received my FLM rain jacket yesterday. Poo
Yesterday morning when I came back from training for 50 minutes to check how I was since I haven´t been able to go for a run since Wednesday due to a lower backache which made me go to my phisiotherapist on Friday i took the mail out of the letter box and found a letter with a Royal mail postmark from London. As I expected my application to FLM hadn´t been lucky. This is the text inside the letter :
Dear Runner
We regret that we have to advise you that your application to run in the 2005 Flora London Marathon has not been successful due to massive over-subscription.
However, if you still wish to run please see over-leaf where we show a list of tour operators in your country who may be able to help you enter the 2005 Flora London Marathon.
Yours sincerely
David Bedford
Race Director
Well, maybe next year since I don´t feel like spending around 750 euros for the flight, two nights at a hotel and the race number. Anyway, I´ll go to Reading half marathon.
Stillwaddler, if hubby doesn't defer, come April make sure you have a really stinking cold, or flu, or chickenpox. Even if he doesn't catch it, the anxiety will put him off. It'll serve him right for entering - and being accepted.
commiserations Antonio, I'm going to do a haldf next spring also. RB, good idea, now, if I can just bottle this throat virus...my youngest has it too, but his is officially tonsillitis, mine isn't - I haven't got any tonsils :-)
Looking increasingly unlikely that I can run on Sunday - ah well, there is always next year.
Hope everyones running is going well. and may I be the first to say
Hey SW, if you're thinking about a charity place (and not already committed to a charity) drop me a line. I'm involved with Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) - raising funds for research to help insulin depenadent kids. You still have to raise a lot of money, but JDRF are excellent in helping and suggesting ideas. This will be my third year trying to raise 1500 quid - I'm going to throw a 70's/ 80's disco sometime in February. If I get the hall for free, rope in a dodgy DJ and get Seafront Plodder to do a live croon I reckon I'll pull in around 400 - 500 notes - not a bad start . . .
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph
