Forget this beery bash nonsense, or else incorporate it somehow. Various hardcore b3tards are doing the Bath Half marathon. Come to scenic, touristic, twee, overpriced Bath and cheer us on.

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to click 'I don't want to do that' but then remembered that I've paid for it already, so it's too late.

Moey

Why run in the cold, when pubs have fireplaces and booze?

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I can drink more and sit by more fireplaces without ravaging my body quite so much. Not that I'm averse to a bit of ravaging.

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You know you're not happy 'til your walking like John Wayne.

but if I'm match fit by then I may well do.
I came 2nd in my class (Super veteran) the last half marathon I did. I used to live down that way too so I would like to revisit sometime.

Captn Hood-Butter is not dead yet.

It wasn't so much mandatory as frowned upon if you don't.

Third year though, so I must enjoy it a bit.

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did i just sign up for running the fucking thing or just laughing at you running it??

i've not run anhalf marathon in ages... :(

zulu eh?

You'll have to sign up for the running elsewhere.

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*goes off to clone self and kill embryo for stem-cells*

Enzyme is powered by sunlight

Seeing me physically run will totally destroy the huge amount of sexual allure I have so carefully cultivated throughout my posts on masturbation, Harry Potter orgies and shitting in marmot burrows.

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I might be doing that there jogging, but there be that big head of the river race in london the weekend after. And seeing as I can't usually walk for a few days after a half marathon...
Who knows!
I dont.

from fucking* Bath

running a fucking* half marathon no less

without fucking* beer**

Blimey

*if the word blimey offends you feel free to substitute the word flip

**no beer eh!...not a hope

Attila the Bun is not in a right cunt of a mood

The rest is right, 'cept there'll be beer after.

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there's always beer after that's what beer's for

good luck with your half marathon

Attila the Bun is not in a right cunt of a mood

..I'll watch from the GPT if you don't mind. This may or may not involve me holding beer. It will not involve me running!

Jimbuktu See? Right here

I'm in the States, and i'll be doing my half marathon in May.

Foxglove -- it all ends in tears anyway...

The longest training run I have done so far is 5 miles. I think I may be in trouble.

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but am not up to my target time and I missed 10 days training because of the snow. Oh well, best just run and enjoy.

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but as long as it's under two hours I'll be relatively satisfied.

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(Though my target time has crept up to 1:50.)

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I'm off the booze now and am eating all the pasta my little hands can hold.

So, anyone on for a pint afterwards? Anyone want to name a pub? Or are we all just happy that we'll have been in the same race at the same time?

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I too am off the booze. I had a roast last night WITH NO WINE. I cannot tell you how disheartening this is for me.

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Do you know anywhere within crawling distance of the finish? I don't envisage walking much after this... my 8 mile run last week almost left me crippled.

Moey

but any of the pubs within crawling distance will be rammed. It took ages to be served in the Pig and Fiddle last year, but then it always does.

I'll probably be crawling back to my car to drive myself home :(

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My brother is responsible for any driving afterwards.

Maybe I'll just fill his boot with bottles of cider and climb in there for the short journey back to his house.

Moey

I just did a wee 30 minute run and my shins really hurt. They feel like no blood is reaching them - numb n' stuff. It always seems to happen at the 3 mile mark.
This is not the time to get recurring numb shins.

Back to your normal conversations now.

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I had the brilliant idea that spending Friday morning throwing myself down a small, snowy slope in Milton Keynes, with naught but a flimsy piece of plastic strapped to my feet would be ideal preparation for a half marathon.

I chose the tightest of boots that have knackered my legs and meant I couldn't run at all over the weekend. This could be an even more painful 13 miles that it would otherwise have been. And it would already have been very painful indeed.

Moey

I'm off to Tamworth Snowdome a week on Friday, i.e. after the half!

Also, CHCB, that sounds like you need cushioning insoles in your running shoes. Might be a bit late now though!

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I thought my shoes would be cushioning enough! Meh! It's only been the past couple of weeks that my shins have been getting sore.

Then again, I did get a stress fracture in my leg from running a half marathon in 2004. I have no wish to spend another month on crutches. This time I'll stop when it hurts instead of soldiering on for a sub 2hr time with a broken leg.

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I'll be able to walk until the Friday after the run.

What's more, I'll be spending the following week snowboarding on a proper hill in Spain, so would rather run the risk of not being able to participate in the silly running caper than the silly falling down a mountain caper.

Moey

that I've been constantly hungry this past week?

Is it just my body overcompensating for the idiocy it'll be put through on Sunday?

Is it lunch time yet?

Moey

I also had a glass of wine. Oh well. Normally I would've had a bottle.

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see you at the finish line first aid tent.

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Save me an iv drip, i'll be there before sun down at least.

Moey

I shall toast you from the hills

Attila the Bun is not in a right cunt of a mood

Sub 2hrs and I think I'll lose a toenail.
Bloody hot, weren't it?

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and i'm walking like an extra from brokeback mountain the musical.

Well done for your sub 2 hour time, it was horribly hot.. that sun wasn't good on my bald head.

I'm now off to drink heavily.

Moey

My worst time by 14 seconds!

I'm never doing that again, and this time I mean it. I've never seen so many people lying by the side of the road!

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So you were literally just ahead of me - I probably stood on your toes in the goody bag queue.

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Bristol half in September, anyone?

For some peculiar reason, and despite the fact that my legs still ache, I'm quite tempted.

Moey