That I'm going to get fit and run the Great North Run
This may not happen soon
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:15, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Sorry to hear about your weekend troubles : (

( girlinthehole, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:16, Reply)

meh
Its OK, thanks. All sorted now bar unwell child
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:17, Reply)

Nothing serious I hope?

( girlinthehole, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:18, Reply)

Nah, just a rant

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:20, Reply)

I mean the kid.

( girlinthehole, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:21, Reply)

Snot factory, teething and a really bad cough

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:22, Reply)

AIDS

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:21, Reply)

Just a touch of badAIDS

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:22, Reply)

When is the GNR?
I want to run a half marathon this year and was thinking either Robin Hood (September) or Norwich (November). I'll pop up and we can struggle through it together if you like
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:22, Reply)

20th September I think

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:22, Reply)

Oh brilliant, I thought it was much sooner than that
I'm well up for this idea if you are
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:25, Reply)

It is the day before Liam's birthday and I dont want to disappear off for half of it.
They picked the wrong weekend to do it as it was on his 1st birthday last year
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Bastards
OK that's quite a good excuse. Much better than what I was expecting, which was "eh, effort"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Haha!
I was signed up for it last year before I noticed the date. I have now cleared out the garage and put our old living room carpet down in it. Tonights task will be building the weights bench in there and maybe shifting some kind of music device in too.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:29, Reply)

Good call
I'm planning to put a TV in the dining room at some point as the treadmill will be less unsightly in there and I'm buggered if I'm doing any running without being able to watch BSG at the same time. Probably won't happen for a few months as the weather's improving so I can run outdoors soon
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:34, Reply)

I'm starting the running again this week I think
Need new headphones for my iPod though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:36, Reply)

We can still help each other out here I think
I quite enjoy running when I'm into it but motivating myself to get on the bloody treadmill is the hard part. Let's get some decent distances and times posted
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:44, Reply)

Right, will do

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:48, Reply)

OOOOO OOOOO OOOOOO!!!!! I'll join in with this! I'll do it! Me! Me!
Actually, who am I kidding, I couldn't stand spending a couple of hours in the company of either of you in the benign climate of a pub, let alone running, and let alone running in the north.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:49, Reply)

Couple of hours my arse
If you can't run a half-marathon in under an hour you won't see me or Sporty for dust, sunshine
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:51, Reply)

I've run for an hour once and I think I covered about 11 or 12 kilometres.
I don't think I run as fast as you. But then again, I haven't had the practice of chasing unwilling bumming victims.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:54, Reply)

I was totally lying
I've also only run for an hour once and did 7 miles. That was last summer and I'd struggle to manage the same again now. Even with a decent amount of training I expect a half-marathon to take 2 hours.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 11:56, Reply)

In all seriousness I do need something to motivate me
and I've always said a half marathon is a really good challenge, running an actual marathon is fucking stupid.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Agreed
We should obviously do a B3tan half-marathon - pick one on a date we can all do and train towards it. Nottingham might be the best location in terms of being in between us all, the Robin Hood marathon is on September 11th (erk)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 12:05, Reply)

My diary is currently free on that day.
I'm starting running again this week after the whole knee dislocation thing and then a really shitty cold.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Right. It's on.
Would it be considered poor taste to run said race on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 dressed as skyscrapers, with sportscow running behind us dressed as a plane?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 12:12, Reply)

That would be fucking brilliant.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 12:16, Reply)

The only problem with this idea is that Nottingham is my home town,
and I'd like to be allowed back there one day
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 7 Mar 2011, 12:19, Reply)