I realised at some point this weekend that the entire thing consisted of stuff Ms Foxtrot wanted to do
Either she planned it with military precision to include things I would enjoy (seeing the anklebiters Saturday afternoon, Sherlock last night) at appropriate intervals, or it's always been like this and I am spectacularly pussywhipped.

Morning everyone.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:06, 3 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

It could easily be both.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:06, Reply)

Morning BTW
Have you done your three miles yet?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:07, Reply)

as you're asking yourself
surely you should know the answer to this!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:08, Reply)

Yep
Four miles on the treadmill this morning. What's next?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:09, Reply)

The first thing you do is slap yourself for exceeding the mileage
then either tomorrow or the next day do 4 miles.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:10, Reply)

I was watching Battlestar
3 miles over 42 minutes is taking the piss.

That's tomorrow morning's run planned then, cheers - and after that?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:12, Reply)

After that, buy the book.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:12, Reply)

No need
I got me an Al
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:14, Reply)

But al is going to stop telling you what to do after this week.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:20, Reply)

Yeah, I'll get the book then
Or give up, whichever's cheaper
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:26, Reply)

Rest day then 3 miles, then another rest day, then 5 miles, then a rest day.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:13, Reply)

*makes notes*
Cheers
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:16, Reply)

And also, get off the treadmill and on to actual ground.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:12, Reply)

It's COLD

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:13, Reply)

Running tends to warm you up.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:14, Reply)

I actually prefer running outside but not when there's frost on the ground
Plus I paid good money for that treadmill
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:16, Reply)

Well, I've been running on the treadmill because I dont' like going out in the cold.
But I run on a gradient.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:14, Reply)

Same here
on both counts
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:14, Reply)

Oh al! The actual race is cross country - treadmills ain't gonna cut it.
I wore my new lycra leggings this morning and looked like a proper runner and not just like someone going for a jog.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:15, Reply)

I wore mine in the gym.
But I put another pair of shorts over the top for decencys sake.

Also, I'm not gonna do all my training in the gym, just some of these short runs while it's cold. As soon as it's over 4 miles I get too bored running on a treadmill.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:19, Reply)

I focused my internal locust on what a cunt the personal trainer was going round touting for business as people were excerising this morning.
I must have been sending out awesome hate vibes as he didn't bother talking to me, which was almost a shame as I was all ready to just tap my earphones and mouth "I can't hear you".
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:21, Reply)

You should have punched him in the face to exercise your upper arm muscles.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:25, Reply)

i ran without headphones this morning so I could concentrate on my technique.
It was okay but it was only 3 miles. Can't imagine 18 miles with no music.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:26, Reply)

I've been working on my breathing
doing 2 in, 2 out. It's working well actually and I'm concentrating on keeping my shoulders down and my arms loose.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:28, Reply)

Yeah this brings me to a very serious point
If I run outdoors I have music on, if indoors I watch a DVD. The prospect of running 26 miles without anything to distract me but pretty views and snatched conversation between gasping for breath abhors me.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:30, Reply)

What you do right, is every say ten minutes or so
you drop back a bit and have nice look at CHCBs arse, then you realise it's not doing anything for you so you look at my arse instead and then the shame and revulsion at living in the closet makes you push harder to get ahead of us.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:41, Reply)

Let's be honest
We're all going to spend the whole run thinking of the most inventive way to amusingly describe Monty's poverty
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:44, Reply)

That might be your intention
but both al and I will be wearing lycra. Lycra.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:46, Reply)

I'll be like a human divining rod

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:47, Reply)

did you really just say "anklebiters" ?
fuck i hate that phrase. along with "tailwaggers".
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:07, Reply)

And nippers.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:09, Reply)

And Pakistanis

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:12, Reply)

loljk
Some of my best waiters are etc.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:17, Reply)

They eve spoon feed you when you're too senile to hold your own cutlery.

(Bazongaloid, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:18, Reply)

+ are sat in a pool of your own spicy excreta

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:26, Reply)

Easier than "niece and nephews"
which I've now hard to type anyway, THANK YOU VERY MUCH

How's you?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:10, Reply)

just say "kidz" innit
i am good. detox is going brilliantly, i feel much brighter and perkier, running at the gym etc. how is your diet??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:13, Reply)

Good for you, well done :-)
Diet is progressing well thank you, have lost 5lbs so far this year, and the treadmill seems less foreboding every day
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:15, Reply)

Morning Darth

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:17, Reply)

Morning shnookums
Good weekend?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:27, Reply)

Not too bad, arguably the best part of it was the steak I cooked for myself yesterday
Yourself?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:29, Reply)

Yeah not bad cheers mate
Except for the fucking footy, obviously
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:31, Reply)

Same here, really
Watched the Swansea - Arsenal game yesterday though, that was excellent.

Also, don't watch Captain America, it's shit.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:32, Reply)

I'll have to though won't I
before Avengers comes out
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:36, Reply)

That was my logic
However, I can safely say you're missing very little. It's the worst of the Avengers lead in films so far.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:37, Reply)

I quite enjoyed it.
X-Men First Class was much better though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:38, Reply)

First Class is an excellent film

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:40, Reply)

It's a bit of a concern if they don't get Cap right
As much as I love RJD, Avengers should not end up being "Iron Man and his supporting cast"
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:40, Reply)

I can't actually tell you what I didn't like about it without spoilers
But I think it's dire.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:41, Reply)

I'm actually prepared to believe you're quite right mate
I was spectacularly uninspried by the trailer. A Captain America movie should be something special, not rushed out to facilitate an earlier release for Avengers.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:43, Reply)

I felt very much the same about the trailer, but I watched it on the recommendation of a friend

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:44, Reply)

Am properly excited about Avengers
but I insist on backstory, so will give it a watch and most likely text you my agreement of your assesment at the end
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:45, Reply)

Compared with the made for TV films in the seventies
it's a fucking masterpiece. God they were hideously awful.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:47, Reply)

I've only seen the old Fantastic Four movie
Terrible
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:49, Reply)

I've heard that.
It didn't get released though, did it? It took Marvel a loooong time to get their live action stuff (bar the Incredible Hulk series) right.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:51, Reply)

Blade was pretty good, I thought
And that was only the 6th film they did (granted, it was 54 years after the first one)
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 10:56, Reply)

Blade was probably the point where Marvel characters started to be done properly.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 16 Jan 2012, 11:02, Reply)

"You obviously do not know who you are FUCKING WITH!"

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 11:04, Reply)