Saint Keith

im in for Reading 2 March i thought it was a bit ambitous to do brighton 2 weeks before, and its full, so the decision was made for me. sensible!

its either too much water, or not enough water. or my body wondering wtf i am doing to it and not decided how to cope yet! will give it a few days to see if it settles down, its not uncomfortable or painful

yep im aiming for the brighton half on 17 Feb, or reading half on 2nd march. although my brother reckons i should do both!

i did it in 2 hours 25 minutes, about 7-8 mins ahead of my target. i cant believe how much difference there is between a 10 mile and a 13 mile, unbelievable difference. i was cruising til about 10 and half, the last 2 ans a half were a real struggle but i kept my pace. was doing about 11 minute 10 second miles most of the way, which is a quicker pace than my plan but felt quite comfortable. really felt it last night and today, and have quite a swollen tummy as well. enjoyed it though, and we have raised over £4,000 which really kept me going the last 2 miles. felt like a more serious event than the GSR, less fun runners, but equally not so much of a buzz from it. felt like a bit of an anti climax at the end, maybe just because id done so much hard training, and it was a bit of an after thought as the GSR was the main thing for me this year. im so pleased i finished, i learnt a lot that i can take into next year

im normally so focused concentrating on what im doing that i rarely take in whats around me!

have done my entry for the gosport half marathon next sunday.

top effort, well done. i reckon its ok to wear the medal up to when you do another race was quite easy to spot the people who clearly hadnt done much training, they were walking before we had even reached 2 miles! you must have finisehd quite high up with 1 hr 27. i came 13575th out of 25,000, was quite pleased with that for 1st go have entered the Gosport half marathon in a couple of weeks

i did 1 hour 55 mins on the dot! so right on target time. i was cruising all the way round at about 11.5 minute miles for the 1st 8 and half. i got my pacing absolutly spot on what i was aiming for. 57 minutes 1st 5 miles. but then that wind the last mile and half wowzers. i think that took 2 or 3 minutes of everybody time at the very least. i sprinted the last 800 metres as well. wasnt even out of puff at the end. had plenty left. could have done another 3 miles easy. i think that was a good pace for half marathon, but i know now i can go quicker over 10 miles. im so pleased. it was a truly amazing experience and the atmosphere at the start was just incredible, everyone was buzzing. and the support on the way round i couldn't believe either. around mile 9 was really tough but as soon as i saw 1k to go i knew i had plenty left and picked it up. the £3700 we have raised was really spurring me on i was aiming now for either the brighton half on 17 feb, or the reading half on 2 march. or maybe both. but i didnt realsie there was gosport half in a few weeks im seriously considering that now thank you to everyone who has given me advice and support over the last year or so, its been really valuable

well im as ready as i ever will be. was going great guns til about 4 weeks ago but picked up an infection that really knocked me back. have picked it up a bit the last 2 weeks, so just have to trust myself that ive got the mileage in my legs. only aiming for a time of about 1 hour 55, so im not quick. very nervous thos for some reason, maybe because its the 1st time ive done anything like this. a lot of money raised though so no backing out now. looks like the weather is going to be biblical sunday as well

"Given your face is like a ball sack, are you surprised that your son came out a bellend #goodlookingonealbeit"

absolutely hilarious. best 30 minutes ive ever wasted.

havent been able to follow this thread for quite a few months, so can someone answer the following please and bring me up to date - have the cretins got it yet or do they think "they will walk this league" ? - who are they robbing this time to pay wages they cant afford ? - when is their next administration due ? - has Riquelme signed yet ? - is Dubai Phil still going on about golf every ****ing week ? - has Nick had a meltdown yet because they are still going ? - is it safe to put the morphy richards away

i was going great guns up til about 2 and half weeks ago, but havent been able to do much in that time as i picked up an infection. all back on track now though, a 5k tonight, will do a 6 or 7 miler on saturday, and then just keep ticking over til the days. raised nearly £3,000 so far so no backing out now

thank you. am doing 12 minute miles now for the longer runs. did 9 miles yesterday 1hr 47 mins. going to do a couple of shorter runs this week to work on a bit more speed now i know ive got the distance

my trainig has been going well. lost 5 and a half stone so far, up to 7 mile training runs now

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have just taken 4 minutes of my PB for 5 miles. 1 hour 2 mins today

2 more pounds and i'll be bang on 5 stone since May 1st.

will they actully get another win before they are relegated

Flood warnings for portsmouth in the next few weeks. this is due to the entire city of Southampton ****ing itself laughing

if that's your idea of "The Southampton Way" Cortese, then you can shove it sideways where the sun doesnt shine, and have my season ticket with it. im done with football. disgusted to be a saints fan

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Pardew hadn't taken us from bottom of league one to the premier league in just over two years. Adkins deserved a little bit of loyalty, as the team had just started to get it right. for the 1st time Wednesday night i thought we were going to stay up. now its not that im not sure, its that i dont actually care. will be all Cortese deserves if we go down. and i wont be there to see it, have just lobbed my season ticket in the shredder