The more you run in grotty weather, the more you get used to it so stick at and eventually you'll come to love it - honest!

Managed a swift 4 miler on Wed evening, then climbed yesterday. Had a tough spin class this morning, by the end there seemed to be only me, one of the regular blokes and the instructor still hanging on, the rest were trashed!

MiniT and me are having our swine flu vacs tomorrow, so Sunday's mountain bike race looks a bit daunting, still I've got to go cos Mum's coming to do family-care! Must admit to being a bit unsure about them but we've no real option, if I get ill with anything, life will be a tad tricky and the accompanying risk to Mr T is completely unacceptable so fingers crossed that we have a mild/no reaction!

Hat, have you considered OMM? A friend rang me to see if I'd consider doing it with her next year and as it coincides with our wedding anniversary, I think it'll be a good plan as distraction therapy...

Hello all

Twink - thinking of you. Am in awe of you keeping going with the training in the circumstances but hope it helps you think of something else once in a while.

Girls - good luck with the reading half. My bro is doing it in March so I may be there to cheer on (although actually I think we may be skiing ...)

Not had a good running week - gym session on tuesday I had calf pain and ended up on the cross trainer. Didn't go today as my parents are staying so meant to get out to run but had too much to do. Hopefully get a run outside on sunday...

Glad to hear good things about the Reading half thanks ladies!
did a 6k ish run yesterday which was fine so feeling optimistic.
Hoping to keep up with the training but winter is hard ..

Twink - fantastic and humbling how you and MrT are handling all that.

Any GNRunners of last year - are you or have you in the past done this "booking" of a place for the next three years?

hi twink

i'll be doing the reading half too - in fact i must remember to register

Hi girls - Reading was my first (snd only so far!) half marathon. I agree it is a good one to do as it is mainly flat. In saying that, I made a bit of a mess of it and felt exhausted the whole way round, but was just an off day I think.

I started training in January for it (having been running 2 or 3 times a week, and up to 6 miles) and felt pretty ready for it when it got to the day.

Guess you can see how you feel if you do get pregnant. You could always defer if you were.

Good luck!

Cheers

Girls, Reading is a good half to do; there's a decent flat section before the first hill so you're well warmed up, then there's only really one other hill worth mentioning and although steep, it's very short. There's an incline up into the Mad Stad at the end but by then you can hear the crowd support so it's fine. As far as running when pregnant goes, there are loads of people on here who have done (I didn't start until post-miniT). The usual advice seems to be that if you already run then it's ok to continue. I'm sure someone else more knowledgable will be along shortly. You're already doing a decent distance so you'll have no problem getting up to 21k by March and it'll motivate you to get out during Jan & Feb

Twink - sending health vibes your way. Sounds so stressful. Running v good for clearing the cobwebs though isn't it? What you need when the going gets tough at home I think..

Went to see a friend yesterday who had her first dc 2 months ago. She entered Reading half marathon but discovered she was pg and deferred to this year.

She convinced me to enter... HALF a MARATHON gulp.

It's in March and as we're trying for our third baby I may be pregnant by March.

Hasn't happened this month though so the most I could be by Martch is 3-4 months. Still do able do you lot think?

Twink . What an amazing training schedule, for both of you .

oh twink xxxx

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