ANY MEMBERS taking part in the london marathon x

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:01

any of you living in the uk taking part in the marathon xxxxx

jamestalbot


Joined: 20/12/2009
Posts: 958

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:07

Lilly I admire your spirit, with all the crap you are putting up with on this forum, you still find time to continue posting items of interest to many people, keep it up.



james x

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:14

james i have to take my mind of it, its getting to me though. I feel like chucking the towel in . Thank you xxxxxxxxxx

jamestalbot


Joined: 20/12/2009
Posts: 958

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:21

don't chuck in the towel, they will have won then and you would be a sad loss to the forum and the community, i have read your replies to many posts, and you seem to be a genuine and caring person, don't let them get to you.



Kind Regards James x

Teresa


Joined: 21/11/2007
Posts: 1018

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:47

Liz dont you dare talk like that, it is bloody hard enough trying to run a decent business here and putting up with all the crap that goes with it without having to put up with it here as well.

Maybe some of these people who are having a go at you would like to club together and pay for an advert in the paper which believe me is not cheap, then you would not need to advertise here, until they do you just carry on and dont let them get to you. It is very easy to sit behind a screen and run people down and i suppose we should feel sorry for them that they have nothing better to do with their time.

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:47

Liz ....i have competed in every London marathon since it started . Yeah right in my dreams . Keep it going girl !!

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:54

Like Arry i have competed in every London marathon since it started, but unlike Arry i have also completed every london marathon, but this year i have decided to run a bath instead.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
24/04/2010 23:59

you lot lift my spirits, so tomorrow we will all do our own mini marathon, mines how many wines i can drink, whats yours xxxxxxx

arrry



Joined: 19/08/2008
Posts: 1235

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 00:05

I will be there babe ...........

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 00:10

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry cant wait to see you x

pjnxi



Joined: 12/02/2009
Posts: 167

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 00:22

I will be there on the TV. pjnxi

Linnyloos


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 483

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 01:58

I'm going to watch. That's about all I can do, I'm afraid. Too much for me x

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 07:47

I'm doing the Glasgow marathon.... now called the 'Glasgow Snickers'



I'm having the full 26 curries and the 14 pints of lager....

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 09:32

My son Alex and his wife are in London today for the Marathon, unfortunately Alex had to withdraw last minute as his leg gave up midweek, and he had to have an operation on his hip. However now on crutches, he is there to support his wife. Two years ago he had his bowel removed and then ran the Marathon last year. He has already booked in for the next one in 2011.

They have a home in Karsyaka.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 09:38

Bridie,



Well done to your son and good luck to his wife. People like your son are an inspiration to us all, a lot of people after a big illness just throw in the towel and give up, but he obviously has a lust for life. And I am willing to bet he and his wife were doing the run for a really good cause.



If he needs any help when he get back to NC tell him to call the nurses on 0533 884 5621.



Chris

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 09:47

I think it is pathetic that the Red Arrows have entered a team as they will be finished in about 3 minutes. My Wildebeest (bless her) thinks it is great and is proud to be British but does have some concerns about all the red, white, and blue smoke choking the crowds. If that is the case, let them do a "Victory Roll" over Parliament and land on 10 Downing Street !

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 10:14

Thankyou for your kindness, I have passed on your message to them both. Yes they are very strong and won't let this thing beat them, and they are doing things they would never have dreamt of doing. For a start, their beloved labrador has just died, so they have put their house on the market in the UK, are buying a yacht and taking to the high seas and wintering in their Kibris home. Lynn is running for the Macmillan Trust and Alex was running for the RNLI. He trains the drivers of the RNLI offshore rescue craft as a part of his work, along with teaching sailing to a very high level.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 10:17

bridie, truly an inspiration, please pass on my wishes to them both xx

kiwikid


Joined: 18/08/2008
Posts: 496

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 12:06

Heard some useless information yesterday on the forces radio, when the marathhon first start in 1981 (I think) there where 7747 entries this year the are 51000, last year over £45,000,000 was raised for charities during the Marathon.

Now did you know that!!!!!

Well done to anyone that has the strenght and will to do it. Some times dream I'm running, even then I wake up tried!!

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 17:48

I had the 'pleasure' of running the first one in 1981 and the atmosphere was great still a long way that last 260 yards haha!! - would have been better if I had known Efes before!!!



Well done Lilli on an interesting post and wonderful to hear what others say and all those other participants well done and not just for the run but the money they raised for all the truly wonderful causes. Its more of a marathon collecting the pledges!!

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
25/04/2010 18:07

ang i agree, its all for the charity they decide on, and each and every one i wish well, years ago i used to to the cardiff half marathon, that was so nhard, it was for kidney research xxxxxxxxxxx

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
26/04/2010 09:32

Just to let you know that Lynn Cockshott of Karsyaka finished the London Marathon and was sleeping it off when we phoned last night.

laptarunner



Joined: 02/11/2009
Posts: 217

Message Posted:
26/04/2010 11:15

The wife and I did it yesterday, hardly move this morning.

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
26/04/2010 20:37

Well done Laptarunner and Mrs Laptarunner!!

blinky



Joined: 07/12/2008
Posts: 187

Message Posted:
26/04/2010 21:53

my wife Donna did the marathon yesterday for childrens cancer charity Click, its the first sporting thing she has ever done in her 36 year history!, i picked her up from the train station today, she was like the tin man from wizzard of ozz!!

6 hrs 20 odd mins, really proud of her!!

ang1706


Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 570

Message Posted:
26/04/2010 23:29

Mabrouk mabrouk, well done!!

LooseBoots



Joined: 08/02/2009
Posts: 1258

Message Posted:
27/04/2010 01:37

Well done Donna. It is the taking part that counts no matter what the time and the longer you are on your feet the worse it is. I had the privilege of taking part in the Hastings centenary marathon in November 2008 and the last Flora London marathon last year.



Well done to all this years runners.

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
27/04/2010 02:45

My legs are still aching.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
27/04/2010 07:49

Oh please , spare us Tiggy

laptarunner



Joined: 02/11/2009
Posts: 217

Message Posted:
27/04/2010 10:33

Well done Looseboots I did the centenary Hastings Marathon, that was far harder than London, still remember the beach section at 24 miles, managed to creep in just under 5hours. Do you run in the TRNC, we are out for a couple of months in June?