700 miles in 2019

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Mandymoo
Mandymoo
Mar 2019
11:31am, 25 Mar 2019
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Morning all- just
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Mar 2019
11:48am, 25 Mar 2019
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Fragile Do Not Bend
Morning. Had an interview at 8am this morning. It included literacy and numeracy tests, which apparently is obligatory for jobs which loosely fall under the heading of ‘admin’ for this particular NHS trust, whether or not they are relevant.

Literacy was really basic and easy, the numeracy was a toughie (and stressful) as it’s probably been about 20 years since I have been asked to do multiplication and division without the use of a calculator. Flipping waste of time, I have a Maths A level FFS.
Yumee
Yumee
Mar 2019
12:43pm, 25 Mar 2019
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Blimey that sounds like one of those interviews you have in a nightmare the night before an interview, then wake up all relieved it wasn't't real....!

Knee managed 10 miles, grumbled in the last mile. I should be grateful to have managed that far, but instead am grumpy because this week's long run should have been 22m :-(
Yumee
Yumee
Mar 2019
12:44pm, 25 Mar 2019
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Oh - and as far as mother's day is concerned... hubby is working next weekend, so said he'd cook supper last night instead. Proceeded to use EVERY pan in the kitchen, then left all the washing up because he was "tired"......
ferret
ferret
Mar 2019
1:07pm, 25 Mar 2019
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:-( to washing up marathon & crack of dawn daft interviews. Hope knee is a temporary blip, yumee.

Stunning day here but I peaked too soon, think I’ll use my bus pass this afternoon :-)

+ 1 for no fuss xmas, ny, easter, st valentine’s & mother’s day . Love simnel cake (mother’s day?) & pancake day.
Mandymoo
Mandymoo
Mar 2019
1:40pm, 25 Mar 2019
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I too am not fussed about all the pa-lava that goes with celebration days.

I am shattered today, really struggling to stay awake and have horrid hay fever and to top that the horrid evil yellow stuff is starting to flower in the surrounding fields. Me grumpy? Never
WtnMel
WtnMel
Mar 2019
2:11pm, 25 Mar 2019
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Checking back after a few days away from the thread ..

I drove up to see my Mum yesterday and took her out for a Mother's Day meal because I need to be around next Sunday (doing the desk at my swim club). She didn't mind as the pub we went to wasn't as busy as it will be next weekend!

Lovely sunny day - warm enough for me to venture out in shorts & t-shirt for the first time this year. Mr Garmin told me afterwards I'd managed a new (cough) 'fastest pace' mile at 10:00mm pace during my 4.5ml run ;)
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Mar 2019
2:57pm, 25 Mar 2019
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Well done Mel!
um
um
Mar 2019
3:12pm, 25 Mar 2019
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um
[FDNB - reminds me of the time, many years ago, I had to go through a series of tests. Turns out I was 'good with numbers' - and yes, my CV did show I'd got Physics, Pure Maths and Applied Maths A-levels, Pure Maths S-level and a BSc in ... Maths.
Glad their test was accurate ...]

Hope yours went well.

If anyone is interested, or wants to practise before such interview tests, there's this : nnchallenge.org.uk

Hmm ... thread moves from gardening to maths classes ...
Columba
Columba
Mar 2019
6:05pm, 25 Mar 2019
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... and back to running, of which I have just done 2.2 miles up and down lots of steep hills.

Fleecy - thanks for the RHS link.

AR - enjoy your final ski of the year.

Ferret - Simnel cake is an Easter thing, but I don't actually know what it is... But could google it, I suppose.

YuMee - Next year, request a Mothers Day take-away. Or restaurant meal, better still; don't even need to clear away then, let alone wash up.

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Joyous January
01/01/19 McGiebling Worthing Hangover 5 medal SB
05/01/19 Badger Coldham’s Common pr medal pb
06/01/19 Sigh Centurion 5 mile (race 3) medal pb
12/01/19 FERC parkrun ageingtractor medal pb
20/01/09 Groundhog Winter Tanners 30 medal pb
27/01/19 Doooogs Meltham 10k medal course PB
27/01/19 ageingtractor Farnborough half medal pb

Fabulous February
17/02/19 ageingtractor Bramley 10 medal pb
23/02/19 parkruns LindsD 1st age cat medal; Badger medal pb; Groundhog medal course pb
24/02/19 CStar DD2 Wokingham half medal pb
24/02/19 Carpathius Tarpley 20 medal pb
24/02/19 Ferret Bournemouth 10 medal pb

Marvellous March
03/03/19 KimCanRun Smokies 10 medal pb
10/03/19 Fradley 10k Keegan medal PB, Sigh medal SB
10/03/19 Mrs Jigs The Big Half medal course pb
16/03/19 KimCanRun D33 Ultra medal pb
16/03/19 RedAlex Saturn Doh-Nut 50k medal pb
17/03/19 Sinj999 Reading Half medal pb
17/03/19 ageingtractor Brentwood Half medal pb
23/03/19 parkruns: Sigh Walsall Arboretum medal SB; Columba Builth pr medal 1st age cat SB; Thornton Runner medal post injury

Astounding April
05/04/19 Sweetie 400mswim medal pb
06/04/19 TeeBee Brooklands pr medal 1st age cat
07/04/19 Manchester Marathon Badger medal pb, RRR-Caz medal sub 3.30
07/04/19 Sigh - Centurion 5 mile (race 6) medal pb
07/04/19 Tay Ten Lip Gloss medal SB, Corrah medal SB, KimCanRun medalpb, Maltdrinker medal pb
20/04/19 Hale Village 5 Autumn leaves medal 1st age cat
28/04/19 London Marathon - sinj999 medal pb
28/04/19 Turtlemama Shakespeare Half medal 1st half pb
28/04/19 RRR-Caz Düsseldorf Marathon medal pb

Magnificent May
04/05/19 Mrs Jigs Taman Pula Ula parkrun medal age cat record
05/05/19 Three Forts Challenge (Ultra)marathon - 12barDavid medal under 5 hrs
05/05/19 Baker Hughes 10k KCR medal pb, Maltdrinker medal SB
11/05/19 The Ox - CStar medal 1st ultra pb
11/05/19 Chiltern Ridge 50k - Badger
11/05/19 Parkrun - KCR medal pb, Thornton Runner medal sb, Lip Gloss medal 1st age cat
12/05/19 Lichfield Half Marathon - Keegan medal pb
12/05/19 Bury to Clare 18 - Carp medal pb
12/05/19 Alton 10 - ageingtractor medal pb
12/05/10 Dunecht Dash 5k - Lip Gloss medal SB
19/05/19 Hackney half - Pothunter medal course pb
19/05/19 Clanfield Challenge - Fleecy medal 20k pb
19/05/19 Great Manchester Run - AL and Team Halle medal 1st place
25/05/19 Mývatn marathon - ITG medal comeback
27/05/19 London Vitality 10k -McGoohan medal WAVA pb

Jiving June
08/06/19 Henley 24hr - Linds team medal Silver podium
09/06/19 Two Castles 10k - Turtlemama medal pb
09/06/19 Cotswold 113 Triathlon - Sweetie medal pb
09/06/19 Fraserburgh 10k - Corrah medal SB
16/06/19 Alresford 10k - Ageingtractor medal pb
22/06/19 parkrun - LindsD medal SB medal best WAVA medal 1st age cat
29/06/19 parkrun - Groundhog medal 1st age cat
29/06/19 St Cuthbert's Way Ultra 45m - Yumee medal ultra pb
30/06/19 Round Sheffield Run 15 - Sigh medal pb

Jubilant July
03/07/19 Hard as Nails 15k, McGoohan medal pb
10/07/19 12barDavid Brighton Phoenix 10k medal pb
13/07/19 parkrun LindsD medal SB Wava pb, Badger medal pb
20/07/19 Elmore 7 McGoohan medal pb
27/7/19 Try a Tri - CStar medal 1st place

Astonishing August
04/09/19 MandyMoo Ride100 medal course pb
08/08/19 RRR-Caz Dinton pastures 10K medal 1st age cat over 4 races
10/08/19 ITG Jökulsárhlaup 13k medal 2nd overall

Superb September
01/09/19 Kent Coastal Half - Fragile DNB medal SB
15/09/19 Sigh - St. Thomas' 7 mile medal pb
15/09/19 RRRCaz - Swallowfield 10k medal SB
22/09/19 Turtlemama - Balsall Common 10k medal pb
29/09/19 Carpathius - Ealing Half medal SB
29/09/19 McGoohan - Pontefract half medal SB
29/09/19 Mrs Jigs - Scottish Half medal SB medal 1st age cat

Outstanding October
05/10/19 DrK celebration parkrun - Lip Gloss medal cup winner
06/10/19 Loch Ness marathon - Maltdrinker medal pb
13/10/19 Funkyplates - Melbourne Marathon medal pb
13/10/19 Peregrinator - Guildford 10k medal pb
14/10/19 Sigh - Farndon 10k medal SB
14/10/19 Maltdrinker - Aviemore half medal pb
19/10/19 parkrun - Mrs Jigs medal 1st age cat record, Sigh medal SB
20/10/19 Mrs Jigs - Poznan marathon medal 1st age cat
26/10/19 Fleecy - Beachy Head marathon medal pb
27/10/19 Autumn Leaves - Striders trail 5 medal LV50

Nicely Done November
03/11/19 NYC marathon - ageingtractor medal pb
17/11/19 St Neots half - Badger medal pb
30/11/19 parkrun - LazyDaisy medal 1st age cat, Columba medal 1st age cat, TeeBee medal 2nd age cat, Lip Gloss medal 3rd age cat, Molesey medal SB

Delicious December
15/12/19 RRR-Caz - Muddy Welly 10k medal V series winner
29/12/19 Badger - Cambridge City Christmas 10k medal pb

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