Slow and Proud (SAP) Club

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4 Dec
5:10pm, 4 Dec 2024
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Merry Lip Gloss
Wow how spooky Mulbs. I looked back on some of the comments in here just last night.

Iā€™m definitely a lot slower than I was but happy still to be getting out there . Just wish I could go further than 3 miles. Maybe 2025 will be the year I improve again.

Hope you are keeping well.
4 Dec
5:44pm, 4 Dec 2024
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mulbs
I'm great thanks LipGloss. My plantar fasciitis has just about gone away so I'm delighted to be doing anything at all now. I'm still run walking rather than run running. In my head I'd love to get long distance again though. Nice to "see" you x
8 Dec
12:57pm, 8 Dec 2024
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angelrose
*waves* :)

Glad to hear you're back in the game again now mulbs.

I'm slower than ever but still trying to get back on it again after injuries and holidays this year. In no time at all I'll be off again for skiing so maybe come the spring I'll start seeing some improvements again.
8 Dec
1:01pm, 8 Dec 2024
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Totoro
Love your perspective on time at the Santa Dash Mulbs. When you think of all the criteria for how a run went / felt / was the time it took is such a small element. The only thing that makes me bewail not being faster is when people question me on "What's happened?" Why I'm being slower and struggling more than they thought I aught to have been (kindly meant I'm sure at a club - did not go back!) or when I just wish I could keep up with people so I'm not on my own at things like parkrun. I prefer running alone on purpose to running on my own in a group. Definitely better to try to step away from even thinking about it.

Merry Christmas Lip Gloss! You do an amazingly consistent pace at 5k. Looking forward to seeing your goals for the new year.

My team at work are doing a step challenge this December - aiming to step the equivalent of to the north pole and back. I quite like the way this has given me a feeling of having a bit more of 'a level playing field'. Doing plenty of movement and just trying to loose weight and build base fitness ready to start half marathon training for the May Manchester Half. Just enjoying run walking, hoping to get fitter so I can do more without my heart rate going through the roof.

Lovely to see the SAP club going again, I've not been a regular on here for years.
9 Dec
5:42pm, 9 Dec 2024
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mulbs
Hello lovelies, I think it's easy to be your own critic but more important to appreciate the things you do to be as fit as you can for your age/size/circumstances (both mental and physical). I'd love to still be smashing long distances but having been unable to do anything for months, I'll take a 2 to 3 mile run/walk! I put on 2 stone in the 2020 madness and cannot shift it, I've recently accepted that this might just be my "new" size and weight and that there's no point hating it. Here's to us and here's to keeping on keeping on x
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7:36am, 11 Dec 2024
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Totoro
Well said!
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7:44am, 11 Dec 2024
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Merry Lip Gloss
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star star we are the Slow and Proud Club (formed on 04/02/12) This thread was formerly an offshoot of the Absolute Beginners thread star star

Come and join us - we do not judge people on their pace and you will receive lots of encouragement.

We are proud that we are getting off our couches and getting out there, no matter how slow!

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2020 TARGETS, GOALS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

*** target events for 2020
*** target distances for 2020
*** target annual mileage for 2020
*** other SAP goals for 2020
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[revised 05/10/20]

JAN
medal Nutso - half marathon medal

FEB
XXX GimmeMedals - Run Your Heart Out 10k (cancelled due to weather)

MAR
XXX Lip Gloss - Smokies 10m (DNS due to other events)

APR
XXX Lip Gloss - Declaration of Arbroath 700th Anniversary Half Marathon (11th) POSTPONED
XXX Wazelle - Brighton Marathon (19th) POSTPONED
XXX Alpenrose - M12K 2020 Marnhull (19th) CANCELLED
XXX Mulbs - London Marathon (26th) POSTPONED

MAY
XXX Lip Gloss - Chariots of Fire 5k CANCELLED
XXX Womble - Cranleigh Trail Half walk (10th) CANCELLED
XXX Lemon10 - Windermere Marathon (17th) POSTPONED

JUN

JUL

AUG
XXX Lip Gloss - Hatton 10k CANCELLED
XXX Womble - South Coast Challenge [walk first quarter c15 miles] (29th) POSTPONED UNTIL 2021 (NOW SIGNED UP FOR 50KM)

SEP
* Wazelle - Brighton Marathon (rescheduled date) VIRTUAL EVENT

OCT
XXX GimmeMedals - Great South Run (18th) CANCELLED
XXX Womble - Beachy Head Marathon (DEFERRED TO 2021)
XXX Mulbs - London Marathon (rescheduled date) CANCELLED

NOV
XXX Lemon10 - Windermere Marathon (1st - rescheduled date) CANCELLED

DEC
XXX

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Womble's Goals
1) Keep doing my leg exercises and add ankles to the plan
2) Cto5k/10k my way
3) Concentrate on 5k then 10k times
4) Try to get to +300 miles in a year (plus 1000 walking miles)
5) Arrive at the BH marathon start line fit and healthy, and have fun whilst covering the challenge

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Mulb's Goals
1) to start building some strength and flexibility work into my week
2) to get back in to walking every day for at least 30 mins
3) to shift some of the extra heft I've gained this year
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To be archived: docs.google.com

[edited Dec 2019]
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