DFW running club part 4!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

evab_2

It would be good to have one place to keep stats, I stopped doing my blog because it was not acheiving anything compared to here. I still keep a written record, this year it's a little birdie diary that dh got for Christmas from an elderly aunt!

RichOneday_2

Ooo some argy bargy on the parkrun front!

Some chappy in the North east is calling for a boycott of all parkruns because they dont play fairly:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/athletics/4996251.Call_for_Parkruns_to_be_boycotted/

To put it in a nutshell, he's a plonker!:p

becky_rtw

RichOneday wrote: »

Ooo some argy bargy on the parkrun front!

Some chappy in the North east is calling for a boycott of all parkruns because they dont play fairly:

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/athletics/4996251.Call_for_Parkruns_to_be_boycotted/

To put it in a nutshell, he's a plonker!:p

I know what an idiot!!! :rotfl::rotfl:

He's just jealous because his sport isnt well recognised and no one wants to do it

becky_rtw

Winner of the week on marathon talk:
Helen wastshername with 3 pbs in 3 distances in 3 weeks - AND thats nothing!!!

4 in 3 weeks for me, plus in the last 4 weeks 2 of my fastest 20 milers ever and unofficially breaking my half pb during the second one of those :D:rotfl::rotfl:

beer_tins

Morning all,

Well I ran into work yesterday and wanted to do the same today. But I started off and my legs felt heavy, plus my recovering ankle was making itself known already, so I headed back and delayed until tomorrow. It's amazing how quickly the body gets used to the reduced workloads a forced layoff causes! Oh well, I'm going to make sure I get my 3 "key" runs in and keep upping my long run distance. The rest of the runs will be in the plan, but flexible. Once I've hit the 20 miles, I can start increasing weekly mileage some more.

As for the suggested running forum, I think it's a great idea and I'll definitely get involved if it goes ahead. I don't think it needs to replace this thread, I'm sure some of us will continue to come on here and post to help out newbies. Plus, it should probably remain the place to discuss any MSE-related topics? I've put up some sites before, so I'm happy to help out. Here are some thoughts and ideas I have:

1) The site would have a forum section, but should also feature some "static" content with general information, which can be edited if necessary. It could also feature regular users' blogs, although the forum could also feature a "diaries" section instead.

2) The site could feature an events and photos section.

3) The site would be the home of the proposed running club, so we probably should think of a name for both before putting it up!

4) We would need to decide whether to fund the site using user's contributions, or whether to use advertising/affiliate links etc. to help pay for it.

5) We could set up a paypal account for the club's finances. That would be the easy way to do it. Of course, this would involve paying charges to paypal.

becky_rtw

Good thoughts BT - I'm good with the technical stuff but less good with orgnisation if that makes sense

Sorry to hear the ankle is still playing up - you might have to start aqua jogging soon

becky_rtw

Oh and name wise I was thinking of erunning

redsquirrel80

beer_tins wrote: »

2) The site could feature an events and photos section.

Useful for scaring unruly children

4) We would need to decide whether to fund the site using user's contributions, or whether to use advertising/affiliate links etc. to help pay for it.

Advertising/ affiliates are a good idea, probably need a bit of both those and our own contributions.

becky_rtw wrote: »

Oh and name wise I was thinking of erunning

Like it :T

beer_tins

becky_rtw wrote: »

Oh and name wise I was thinking of erunning

I like it. but the domain is taken. e-runclub.com and erunclub.com are free, though!

redsquirrel80

ps Rich can you add me to Kilomathon on the races list - ta