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Is it the end, or just the beginning.....?
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Evening all - just been out for a run - 8.5 miles so am happy with that.
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Is it not icy down your way?
and foggy - but if I am to do the marathon in April, I guess I had better get used to running in wintry conditions!
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and foggy - but if I am to do the marathon in April, I guess I had better get used to running in wintry conditions!
If I start making excuses at this early stage, there will be NO hope for me!
I'm a bit of a coward in icy conditions. Especially since nearly coming a cropper during last winter...
I was doing the moonwalk shuffle this morning, and driving back from work, I went sideways a couple of times and my brakes farted at me a couple of times.
And then I had to reset my central heating when I got in, but that's a completely different subject..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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I think I must be losing it - I could have sworn that I just saw the words "run" "8.5 miles" and "happy" in the same sentence.🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
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EssexHebridean wrote: »I think I must be losing it - I could have sworn that I just saw the words "run" "8.5 miles" and "happy" in the same sentence.
But you also saw the word "collapsed" there too.....that is the overriding one right now!!Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
EssexHebridean wrote: »I think I must be losing it - I could have sworn that I just saw the words "run" "8.5 miles" and "happy" in the same sentence.
If I'd been running for 8.5. miles, I'd be happy to be in too..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
I can remember SS's car mats too.
I have been here a long time!!!
Me too. The biggest difference being one is rubbery & tastes nasty........... oh.........
Actually I love sproutsEssexHebridean wrote: »I think I must be losing it - I could have sworn that I just saw the words "run" "8.5 miles" and "happy" in the same sentence.
I am very happy that I have no inclination to run 8.5 miles. Simples
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