marathonmummy - Latest Comments

Re: 26 miles: 26 memories

twitter-16407160 — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:26:22 -0000

I think about your Dad, when I drive past the stadium, now.

Re: guess what?

spinkle — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:53:39 -0000

I think it's been harder restarting after the marathon than the very beginning. I think it's because you know how bad it can get!!
Distraction by chatting is a GREAT strategy!! Have fun X

Re: cyber(marathon)mummy

openid-20387 — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:21:09 -0000

I know a few people that have had the same problem after their first marathon - they've spent the best part of a year training for just one day and afterwards running just seems a bit pointless. Give it time and enjoy training for the 8k :-)

Re: couch to 5k

openid-20387 — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:17:38 -0000

Not great at the moment, I keep thinking about updating the blog but I don't have a whole lot to say! Next doctors appointment is in a couple of weeks so hopefully I'll make some progress then!

Re: guess what?

Jenny — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:21:03 -0000

grats on your domain :D

Re: the london marathon – part 3

twitter-43869489 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:26:57 -0000

I was offline at the time but thinking of you an cheering you on in spirit! I had tears reading your story, how amazing and to raise so much money is fantastic. You must feel so proud! I am sorry for not catching up with you sooner xx

Re: guess what?

carpeviam — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:26:27 -0000

Friday morning? You have to wait until Friday morning? Oh wait. You're halfway across the globe, so IS IT FRIDAY MORNING OVER THERE ALREADY? I swear. You guys get to do everything before us.

Re: cyber(marathon)mummy

Julia Williams — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:56:20 -0000

Quite right too. You'll get your running mojo back eventually. Took me AGES. And today had my first brilliant run in forever. Comes and goes. You have to just keep at it.xxx

Re: couch to 5k

rachaelmoore — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:41:58 -0000

Thanks Sai. Just popped over to have a look at www.runningfromzombies.com and see if you were up to anything yet - how are the feet?

Re: cyber(marathon)mummy

rachaelmoore — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:38:11 -0000

Thanks Dawn. It's amazing how relieved I feel. I hadn't realised how much pressure I was putting on myself.

Re: cyber(marathon)mummy

themoiderer — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:05:00 -0000

I think that makes a lot of sense and is a brave decision. Good for you

Re: couch to 5k

openid-20387 — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:33:03 -0000

All the best with your new programme. I remember I never really felt like a 'real' runner until I could go out for a run without having to walk any of it! :-)

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:28:12 -0000

A very dear friend said that it would be like losing another piece of
my dad, and I think it has been, in a way. And as for the black dog
club, oh yes.
Long time member. Sigh.

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:28:00 -0000

Thank you, Julia.
Yes, it was a huge thing, and then it just stopped. And then there was
nothing (except chocolate, cake and feeling miserable). Hard to deal
with, more than I expected. xx

Re: help help help

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:02:39 -0000

Yes! Will come out of RW forum hiding and come and say hello after half term. Going back to basics with a couch to 5k I think - hopefully my body will remember what to do and I'll be able to pick it up a bit faster, but argh, I am SO unfit!

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:01:12 -0000

Oh yes, I am a longtime owner of my very own black dog. Woof.
I think it has been a reaction, yes. To all of the above. I think the thing is, as the gorgeously lovely L says, grief is a long road. And it's one with lots of twists and turns. Every little thing like this is a step further away from my dad. It's like a series of little deaths.

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:41:18 -0000

Happy belated birthday lovely pone!
Ooh, yes please! Would love a ride - have even been to Horseatack (sp?) and bought some jodhs! I was riding a pony belonging to Judith Harper in the village - owner of the duckpond? He's a gorgeous, 14.2 skewbald cob who has been beautifully schooled - rode him round the field today, asked for a bit of shoulder in, more out of interest than anything, and he offered it straight away. But oh, my legs are aching now!

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:38:38 -0000

You're doing brilliantly! Saw you'd done 2 miles this morning on twitter. I'm impressed, especially in this heat.

I am lucky - I have a friend with a horse who needs to be ridden, and another set of old friends from pre-baby days who have kindly offered me a ride whenever I like. I was born with an addiction to horses, and it's like a drug to me. My husband is slightly worried, I can tell. I bought Horse & Hound this week to look at the horses for sale!

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:36:28 -0000

Thank you P. So true. I am feeling a million times more myself as a result of this riding lark. xx

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:35:53 -0000

I think we did, you're right. And I'm so glad we did. The day isn't the hard bit, I always think, it's either the days leading up to it or those afterwards. xxxxx

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:34:09 -0000

Hayley, that's so true - I've felt so much better this week, having acknowledged some of the feelings I'd been trying to hide (with chocolate and junk food) since the marathon. xx

Re: help help help

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:33:11 -0000

Thanks Maria - sounds great - I'll pop over and have a look in a moment.

Re: catharsis

rachaelmoore — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:32:29 -0000

Definitely. I had four unmedicated births so I know what my body is capable of - and I know that pain is temporary. But not all of my births (1 & 3) were ideal, so I also know how it feels to prepare for something, then have to come to terms with everything going wrong on the day. It's hard. But the only way to learn is by experience - and one day I know I'll do a sub 4 marathon. Just because I want to say I've done it!

Re: catharsis

carpeviam — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:08:25 -0000

Funny that you likened the marathon to childbirth. I've never had kids but have made assumptions about its mirroring that very thing!

Re: help help help

Little M's mami — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:49:43 -0000

Hi Rachael! Love your blog :) I too am a running mummy! And recently I lost my running mojo too! The pounds have slowly crept on, but I have to get out there - and so do you!! :)
I am doing the Royal parks Half Marathon in the autumn - maybe that could be a good option? Have you heard of Boutique Run? Its a 10K for women only in Battersea Park on the 10th of July. Its an evening run, with a pampering village afterwards. www.boutiquerun.com. If you use code LDN54 you get 25% off :)
I blogged about my training (or lack of!) http://mummysbusyworld.blogspot.com/2010/05/run-mami-run.html
Happy running and speak soon! Maria x