Due to injury the fantastic 4 became the 3 amigos!! No Carolyn "cross training" McKeown this week due to a calf problem.
We set off from the Boathouse nice and early at 7am and Sandra headed off whilst the boys got ready (allegedly we would catch her at the top of the hill!!!). We didn't catch her till the 10 mile mark!!!!
A quick stop at 10 miles and Jim pulled something out of the front of his pants, just as Sandra was sucking on her tube!!! Oo er!!! Turns out it was nothing sinister but a bag of jelly, which he duly offered around. Can't say we were all rushing for a bit of jelly that had been warming around his groin for 10 miles!!
As usual the turn at 10 signalled the sprint for home with Sandra heading the way at incredible pace (definitely a drug test needed!!). We averaged 9:04 for the first 10 and finished at 8:49 average!!!!
A brilliant effort by the 3 amigos finishing in well under 3 hours!!!
However on a negative side-we missed our team mate!! We also missed our song clue!!!!!!!!!
Definitely a low budget week-no clue, no Carolyn and nearly no blog!!!
Lets hope Sean and Jim stay awake at the Enchanted Ball tonight!!! Carolyn will be ok (she's probably just getting out of bed!!!!)
FANTASTIC 4 AND THE QUEST FOR SUB 4!! Follow the fantastic 4-4 friends embarking on breaking a sub 4 hour marathon, in some cases again and other cases for the first time!
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Talking Heads - "Road To Nowhere"
This weeks clue, provided by Captain Carolyn....
Barrack and david chatting and speaking in tongues. The destination is anyones guess and only get there once in a lifetime
Jim guessed immediately and Sean inadvertently guessed it at his lucky Twechar point!!!!
SANDRA BAND and her pals do an 18 miler!!
Today we were captained by Sandra's good friend Carolyn, who despite injury planned the route. She planned the route around availability of phone boxes as she wanted to be able to phone for a taxi if she could not go the distance (this despite the fact that she actually runs with her mobile!!!)
We met up at our usual spot (although it was 2 weeks since we had been there!! So much so that Sandra's friend Sean could not even get his usual parking space!)
Before we set off Sandra presented Carolyn with the newly purchased "Captains Armband", which had been purchased by Sandra's friend, Jim.
As we got on our way we saw a wee white bum, bouncing around in the field!!! However it was not, as promised Sandra having a jobby but a lovely wee bambi!! In fact during the run we saw 4 wee white bums!!! All bambis and not the team dropping their breeks!!!!!
At 5 miles Sandra's pal Carolyn had to pull out, due to her young cow (sorry I mean calf!). All seems rather suspicious as a) it was just as we passed her sister in laws house and I am sure we could smell bacon!!! and b) the route she had planned had more hills than a joint family party for Harry and Jimmy Hill!!!!
Carolyn passed the captains armband on to Sandra, who made the decision to continue on with her good friends planned route rather than take the easy option of doing an out and back route, which would have meant downhills all the way home!
So Sandra and her 2 male escorts Sean and Jim headed off for the final 13 miles on their own!! The hills kept rolling but the pace was ferocious and 3 musketeers pushed on!!!
Weather was cold and windy, then dry and sunny and even ended with hail stones!!!
Incredibly the team all completed in sub 9 minute mile pace (target was 9.17). A great effort and noticeable improvement from all concerned!!
Back at the Boathouse we contacted Sandra's pal, Carolyn who was at this stage happily cross training away oblivious to the torture she had put us all through!!
Sandra headed home and her 2 boy friends headed for breakfast together! At last, the chance to have a manly chat, without the ladies they thought. Jim had it all planned, we would discuss birds, booze and maybe even diy!! Alas after 5 minutes peace D'artagnan phoned (probably from a phone box somewhere!) "Get me a coffee, a dry roll with potato scone and egg-I'll be there in 5 minutes" oh and don't forget the green cheese!!!!!!!!
Sandra having retained the arm band will now be planning our 20 miler for next week!!!
We met up at our usual spot (although it was 2 weeks since we had been there!! So much so that Sandra's friend Sean could not even get his usual parking space!)
Before we set off Sandra presented Carolyn with the newly purchased "Captains Armband", which had been purchased by Sandra's friend, Jim.
As we got on our way we saw a wee white bum, bouncing around in the field!!! However it was not, as promised Sandra having a jobby but a lovely wee bambi!! In fact during the run we saw 4 wee white bums!!! All bambis and not the team dropping their breeks!!!!!
At 5 miles Sandra's pal Carolyn had to pull out, due to her young cow (sorry I mean calf!). All seems rather suspicious as a) it was just as we passed her sister in laws house and I am sure we could smell bacon!!! and b) the route she had planned had more hills than a joint family party for Harry and Jimmy Hill!!!!
Carolyn passed the captains armband on to Sandra, who made the decision to continue on with her good friends planned route rather than take the easy option of doing an out and back route, which would have meant downhills all the way home!
So Sandra and her 2 male escorts Sean and Jim headed off for the final 13 miles on their own!! The hills kept rolling but the pace was ferocious and 3 musketeers pushed on!!!
Weather was cold and windy, then dry and sunny and even ended with hail stones!!!
Incredibly the team all completed in sub 9 minute mile pace (target was 9.17). A great effort and noticeable improvement from all concerned!!
Back at the Boathouse we contacted Sandra's pal, Carolyn who was at this stage happily cross training away oblivious to the torture she had put us all through!!
Sandra headed home and her 2 boy friends headed for breakfast together! At last, the chance to have a manly chat, without the ladies they thought. Jim had it all planned, we would discuss birds, booze and maybe even diy!! Alas after 5 minutes peace D'artagnan phoned (probably from a phone box somewhere!) "Get me a coffee, a dry roll with potato scone and egg-I'll be there in 5 minutes" oh and don't forget the green cheese!!!!!!!!
Sandra having retained the arm band will now be planning our 20 miler for next week!!!
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Blanket!!!
We even sorted Carolyn out with a blanket this week! Although it was a bit noisy!!! Maybe a tartan travel rug would be better!!!
We
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - Official Music Video
This weeks clue provided by Jim and guessed by the girls....
Got that friday feeeling
Must be pop quiz time
Killing 2 birds
Putting it in rhyme
Was going to get up to date
Maybe some dance fever
Instead, let's get back to nature
But it's not that damn beaver
Is it found in the hand
Or is there more than just one
Not a negative incline
It's all we do, for a bit of fun
Must be pop quiz time
Killing 2 birds
Putting it in rhyme
Was going to get up to date
Maybe some dance fever
Instead, let's get back to nature
But it's not that damn beaver
Is it found in the hand
Or is there more than just one
Not a negative incline
It's all we do, for a bit of fun
Off we oregano!!! 13 miles and a smig!!!
So this week we had a huge step down, to recover from all the hard work we have put in over the last few weeks. Only 13 miles at a target pace of 9:02-EASY EASY EASY!!!
Captain Jim selected another new start/finish point with breakfast the main factor. We even got messaged the full breakfast menu.
Oregano Breakfast £7.95
Full Scottish Breakfast with tea or coffee, round of toast and fresh orange juice
Vegetarian Breakfast (v) £4.95
Eggs as you like, vegetarian sausage, hash brown, mushroom, potato scone, grilled tomato,
beans and fried bread
Filled Morning Roll
Sausage, fried egg, scrambled egg, potato scone, black pudding, bacon
One Filling £1.95 Two Fillings £2.95
Scrambled Eggs £3.95
Served with brown or white toasted bloomer
Why not add Scottish Smoked Salmon? £5.50
Freshly Made Porridge £3.95
With strawberries, banana, jam or maple syrup
Round of Toast £1.50
With butter and preserve, choose from brown or white bread
Breakfast Martini £5.00
Bombay Sapphire Gin, Fresh Lemon juice & orange marmalade
Bloody Mary £5.00
The ultimate breakfast, the only question is….how hot?
Add tea or coffee to a Full Scottish or Vegetarian Breakfast for just 95p
This planning has got more thorough as the weeks go on!!
We were told to take it easy on the first half, as the 2nd half was going to be tough!! (think a bit of reverse phycology was in play there and in fact some of us are still waiting for the tough bit!!!)
To take our mind of things Sean gave us his full life story from birth to current day (in fact there was still even a bit left to cover over breakfast). Who's story will we get next??
As the pace picks up we are having less and less material for the blog-no pee stops, sucking etc!!! At this rate, the blog will deteriorate at the same speed as our running improves!
Everyone is running with such obvious strength and improvement and hills are becoming less and less an issue!!
Carolyn had a problem with her calf but hopefully just a minor set back!
The finish was strong with the boys doing last few miles in sub 8 minute mile pace!!! With everyone sub 9 minute mile average!!!! WELL DONE ALL, GREAT RUNNING!!
Breakfast was good with nice venue, nice food and a grumpy old b@@@ard as a waiter!
Where oh where will we wonder next week???
Oh and we even got a free running mag from Sandra!!!!
Captain Jim selected another new start/finish point with breakfast the main factor. We even got messaged the full breakfast menu.
Oregano Breakfast £7.95
Full Scottish Breakfast with tea or coffee, round of toast and fresh orange juice
Vegetarian Breakfast (v) £4.95
Eggs as you like, vegetarian sausage, hash brown, mushroom, potato scone, grilled tomato,
beans and fried bread
Filled Morning Roll
Sausage, fried egg, scrambled egg, potato scone, black pudding, bacon
One Filling £1.95 Two Fillings £2.95
Scrambled Eggs £3.95
Served with brown or white toasted bloomer
Why not add Scottish Smoked Salmon? £5.50
Freshly Made Porridge £3.95
With strawberries, banana, jam or maple syrup
Round of Toast £1.50
With butter and preserve, choose from brown or white bread
Breakfast Martini £5.00
Bombay Sapphire Gin, Fresh Lemon juice & orange marmalade
Bloody Mary £5.00
The ultimate breakfast, the only question is….how hot?
Add tea or coffee to a Full Scottish or Vegetarian Breakfast for just 95p
This planning has got more thorough as the weeks go on!!
We were told to take it easy on the first half, as the 2nd half was going to be tough!! (think a bit of reverse phycology was in play there and in fact some of us are still waiting for the tough bit!!!)
To take our mind of things Sean gave us his full life story from birth to current day (in fact there was still even a bit left to cover over breakfast). Who's story will we get next??
As the pace picks up we are having less and less material for the blog-no pee stops, sucking etc!!! At this rate, the blog will deteriorate at the same speed as our running improves!
Everyone is running with such obvious strength and improvement and hills are becoming less and less an issue!!
Carolyn had a problem with her calf but hopefully just a minor set back!
The finish was strong with the boys doing last few miles in sub 8 minute mile pace!!! With everyone sub 9 minute mile average!!!! WELL DONE ALL, GREAT RUNNING!!
Breakfast was good with nice venue, nice food and a grumpy old b@@@ard as a waiter!
Where oh where will we wonder next week???
Oh and we even got a free running mag from Sandra!!!!
Saturday, 4 February 2012
SISTER SLEDGE - We Are Family (1979)
As a wee treat for Sandra!!!
song clue......female siblings, snow toy-we are related closely!!
20's plenty-to the end of Airth and back!!
This week's run was a wee adventure with a drive to our starting point and a new route!
An early start was the order of the day with Jim at Sean's for 7.15 and the girls collected 5 minutes later. No one knew where we were going, however all was revealed as we pulled into the car park at the Wheelhouse, Falkirk (the sister of our usual haunt the Boathouse!)
Song No1 was guessed en route (more of that later).
The run started brightly and indeed we had a little sing along about the weather, which started with "oh what a beautiful morning" and finished with "why does it always rain on me" and "the windy city" (how appropriate as this pretty much mirrored our conditions with bright and dry on the way out for 10 miles and then running into strong wind and rain on the way back!)
Song No2 (yes, 2 songs this week!) was guessed at about 3 miles with some heavy clues given!
As a wee treat, the route was flat although fairly uneventful (which may be good for the legs, but no use whatsoever for the blog!!!)
We stopped at a petrol station for a pee and Carolyn bought a Mars Bar-67p!!!!. Unfortunately she only had 57p but the nice lady let her off with the 10p and said she could pass on the kindness to someone else! WE"RE still WAITING!!!
As we attempted our reverse split technique for the second week, we turned at 9:27 average pace. We may need to think this through, as for the second week running we started the first mile of the second split as though we were Kenyans sprinting for the line and pushed for home!! Particularly Kip Pettigrew, who put in a potential man of the match performance!! We finished with a 9:18 average!!
We tried to converse on the way back but between wind (not Jim, this week!) and steely determination this was not top priority!!
Great effort by everyone, with the heaviest session of miles behind us now and some strong performances all round!
Best laugh of the day came in the Wheelhouse though!! Breakfast ordered and all settled discussing our splits, with Jim basking in his glory (that doesn't sound right!!!) Carolyn asked the bemused waitress if she had a blanket (probably a first ever such request!!!). You could almost hear the shout of "weirdos!!!" from the kitchen!
Roll on next week and our easy peasy 13 miler!!! Will feel like a wee short run, after the last few weeks!
An early start was the order of the day with Jim at Sean's for 7.15 and the girls collected 5 minutes later. No one knew where we were going, however all was revealed as we pulled into the car park at the Wheelhouse, Falkirk (the sister of our usual haunt the Boathouse!)
Song No1 was guessed en route (more of that later).
The run started brightly and indeed we had a little sing along about the weather, which started with "oh what a beautiful morning" and finished with "why does it always rain on me" and "the windy city" (how appropriate as this pretty much mirrored our conditions with bright and dry on the way out for 10 miles and then running into strong wind and rain on the way back!)
Song No2 (yes, 2 songs this week!) was guessed at about 3 miles with some heavy clues given!
As a wee treat, the route was flat although fairly uneventful (which may be good for the legs, but no use whatsoever for the blog!!!)
We stopped at a petrol station for a pee and Carolyn bought a Mars Bar-67p!!!!. Unfortunately she only had 57p but the nice lady let her off with the 10p and said she could pass on the kindness to someone else! WE"RE still WAITING!!!
As we attempted our reverse split technique for the second week, we turned at 9:27 average pace. We may need to think this through, as for the second week running we started the first mile of the second split as though we were Kenyans sprinting for the line and pushed for home!! Particularly Kip Pettigrew, who put in a potential man of the match performance!! We finished with a 9:18 average!!
We tried to converse on the way back but between wind (not Jim, this week!) and steely determination this was not top priority!!
Great effort by everyone, with the heaviest session of miles behind us now and some strong performances all round!
Best laugh of the day came in the Wheelhouse though!! Breakfast ordered and all settled discussing our splits, with Jim basking in his glory (that doesn't sound right!!!) Carolyn asked the bemused waitress if she had a blanket (probably a first ever such request!!!). You could almost hear the shout of "weirdos!!!" from the kitchen!
Roll on next week and our easy peasy 13 miler!!! Will feel like a wee short run, after the last few weeks!
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