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We are the Friday Gang|
The Friday Gang started as five friends who were all running in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon. We were all members of an informal running group who ran in Ellesmere, Shropshire on Friday evenings.
Most of the gang still run, to a greater or lesser extent, but blogging sadly fell by the wayside. Little ol' me (Mandy) decided to pick up where I left off with blogging and running as I'd had very lengthy periods without any exercise due to family illness and a seriously broken arm in a trail race the last time I started running again! (I still have a tonne of metal in my wrist!)
So, carrying a bit more weight than I'd like, much slower than I'd like, I've signed up for Kielder Dark Skies run - a 26.5 mile off-road race, at night, where we run the trail around Kielder Water carrying our rucksacks! Not the easiest of first challenges, but my running buddy Will and I love trails and mountains and combining our runs with visiting beautiful places.
i would love one day to run an ultra but, for now, I'd just love to enjoy my running again.
Thanks for listening! 😊
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Hi everyone!
Another month has flown by and it’s been a busy one - the beginning of each month makes me wonder where the last one went!
Firstly, thank you all so much for my birthday good wishes! I felt very spoilt and, with military-precision style p...
Well that was January and February...did anyone else blink and miss it?!
It has been a really busy few months! I've continued to stick to my MAF training, I'm still jogging along at a very slow pace but I'm now 2.5 minutes per mile quicker at the same,...
Hi everyone 😊
It has taken me so long to write this blooming blog, I've had to amend the title! I began writing it in early December and it was entitled "Happy Christmas..." but here we are, just a day or so away from 2018...how did that happen?!
Here...
Hi everyone 😊
Well, life as a Carer is proving to be much busier than I had anticipated! I keep finding so much to be done but I'm trying hard to schedule in my runs and being really quite strict about sticking to it. I keep forgetting to blog, though ...
Hi brilliant Buzzers!
Each of my recent, scarce blogs has begun with an apology for my lengthy absence and this one is no different...I'm sorry! There have been so many fabulous feats in events and in training and, as always, I doff my cap to you all!
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London - the world's greatest street party...
Long blog alert - it's only fair to warn you! If you're sitting comfortably with a cuppa and at least three biscuits to keep your energy levels up, I shall begin...
I was ridiculously nervous about my thir...
Hi Buzzers 😊Please forgive me for my absence from Realbuzz - I haven't blogged regularly for a little while because, although I had been training fairly regularly, I didn't feel that I had anything of great interest to tell you. "Hey - I ran on the trea...
Hello Buzzers 😊
Hope you're all well - there seems to be a plethora of nasty and persistent bugs about at the moment and, whilst I'm marathon training, it's making me paranoid. If I hear someone cough or sneeze in a shop, I run a mile, covering my face!...
2016...where did that go?!!
I don't know if it's just me, but I feel as though I must have blinked and missed a huge proportion of the last year as it hurtled by at an alarming pace. Looking back, I'd set myself some goals for the year beginning with th...
I'm starting with an apology, once again, as it's been a few weeks since I managed to blog! Huge congratulations, once again, to Sir Bolty, Jim and Dave upon their incredible achievements during the last few weeks - I'm completely in awe of you all and ...
Hi Buzzers!Once again, apologies for the sparsity of my blogs!Thank you all so much for your support and kind comments about Mum. We went to see the Consultant with her just under 2 weeks ago and he was extremely pleased with how well her fracture has h...
Hello Buzzers!
Well, firstly an apology for my protracted absence from RB - I've had very little in the way of positive news to report and even less running, so didn't want to inflict a whinge fest of my relatively minor woes upon you all!
Secondly, I'd...
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Apologies for my lapse in blogging...inspired by the return to Realbuzz of several of our number, I thought I'd best offer a small explanation!
May started reasonably well, I continued to run 30-40 miles per week and had begun to squeeze in...
Hello! As predicted, it turned out to be quite a busy week or so and I struggled to fit everything in...hence the late blog!
After not feeling 100%, Coach Colin decided to be kind by making last week's schedule a little easier, cutting out the speed and...
Hello! 😊I must confess that I haven't felt 100% this week and even had one day where I had to have a Very Stern Word with myself to run at all...humble apologies if I am sounding like a whinge bag!I've begun waking at 4am and have either been unable to ...
Hello! 😊
I seem to be saying this on a weekly basis but what a fantastic day yesterday tracking our London heroes...many congratulations to each and every one of you, your performances were inspiring and made us all very proud - the day belonged to yo...
Hello! 😊
Another exciting day tracking our Team Realbuzz heroes at Brighton - many congratulations to Jim, Simmy and Yve on their fantastic performances! 😃💪🙌This week's training has seen my mileage increase a little with (theoretically) just a slight ...
Evening all!😊Phew, what a day supporting our fabulous Buzzers at the Manchester marathon!It was tense and nervous but so exciting and I think we all felt very proud "seeing" them cross the finish line - congratulations to every single one of you on your...
Evening all!😊What a strange week it's been post-Kielder...we've been so focused on it for months it feels quite weird that it's now behind us. I think it's made me realise that I enjoy following a plan and having a goal to work towards, so will need to ...
Hello Buzzers! 😊I'm sorry, this is a bit of an epic even by my standards so, if you're bored and have time to spare, pull up a chair and I shall begin...😉Well, as you know, Saturday last was D-day. The day we've been training for, the focus of our atten...
Hello Buzzers! 😊Countdown to Kielder Dark Skies race has really begun in earnest now...I can't believe how quickly the last few weeks have flashed by and that at 5pm next Saturday we'll be quivering on the start line!Panic set in a little on Thursday ev...
Ooooh...I'm becoming an equal mix of both scared and excited - our race is now just two weeks away! 😮 We entered in September last year to provide us with a challenge to work towards after the Snowdonia trail half...it seemed such a long time away back ...
Hello Buzzers! 😊Hope you're all well and running well. It's been a manic week here and there have been so many blogs to read...I've done my best to keep up and comment, my apologies for any I have undoubtedly missed! This week Coach Colin fell victim t...
Evening Buzzers! 😊 Hope it's been a great week for you all! It's been a comparatively lazy one for me - at the end of last week I'd aggravated a peroneal tendon around my left ankle so was a little worried (it's countdown to the big day now so it's abou...
