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......and only the real runners were there!!
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Got out earlier (8:30) for a number of reasons, asking myself what I was doing before I started however the reports from Brecon left me with no real excuses. Shorter than planned, another awful PW, wind across barrage made a mockery of times anyway. In addition to which we were interrupted by a guy who seemed to be on a rampage with a blood covered baseball bat which we saw him hiding and reported to police!
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Forget the watch Gerry.
Hope the other incident doesn't end in tomorrow's headlines.
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Another mini Sunday am training run report - more of the surreal than real runner variety though.. Quote:Sorry Gerry, unable to make it...going off road. I need to toughen up (saideth Michael H Davies..) And so Mike, who clearly just can't get enough of the weather (but nothing compared to what he/the rest of you braved at Brecon) took Graeme and I on something of a retro run this morning - the TT, Garth Woods, Pentyrch Hill and back off-road route. Use to be a regular Sunday a.m. feature for a gang of LCRC and SanDomites misfits (Gerry will remember the incident with the bullocks!). Enjoyed it - especially the arrival of the hale, the perfect excuse to head for home and share the soggy jellybabies... ~11m according to MapmyRun, which can't be right (felt like at least 20) Cheers Mike/Grae - same again next week anyone? But I'll wear trail shoes or Inov8s next time 
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You know you've made it when Mick calls you a real runner!
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Thanks, Ang. I'm very discerning about who I say that to. Anyone who is in the least scathing or cannot understand the mentality of wanting to go beyond 26.2 miles can't call themselves a real runner.
Sadly, there are a lot of them about, but that's their problem.
Who wants to be considered ordinary anyway (notice I didn't say normal!)
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" .... or cannot understand the mentality of wanting to go beyond 26.2 miles can't call themselves a real runner" That's nonsense of course, but a good starting point for an argument  Most sprinters or middle-distance runners wouldn't even consider running more than a few miles - yet I'd really consider athletes like Linford Christie, Dwayne Chambers, James Dasaolu to be real runners. Many years ago, under the influence of Howard Brown, who was running 30 plus miles on a Sunday,and drinking 3 - 4 pints on the run, I tried it. I caught the bus to Ystrad Mynach, and ran back along country lanes, going up Machen mountain, Bedwas mountain, Caerphilly mountain and Rudry mountain, stopping in the old Rudry hotel bar for 2 pints of Guiness, then back to the stadium (Maindy). It was character building! I never raced further than a marathon, but I can see the appeal.
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Mo Farah will be devestated.. 
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Thank you Toom (Phil Hexter). You were always a real runner, especially at the Finchley 20 in 1983.
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Long Sunday morning run for anyone from handicap start at 9.30? Real runners (as defined by Mick above) and others welcome.
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Can't make it this Sunday due to a tennis commitment so i will have to get up early for my Sunday run. Enjoy - looks like Sunday will be the best for the weather......
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Yes, looking good for tennis on Sunday, and for running of course! Hope it goes well.
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my brother and I are going to be doing a long run on sun 16 feb.
we will be at the start at the handicap 10 start. at 9;00
we will start about 10:00 min pace building up to 9:30
we will be doing 14-16 miles. going through Llandaf fields, joining the CPR half route.
anyone want to do any part of it with us is quit welcome
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I'll be there - it's got to be drier than last week.
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Il be there, even booked a day off for it.
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I'll be there for 9 as Ian Mckenzie and I were planing a similar run. Hope your pace is 9 -9.30 as you may well kill us at a fast pace
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Thanks to everyone who showed up. A really enjoyable run, helped immeasurably by some truly stunning weather. A timely reminder that the Barry 40 is just around the corner (three weeks to be exact - Sunday 9 March). Bring your deck chair and sun block.
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Unable to run due to injury. so when I got up and saw the sun I was more than gutted.
When I came out of my house making a trip to Tredz a whole gaggle of runners from Les Croups ran past at the same time, it was like a knife in the back. Hope you enjoyed your run and I wished I could have joined you, mind you Brian looked as if he was working hard.
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Sorry about that, Roy. Blame Dave Coles - he picked the route.
He ran 22 yesterday and 16 today - worth coming to support him on the 40 given his current form.
Hope to see you back on the roads soon.
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