Hannah Shucksmith

I did wonder. It'll be around 14 hours since I'll have eaten from the night before so was wondering if that would make any difference as am used to night runs and obviously nomming throughout the day. Think I might stick to the banana though - I'm prone to cramps! Chars!

I either got 13 or 14 A-C's and have made no use of any of them yet.

Cheers! I somehow managed to miss that page during a quick scout about earlier!

Nope I don't. Not enough pennies! I extract everything from Women's Running UK magazine usually. I've been internetless for about the past 8 months (at my mum's now incase you were wondering) so I don't ever really get a chance to even Google anything. Chris is a runner but all of his recommendations never seem to bode well with me.

I stick to both route and routine as I have done for about 4 months now. I think the nutritional side of things is where I let myself down. Think I'll skip on the pasta prior to run, I'll end up chundering everywhere!

Yeah I usually do a 5k, 10k or 13k if I just want that little bit of extra mileage. It's just one of the Parkrun's which I've heard aren't that competitive but I'd still like to be within the top 40% of runners. I achieved a new 5K PB at 21.something minutes the other day which is about 3 minutes more than my usual average. Haven't been able to do it since and I've no idea what I did differently apart from letting my mind wander instead of focussing on what my watch says. I'm not wanting a new PB at the run nor is there ANY way I'll be breaking the fastest female runner record of 19:18! I just want to run the best I can without feeling completely drained and angry at myself afterwards for not doing as well as I know I could have. I do tend to have half a banana an hour before I run and I make sure I'm always hydrated but I'm not too clued up on nutrition.

Never ran competitively before. I've got a 5k race on Saturday at 9am and I never really run in the morning. Anyway, what'd be the best intake in the form of foods and fluids to have before the run?

Apparently there's a slight difference in frame geometry as women tend to have shorter torso's than men? (IIRC, I daze a lot when people talk and talk and talk about how many customers they've had in before actually telling me the answer to my question.) I feel a hell of a lot more cramped on a woman's bike of the same size than I do on a man's. I've just been told that women complain (insert generic joke about women constantly complaining and how they should be making a sandwich in the kitchen and never considering buying a road bike which will result in them failing to make aforementioned sandwich in le kitchen.) a lot more of aches and pains in the shoulders and lower back after riding a men's specific. Suppose there's only one way to find out if that theory applies to me...!

I'm disappointed by the lack of tits.

Saw one of the Tarty stickers when I travelled by SWT on Monday hehehehe

Excellent. Buy them new or second hand out of curiosity?

Thought I'd chuck this in here. Am hunting around for a road bike at the moment. Will it actually matter if I end up buying a men's bike over a woman's? I've asked the question in several bike shops now and it seems to be 50% yes and 50% no. Even sitting on a woman's specific feels oddly uncomfortable in comparrison to a man's.

On that note, where did JxM disappear to?

In that case, Jamie_Trials I think you'll find this is the video. It's a shame. I really liked that song.

Is this the one where they're playing Feeder, or am I completely off the ball...?

Shuckers works.

You're about 10 threads too late.

Beautiful.

I am very tempted to attempt painting the Cathedral (!!!) on the next nice-ish day we get. There's a few nice artsy fartsy shops around Winnie that buy watercolours and oil paintings of local points of interest. Not too sure on the doodle front though. I used to be able to doodle for hours and hours and hours and now I'm bored after the first couple and end up battling to finish a piece. S'all good fun on a rainy day I guess!

I probably should. I've run out of Moleskines and need to save save save at the moment so sod splashing out another £12 for a pad. I could probably do with some proper pens as well. Used a 0.3mm Staedtler fineliner to do that with. I'm dabbling more with watercolours and the likes of rather than good ol' ink and paper at zee moment. I need to get out more.

Nah, is just a random doodle on a piece of scrap paper I found laying about. Was good fun to draw though and IIRC it only took me 3 and a half hours including many a coffee break!

A random doodle from the other night: