This is so, so beautiful Mike
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This is so, so beautiful Mike
Thanks Simon! I will 🤗
I blame gravity
If you managed all of that on nothing in the tank, then it’s even more amazing. You must be chuffed as anything!
Oh how lovely that you have a sea view! I can imagine that’s helpful! I’m ok at sleeping once I’m in bed (most of the time). The difficulty for me is actually getting to bed early enough. I just need to be more disciplined!
Better than me a couple of weeks ago too! Steady progress…
Thanks! Drag is definitely the word! I’m so glad I’ve pushed myself though. The only thing I’m really failing to get right is my sleep. I’m shattered most of the time!
It certainly is tough! I’ve seen many a runner falter because they couldn’t take any calories in. Absolutely brill result. You must be chuffed to bits
Hahaha! Fair. I shall try harder 😂
It’s just a flat 50km - Thames path challenge. My daughter is doing the 100 and I’m joining her at halfway. A few years back I did the 100 and she joined me at 50k Looking forward to it, just a tad nervous
Looks fabulous!
Absolutely amazing! It just shows how much you have in the way of reserves. Amazing to have continued without being able to eat. Huge respect. Congrats and rest up!
That’s ridiculously nice of you. Thanks Eddie! 🤩 I take my inspiration from all of you and have done ever since I started hanging around on the spine. The ultra community is the absolute biz and I’m so grateful for all I’ve gained from everyone in that community
Very sound advice! I’m currently at the stage where I walk some, walk some more, stop and pretend it was for a photo op not because I’m knackered, then walk some more.
Hahaha. We are all cat ladies to some extent - even I am, and I don’t own a cat.
Thanks! I adopted a smug face for a couple of minutes earlier on, then remembered I’ve got to do 50k overnight in 2 weeks time 🙈
That’s absolutely awesome! 🙌🏻 Congrats and rest up!
I was already laughing out loud with the original post, but this one turned it into a wheeze 🤣
👊🏻 😃
A run, some lovely photography AND some gymnastics? 🤸♀️ Bravo!! 🙌🏻 Hope you’re ok! x
47km under my belt this week. It’s a fraction of what most of you run and walk, but represents a huge leap forward for me. Silly old kidneys might be ailing under autoimmune strain, but they aren’t stopping me yet! And moving more really does feel ace 👌🏻 Thanks for all the encouragement 🥰
That sounds like a nicer interpretation :)
Excellent! There are many more of us with you in spirit! Run well and have a brill adventure!
Bravo!! Really brilliant! Those fabulous smiles say it all. Congrats to them both 🥇 🥇
Good luck Kevin! 🙌🏻
Hahaha. How incredibly rude your garmin is!
There are a few in Melton too. The only upside is that we now have a big indicator as to who we should all avoid in our neighbourhoods Uneducated, angry & full of pathetic pseudo-pride. I can’t think of anyone I less like to associate with
Thanks. It was charming in places, I have to say! 🥰
*by a counter 🙄
Strava can absolutely get in the bin, even more than the M6, with that bloody moving time I was out for 5:10 but stood my a counter waiting for a drink for 10 minutes of my walk @ultradamo.bsky.social - don’t make me do it again just because of 6 seconds!? 😭
Boomshakalaka! #EndDuchenne
Excellent progress! They aren’t hanging around :) Bravo dealing with the blisters. Are they KT taping them? 😉
Thanks Lizzi 😊
Rainy, cloudy skies on yesterday’s training walk Renal function has dipped some more Undeterred #EndDuchenne
Helluva typo in one of today’s emails from school 💀
Oh, you did! Thank you so very much! That’s so kind of you 🤩
You’re more than welcome! I’m in awe and looking forward to hearing your post race tales! Absolutely no pressure to donate back whatsoever!
I’ve just got home and seen it! Thanks so much Eddie! It’s incredibly kind of you! And it’s plenty 🤩🤗
Hahaha. Wanna be seen or not?
Hell on earth, I thought this was a spoof. Wtf is going on?
Fabulous! Keep the updates coming!
Big thanks to Steve Peake for another fab donation! Feeling hugely supported. Thank you! 🤩
Thanks! Fabulous photos! Particularly love the first one. Sheltering in a pub sounds spot on! Are they having fun?
I’ve had another lovely donation from Mick (not sure which Mick I’m afraid!) but thank you! 🙌🏻
Thank you so much for the donation @richardbulmer.bsky.social! I’m chuffed to bits with all this support. You are very kind. 🤩
Thanks Tony! And huge thanks for your very kind donation! I’m blown away by the support I’ve already received. Thanks again 😃
Someone has just given a very generous donation anonymously. Whoever you are, thank you so much! 🤩🤗
😂 Don’t worry - there’s guilt and panic aplenty 🙈
Thank you so much! £9 is fabulous! 🙌🏻
Charlie, you absolute diamond. Thank you so much! 🤩🙌🏻
Thanks! I feel I’ll need it. 14km is my longest effort in 2 years 🙈
This is absolutely brill! Can we expect updates? 🤞🏻 And pics of course!
So grateful for the reposts! Thank you so much 😊
Very much looking forward to some pics from there! 👌🏻🤩
Wonderful!
Oh wow! That’s a long walk! Where are you?
That’s so lovely! 🤩
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Yesterday I walked past a walled garden with a little window that I used to peek through each time I walked past. I haven’t been there for a few years and I was astonished to look through it yesterday and see the most enchanting allotment and flower garden. 🪴 🌷 🌽 It was the highlight of my walk!
Ha! Fairs.
Thanks! Felt ace!
100% available. With van. And KT-tape. And rice pudding. Anything else?
Hahaha. Lovely offer but I have an ageing sight-impaired lab who plods along with me most of the time! 😂
Walk. It’s quicker!
Slowly adding to my distance. 16.6km in the morning and another 4.8 in the afternoon. Feels so good to be moving more 🤩
If I hear the phrase “strongly worded statement in relation to this subject again I think I’ll lose my mind. I do not understand why the world is essentially just watching this happen
Lovely pics! And congrats on finishing it :)
We aren’t doing well with traffic on many motorways, are we!? I’ve been on the M6 four times in the last 3 weeks and can safely say it’s the worst motorway I’ve driven on. Every time I’ve done very long stretches at speeds under 20mph with no incident ahead. It’s just rammed
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I remember, whilst living in London, nipping up the M1 to Leeds to take my mum for a surprise birthday lunch and back home the same day. That was only 30 years ago, but the difference is astonishing
The M6 can get in the bin
I shall adopt your approach I think! It’s a better way to be!
That’s a lovely thing to say. Thanks Ali 🥰 x
Oh I 100% feel privileged to be able to do it. I feel very lucky :)
Walking is ace though!
Ha! Thanks Jess! x
It was a very good day! 🤩 Thanks so much again for your very kind donation! xx
Thanks so much!
Thank you!
Excellent advice! I’ll do my best to keep trucking on! 👊🏻
😎 👌🏻 😂
Oh my word. “I’m going to ran” is bold 😭
Massive shades, bedraggled hair & a big smile at where I am now compared with a year ago. I almost gave up on exercising as health challenges seemed to come thick & fast. But @ultradamo.bsky.social never gave up on me & I now feel like I might be able to hit a trail again one day! Thanks Damo! 🙏🏻👊🏻
You absolute diamond @alidolphin.bsky.social 🤩 Thank you so much for your fab donation! I know how hard it is when folks fundraise on social media - I can’t tell you what your contribution means! xxx
Thanks so much! I’ve just had lunch with her and showed her your comment. She’s very grateful for your support!
The only truly correct way to use these is if someone is passively placed somewhere, isn’t it? That so rarely happens, it can’t often be correctly used. I can’t imagine being an English teacher and dealing with it 🙈
14km of fields and Trans Pennine trail. Legs can defo feel it but very happy to have covered slightly more distance!
It does indeed seem to have done that, even in very formal settings like on the news. Many of my son’s teachers use it, which I find disconcerting somehow.
My daughter is currently hoofing up and down the trails, training for her first 100km walk in September. She is fundraising for a charity that we have supported for a few years, raising just over £70k so far Please do take a look, & support or share if you can? 🙏🏻 #EndDuchenne bit.ly/41bsn3M 👈🏻 👈🏻
I’m right with you - and your mum! 😂
It’s everywhere, including in places that I would have considered formal, like newsreaders. Feels bonkers, but I think it will become accepted eventually. Just not by me 😂
I think my dog’s tongue is broken
Another lovely 10k wander with the hound. Not sure quite what I’d do without fields in reach!
I quite like that :)
Gotcha. So the bottom line is casual American historic present only, otherwise it’s a ‘no’!?
So you could handle “Churchill is sat at the microphone, in readiness to announce that the country is at war” but not “I’m sat in my car, loathing the idea of walking into work”? I now understand the conversational example you gave. For me, it’s still blackboard and nails though 😂
Love that you understand Gaelic! I just can’t get my head around “I was stood” rather than “I was standing”. It everywhere - from the pub to the news on beyond
