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nramage
19 Posts |
 Posted - 16 Mar 2009 : 10:07:55 PM
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Hi all
New to forum and uknetrunner...and fairly new to running - better late than never!
I started running last summer. Slowly! But having shed 12kg and kitted out, am gradually speeding up. 
So far managed to get 10k time down from 1hr 01 (Nov) to 57 mins (Jan) to 54 mins (Feb) and completed first HM (Fleet) at weekend in 2 hr 16 mins (having survived that first HM, eager now to get out there again and get that time down too!).
Interested that the guy on the PA at Fleet HM yesterday announced that he had noticed that no uknetrunner members were running this year...so am keen to bear the club vest in coming races!...and going a bit faster...
In the meantime look forward to joining in the forums and wider club
Cheers all
Neil
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Smout
525 Posts |
 Posted - 16 Mar 2009 : 10:20:05 PM
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Welcome 
With the support an advice on here I;m sure your times will tumble - mines have 
"To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting." ~Stanislaus I of Poland |
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BazQuirk
68 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 07:54:20 AM
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Hi Neil. Welcome to the club. You'll be amazed by how much faster you'll go in a UKNR club vest - must be something to do with aerodynamics
Look forward to bumping into you at an event some time. Good luck with getting that HM time down. I'm sure you will. |
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preso
476 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 08:05:19 AM
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Welcome Neil, hope you're going to be happy here.
Very impressive weight loss and good progression of times. I look forward to hearing of your first sub 2 hour half marathon.
Good luck.
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fishyweb
2310 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 08:11:10 AM
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Hi Neil. As a fellow latecomer to running, I look forward to seeing how you progress. Looks like you are doing fine so far!
Your report on the Fleet half PA's comment about lack of UKNR is interesting! It's nice to know that we are missed, when we are not competing.
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StephenPrice
2113 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 09:20:18 AM
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Hi Neil,
Welcome to the club. Some good progress already and I look forward to seeing it continue. Well done on completing your first half. |
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Helen C
485 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 10:15:12 AM
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Hello and welcome to the club! It looks like you've made great progress with your running so far and I'm sure there is plenty more to come. I'm sure I'll see you at a race sometime soon.
Steh auf, geh raus und mach's einfach. |
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mdunn77
1540 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 10:39:44 AM
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Welcome! I was hoping to do Fleet but left it too late to enter - doh!
Keep up the good work
Two marathons in two months in aid of Cancer Research - please sponsor me at http://justgiving.com/mdunn |
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Wicked D
2207 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 2:12:08 PM
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Hi Neil
welcome to your club and welcome to being in the top 10% of the UK that run's
your making great progress already and I'm sure there's more to come in the future and I look forward to reading about it I'm sure you soon go sub 2hrs in a Half Mara
shaun (currently injured   )
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Ian B
1336 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 2:49:22 PM
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Welcome Neil
Good times and good improvements recently i am sure you will continue to improve especially with the support you will get on here
Ian B |
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domstevens
579 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 7:26:25 PM
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Welcome to the club. Loads of advice and support on here which will keep those times coming down.
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Mark
92 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 7:38:07 PM
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Hi Neil,
Welcome to the club!
Lots of people on here (myself included) have started running to lose weight and then found they were bitten by the bug!
Great progress already and I'm sure the forum members will help you with motivation and advice!
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LittleBigMan
1064 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 8:54:02 PM
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Hi Neil
Welcome to UKNR and good luck with the training. I'm sure you'll make great progress.
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colinhewes
182 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 9:30:51 PM
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Welcome to the club Neil.
You have just taken the first step to a great new running career.
Hope to meet you at some future event.
Colin Hewes
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Dips
4076 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 10:29:03 PM
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Welcome aboard, its always nice to have a new face about the place.
Dips x
"If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way."
- Lance Armstrong
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nramage
19 Posts |
Posted - 17 Mar 2009 : 11:24:12 PM
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Thanks all for hearty welcome and hope to meet lotttts of you at some stage. Much appreciated.
Next already organised for me is a 10k in central london end May, then HM in Swiss Alps in July...lots of hill training before then i fear 
...looking too for something flatter and local [in sunny Kent] in April.
Particularly enjoy reading the diaries on the forum!
Neil
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Hi all
