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13 Feb
5:26pm, 13 Feb 2026
3,123 posts
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WtnMel
.. forgot to mention that Craghoppers have sent me a returns label to send back my faded trousers. They'll refund me the cost of the new trousers which was £70 (the original ones I'm sending back were £50 at the time).
Still heard nothing from Radio Times though.
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14 Feb
2:00pm, 14 Feb 2026
20,347 posts
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hillstrider
WtnMel, good news re the Craghoppers, but not so good re the Radio Times saga.
A solo 4 miles on roads this morning. Nice and sunny, and no ice underfoot.
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14 Feb
11:11pm, 14 Feb 2026
2,124 posts
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OO63
Keep battling Wtnmel. Well done on the trousers.
Hope your run wasn't too cold hillstrider.
I did a new parkrun called Elesmere. Very scenic but quite tough.
Long run tomorrow for marathon training. Hope the weather is better than forecast.
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15 Feb
4:43pm, 15 Feb 2026
20,354 posts
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hillstrider
0063, I wasn't too cold yesterday, but I was wearing several layers, and track suit bottoms.
Well done for yesterday's tough new parkrun. I hope that conditions were 'kind' for todays long training run?
This morning was a solo 5.26 miles on roads, in heavy rain, and icy wind; wearing shorts again.
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15 Feb
4:55pm, 15 Feb 2026
3,124 posts
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WtnMel
Popping in to say I walked this morning - first time for a few days. It was cold, wet and windy but I'm glad I didn't cry off. I've packaged up the Craghopper trousers and will take them to the local Evri shop in the morning. I'll also phone the RT subscriber line as my emails are obviously being ignored.
Hillstrider - well done re yesterday's 4ml run .. in conditions better than my walk this morning! 
OO63 - a character-forming parkrun then? Hope today's long run went okay.
It's u3a book group tomorrow and I'm interested to hear what the others thought of the book (Days Without End - Sebastian Barry). It's a story about two men set during the American Indian Wars and then the Civil War and just one character narrating their adventures so might not have been to everyone's taste so we'll see.
Alan was telling me about his new laptop when we met and I've been looking on the John Lewis website myself. The Lenovo laptop I think he got himself seems to offer a better machine for less money than the Dell one I had looked at previously. I 'might' be tempted to get the same so have added it to my 'wishlist' on the JL website and will look again when I've done some more de-cluttering of the current laptop (deleting duplicate/unwanted files/photos).
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15 Feb
6:53pm, 15 Feb 2026
2,128 posts
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OO63
Yes got it done thanks 😊
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3:36pm
3:36pm, 16 Feb 2026
7 posts
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Matsmum
Hallo all,
0063: How lovely your daughter from London ran the new park run with you. Elesmere? And it is a tough one? Right before your long training run too. How far did you go this time? Thank you for the suggestion about my piddling little strides - I do have to be careful still with certain movements and stretches because of dislocation. It's a bit of a pain tbh but still, looking on the bright side I can still get out for a 5k and that is a real blessing. I was told I would not be able to run again!
HS: Just as we got you into your tracksuit for your 4 miles on Saturday you are back in shorts for your 5.26 on Sunday! I have got some shorts somewhere but they rarely see the light of day. Like my legs!!
WtnMel: A shame about the golf but I bet you had a great 2 hours with Alan over coffee, putting the world to rights. I have a couple of friends right from primary school and another three from university and even though we don't get to see each other very often we can always just pick up from where we left off. True friendships can last a lifetime. Well done for your walk in challenging conditions. Sometimes the challenge can be just to get out! Thank you for the suggestion about a physio. As I said to 0063 I am a bit wary still.... I think I will wait until a year after the op.
Cross training for me last Saturday - in the form of 2.5 hours filling a skip! And another 5k on Sunday in rain (which I like) and strong wind (not so much!). Daughter L (no 3) came with me . The children broke up from school on Friday so I have been kept busy.
The Norfolk Coast Mighty Hike is on May 10th and I am so tempted to enter. It is 14 miles. I wonder if I could get strong enough in 12 weeks. Some of it is on sand so it will be challenging. I think I will try running just twice a week and doing gradually longer walks on the other days and see how I get on.
HS: I meant to ask, are you still in touch with Bionic Ironwolf? She had 2 hip replacements I think?
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4:14pm
4:14pm, 16 Feb 2026
20,359 posts
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hillstrider
WtnMel, well done for yesterday's morning walk.
I'll be interested to see which laptop you decide to purchase.
Matsmum, I try to avoid wearing longs as much as possible.
I've lost touch with all my friends from the past, except one who I see from time to time. We met at work 40 years ago! Thankfully, I have many running friends with whome I socialise on a regular basis.
Well done for the skip cross training, and 5k. The Mighty Hike does sound very challenging, so a gradual mileage build up is essential.
Unfortunately, I lost touch with Bionic Ironwolf when RW deleted all our posts. If you remember, I restarted it naming it, I think, New Mature Runners.' She tried to rejoin, but just couldn't manage it. I believe that she did have two hip replacements.
I ran 6 miles this morning on roads with the Monday Group. It was bright and sunny, and rain free 😎
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