Where you been?
Well I haven't typed here for a few months.. SORRY. It's just been crazy. Last time I typed I'd just had an operation and cecha drains put in. I didn't feel like doing anything, and had a very horrible time with them, which I will probably write about in my Crohn's story.. UGH! It's just been totally weird and mad the last few months. I ended up being off work until just two weeks ago. I swear I spent most of my time getting sick notes from the GP. LOL. Every few weeks, then a week, then a month, then another month.. NIGHTMARE!!! But I finally had the drains out end of November. I waited until my follow up out patients before going back to work. He said it looks good, and gave mea the thumbs up to go back to work. But I still have to have a follow up in 3 months. I also saw a nice lady on the Crohn's team and she felt my belly and things, asked a bunch of quesions and gave me a thumbs up too. I am meant to be on a higher dosage of Iron, BUT it mad me have to run to the loo, so I'm being naughty and not taking it. Sorry, forgot I wasn't ment to be writing this on this page...
Marathon
So, the Marathon... You may have noticed the title up the top, the LARGE graphical title... It no longer says INLINE this is due to the fact, a week or so ago I found out the 2008 Inline had been cancelled. I was gutted AND upset. BUTTTT, I am now going in for the normal WDW Half Marathon. It's good because this way, I will get to train EASIER (with English weather being so bad) and I'll get to start with Sarah, Kevin and Colin (?), oh and their friends. I am hoping they will all agree to getting sponcered too. Reminds me, I need to e-mail NACC to get some posters and t-shirts.
WELL DONE to Sarah and Kevin for doing this years Goofy Challenge AND 5k!! SO proud of you both!!

Disney stuff
I was Jessie for my 22nd Birthday Party (December 07)
Pic / Paula was Winnie the Pooh Pic /
I went to the local fair with Paula, Rachel and BLT back in September and there was a fun house which had Disney characters on the front. I thought that was cool hehe.
Shaun bought me the Aladdin and Bear in the big blue house soundtracks for christmas, the Jungle book one for my birthday. Got a bunch of NBC stuffs too.
I got the Jungle Book Plat Ed YAY!!!!!!
I saw an awsome Ursula doll while buying Pressies for the girls after christmas time. Also around christmas time, me and dad went to the garden center and look who I say in the Aquarium window: DORY!!! ;) LOL.
I drew a 10 second Tinkerbell for Laura, anyways, forgot about it.. and today she was ever so excited to give it back to me, coloured in.. She made me hang it from my wall as if she is flying. :) So cute!!
My Christmas light display:

In October I went to the MCM (convention) in London.. There were a lot of Disney Character cosplayers.. Sadly I didn't get a photo of them all - long boring story. But here are a few images:
For halloween I carved 2 Pumpkins, I drew Mickey and Oogie image on paper, cut out the template, then cut out the pumpkin. Took AGESSS!!! hehe. But I am proud of them :)

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sarah

Marathons

I walked back from work today, 1mile, I wasn't impressed with myself.. It took me 16minutes. But then I figure not to beat myself up, as I was pushed all over the show. Once I got in, it hit me just how bitterly cold it was too.

Randomly
hehe, I went to see Rachel and kids. Me and Laura (and later Me, Laura and Bethany) played Disney scabble (kid version). It was a bit of a weird way to play.
For a few days Laura couldn't remember meeting Goofy, so she got out her autograph book, and AGAIN was overly proud meeting "ALL!! the Power Rangers" - she meant all the ones you could meet.. bless her!! hehe.
Bethany was excited that I was there, don't get to see her too much as she's at school all day. She's doing a project about Walt Disney for school and she has a box full of bits and bobs from their last WDW visit. It was fun looking through all the little maps and bits.
Rachel's getting excited, we looked up some quotes and things for January. HOPFULLY we will have it organized by end of next week. Her and Bethany might do the 5k. I'll be doing the Half Marathon. Colin will be doing the 5k or/and Goofy Challenge. I think Sarah and Kevin will do Goofy too... Ohhh I hope everyone gets soncered too :) *DREAMS*

Marathon
It all began this morning. 8:20AM I jumped, and woke up as a text came through from Paula. She'd decided to come on the walk today. So, me and mum waited for a moment while she let Bruno out etc.
So, with my thermials, my trainers, and a banana in my pocket we set off on a 4.5mile work around our village..

This stretch of path is about half a mile long. I ended up jogging down and back for most of it. Hurry up, hehe... They were grandually got further behind. Bless hehe.

1 Mile to go.. I went back to them, and we jogged together for a few minutes. Then I went ahead of them. I also did an extra bit.. Sooooooooooooo

I did: 5 miles in 57 minutes.

I am a little worn out now hehe. I didn't think I did TOO badly for today anyways... Just REALLY wish my breathing would behave. It's the thing that lets me down, otherwise my legs could walk FOREVER.. well, quite a way more hehe.

Oh and, along Evans Lane there were 3 Robins watching us!! (Thank you for looking out for us)

Drawings and Goob
I drew this for my fellow DD'er, Cammy
:: LINK ::click image for bigger view.. It's Cammy loving Wilbur of Meet the Robinsons.
Ohhh I am totally obsessed with Goob/Bowler Hat Guy at the moment!!! He's just the cutest!! Awwww, makes me all sad to see him cry when he meets his little self!!! POOR GOOBY and BOWLY!!!
Oh yeah, me and misty are Gooberly cool!!! HEHHEHEE and Zitty too :)

Disney
HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Well a bunch of random Disney things happened this extended weekend.
There was the

Marathon
I went for a two mile walk today. My legs were achy from yesterday in Shaun's town, so I decided to just have a little one. Paula ended up coming with me. We took it easy and did 37 minutes - a lot of that was actually crossing the main roads and traffic lights (forgot to pause my timer). We saw a ROBIN! Yes, I do believe it's them (some family members). Especially as on our last walk there was three, and one keeps appearing, oh and when I took a picture it almost posed.

Went to Rachel's for a cuppa, as we (well I was) were bitterly cold. She's coming for the 4 mile walk tomorrow. YAY! She needs training for the 5k's ;) It's so cool and nice we are all getting involved.

Colin, Sarah and Kevin are booked up for the WDW Marathons now... I'm not sure when too myself.... *ponders*

I DID however, sign up for this years today. It's a 5k walk/run/jog for ladies, in aid of Cancer Reserch. I did last years with Sariel and Tinkermel (Sarah and her friend Mel [see picture below, from last years])


Doing the Oxford one, in June. So that will give me a target and pace me a bit. I get into the 'race' for free because of Tesco - which is nice as I know the money I raise will go STRAIGHT to Cancer Research.UK.

I do need to stretch I think, my thighs are feeling a bit stiff..
Will write again tomorrow after the 4 miles... If I make it ;)

Have a Disney day,

ENGLISH WEATHER SUCKS!
So, after not much sleep, I wake up... I hear the winds, Look out the window and *Sighed*..
VERY frustrating indeed! I was all sent for a 4 miler, and while I actually feel UP to it, Weather lets me down. It was gale force winds and tons of rain (was all over the UK).
EDIT: I went around to Paula's and had a 5 minute and 1 minute go on her Steper thing.. But it was a bit weird, and my knees OVERLY hurt so I won't be doing that again!! LOL

Drawing Disney
On the plus side, I did have some time to draw Bowler Hat Guy

Also, had to do some cross stitch with B. She was very good, and she did a few drawings.. She drew a very good Flounder (she's 7) she was picking up on details. She even moaned at me for not doing the line on BHG's chin. "You need a line there! on his chin because there's shading!!" Bless hehe
Aww, I was on DD and L random points at someones signature "That's high School Musical" It was adorable. She's 4.

Have a Disney day,

Let me see
Paula, myself, Rachel (and Thomas in the pushchair) went for a walk! YAY! The weather was ok at first, but after 2 miles, we decided to head home. The wind was mad, and I was frozen - to the point that I couldn't walk any more.. Had to push myself a lot to walk home.. EEK!

Had a bit of a 'do I sign up or not' at the weekend... I'm in two minds...

Have a Disney day,

AGHHHHHHH!!!!! OMG!!!!!!
So, It's now 19:55, on 4th February 2008!!!

OMG! OMG! OMG! YYYAAAAAYYYYY!!!

I JUST REGISTERED!!!! I ACTUALLY REGISTERED!!!!!

"Oh my god, I actually just signed up. WOOOO!! Ok, that's the easy part. Now I have to actually, train and do the run.."

It was already on 65% full, so thought I better sign up. But Woo that was a hard form to fill in!!!

Have a Disney day,

5 miles.. and counting..
So, after I finished work today, it was RAINING! All morning it had been sunny.. Me and Paula went to get Rachel anyways. We waited for a break in the rain, wrapped up warm, and set off.
We did really well actually at least 5miles. It was fun, especially with Laura in the background saying funny things and cheering us along. Apparently she's 'Going to WIN the run, all by herself when she's older.. hehe Awww!!
On the last mile, it POURED down, and the winds were houling!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I couldn't resist making a little video of Me, Rachel, Paula (L and T) on our 5mile+ walk today.. (ignore the fact it's the wrong way around, and I look ROUGH!! LOL)

"Here we are.. Walking down the road. We have curently done nearly 2 miles, and we have been going for approximetly "
Laura shouts something like, " What you taking a picture of"
"That is Laura. As you can see Paula is very far behind. And we have only been going for approximetly 20 minutes. That is, two miles"

It cut off in the middle of what I was saying.. I took the video on my mobile phone, and I didn't realise I only had a tiny bit of space... I said something bout ''in 20 minutes, so two 10minute miles'.. but I can't remember what else.

Have a Disney day,

RaceForLife
YAY! My pack Came!! Hopfully Paula and Rachel will be doing it with me. It's a 5k walk/run/jog for ladies in aid of Cancer Research.UK. Should be fun!! I'll be wearing a Pink wig this year - MADDDDDDDDNESSSS!! Ohh maybe I could be like Animal (Muppets)

Site Takeover
*MUST OBAY* *MUST COMPLETE MARATHON* *MUST GIVE MONEY TO LIZZY*
hehehe, Ah yes, Lizzy and Doris have taken over my site.
BTW, Doris shell be on my head while I do the marathon (I hope) to force me to do it...

Have a Disney day,

What a Disarster!!
Myself, Paula and Rachel decided to check out Cuttslow Park. It's a small park/pond area with feilds around. Colin goes there running some times, so we thought it would be ok to walk around. Well, we were ready and the weather didn't look so good. We went anyway...
There was a map! LOL. It didn't seem to make sense, so we walked up one path and decided it was the wrong way. So, the other path it was.. We seemed o walk for a good few minutes before seeing this sign

We were

finally on the right route... It looked like good path, apart from past the pond; DUCKS!! Lots of DUCKS!! hehe..

.............. BUT, it all came to a HALT at 1/4 mile.... Pure MUDDY feilds!! GREAT we thought, and headed back to the pond. Of coarse, I had to stop a minute and take some Duck/Swan photos. EEK, Paula and Rachel almost got attacked by a Swan, all wings out, going very fast towards them on the top of the water. Luckily it haulted just before the edge of the water. We walked a little way, a mile I guess... We spent a little time in the park, Thomas was the cutest.. Bless him. Anyhow, it wasn't all BAD... We went home, and decided to walk a LONGGGGGG way around to the school to get L. RACHEL RAN!!! RACHEL ACTUALLY RAN!!! ANOTHER HISTORICAL EVENT!! LOL
We did a couple of miles... But we didn't time it or anything, I know we went faster today though. Wasn't too happy with it all today, it was annoying really. Oh well, maybe tomorrow.

Ohh, Sarah sent me a link to a training program, she's going to help me sort that out YAY!

I'm NERVOUS!!!! and I still haven't e-mailed NACC!! It's so hard to know what to write..

THANK YOU to the people who have looked here, read stuff and even been interested in sponcering me.

Have a Disney day,

Not as bad as I thought
After I finished work me and Rachel set out on a walk.
We began with Laura on her bike.. BAD IDEA! After 10 minutes, we headed back. Rachel got the other pushchair out, and off we went again. I was pushing Thomas, which was hard in itsself. Myself and Rachel are about even on walking pace, so we were trying to push ourselfs while we were on our own. For some reason today I found it REALLY hard. I didn't want to give up, so I just stopped for a couple of seconds now and again.
I thought we did rather badly (thanks to me) BUT to our suprise we still did 11minute miles. We were out for 45minutes and did 4miles. Not bad, WOW my arms are aching the most, from pushing Thomas.

Have a Disney day,

NACC / E-mailing
I finally managed to send the e-mail to NACC, I have re-written it a million times over. But just a moment ago Shaun helped me with spelling etc and it is now SENTTTTT!!! YAY! I wonder what they will say...

Have a Disney day,

Valentines
Awww it's another way for the shops to make money LOL. But I love it. I love the excuse to give some love to one and all hehe.

Me and Shaun watched Ratatouille today :)
EGO!!!!! all I need to say.

Have a Disney day,

NACC / E-mailing
Just thought I'd type that I got a reply, YAY! Now just have to wait for my pack of things hehe.

Training
Not done any training this week, been busy with Shaun and stuff. I have been walking from work though which is good. We also spent a lot of time walking (that's me practically running to keep up) around town. But yeah, I'll get back to traning next week.

Have a Disney day,

5 years
Me and Shaun celebrated our fifth anniversary :) today. We took a walk to the shops, that was my training for the week. LOL

Have a Disney day,

Training
Myself, Paula, Rachel and BTL sent out of a 4mile walk..

With the kids it was ard to push ourselves, but we did pretty well and they kept me going. B and L were jogging with me for a mile, and again for half a mile. It was funny, the last mile we were jogging/jumping and skipping.. hehe
Ended up being out for 50minutes.. Which was pretty good...

You have to see this video:

[VIDEO]

*CRACKS UP*

Have a Disney day,

Training
4 mile walk, we did about 45minutes. Not bad..

Yesterday I went to town with mum and Paula.. I got some nice jogging bottoms - cost WAY too much! Also walked around a museum all day. I am all worn out, and achy today.

Have a Disney day,

Just Giving
I set up my online Sponsor form :)

http://justgiving.com/ruthlucy

Feel free to start using it. Although you'll have to check how it works, You might want to wait for nearer the time. OR if I see you in real life, then ask to sign my paper form :)

 

Have a Disney day,

Training
Me, Paula, Rachel and Thomas did a 3.5mile jog - rather I jogged they walked ;) hehe. I kept going back to meet them, and we ended up after waiting for traffic, doing 55minutes - hmmm not impressive.. I'm guessing I did 4 miles though where I kept going back.. But I can't be sure.
It mainly took us this long because we stopped for a few minutes, Rachel RAN to look where one of the paths went..

HAHA, I caught her on tape: ;)

TROUBLE
I'd had some trouble with booking my holidays at work (the company rules SUCK). I was semi-panicing, but I knew my Boss (who's REALLY lovely) would come to my rescue.. She had to speak to Personal, and HURRAY!!! She texted me yesterday to say everything would be fine!!!!!! PHEW!! So there's NOTHING, except my health to get in my way!! But like my Misty said "No person, ghost, monster, toy or illness in the universe can stand a chance against YOU!!!" - I love that girl!

Have a Disney day,

Training
I have just bought some running trainers! YAY! Went to the bigger JJB's down Cowley. The women in the shop wasn't much help LOL.. Well there was two pairs I liked the look off. They didn't have them in half sizes - which completely sucked. Size 5's were huge, so I tried size 4's.. I tried a Black/Pink pair of Aasic, which felt odd.. So I tried a White/Neon Blue pair of New Balance. I perfered these ones, and they were the cheapest ;) haha.

[trainers]

I may actually do the Sport Relief - 1mile. Not sure which one to do.. maybe I can rope Shaun into doing that.. Although I might not do it as I'm busy that week. Hmmm *thinks*

Have a Disney day,