GalaKev

As I said I couldn't remember the values, but no matter which way it went he would have come out with less than he started. But both horses were odd on. The other one was quite long odds.

The worst one I saw was when I worked at Corals part time, when I was training as an accountant as my main wage in those days was awful. This guy came up and put 2 five pound singles to win on 2 horses, both were odds on. The problem was these horses were in the same race, which was a three horse race and he wanted to take the price. "I said to him are you sure?". To which he said quite rudely, "Yes I am f***ing sure". So I took it. The stupid twat then came back to collect his winnings, which I can't remember the exact vale, but it basically went along the lines off, " I told you so, I have won £7, twat". He then walked out of the shop.

Thanks for that Jordo. The RW plan is, and not to worry about distance. •Week 1 Run one min, walk 90 seconds. Repeat eight times. Do three times a week. •Week 2 Run two mins, walk one min. Repeat seven times. Do three times a week. •Week 3 Run three mins walk one mins. Repeat six times. Do three times a week. •Week 4 Run five mins, walk two mins. Repeat four times. Do three times a week. •Week 5 Run eight mins, walk two mins. Repeat three times. Do three times a week. •Week 6 Run 12 mins, walk one min. Repeat three times. Do three times a week. •Week 7 Run 15 mins, walk one min, Run fifteen mins. Do three times a week •Week 8 Run 30 mins continuously. Struggling to find any 5k's in March. But I notice the BUPA 10k in Edinburgh, on 2nd May. 21 weeks away, if I start next weekend. Think I will start and give it a couple weeks and see if it's achievable. If I think it might, may well enter, to give me a goal. Or is it a not a good one to go for as a novice? No doubt I will be highly visable as I will just be in front of the mini bus picking up the Marshalls up, after the last runner has passed, which will be me.

Well here goes. I am 38 and have done f**k all exercise for the last 10 years. Ran for the Gala bus up North Bridge in Edinburgh, got on it and could hardly say. Single to Gala, it took me about 5 minutes to feel comfortable. Decided I must do something about this and reading this thread has given me the incentive to do something about it. I used to be reasonably fit as I was in the Forces, but this fightened me a bit. I am under no illusions that the next few weeks are going to be hard and in the first few weeks are going to be a lot of walking rather than running. I wont join the P&B running club until I can run for 30 minutes, but will envisage joining eventualy, to add some extra to my running So this week, I will go out and buy some decent running shoes and start the following week as I am due in Edinburgh midweek. Lack of choice in Gala. Bit of advice needed: I have looked at the Runners World Guide for beginners , has anyone got a better plan to follow? Or is this as good as it gets? Where I am working at the moment also has tread mills, don't know whether to try and use these or leave it until I have a bit off stamina? Nobody uses the gym, so looking stupid does not come into the equation. Do you think it is worth setting myself a goal, like a 5k, just to complete it, and no world records. Getting around it will be a PB. Kev