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Hi Sue, I completed the couch to 5k in 2017, just before my 50th birthday, ... lead me to carry on running, and this year so far I have ran 4 half marathons, two 10k races, and the London Marathon ( something I would have laughed in the face of anyone two years ago who said that would happen) I also recommend decathlon, I got my first shoes there, the have their own brand as well, their own brand goes up in scale to your ability, the staff are really helpful, and they have a piece of equipment you run on, like a long rubber mat connected to a screen, which tracks your gait so you can be advised on the best type to get...I really wouldn't run too long in your converse, as you might end up with tendon damage or painful feet, believe me I know from experience from when I first started. there is also a new local running group called "the East Dulwich runners" ( different from the Dulwich runners) you can find them on instagram, just a small group of locals who meet up in the East dulwich tavern and concentrate on 5k runs in the area. Good luck with the app, its well worth it, I lost my middle age spread, high cholesterol, and feel so much better mentally ... good tip is to have a great playlist as you go (which can be played while running on the app)

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can?t smell worse than fags, surely ? flipping does, we had neighbours that did this, don't have a problem with weed, only had one when we couldn't open any windows in the summer as it stank our flat out and lingered for ages... still we could always tell when our cat had visited them though :) We did politely ask if they could just smoke it away from the back of the house, which they did, and wasn't so bad. I believe they were evicted by their landlord eventually ( not paying rent, not puff related) The landlord had to chuck all the furnishings away as it really smelled .. it was piled up in the drive and you could smell it as you passed. We have neighbours that regularly smoke cigarettes outside, definitely doesn't hang around or intrude as much, and doesn't waft into our house

Wether anyone hates slow drivers or not, you shouldn't be speeding in a residential area at all ... I was driving along woodvale towards forest hill road past the cemetery on Saturday..I have a fiat and slowed at the bumps as its quite low, the driver behind me was practically in my boot everytime I slowed down, in the end he swerved around me and continued on the other side of the road at speed to the lights at the junction of forest hill road... knowing I'd catch up to him at the lights, he went straight through the red light, swerving as he headed up towards honor oak... what a dangerous prick ( he made an oncoming car swerve as he went down the wrong side of the road ) Bizarre thing was he appeared to be reaching behind himself as he drove to steady some crutches on his parcel shelf 😶 I have experienced people aggressively driving on court lane.... so not surprised by this post at all.

I used the free couch to 5k app on my phone, you start walking with light jogging inbetween, really useful to anyone wanting to start exercising gently... you do 3 half hour sessions a week, and end up running 5k at the end without stopping... One of the session in the beginning involved a 90 second run/jog after a 5 minute walk..which left me breathless, at then end of the 9 weeks i was gently running 5k with out feeing breathless at all. If you don't do this they still gave a tip to pass on, when starting to run for the first time, just take a light jog, imaging you are running by a hedge, someone on the other side of the hedge shouldn't see your head bobbing up and down as you go, just steady low impact movement. I decided to take things further after this and now 2 years later I run half marathons, and this week my first full one. But I found I got all the health benefits I needed, and lost most of my excess weight with the couch to 5k, and a half an hour jog/run twice a week will benefit your health greatly.

Hi all Hoping its ok to do this on here, not 100% I joined the forum 10 years ago this year, mainly because from January 2009 I was stuck in an isolation ward for 4 months at Kings college hospital, being treated for stage 4 Lymphoma... It wasn't good, they were not expecting me to last through February. But Kings fought hard and here I am. I joined the forum while in my room at Kings to help me pass time, and connect with the outside world, and find out what was going on in my hood...searches for me back then on here will just show I was very nosey, but take what I wrote with a pinch of salt, I was dosed up on Morphine :) To make my 10 year all clear count I have decided to run the London marathon, which falls coincidently, right on the anniversary date. I only started running when I turned 50, to lose some belly wobble, doing the couch to 5k, & have been training hard this year for the big event. I will be raising money for the Variety children's charity, to help sick, disadvantaged and disabled kids... & because I was treated at (and still being treated) at Kings college hospital, they will funnel most of what I raise to the variety children's hospital at Kings .... If you want to have a look at my just giving page, feel free to have a look HERE 👉https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/mark-hammerton .and if you want to help me make this milestone count, a small donation would go a long way :) x

I'm often intimidated by foxes, hanging about on street corners in gangs, smoking, drinking, up to no good ..... I put my head down and walk past quickly, I don't want any trouble 😶🙄😅

From What I've heard its being taken over by the same people who own The Actress & the Bishop (Metropolitan/Greenking) Could be just a rumour... but sounds plausible.

Not ideal, but can't be helped I suppose, took me 15 minutes just to get my car out of the space I parked it in outside our flat on underhill yesterday it was bumper to bumper traffic... did notice a parked car had the corner of its bumper knocked off further down, and one wing mirror on another a few metres further... some of the drivers are quite belligerent when it comes to giving way when having to pass parked cars, especially where the p13 is concerned.

We haven't had it for years at our flat on Underhill rd :( neither any of the other magazines, just used to pick it picking it up in local shops now, which isn't really a problem tbh

We went xmas eve with friends, had a lovely evening, great wine and food. Great service and friendly atmosphere, will definitely go back. PS they do not take bookings at the moment.

Exercise helped me... struggled with cholesterol levels around 7.9 to 8, someone recommended the couch to 5k running app, takes just takes 30 mins of your time 3 x a week over nine weeks. you just start with gentle walking and light jogging,in small bursts, building up to you running 5k at the end in 30 mins. My cholesterol went down to 3.2 and still is. I kept up with the running after I finished the app and will now be running the london marathon next year 😀

I've always tipped when had my barnet trimmed, where ever I go

Last week there was a guy with a leaf blower clearing our road, only thing was he was just blowing it into everyones front gardens, I just watched amazed as I was coming down our path and as he was going a long swaying his blower and as he got passed ours he blew a massive pile onto my pat ... it just made me laugh at the cheek of it (though I had to sweep it up later) 😂

I'd book direct via there own website, if any probs or deals they do ring really quick to let you know and are very polite, as are their own delivery peeps

I think the gated bit is of Belvoir road that leads to the flats, the carpark entrance is off Underhill. At night one end of it is quite secluded & dark, was back there looking for our cat when I saw all the little canisters, I only knew what they were as a friend who lives in Shoreditch told me there was now a curfew imposed on all the drinking places there, they have to shut at midnight, in the hope people leave the area earlier as the streets are littered with hundreds of these things in the morning and was costing the council fortune to clean up..... I am more concerned with the gangs hiding stolen motor bikes at the back of our house & wondered was else probably goes on there after dark ;/

ITs a horrible thing ! I had it about 13 years ago, had to be taken to hospital twice from work as I collapsed and started vomitting everywhere & was incoherent, & happened a couple of times in the street. I have only one woking balance organ in my ear (which i was born with) I had never had any probs with it before, Turned out a virus had knocked out my remaining balance organ and took awhile for it to reset, I had to go to "Brain training" at thomas's to reset my balance with a few simple excercises... Turned out a bout of shingles I had weeks before was the culprit... but was told there are a few viruses that could do this.

Seems to be a bit of a spot for things like this... The car park for Belvoir lodge just of Underhill for instance. A year ago the the trees and a patch of unused overgrown land was trimmed and cut there, and a few stolen motorbikes were found chained to the trees, hidden by the undergrowth... also, because of its seclusion people are going around there using the gas canisters you get for soda syphons etc to obtain a quick high, the place is littered with them. So I imagine much worse goes on there at night.

You didn't find any of those little gas canisters (ones used for soda syphons etc) that kids are using to get a quick fix ? as there has been a lot kids like this going behind our fence in the car park of Belvoir lodge at night ... the place is littered with them.

Its why Mrs R had to open in Crystal palace, as they had less space to sell their larger items after the landlord reduced their floor space

I'm also at the end of underhill, I sorta got used to the planes and not really disturbed by them, i quite like the small jets that come over from city airport now and again.... then again I was brought up a few miles down the road from Luton airport, and also worked at Heathrow for a couple of years, so probably immune to the noise.... I think ED is quieter than some parts of London...I guess the noise if found annoying is hard to get away from to be honest in most parts

what an odd post, never felt i have been mistreated by staff anywhere i've been in ed, in fact over the years we in our house have become friends with a good few of the staff and owners of local businesses .... if i walked into a shop and someone yawned, i wouldn't think straight away it was me... amazingly people yawn unpredictably and its not always personal😏 .... the only rudeness i've encountered on the lane has been by other fellow customers on the rare occasion to the staff. please excuse the lack of capitals in this post... my friggin shift keys broken 😂

My partner is vegan, and i do not eat meat or dairy, but occasions fish... but home we eat mainly vegan, like most people we don't mind the odd treat of a not very healthy trashy takeaway .... Usually during a hangover...so this sounds fab so will give it ago. When we have had the odd bbq tis summer we found these fab burger that are exclusive to Iceland.. called NO BULL BURGERS, not too much crap in them apart from some rapeseed oil, made with herbs, soya protein and beetroot extract and some herbs, no sugar.... they look like they are bleeding when on the grill, not bothered about that myself.... but pleases our meat eating friends when offered as a choice

We keep finding our neighbours dogs toys in our garden, thought may be they were accidentally thrown over, until I saw one of the cubs from a foxes den in the grounds of some flats behind our garden plying with one of them, they'd been brining them over

Yes... I know people, quite rightly, who live right on the common/park, that the council/ organisers made sure were well informed and that their concerns were met.. residents immediately affected were given a hotline number to ring on the day if they were disturbed, and police were near those properties to deter any trouble when the event closed, which thankfully there wasn't... they even made sure there were extra toilets on site (there really were a lot) to discourage people from using the grounds outside afterwards. I think also the main factor was that the people who attended were in good spirits and chilled, and were having a good time..it was such a good day.