The athletics/running thread

[Bruce Rioja]

Fantastic run, felt a bit emotional watching! Awesome stuff. Now that, Bruce, WAS a close race. She's so under-rated and ignored by the press. World record too. Just brilliant.

I'll have to look out for it. You're missing the cricket

Somehow I will survive hun...

Well, luckily for you I've got it taped.

i'll be right round! Errr...

There's a bacon and duck egg butty in it for you as well, don't forget. I know how to spoil a girl, me.

[Gooner Girl]

Well, luckily for you I've got it taped.

i'll be right round! Errr...

There's a bacon and duck egg butty in it for you as well, don't forget. I know how to spoil a girl, me.

Now that just about makes watching cricket bearable! How long does it take to get from Sussex to Bolton?

[Prufrock]

A lot longer than it takes Shane Watson stick a big front pad in the way!

[Bruce Rioja]

Well, luckily for you I've got it taped.

i'll be right round! Errr...

There's a bacon and duck egg butty in it for you as well, don't forget. I know how to spoil a girl, me.

Now that just about makes watching cricket bearable! How long does it take to get from Sussex to Bolton?

259 mi, 4 hours 11 mins In current traffic: 4 hours 14 mins via M40 - Apparently. See you in a bit

[Gooner Girl]

That's not actually as long as I thought but don't wait up!

[Bruce Rioja]

That's not actually as long as I thought but don't wait up!

Got mi pans out and allt' lot.

[Gooner Girl]

That's not actually as long as I thought but don't wait up!

Got mi pans out and allt' lot.

Now you're just showing off with your flashy emoticons! clever clogs!

[LeverEnd]

Fantastic run, felt a bit emotional watching! Awesome stuff. Now that, Bruce, WAS a close race. She's so under-rated and ignored by the press. World record too. Just brilliant.

I never knew she had served a ban for missing 3 consecutive drug tests. Surprised and a bit disappointed too tbh

Knew she's servd a ban, but assumed she had tested positive. No different than Rio (spit) in any way, shape or form tbh.

She missed some tests through poor organisation and forgetfulness. Athletes have to give their whereabouts for 1 hour every week so that testers know where to find them. In another country it would have been swept under the carpet, but it was right that she was banned because the whereabouts system is important. There was never any suggestion that she had ever used performance enhancing drugs. There are a lot of athletes on one or 2 missed tests because they might not see a tester for ages and then change plans and forget to inform. They get a lot more careful when on 2 , but she went to a different track to train because hers was shut. And they turned up. Unlucky in a way and I bet it changed the attitudes of a lot of other athletes.

Rio on the other hand deliberately missed a test for whatever reason. Something to hide perhaps, probably just arrogantly assumed he was above it. Worse than Christine whichever way you look at it.

An interesting and infuriating postscript was the Sun's headline before the London Olympics which read something like 'Do we want this to be the face of London 2012?' amid thinly veiled accusations of cheating. The same paper then contracted Rio as a columnist, fecking scummy hypocrites.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Well, luckily for you I've got it taped.

i'll be right round! Errr...

There's a bacon and duck egg butty in it for you as well, don't forget. I know how to spoil a girl, me.

Now that just about makes watching cricket bearable! How long does it take to get from Sussex to Bolton?

Oi you. You were having a go at me for suggesting something not dissimilar to that.

[Gooner Girl]

Well, luckily for you I've got it taped.

i'll be right round! Errr...

There's a bacon and duck egg butty in it for you as well, don't forget. I know how to spoil a girl, me.

Now that just about makes watching cricket bearable! How long does it take to get from Sussex to Bolton?

Oi you. You were having a go at me for suggesting something not dissimilar to that.

Hey, just because I think cricket is one of the most boring sports on earth (closely rivalled by golf) doesn't mean all females feel the same. My Grandma was a huge cricket fan. And my sister once beat my brother and father (who take their cricket very seriously...) in a fantasy cricket league simply by choosing the players for her team that she fancied the most...

[LeverEnd]

Just did a hilly fartlek up and down and round the Pike. I'm liking living in Horwich, more scenic than Great Lever! Feeling OK again, parkrun Saturday to see where I'm at and then the real punishment begins... away at Forest.

[mrkint]

Not bad that Mia Farrow, is he?

[Gooner Girl]

Cracking run from gooner Mo there. Great stuff.

[Harry Genshaw]

Cracking run from gooner Mo there. Great stuff.

He moved quicker than an Arsenal transfer target does to Napoli

[Prufrock]

Am I the only one with a massive crush on Ms Shakes-Drayton?

[thebish]

Am I the only one with a massive crush on Ms Shakes-Drayton?

this fellah?

[Gooner Girl]

Cracking run from gooner Mo there. Great stuff.

He moved quicker than an Arsenal transfer target does to Napoli

Just because you're getting on a bit now, doesn't mean I won't hunt you down, throw away your zimmer frame and kick your arse, you cheeky so and so...

Back from a run myself just now, Mo inspired me (or rather he did my friend Abi who then dragged me out) 2.5 miles and I am now ridiculously hot and sweaty. Its so humid out there (and I am extremely unfit)

[Burnden Paddock]

Cracking run from gooner Mo there. Great stuff.

He moved quicker than an Arsenal transfer target does to Napoli

Just because you're getting on a bit now, doesn't mean I won't hunt you down, throw away your zimmer frame and kick your arse, you cheeky so and so...

Back from a run myself just now, Mo inspired me (or rather he did my friend Abi who then dragged me out) 2.5 miles and I am now ridiculously hot and sweaty. Its so humid out there (and I am extremely unfit)

Unless distracted by a cream cake and a twix.

[Gooner Girl]

Cracking run from gooner Mo there. Great stuff.

He moved quicker than an Arsenal transfer target does to Napoli

Just because you're getting on a bit now, doesn't mean I won't hunt you down, throw away your zimmer frame and kick your arse, you cheeky so and so...

Back from a run myself just now, Mo inspired me (or rather he did my friend Abi who then dragged me out) 2.5 miles and I am now ridiculously hot and sweaty. Its so humid out there (and I am extremely unfit)

Unless distracted by a cream cake and a twix.

Mmmmm... You're making me hungry. Now what was I about to do? Cream cake did you say?

[LeverEnd]

Am I the only one with a massive crush on Ms Shakes-Drayton?

Don't get me wrong, I would.

But! She talks absolute shite and irritates me. I know some find her excitable drivel endearing but I'm not one of them. I want her to do well as she appears to be a nice person, but can't stand listening to her.
I ran the 2011 Scarborough 10k where she was obliged by UKA sponsors McCains to appear as celeb starter and she was treated like royalty but just spouted inane shit while we stood freezing and waiting to start.