The athletics/running thread

[thebish]

Woohoo! First 5km in far too long completed tonight. Slow, but I did it. And then I walked the dog

Well done! Now all you have to do is do a 5k with Paddy. 2 birds and all that...

He might pull me along! Good idea!

It's great. And these days they have CaniX (5k cross country races for dogs and their owners)
Since Shadow got old & lame I really miss running over the hills with him

Do they really? paddy would be ace at that. He loves running, was chasing after his ball totally mentally tonight on the village common even though it was so dark by then he could barely see it.

Re Shadow. x

tried running with my dogs - the greyhound and the collie - not a good idea with either of them - the collie got bored and buggered off to play with some horses - meaning i kept having to stop to go and get him - and the greyhound refused to jump over logs/styles/anything - and i have to stop to lift her over... (she also buggered off to squeeze under a barbed-wire fence and chase a horse round a field just yards away from a farmhouse.....) keep them on the lead - and the buggers run in front of you and trip you up!

[Gooner Girl]

It's great. And these days they have CaniX (5k cross country races for dogs and their owners)
Since Shadow got old & lame I really miss running over the hills with him

Do they really? paddy would be ace at that. He loves running, was chasing after his ball totally mentally tonight on the village common even though it was so dark by then he could barely see it.

Re Shadow. x

tried running with my dogs - the greyhound and the collie - not a good idea with either of them - the collie got bored and buggered off to play with some horses - meaning i kept having to stop to go and get him - and the greyhound refused to jump over logs/styles/anything - and i have to stop to lift her over... (she also buggered off to squeeze under a barbed-wire fence and chase a horse round a field just yards away from a farmhouse.....) keep them on the lead - and the buggers run in front of you and trip you up!

Perhaps you were just too slow for them hun

[thebish]

Perhaps you were just too slow for them hun

reckon i'd give you a run for your money...

[Gooner Girl]

Perhaps you were just too slow for them hun

reckon i'd give you a run for your money...

Fancy a race sometime? What does the winner get?

[thebish]

Perhaps you were just too slow for them hun

reckon i'd give you a run for your money...

Fancy a race sometime? What does the winner get?

not summat you'd have to worry about!

[Gooner Girl]

Perhaps you were just too slow for them hun

reckon i'd give you a run for your money...

Fancy a race sometime? What does the winner get?

not summat you'd have to worry about!

Ooooh, fighting talk! When was the last time you ran 5km?

[thebish]

Ooooh, fighting talk! When was the last time you ran 5km?

last week - bit slow at 25mins 8secs... but it is very hilly...

[Gooner Girl]

Ooooh, fighting talk! When was the last time you ran 5km?

last week - bit slow at 25mins 8secs... but it is very hilly...

Don't believe you!

[thebish]

Ooooh, fighting talk! When was the last time you ran 5km?

last week - bit slow at 25mins 8secs... but it is very hilly...

Don't believe you!

fair enough!

i'd let you win if you wore the hotpants - but i suspect they might chafe over 5k - and i'd have to carry you...

[Gooner Girl]

Ooooh, fighting talk! When was the last time you ran 5km?

last week - bit slow at 25mins 8secs... but it is very hilly...

Don't believe you!

fair enough!

i'd let you win if you wore the hotpants - but i suspect they might chafe over 5k - and i'd have to carry you...

alright!

[mrkint]

This is wrong on several levels

[thebish]

Disgraced former sprinter Ben Johnson tells BBC Sport that he would have beaten current Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt over 100m.

The Canadian, who says it is time he was forgiven after being stripped of the 100m title at the 1988 Seoul Olympics after testing positive for anabolic steroids, claims he had more power than Jamaican Bolt.

Johnson, now 51, said he believed doping would always be a part of track and field as athletes were willing to take a chance in order to win, adding that he took drugs because he believed his competitors were also doping.

yeah... right!

[Prufrock]

How does that work? ON DRUGS he wasn't as quick as Bolt!

[Bruce Rioja]

How does that work? ON DRUGS he wasn't as quick as Bolt!

Exactly.

Drugged Canadian: 9.79

Clean Jamaican: 9.58

[Prufrock]

What drugs were he taking? Bricks?

[LeverEnd]

Johnson isn't a full shilling, simple as that.

[mrkint]

5,000m on the rower at lunch, footy training tonight.

Help

[Gary the Enfield]

Getting close to Clacton triathlon this weekend.

This is my first Olympic distance triathlon which is a 1500m swim (in the sea), a 40k cycle ride and then a 10k run.

Very nervous, feel unprepared and I've just seen the forecast for Sunday - pissing down!

Was nice knowing you all!

[LeverEnd]

Getting close to Clacton triathlon this weekend.

This is my first Olympic distance triathlon which is a 1500m swim (in the sea), a 40k cycle ride and then a 10k run.

Very nervous, feel unprepared and I've just seen the forecast for Sunday - pissing down!

Was nice knowing you all!

Good luck with it. Want to do one next year but for now will stick to Bolton parkrun this Sat morn and a dip in Horwich pool. Fair play to you!

[thebish]

Getting close to Clacton triathlon this weekend.

This is my first Olympic distance triathlon which is a 1500m swim (in the sea), a 40k cycle ride and then a 10k run.

Very nervous, feel unprepared and I've just seen the forecast for Sunday - pissing down!

Was nice knowing you all!

hope that goes well for you - your are an olympian fitness-god!