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Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:33 pm

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

Gary the Enfield · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:39 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

I ran a 10k race today and finished in 44:01. That's not even 4:00 minutes per km! :oops:

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:43 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

I ran a 10k race today and finished in 44:01. That's not even 4:00 minutes per km! :oops:

But still way faster then any of the rest of us, save possibly Harry! What were the course and conditions like?

Gary the Enfield · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:48 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:

Gary the Enfield wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

I ran a 10k race today and finished in 44:01. That's not even 4:00 minutes per km! :oops:

But still way faster then any of the rest of us, save possibly Harry! What were the course and conditions like?

Hatfield Broad Oak Flattish for the most part. Bit of a climb between 6k and 8k but I'm good on hills and gained a few places. 15 seconds outside my pb and 1m 15 seconds quicker than the 10k I raced on Thursday.

Getting back to form.

Wandering Willy · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:03 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

I ran a 10k race today and finished in 44:01. That's not even 4:00 minutes per km! :oops:

Takes me 4 mins to get to the toilet at the moment. :wink:

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:21 pm

Wandering Willy wrote:

Gary the Enfield wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

I ran a 10k race today and finished in 44:01. That's not even 4:00 minutes per km! :oops:

Takes me 4 mins to get to the toilet at the moment. :wink:

Takes me 4 mins for my piss to turn up!

Harry Genshaw · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:41 pm

Gary the Enfield wrote:

Hatfield Broad Oak Flattish for the most part. Bit of a climb between 6k and 8k but I'm good on hills and gained a few places. 15 seconds outside my pb and 1m 15 seconds quicker than the 10k I raced on Thursday.

Getting back to form.

Great work Gary :oyea:

Burnden Paddock · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:15 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:

Wandering Willy wrote:

Gary the Enfield wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

I ran a 10k race today and finished in 44:01. That's not even 4:00 minutes per km! :oops:

Takes me 4 mins to get to the toilet at the moment. :wink:

Takes me 4 mins for my piss to turn up!

4 mins after taking one piss, I need another. :oops:

thebish · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:01 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:

Wandering Willy wrote:

Gary the Enfield wrote:

Gooner Girl wrote:

Theres hope for all you old boys yet...

http://www.athleticsweekly.com/blog/sec ... b-4-at-40/

I ran a 10k race today and finished in 44:01. That's not even 4:00 minutes per km! :oops:

Takes me 4 mins to get to the toilet at the moment. :wink:

Takes me 4 mins for my piss to turn up!

ever had the shame of going to a crowded urinal line - try for 2 or 3 mins - have nothing come out - and have to zip up and leave??? :oops:

TANGODANCER · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:02 pm

thebish wrote:

ever had the shame of going to a crowded urinal line - try for 2 or 3 mins - have nothing come out - and have to zip up and leave??? :oops:

Ah, good old Burnden.

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:29 am

Perhaps we should have an 'old gimmers moan about their aches and pains and problematic toileting habits' thread?! Cos there really is such a thing as TMI...

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:25 am

thebish wrote:

ever had the shame of going to a crowded urinal line - try for 2 or 3 mins - have nothing come out - and have to zip up and leave??? :oops:

Don't think I've ever zipped up and left, but yeah, when someone stands directly next to me, then as soon as they're gone - whooooosh! At the match I have to be absolutely bursting before I'll even attempt. My match-buddy queues for the cubicles for this very reason.

Harry Genshaw · **Posted:** Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:33 pm

Just done a fell race over Winter Hill & the Pike. Got sunburnt doing it this time last year. Up at the transmitter it was hailstone at 45 degrees :shock:

Muddy, wet & treacherous and an absolute bargain at £3

CAPSLOCK · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:47 am

Red Bridge/Arthur Lane Twin Peaks on Wednesday

Daughter - who aint no couch potato - gave up

Oh yesssss

Was actually the first time I've impressed her since I did the old elfellant impression at her Thornleigh leavers do

Gary the Enfield · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:27 am

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Red Bridge/Arthur Lane Twin Peaks on Wednesday

Daughter - who aint no couch potato - gave up

Oh yesssss

Was actually the first time I've impressed her since I did the old elfellant impression at her Thornleigh leavers do

Good man. Have you done a Parkrun yet? You may surprise yourself.

Worthy4England · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:33 am

CAPSLOCK wrote:

Red Bridge/Arthur Lane Twin Peaks on Wednesday

Daughter - who aint no couch potato - gave up

Oh yesssss

Was actually the first time I've impressed her since I did the old elfellant impression at her Thornleigh leavers do

Not the "White-eared Elephant"??? :shock:

Gary the Enfield · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:34 am

Harry Genshaw wrote:

Just done a fell race over Winter Hill & the Pike. Got sunburnt doing it this time last year. Up at the transmitter it was hailstone at 45 degrees :shock:

Muddy, wet & treacherous and an absolute bargain at £3

There are varying degrees of mental Harry. You're the nth. :wink:

Wasn't expecting to lead a group last night but given a choice of 9 miles at 8 minute pace or 7 miles at 9 minute pace I decided to head off and do 7.5 miles at 8.30 pace (recovery run after my Hatfield 10k). 9 others joined me of roughly similair ability. Even though it was still raining and the park was soaked we ended up going across fields, down farm paths and footpaths for most off the run (about 1 mile was on actual road), and with a fair few hills thrown in too.

We staggered back, group intact after just over the hour mark having done an average 8:15 pace throughout. Cold, wet, muddy but happy runners. I love the british summertime. :grin:

Gooner Girl · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:29 pm

Was supposed to go for a run with a friend this evening but she turned up having lost her training kit and suggested a power walk instead. Feeling a little like old women we went off through the nature reserve, over the field and back down the village high street and over the common. Not far but convinced me that rather then being obsessed with improving my time over flat pavements i would really rather run in the countryside. Plus watching my footing and the extra balancing involved running off road might strengthen my core more and help my flabby tummy. One can hope anyway...

Bruce Rioja · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:37 am

Gooner Girl wrote:

Was supposed to go for a run with a friend this evening but she turned up having lost her training kit and suggested a power walk instead. Feeling a little like old women we went off through the nature reserve, over the field and back down the village high street and over the common. Not far but convinced me that rather then being obsessed with improving my time over flat pavements i would really rather run in the countryside. Plus watching my footing and the extra balancing involved running off road might strengthen my core more and help my flabby tummy. One can hope anyway...

Well you need to do something about that because you're as fat as a barrel

thebish · **Posted:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:16 am

Gooner Girl wrote:

Was supposed to go for a run with a friend this evening but she turned up having lost her training kit...

do PE teachers really still fall for this???

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