The A/R Off Topic Thread

theboyblunder · 15-10-2014 7:54pm

I think/hope the ban might be a bit of a 'lifetime achievement award' for a lot of posts about this pet topic - a topic which ironically has nothing to do with AR - in different threads, usually posted in the manner of some kind of moral policeman.

Kurt Godel · 15-10-2014 8:07pm

theboyblunder wrote: »

I think/hope the ban might be a bit of a 'lifetime achievement award' for a lot of posts about this pet topic - a topic which ironically has nothing to do with AR - in different threads, usually posted in the manner of some kind of moral policeman.

That's police*person* please...

Off topic for the off topic thread, Trunner is one of the most interesting posters here when it comes to discussions balancing volume against intensity in training. In fact, a whole load of posters on the off topic/Rant/notRant/clique/notclique/literary threads are really interesting when they are posting about genuine A/R training and performance. It'd be really really nice and more helpful if the whole forum was arguing about that aspect rather than sideline stuff.

(Sorry for butting in like this but they've run out of nectar at the washed-up bar...)

tunguska · 15-10-2014 8:20pm

robinph wrote: »

We will not have this thread descend into another one of your crusades. Take a couple of days off.

Fair play robin it really needed to be said.....

Gavlor · 15-10-2014 8:35pm

Weetabix wrote: »

A regular poster last night posted a downright rude and disgusting post about an ex form member (which was very quickly removed) and is still posting today, no idea how they escaped a ban while 3 days was given for the above.

I stand over those comments. They weren't deleted by me, it was duly dealt with by the mods, as is their right.

AdpRo · 15-10-2014 8:37pm

Gavlor wrote: »

I stand over those comments. They weren't deleted by me, it was duly dealt with by the mods, as is their right.

Wasn't talking about you. The comments were about the late Dr. Q.

Gavlor · 15-10-2014 8:41pm

Weetabix wrote: »

Wasn't talking about you. The comments were about the late Dr. Q.

Ok, my bad. You're my favourite breakfast by the way.

RacoonQueen · 15-10-2014 8:57pm

Gavlor wrote: »

Ok, my bad. You're my favourite breakfast by the way.

Crap breakfast. Processed and sugary.

TRR_the_turd · 15-10-2014 9:00pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Crap breakfast. Processed and sugary.

Ah I don't think weetabix is that bad! I don't think there is too much added salt etc. I'm too lazy to look up ingredients etc but I was always of the opinion it wasn't a bad substitute for porridge if stuck

Gavlor · 15-10-2014 9:01pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Crap breakfast. Processed and sugary.

(Sssshhh, I was just trying to bring some niceness back to a/r)

tunguska · 15-10-2014 9:23pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Crap breakfast. Processed and sugary.

You're fierce agro lately. First youre telling me Im not THE most magnificent male poster around here and now youre slating Weetabix.........Did you fall off your bike again?

W.B. Yeats · 15-10-2014 9:32pm

One rule for some a different one for others. Pathetic.

pconn062 · 15-10-2014 9:52pm

There are currently threads on the main page about marathon tapering, cross country training, interval reps and recovery, hill/trail running, the elite field at DCM etc. Maybe we could get a little more discussion going in those threads, it is the A/R forum after all and move away from some of the silliness.

barryoneill50 · 15-10-2014 10:00pm

W.B. Yeats wrote: »

One rule for some a different one for others. Pathetic.

A card for this post shows the post itself was spot on!

Kurt Godel · 15-10-2014 10:28pm

barryoneill50 wrote: »

A card for this post shows the post itself was spot on!

If a mod is carding someone here they are doing it with a heavy heart- they signed up thinking they would be helping out or giving back to a running community. It's pretty sh1t when you see the crap that goes on behind the scenes as a mod with posters demanding fairness.

If you care about this being a viable athletics/running forum at all, cop yourself on and give up the drama crap about rules and start posting more about athletics/running. That goes for everyone that wants to come here and learn about athletic/running rather than be entertained. Otherwise put your name forward as a mod- but I guarantee you would not believe the garbage that will fill your day to dull something that has erstwhile been a hobby.

shotgunmcos · 15-10-2014 10:37pm

barryoneill50 wrote: »

A card for this post shows the post itself was spot on!

No, it shows the Mod was spot on!

RacoonQueen · 15-10-2014 10:39pm

Lads, I think we need a group hug...

Chivito550 · 15-10-2014 10:43pm

nerraw1111 wrote: »

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And we've lost another one!

Chivito550 · 15-10-2014 11:07pm

dublin runner wrote: »

It's less than two weeks to go to the biggest athletics race of the year

Are you having a laugh here?

dublin runner · 16-10-2014 12:00am

Chivito550 wrote: »

Are you having a laugh here?

Don't know where my comment is gone but yes. 14,000 people would be classified as the biggest.

Chivito550 · 16-10-2014 12:02am

dublin runner wrote: »

Don't know where my comment is gone but yes. 14,000 people would be classified as the biggest.

Biggest in numbers, but far from the biggest in terms of Athletics prestige.

dublin runner · 16-10-2014 12:12am

Chivito550 wrote: »

Biggest in numbers, but far from the biggest in terms of Athletics prestige.

Yes, that's what I meant. I'll specify next time!

Chivito550 · 16-10-2014 12:17am

dublin runner wrote: »

Yes, that's what I meant. I'll specify next time!

Technically the WMM has more numbers

dublin runner · 16-10-2014 12:26am

Chivito550 wrote: »

Technically the WMM has more numbers

Sh1te! Should have thought that one through....:)

Netwerk Errer · 16-10-2014 12:30am

dublin runner wrote: »

Sh1te! Should have thought that one through....:)

We'll just call it the biggest athletics day of the year.:)

RayCun · 16-10-2014 6:53am

dublin runner wrote: »

Don't know where my comment is gone but yes. 14,000 people would be classified as the biggest.

More elite international runners and top Irish runners than in any other Irish race I can think of

Netwerk Errer · 16-10-2014 6:57am

RayCun wrote: »

More elite international runners and top Irish runners than in any other Irish race I can think of

yep, definitely one of the most prestigious races in Ireland. Right up there with the Cork City Sports meet.

barryoneill50 · 16-10-2014 7:46am

Kurt Godel wrote: »

If a mod is carding someone here they are doing it with a heavy heart- they signed up thinking they would be helping out or giving back to a running community. It's pretty sh1t when you see the crap that goes on behind the scenes as a mod with posters demanding fairness.

If you care about this being a viable athletics/running forum at all, cop yourself on and give up the drama crap about rules and start posting more about athletics/running. That goes for everyone that wants to come here and learn about athletic/running rather than be entertained. Otherwise put your name forward as a mod- but I guarantee you would not believe the garbage that will fill your day to dull something that has erstwhile been a hobby.

Yes there may be crap going on behind the scene and that's fair enough. I am sure the mods are dealing with that the best they can. It's the crap that's going on in full view for all to see that goes, let's say unnoticed. So like a lot of things a "heavy heart" can be selective I suppose.
Have a look at my posts, I am open to correction but I don't spend my time posting "crap about rules" as you put it, so your suggestion to cop myself on is laughable. That comment may be applicable to others but certainly not me so I'd suggest you find someone else to try and shout down.

barryoneill50 · 16-10-2014 7:49am

shotgunmcos wrote: »

No, it shows the Mod was spot on!

Ok, that's that then so.

RayCun · 16-10-2014 8:35am

If you have a problem with a mod's decisions, PM the mod.
If you are unhappy with their answer, PM an Admin and escalate it.

Complaining about mod decisions in forum drags the forum away from what it should be discussing. And it is impossible for a mod to fairly moderate a discussion about moderation on their forum.

So complaining about mod decisions in forum, and in-thread, is a cardable offence. This is applied all over boards (in some cases a lot more strictly than in here)

pconn062 · 16-10-2014 7:18pm

http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251709-New-York-City-Marathon-2014/article/28404-Bill-Murray-Training-for-NYC-Marathon

Worth a watch!

gerard_65 · 18-10-2014 1:36pm

Am I going mad or can you not tag a youtube clip on boards using firefox?

opus · 19-10-2014 7:40pm

A friend kept telling me that I had to watch Breaking Bad as I'd never seen a single episode so watched e01 this evening. Am I now doomed to be sucked in like a moth to a candle?

Letyourselfgo · 19-10-2014 7:47pm

opus wrote: »

A friend kept telling me that I had to watch Breaking Bad as I'd never seen a single episode so watched e01 this evening. Am I now doomed to be sucked in like a moth to a candle?

Yes but it is brilliant, best thing since Soprano's

b.harte · 19-10-2014 9:45pm

Not sure where to post this;
Should it go in the main events forum - but it isn't directly about the national half, so no.
Is it for the main A/R forum, again not sure - how relevent is it?
In light of all the "Taper Madness" posts

(well, what else can we attribute the last few weeks on the training logs section and the xxxxmara/ultra thread to?)
Safest bet is here in the off topic section.

Rock 'n' Roll being sued - 'Merica :P
This Marathon Lawsuit may shake up the running world

Puntastic.

menoscemo · 19-10-2014 9:54pm

b.harte wrote: »

Not sure where to post this;
Should it go in the main events forum - but it isn't directly about the national half, so no.
Is it for the main A/R forum, again not sure - how relevent is it?
In light of all the "Taper Madness" posts (well, what else can we attribute the last few weeks on the training logs section and the xxxxmara/ultra thread to?)
Safest bet is here in the off topic section.

Rock 'n' Roll being sued - 'Merica :P
This Marathon Lawsuit may shake up the running world

Puntastic.

That should go in the Rave thread

RacoonQueen · 19-10-2014 10:02pm

b.harte wrote: »

Not sure where to post this;
Should it go in the main events forum - but it isn't directly about the national half, so no.
Is it for the main A/R forum, again not sure - how relevent is it?
In light of all the "Taper Madness" posts (well, what else can we attribute the last few weeks on the training logs section and the xxxxmara/ultra thread to?)
Safest bet is here in the off topic section.

Rock 'n' Roll being sued - 'Merica :P
This Marathon Lawsuit may shake up the running world

Puntastic.

I would like to thank this 10 times. But I can only thank once. So I am thanking this 10 times with this post.

ThePiedPiper · 19-10-2014 10:29pm

Half watching Love/Hate here, never really got into it before, Christ, its heavy-hitting stuff. Its a long way from Miley having an affair with Fidelma, and Fr Deveroux questioning his religion.

I've been out of Dublin a good 11 or 12 years now. Is this stuff really in any way representational of any part of the criminal culture in Dublin? Call me a prude, but with this going global, is this really the image we want to represent of the country? yeah, I really have turned into a prude!

BeepBeep67 · 19-10-2014 10:37pm

RunForestRun wrote: »

Half watching Love/Hate here, never really got into it before, Christ, its heavy-hitting stuff. Its a long way from Miley having an affair with Fidelma, and Fr Deveroux questioning his religion.

I've been out of Dublin a good 11 or 12 years now. Is this stuff really in any way representational of any part of the criminal culture in Dublin? Call me a prude, but with this going global, is this really the image we want to represent of the country? yeah, I really have turned into a prude!

Half watching Hawaii 5-0 here always had it down as a top holiday destination, can't believe the amount of lawlessness and underground criminal activity.

menoscemo · 19-10-2014 10:40pm

RunForestRun wrote: »

Half watching Love/Hate here, never really got into it before, Christ, its heavy-hitting stuff. Its a long way from Miley having an affair with Fidelma, and Fr Deveroux questioning his religion.

I've been out of Dublin a good 11 or 12 years now. Is this stuff really in any way representational of any part of the criminal culture in Dublin? Call me a prude, but with this going global, is this really the image we want to represent of the country? yeah, I really have turned into a prude!

Tonight's episode was pretty tame

RacoonQueen · 19-10-2014 10:42pm

RunForestRun wrote: »

Half watching Love/Hate here, never really got into it before, Christ, its heavy-hitting stuff. Its a long way from Miley having an affair with Fidelma, and Fr Deveroux questioning his religion.

I've been out of Dublin a good 11 or 12 years now. Is this stuff really in any way representational of any part of the criminal culture in Dublin? Call me a prude, but with this going global, is this really the image we want to represent of the country? yeah, I really have turned into a prude!

Not being part of the criminal underworld myself, I have no idea. :P

ThePiedPiper · 19-10-2014 10:43pm

TRR might know

TRR_the_turd · 19-10-2014 11:24pm

RunForestRun wrote: »

TRR might know

I want RFR whacked!

Netwerk Errer · 19-10-2014 11:28pm

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

I want RFR whacked!

He's got two Boards doubles!! You'll have to whack all three of them to make sure you got him:D

ThePiedPiper · 20-10-2014 7:54am

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

I want RFR whacked!

It's been done. He won't be a problem anymore around here.

T runner · 30-10-2014 11:39am

theboyblunder wrote: »

I think/hope the ban might be a bit of a 'lifetime achievement award' for a lot of posts about this pet topic - a topic which ironically has nothing to do with AR - in different threads, usually posted in the manner of some kind of moral policeman.

I appealed that decision. The admin agreed to remove all reference to me as trolling although nothing could be done about my ban.

My only achievement, and its a hollow one, was persuading local Mods here to add a clause on the AR charter prohibiting bigotry for the benefit of everyone.

If anyone wants to report a bigotted post they can reference that clause which should make moderation easier.

This is my last post.

Good luck with all your running goals.

RacoonQueen · 30-10-2014 11:45am

T runner wrote: »

I appealed that decision. The admin agreed to remove all reference to me as trolling although nothing could be done about my ban.

My only achievement, and its a hollow one, was persuading local Mods here to add a clause on the AR charter prohibiting bigotry for the benefit of everyone.

If anyone wants to report a bigotted post they can reference that clause which should make moderation easier.

This is my last post.

Good luck with all your running goals.

No

ThisRegard · 30-10-2014 1:20pm

What's that now, 5 or so long time informative posters gone ?

Chivito550 · 31-10-2014 12:16am

The 2 running forums in existence is a bit like when Darts split into 2 organisations in the early 90s. The new forum is like where the PDC was in those early years, with not many of the top players, but like the PDC having Phil Taylor, the new forum has ecoli. Nowadays the PDC is where it is at and the BDO is dying a death. Only time will tell to see if the new forum becomes the PDC of the Irish running forum world.

pistol_75 · 31-10-2014 12:38am

Chivito550 wrote: »

The 2 running forums in existence is a bit like when Darts split into 2 organisations in the early 90s. The new forum is like where the PDC was in those early years, with not many of the top players, but like the PDC having Phil Taylor, the new forum has ecoli. Nowadays the PDC is where it is at and the BDO is dying a death. Only time will tell to see if the new forum becomes the PDC of the Irish running forum world.

Tis a pity the person behind the new forum couldn't draw a line in the sand and had to resort to bullying a poster on here. Thankfully the posts were removed after some intervention by a kind hearted soul.

If that is the level he has to resort to, to get a kick it's pretty sad really. If he is the nice guy people say he is then it's a funny way of acting.

b.harte · 31-10-2014 1:10am

Ah here, what's all this 2nd forum stuff about?
Genuinely not a clue what's going on here any more between the various hissy fits and spats of the last few months.
I have backed off on how often I contribute and visit. (no loss to either party there

)
I used to check here very frequently.
It seems to me that this place has become almost full of cliques where any contrary opinion against an opinion of a veteran poster - or a poster who is viewed as authoritative is rounded on by people who will blindly follow the lead - even if there is a good debate going.
It's sad, there are some great people and it used to be very welcoming,
I might be missing a lot of the positive stuff by not being as frequent but almost every time I check there is a thread that is mostly sh1te.
I thought it was just that you all have taper madness - is there such a thing as recovery madness as well?
Anyway, I'm sorry that this place is gone to bits lately but I've no doubt it will bounce back, just frustrating that egos are coming into play a lot - not aimed at anyone, just a generalisation.
Also, that thread about women long distance runners and their attractiveness - WTF? That wouldn't have been out of place in AfterHours.

The A/R Off Topic Thread

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