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Come back Panthro- all is forgiven
Morning all- hope Mondays' not too painful.
Four day week though!!

Sauve wrote: »

Come back Panthro- all is forgiven
Morning all- hope Mondays' not too painful.
Four day week though!!

I have a 3 day week and 5 day weekend

Black Oil wrote: »

Easter egg waiting at the end of that cycle, Pem?

Nope, no Easter egg this year, few different boxes and chocolates and desserts and I won't have it till Easter Saturday at the earliest! Also have a box of ferrero rocher (mixed types) from my bday at home so can tuck into them

I have a 4 day week and it's my bday at the weekend - but have a game Saturday so can't make the most of Thursday and Friday - still, should get some chilling done

Bought a pair of predators at the weekend too - my account is reeling from such a heavy blow!!

Nope got these ones:



I could never really see how people could spend that much money on football boots when I was younger - would always go for the cheaper version of the predators - the one's for around €100 y'know - but the difference in quality and having proper leather boots makes a difference imo

I've also noticed my feet getting ripped to bits so having proper support in these should make a difference

Hyperbullet wrote: »

Do you prefer blades over metal studs? Played rugby back in college and I hated the sight of lads wearing blades, used to cut the hell out your skin in they made any contact at all.

*Saddo nerd alert* - one of the Young Scientist entries this year was seeing whether blades or studs wearing had any difference in the amount of knee injuries when playing GAA. Blades stick in the ground and don't rotate like studs do so you'd be more likely to get a knee injury (MCL/LCL/ACL tears) wearing blades.

Don't think its been scientifically proven (I only heard them talk about it on the radio) but it makes sense really!

Hyperbullet wrote: »

Do you prefer blades over metal studs? Played rugby back in college and I hated the sight of lads wearing blades, used to cut the hell out your skin in they made any contact at all.

Can understand the sentiment here - I've gotten blades into the legs and hands etc. playing football and it's not nice! That said I do wear moulded blades -never wear the metal ones - I use studs instead.

Hyperbullet wrote: »

Yeah fair point. Not a fan of blades at all, even when playing hurling I'd always wear studs, far better grip out of them.

This depends on the surface - I wear moulded studs in the summer - for hard ground, I find the moulded studs absorb the impact from running on hard ground far better than studded boots - on the other hand I wear studded boots during the winter and crappy months - soft ground means I get better grip in the mud etc. and also less likely to slip than on moulded studs.

Larianne wrote: »

*Saddo nerd alert* - one of the Young Scientist entries this year was seeing whether blades or studs wearing had any difference in the amount of knee injuries when playing GAA. Blades stick in the ground and don't rotate like studs do so you'd be more likely to get a knee injury (MCL/LCL/ACL tears) wearing blades.

Don't think its been scientifically proven (I only heard them talk about it on the radio) but it makes sense really!

I must look into this more because, imo, it depends on the surface you're running on. I did my knee playing tag rugby - it was a freak accident (the majority of people who get the injury do so from being hit by cars according to google! That said I'm convinced it was because I wore metal studs on rock hard ground - I just don't think my knees could take the shock - I was turning and put my foot on the ground to spring off it and it just went.

Barring that I've never had an injury I could put down to boots or weather so i have limited information.

It's an interesting topic though - the science that goes into sportswear nowdays is crazy!

PaulieC wrote: »

Can understand the sentiment here - I've gotten blades into the legs and hands etc. playing football and it's not nice! That said I do wear moulded blades -never wear the metal ones - I use studs instead.



This depends on the surface - I wear moulded studs in the summer - for hard ground, I find the moulded studs absorb the impact from running on hard ground far better than studded boots - on the other hand I wear studded boots during the winter and crappy months - soft ground means I get better grip in the mud etc. and also less likely to slip than on moulded studs.



I must look into this more because, imo, it depends on the surface you're running on. I did my knee playing tag rugby - it was a freak accident (the majority of people who get the injury do so from being hit by cars according to google! That said I'm convinced it was because I wore metal studs on rock hard ground - I just don't think my knees could take the shock - I was turning and put my foot on the ground to spring off it and it just went.

Barring that I've never had an injury I could put down to boots or weather so i have limited information.

It's an interesting topic though - the science that goes into sportswear nowdays is crazy!

When playing sport, injury happens from planting your foot on the ground and turning your body quickly. Sounds about right with what happened to you.

Yeah, really interesting. Your body goes through so much stress when playing sport. Having the proper footwear effects the whole leg/body. Gotta make sure its right.

Daisies wrote: »

Kinda, there's one for lecturing in Malawi that I'm gonna apply for. I'm giving it another month and we'll see at that stage how things are.

Malawi! Fantastic, that'd be amazing.

Evening all! Was out for dinner tonight, got the most amazing gf chocolate cake EVER! I've missed good chocolate cake...

Well done on the cycle Awec! Daisies it's 30ths next for you Sufjan Stevens is amazing

awec wrote: »

Chocolate? Chocolate!!!

*awec points at the date and looks at pembily*



Just kidding! Thanks too!

I know, I know I haven't eaten jellies! Also I can't say not to chocolate cake that I can eat GF is gluten free...