SUNGOD.........you are in the well

MarieC

As someone who I know v.little about and you dont appear to have been in the well prior to this it's now your turn!

So! First marathon in March yes?
What made you want to run a marathon?
How long have you been running?
Has you always been geared toward longer distance?

Woddle

Has anyone else ever told you you sound like Tommy Tiernan ?
Would you be looking at a top 5 finish for the ultra ?
Whats your best chat up line ?
How will you react if Sosa goes sub 3 before you ?

MCOS

Good choice MarieC! We have a lunatic in the well, this should be a colourful one

Whats your best sandwich (the bread kind!)?
Which 2 celebrities would you like to sandwiched between?!
Do you have any good jokes to tell us?
Which boardsie would you like to trade shoes with for a day?
Whats next after the Ultra and sub 3 boxes are ticked?
What inspires you?
How many press ups can you do in one go (ahem..proper ones!)?

Sosa

Woddle wrote: »

How will you react if Sosa goes sub 3 before you ?

:D:D

christeb

Ah the Dog of Sun himself!

-How will you keep from going insane how you have to rest up for a couple of weeks?
-What advice can you give to a plodder like me to help me become more SUNGOD-esque??

ike

Were you secretly hoping someone would put you in here.
Do you intend to take dump before Connemara start instead of during?
Do you ever sneak a look in the mirror and say "Lookin good Gav...." :cool:
Do you view Sosa as your protégé and have you created a monster so to speak :P

TheRoadRunner

In terms of effort the hardest race you have ever completed ?

jlang

sig wrote:

SUNGOD ,only a "O" and a "OF" away from being jesus

What's the first extra O for?

louthandproud

jlang wrote: »

What's the first extra O for?

I think you need to think about that one!

Peckham

Do you have my coat from the Dublin marathon startline?
What are you proudest of from your first marathon - your time or your finishing position?

jlang

louthandproud wrote: »

I think you need to think about that one!

Oops. I retract my question.

christeb

Stop hiding in the Well, we all know you're down there!

SUNGOD

MarieC wrote: »

So! First marathon in March yes?
What made you want to run a marathon?
How long have you been running?
Has you always been geared toward longer distance?

hi marieC
mind yourself as your climbing out of the well.
and seeing as im injured at the minute i may as well jump in.....splash!!!

ive run 3 marathons in total, all of them last year(connemara,cork,dublin)
connemara in march will be my first ultra.

i started running really as a pastime to keep me out of the pub etc.
i liked it but found it very very difficult but gradually improved .
i was lucky that when i started running i ran with 2 guys who were much better then myself(one of them did ironman UK last year)this brought me on rapidly.
the guy who did the IM often said i should do a marathon one day .
me being me took that to mean run one as soon as possible so entered conn as soon as possible.

im really only running about 2 years seriously(i use that term loosely:D)
before that i had being running the annual city 10k but not really training for it and just happy to finish it , go to the pub and talk about it, taking a minute off my time with every pint .

i really enjoy the shorter stuff and have resonable PB's in most of them but found when i got into my stride on the longer runs i felt like i could run forever.
but in saying that i do miss really pushing myself in the 5mile/10k/10 mile/ races that are coming thick and fast at the moment.
and i cant combine the 2 so i reckon this will be my only attempt at a ultra for a while. so i can go back and protect my PB's from the greedy hands of Sosa

SUNGOD

Woddle wrote: »

Has anyone else ever told you you sound like Tommy Tiernan ?
Would you be looking at a top 5 finish for the ultra ?
Whats your best chat up line ?
How will you react if Sosa goes sub 3 before you ?

maybe tommy tiernan sounds like me and on some comedy boards someone is asking him"has anyone ever told you you sound like sungod?"

simple answer would be i just want to finish the ultra.
obviousily on the day i will do my best and try finish as high up as possible
but i dont intend killing myself to do this,

my best chat up line's would be
"do you know im in the top 5 on the 1000 mile challenge"
" yeah of course i know woddle, if you want to come back to my place im sure i have his number somwhere"


if Sosa goes sub 3 before me i will change my username to SLUMDOG:D
if anyone can he can, with a bit more self belief he is well capable of it.
Sosa looks like a runner and glides along and is only running 12 months
the only thing stopping him going sub 3 is weather is actually does enough marathons,.
very very hard to go sub 3 in your first but second or third is doable

Racing Flat

Mr. Sunny G, We've been expecting you.

Please note, the following is a hypothetical scenario.

As a runner and a male, if you had to chose between losing a leg or your willy, which would you chose?

shels4ever

How long will it take you for Belfast ...

Fancy a handicap bet?

SUNGOD

MCOS wrote: »

Whats your best sandwich (the bread kind!)?
Which 2 celebrities would you like to sandwiched between?!
Do you have any good jokes to tell us?
Which boardsie would you like to trade shoes with for a day?
Whats next after the Ultra and sub 3 boxes are ticked?
What inspires you?
How many press ups can you do in one go (ahem..proper ones!)?

im a big fan of a local waterford delicasy...it involves 2 slices of bread between which you place 2 slices of luncheon or as we say in waterford "red lead" and the contents of a pack of tayto cheese & onion crisps.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

2 celebrities...... probably brad and angeline:D i was never confused:D:D

man walks into a pub with a peice of dog s*** in his hand and says to the barman "look what i almost stepped in"

i was sitting in my house the other day when a man knocked on my front door with a beard.
i dont know why he didnt use the knocker


id like to be trade shoes with hunnymonster just to see how she consistently does it and stays motivated.
im finding this ultra training very hard and motivation is slipping so just to have her mind set would be refreshing for a day.
she is someone i would have the utmost admiration for.

or i would swap shoes with krusty clown as ive always wanted to work in a circus:D


whats next after the ultra and sub 3.......REST and lots of it...i would love to go sub 60 for 10 miles


i was watching tv about a chap that is paralyzed from the neck down from playing rugby and he spoke so full of optimisim and life.
im not sure if i would have the same attitude but that does give me the kick i need to enjoy the fact im healthy and not get down about the little set backs in life,


how many press ups can i do.....ask Sosa how many he can do and add one more for my total:D

SUNGOD

christeb wrote: »

Ah the Dog of Sun himself!

-How will you keep from going insane how you have to rest up for a couple of weeks?
-What advice can you give to a plodder like me to help me become more SUNGOD-esque??

im going to cross train like no man has cross trained before:D
i have a few books im due to read including advanced marathoning so this will keep me busy

if you knew me you would not want to be like me .....honest
im not cut out to give advice as i dont get into the theroy of running and all the lactate/vo2/black socks knock .1 of a second a mile,
but i will say that consistency is the key, for me anyway .
if you train sensiblely and consistently ..you will improve

SUNGOD

ike wrote: »

Were you secretly hoping someone would put you in here.
Do you intend to take dump before Connemara start instead of during?
Do you ever sneak a look in the mirror and say "Lookin good Gav...." :cool:
Do you view Sosa as your protégé and have you created a monster so to speak :P

i dont mind being in the well but i was hopeing marieC would have stayed down here with me...im lonely

yes i intend on releiveing my self before the race....and i may be wearing "pull ups" as a precaution


ok you have me.... i love myself



i know Sosa a long time and knew that if he decided to take up running it would only be a matter of time before he matched then beat me in races.

the first 12-18 months would see the most improvement in someone starting to run after that i reckon it gets harder to improve significently and beat PB's eventually we all plateau .
but sosa would be more sensible then me and look after himself a lot more.
he has a better approach to training where as im a bit gung ho " im down to do 5 but its sunny out lets do 18" kind of attitude
so to answer your question have i created a monster? ...........yes

MarieC

SUNGOD wrote: »

i dont mind being in the well but i was hopeing marieC would have stayed down here with me...im lonely

I haven't got out of the well fully yet SunGod.. waiting for someone to give me a hand out of it - its too high for a little person!

SUNGOD

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

In terms of effort the hardest race you have ever completed ?

my first marathon in connemara 08 was the hardest in terms of effort.
i had been training really well, i was following the HH intermediate programme and running well in local races.
i had done a 10 miler in dungarvan in 62:02 in the build up and was very confident of a good marathon.
i didnt say it out loud but secretly i had hoped for sub 3(i know , how nieve could i be. but i was caught up in my fast improvement and thought i was invinceable).
i started the race and couldnnt understand why everyone was going so slow.
the leading pack of 6/7 runners were long gone but everyone else seemed to be crawling.
i stayed with a group of about 4 who seemed to me to be going at the correct pace(6:50 per mile) and everything was great for a while .
i felt strong and comfortable and remmeber thinking im going to do this easy.
we passed through half way at 1:26:?? which ment we were ahead of all the half marathoners.
thats when i started to tire , after 15 miles i knew sub 3 was only a dream and scolded myself for being so stupid.
i did the first half in 1:26 and the second in 1:43 which is well over a minute a mile slower.
the second half of the marathon was torture , i hurt everywhere.
i was amazed i could go from feeling so good to so bad so quickly.
i had visions of having to pull up but thankfully i battled on. i did stop on mile 25 for about 30 seconds .
even though i was just home i had to stop to elivate the pain for a few seconds sbefore i could continue.
i have never felt as bad during a race and hopefully i wont ever again.

--amadeus--

I feel a film coming on - The Madness of the SUNGOD or something. We'd need Mel Gibson to direct it, lots of gorey close ups of bloody blisters and moody shots of his long lingering over the shoulder looks into the mirror...

Anyway...

- What's the furthest you've run in a single session / weekend / week?

- What running challenge would you look at and think "nope, that's just silly"

- You're coming down the finishing straight at the marathon, time is 2:55 and sub 3 is in your grasp as thousands yell appreciation. Sudden tummy cramps - you spot a portaloo. Do you dive in and miss the sub 3 or "do a Paula" and carry on running?

- Who will play you in the film of your life?

Woddle

SUNGOD wrote: »

i dont mind being in the well but i was hopeing marieC would have stayed down here with me...im lonely

i intend on releiveing my self

Be wary mariec

SUNGOD

Peckham wrote: »

Do you have my coat from the Dublin marathon startline?
What are you proudest of from your first marathon - your time or your finishing position?

the man that got that coat is very lucky indeed
even if it did make you look like a flasher.....long black coat and a pair of shorts under it:D

i will have to say my finishing position.. to finish 10th in my first marathon was fantastic.
my time of 3:09 would not get you anywhere near that position in a bigger marathon but hey thats just the way it is
even though ive run nearly 9 minutes faster since then i doubt i will ever finish as high again

SUNGOD

Racing Flat wrote: »

Mr. Sunny G, We've been expecting you.

Please note, the following is a hypothetical scenario.

As a runner and a male, if you had to chose between losing a leg or your willy, which would you chose?

you;ve been watching too many of the "SAW" films have'nt you


well i get more use out of my leg so i will have to say my willy:D

SUNGOD

shels4ever wrote: »

How long will it take you for Belfast ...

Fancy a handicap bet?

not sure where i will be in my training and i wont be attempting sub 3 again till berlin so im guessing 3:20-3:30

i will wager you a meal in a fine dublin restaurant i think i know the very one:D

SUNGOD

MarieC wrote: »

I haven't got out of the well fully yet SunGod.. waiting for someone to give me a hand out of it - its too high for a little person!

fancy a game of kissing chase? your it.....chase me!!!

SUNGOD

--amadeus-- wrote: »

- What's the furthest you've run in a single session / weekend / week?

- What running challenge would you look at and think "nope, that's just silly"

- You're coming down the finishing straight at the marathon, time is 2:55 and sub 3 is in your grasp as thousands yell appreciation. Sudden tummy cramps - you spot a portaloo. Do you dive in and miss the sub 3 or "do a Paula" and carry on running?

- Who will play you in the film of your life?

session-30 miles
weekend-42 miles
week-89.1 miles


god amadeus your not making this easy.
ehh ok i can keep going and get sub 3 but also have a "accident" or go to theloo and miss out on sub 3.
tough one . every race you do could be your last so i am tempted to say take the s*** and the glory and keep going.
but im also a realist and unlike paula i would not have a team of people waiting to wisk me away from the finish line to hose me down and dress me.
the thoughts of walking back through the streets to my hotel covered in....with dogs following me and people pointing would not be my cup of tea so i might go for the loo and miss out on the sub 3.


how about a compromise , dash into the loo..dont wipe, straight back out and make it in 2:59:59;)

Abhainn

Do you think you will stick at marathons now as you main race distance or will you have had enough of it after March 22nd?

If you'll stick at marathons would you just be happy at getting around the course or do you have a target time you think you can reach?

If answer is yes in first above after this Ultra in March do you think you will do another one again?
(I secretly think you have your eye on the Celtic 100K in 2010 )

Favourite tipple?-
Eva Mendas or Eva La Rue?
Coolest dude on earth?
Favourite shxte food?
3 places you would love to visit before you die?

hunnymonster

What is your out loud Connemara target (sorry if I've missed this elsewhere)
Who would be your dream running partners (an adaptation of the dream dinner party guests)?
If money, health, injuries etc were no issue, and I was to give you an entry into any event in the world, what would you pick?
Bag of chips or a pint?

SUNGOD wrote: »

id like to be trade shoes with hunnymonster just to see how she consistently does it and stays motivated.
im finding this ultra training very hard and motivation is slipping so just to have her mind set would be refreshing for a day.
she is someone i would have the utmost admiration for.

You could have had my shoes for nowt this morning at 6am, although "HM and Zuppylurk" is a lot less "Brad and Angelena" than I imagine you would like for that sandwich of yours. I was seriously lacking in motivation this morning and had to repeat the, "only 2 more hard weeks to go", mantra the whole way down the stairs... Mind you still had 14 done and dusted before breakfast so feel more motivated now :-)

SUNGOD

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Abhainn wrote: »

Do you think you will stick at marathons now as you main race distance or will you have had enough of it after March 22nd?

ANSWER........i will move back to marathons and shorter for the forseeable future

If you'll stick at marathons would you just be happy at getting around the course or do you have a target time you think you can reach?

ANSWER...........i have not trained to my potential for the marathon yet, and there as numerous ways i can improve eg: my diet is still not good enough , i could loose a few pounds, my speed work/tempo runs etc is no not up to sctratch.
so i can deffinitely get faster.
so im willing to work harder and more sensibly i dont just wany to improve by 4 seconds i want to smash 3 hours, so the answer is 2:54:59

If answer is yes in first above after this Ultra in March do you think you will do another one again?
(I secretly think you have your eye on the Celtic 100K in 2010 )

Favourite tipple?-
Eva Mendas or Eva La Rue?
Coolest dude on earth?
Favourite shxte food?
3 places you would love to visit before you die?

Eva mendes
johnny depp
cup of tea and a yorkie is my tipple
new zealand..anywhere in south america....sahara mds


itried to multi quote but failed.. so answer's are hidden in the quote

shels4ever

SUNGOD wrote: »

not sure where i will be in my training and i wont be attempting sub 3 again till berlin so im guessing 3:20-3:30

i will wager you a meal in a fine dublin restaurant i think i know the very one:D

Sounds good so your giving me a 45min head start then

Hard Worker

--amadeus-- wrote: »

- You're coming down the finishing straight at the marathon, time is 2:55 and sub 3 is in your grasp as thousands yell appreciation. Sudden tummy cramps - you spot a portaloo. Do you dive in and miss the sub 3 or "do a Paula" and carry on running?

Catherina I think, not Paula?

hunnymonster

both of them (not in the same race)

Hard Worker

hunnymonster wrote: »

both of them (not in the same race)

Sorry, don't remember Paula's one.

hunnymonster

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics-radcliffe-blames-emergency-pitstop-on-prerace-pasta-and-grilled-salmon-494858.html

shels4ever

Hard Worker wrote: »

Sorry, don't remember Paula's one.

It was in the london marathon a few years back, quick squat on the side camera went to her then pulled away when quickly.

SUNGOD

hunnymonster wrote: »

What is your out loud Connemara target (sorry if I've missed this elsewhere)
Who would be your dream running partners (an adaptation of the dream dinner party guests)?
If money, health, injuries etc were no issue, and I was to give you an entry into any event in the world, what would you pick?
Bag of chips or a pint?

connemara time..i would love sub 5 but not sure if its possible at the moment.
i know i will be ok up to 30 miles but after that its into the unknown
i was thinking 8 min miles which is in around 5:15.
but even as im typing this im thinking why cant i go sub 5 so out loud
i want to finish in 4:59:59

dream running partners....now im stuck, i dont really follow the whole athletics/marathon scene and would only watch the olympic's if i happened to be in when they were on so my world running knowledge is quite poor.
so my answer would be paula radcliffe,waterford athlete kelly proper and of course Sosa ( if he found out i went for a run with the two girls and didnt tell him he would kill me)

pick of any event to enter......that would be the MDS i was looking at the link odyssaeus linked recently and it looked amazing(except fro the camel spiders:eek:) but i would like to have another couple of years at least of marathon and shorter before i attempt it

bag of chips or a pint.......i would have to say chips all the way

Hard Worker

hunnymonster wrote: »

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics-radcliffe-blames-emergency-pitstop-on-prerace-pasta-and-grilled-salmon-494858.html

Yes, but Catherina carried on running, Paula didn't. Paula had a quick pit stop, and that was the question really - would you stop and lose the PB or carry on and face the embarassment.

cfitz

Who would win in a fight, you or Sosa?

SUNGOD

cfitz wrote: »

Who would win in a fight, you or Sosa?

that would be me all the way.
Sosa might look the part all tall and athletic looking where as im short and ehh un-athletic looking?
but what i lose in height i make up in sheer madness
it would be like letting a badger in against a dalmatain...id make **** of him

Sosa will probabily say " it would be hard to kill me when at the moment you cant catch me":D

Sosa

SUNGOD wrote: »

that would be me all the way.
Sosa might look the part all tall and athletic looking where as im short and ehh un-athletic looking?
but what i lose in height i make up in sheer madness
it would be like letting a badger in against a dalmatain...id make **** of him

Sosa will probabily say " it would be hard to kill me when at the moment you cant catch me":D

What are you at ? trying to build me up for a fall is it ?
Sosa is this,Sosa is that ....then when your flying in the summer going sub 28 for 5 ...and i'm killing myself trying to get under 30 ...you look the great fella ...you know i have you copped,but the rest might not.

As for the fight,if i swung at him i would go over his head and he would probably go to work on the mid section...unfair advantage,he actually gave me a dig about 15 years ago,no idea what that was all about

If i was a betting man i would put a few quid on him going :
Sub 28 for 5m
Sub 36 for 10k
Sub 60 for 10m
All very soon,only reason he's not doing it now is the Ultra training.

He's trying to build me up to shoot me down,he's ruthless....loves the whole i'm a little fella,unathletic,he puts seasoned athletes and club runners to shame with his dedication and tenacity.
He need not worry about his PB's,and well he knows it !

Oh yeah,Sub 2:55 in Berlin ...never mind Sub 3 ! Guaranteed

TheRoadRunner

I have to say IMO this has been the most entertaining "in the well" yet.
Thanks for your answer on my earlier question. I have experienced something very similar to that myself. Soul destroying is the only description for it.


What event would you like most to run ?
Do you listen to music when running on your own ?
Favourite training session ?
Favourite running apparel / shoes etc ?
Who is your running hero ?
If you had to jot down potential PB times for 1/2, marathon and Ultra (connemara distance I guess) what times would you be happy with (don't be modest or sensible) ?

SUNGOD

TheRoadRunner wrote: »

What event would you like most to run ?
Do you listen to music when running on your own ?
Favourite training session ?
Favourite running apparel / shoes etc ?
Who is your running hero ?
If you had to jot down potential PB times for 1/2, marathon and Ultra (connemara distance I guess) what times would you be happy with (don't be modest or sensible) ?

event id most like to run would be new york marathon in the short term and MDS in the long term

fav session would be LSR's on a crisp sunday morning , cold but with the sun shining, on the road really early no cars in sight.
starting nice and slow getting into your stride for the middle section and push on for the last couyple of miles if you have anything left in the tank getting back into leisure center for sauna/jacuzzi and home for dinner.....i love it

i always have my ipod when im on my own...listening to the hours,keane,sufan stevens and kings of leon


fav running apperel would be my underarmour top and shoes would be my new asic's gel gt 2140 even though i have'nt worn them yet they do look good...they are red...im very vain...

running hero.....if i say Sosa it could tip him over the edge:D
so it has to be Haile Gebrselassie that man is a machine


times for half/full and ultra....
im happy with my half PB of 1:25.but with more work i dont see why i cant take a couple of minutes of it.

my full is 3:00:04 so even though im happy to get that im not happy if ya know what i mean;)
so for the full i would love 2:54:59 , but the beauty of running is if i get to that milestone i should be thinking why cant i go a little faster
the ultra is unknown territory for me so im going to say 4:59:59

must be time to climb out of this well its getting cold down here
i wonder who i will put down here mmmmmmmmmmmm let me think!!!!!!!