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The A/R Off Topic Thread
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ManFromAtlantis wrote: »
Yeah we could see that last night, still in Moscow aswell judgin by the way iniesta and mess went past players like they weren't there0 -
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RacoonQueen wrote: »Yeah Liverpool are a bit crap. Even Blackburn have won it like.
Of course Blackburn won it, natural progression after finishing 4th and 2nd the previous two seasons
Don't think the establishment ever forgave my beloved Rovers for winning the league and not going away again, makes hanging around all the better.
Liverpool will finish it out next season I'd say, Utd will find it hard to replace Scholes, Giggs and Ronaldo in one transfer window.
As for Leeds, the less said the better
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I think yee are wrong about most players running sub 40 for a 10k, training is completely different, they work more on the sprinting. Damien Duff ran the 5 mile in the park back in 06 and ran it in 33 minutes and I would have thought of him on the quicker side of players. I also remember watching a program on bbc, I think superstars and Dwight Yorke was racing in one of them and although he did ok, I remember thinking at the time, thats average.
They do specific training for football, not running, now I reckon there would be more gaa players that would go sub 40 0 -
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You racing Cork HM or just running it? (I know thats OT for an OT thread, I don't care!)
We did a balloon ride a couple of years ago - ours was pre dawn which was a pain but it's a great experience, def one I'd recommend. I'm fine with heights but it didn't seem to bother anyone - I don't think it's "scary" as such because it's so tranquil. Well ours was until we crash landed...
Woddle - I'm never wrong, just ask MrsA 33 for a 5 miler isn't bad going, thats not far off sub 40 10k pace. I didn't necessarily mean that they could get up and run sub 40 right off the bat, I meant that they already do a lot of training that would benefit them, have world class supports and are already elite athletes who's day job involves speed and endurance. As such I'd expect most of them to be at the faster end of any race they ran and certainly if they tweaked teh training a bit I'd expect them to be competitive locally. The physical attributes are transferable.
And some people (ie top class pro footballers) are just naturally good at sports. In his autobiography (yes I've read it, I'm sad) John Barnes talks about being introduced to golf while on holiday. There were a few of them in the class, the swing was demonstrated, he took a few practice whacks and then began consistently driving the ball 300 yrds (which apparently is a long way?). Point is he had the ability to quickly pick up new physical and sports techniques. They're also madly competitive and driven so if tehy really wanted to do it they'd put the work in (look at Lance Armstrong in teh marathon and Ronnie O'Sullivan who's a tidy runner) 0 -
Would agree with the above and just ask mrs Woddle, I'm wrong most of the time.
So safe to say with slightly different training, most professional footballers have the ability to go sub 40 for 10k.
Also on the golf, so many of the ex footballers have fantastic golf handicaps, Lineker,Fowler, I think some of it is that all round sporting talent but a bigger part is the time they have to spend on the golf course.0 -
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