'8 months ago i was on the lash, now I'm in the Olympics' - Really?

BenMicheal

So watching tonights Olympic coverage and after losing in the 1500m semi final one of 'Team GB's' runners, when interviewed said "after 2 years on the lash, to train for 8 - 12 months and make an Olympic Semi Final is a great result"

Now am I missing something or should I start hammering in laps of my local football pitch in an attempt to get an all expeses get a free holiday ot Rio in 2016?

Shane732

BenMicheal wrote: »

So watching tonights Olympic coverage and after losing in the 1500m semi final one of 'Team GB's' runners, when interviewed said "after 2 years on the lash, to train for 8 - 12 months and make an Olympic Semi Final is a great result"

Now am I missing something or should I start hammering in laps of my local football pitch in an attempt to get an all expeses get a free holiday ot Rio in 2016?

Yea I thought that was a gas comment.

I don't get the second part of your comment though. The team GB guy is obviously pretty talented - are you that good?

Kristopherus

BenMicheal wrote: »

Now am I missing something or should I start hammering in laps of my local football pitch in an attempt to get an all expeses get a free holiday ot Rio in 2016?

No. You don't start now. Wait till January '16:D:D:D

BenMicheal

Shane732 wrote: »

Yea I thought that was a gas comment.

I don't get the second part of your comment though. The team GB guy is obviously pretty talented - are you that good?

Ah I was trying to be funny! What i ment was can anybody can go from armchair(pub stool in this case) and quailify for the Olympics with a bit of work!

baalthor

BenMicheal wrote: »

Ah I was trying to be funny! What i ment was can anybody can go from armchair(pub stool in this case) and quailify for the Olympics with a bit of work!

There was an article in Runners World a few years ago where a guy tried to go from couch potato/bar stool to Olympic Qualification time for the Marathon.
Now he had been a fairly talented runner in college but was now in his early thirties and hadn't run for years.
The end result was he got down to around 2:35 but then started to suffer from major injuries ... so it might be possible if you had the talent and were prepared to put in a lot of work

pgmcpq

baalthor wrote: »

There was an article in Runners World a few years ago where a guy tried to go from couch potato/bar stool to Olympic Qualification time for the Marathon.
Now he had been a fairly talented runner in college but was now in his early thirties and hadn't run for years.
The end result was he got down to around 2:35 but then started to suffer from major injuries ... so it might be possible if you had the talent and were prepared to put in a lot of work

I'd be interested in reading that. Remember a name/title/link ?

Krusty_Clown

pgmcpq wrote: »

I'd be interested in reading that. Remember a name/title/link ?

I do remember watching a documentary about a guy who started almost from scratch, but planned to make the UK team. Can't remember his name though. Steve Way is another good example. Has gone from a smoking/coach-potato lifestyle to running sub 2:20 in London marathon, over the course of three years.

rainbow kirby

pgmcpq wrote: »

I'd be interested in reading that. Remember a name/title/link ?

Was this Alex Vero?

baalthor

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Was this Alex Vero?

That him I think ... Thanks rainbow ! Now if only I could find that article I read about the Nature-published palaeontologist who is also a young Earth creationist..