The Rant Thread(a place to dump ur baggage)

theboyblunder

drquirky wrote: »

Short course.

Or...made up story? Big lumpy GAA player runs 5:26/mile for 3.11 miles after a slow first K?

Gives me a letsrun.com flashback

digger2d2

theboyblunder wrote: »

Or...made up story? Big lumpy GAA player runs 5:26/mile for 3.11 miles after a slow first K?

Gives me a letsrun.com flashback

Seriously..... It can happen! I knew this lad once, I used to stalk him.......

RayCun

I have a very long tether, but I was in spitting range of the end tonight...

rainbow kirby

Triathletes? In MY pool? Feck off until ye get some lane discipline :pac:

theboyblunder

Great idea for a thread....

Intervals
Inactive people smugly suggesting that marathon runners are shortening their life
Science being dumbed down on tv
30 foot leashes
Cyclists on the path
People ambling 4 abreast in marlay park

dna_leri

slingerz wrote: »

i got my brother in law out of bed one morning to do a 5k race. he plays GAA and does not elite training regime unless you consider their GAA training that.

He came second that day mostly due to the fact that he stayed with me for the 1st KM.

To come second in a time of 16.52 despite dawlding along with me for the first KM countenances your arguement with a real world example

Rant:
Declining standards where 16:52 is good enough for 2nd and something to be admired (unless he's a bird or an auld fella).
Running in GAA shorts and socks - we don't play football in leggings.
GAA in general.

TRR

dna_leri wrote: »

Rant:
Declining standards where 16:52 is good enough for 2nd and something to be admired (unless he's a bird or an auld fella).
Running in GAA shorts and socks - we don't play football in leggings.
GAA in general.

16.52 is a fine time for a 4 mile race

PVincent

Runners who jog on the spot at traffic lights ....
Runners who don't say hi back to you....
Runners who are never happy with their time after a race ( one in particular drives me so mad that I now never ask how !!!!! got on in the race)

ultraman1

Cnuts from a certain club lookin for a discount just because they are members of a certain club

RayCun

Tight bastards who don't realise they should be paying Bros Pearse to turn up

slingerz

theboyblunder wrote: »

Or...made up story? Big lumpy GAA player runs 5:26/mile for 3.11 miles after a slow first K?

Gives me a letsrun.com flashback

he's fair from lumpy he'd make mo farah want to go on a diet!

you can doubt it all you want if it makes you happy too btw

Big Logger

slingerz wrote: »

he's fair from lumpy he'd make mo farah want to go on a diet!

you can doubt it all you want if it makes you happy too btw

You don't say what his GAA training is. I know with the football I often see the young lads from St Kevin's football club out on the roads running together.

Jenson Button ran a sub 3 marathon lately.

It all depends on what kind of training he does for his sport.

slingerz

Big Logger wrote: »

You don't say what his GAA training is. I know with the football I often see the young lads from St Kevin's football club out on the roads running together.

Jenson Button ran a sub marathon lately.

It all depends on what kind of training he does for his sport.

ah jayus its just football training with the senior team! i dont think they do any running outside their training but i could be wrong too like.

either way the rant was getting a fecker out of bed to do a 5k when he has no history of running athletics at all and he does it in 16 odd mins and strolls home eating a breakfast roll before i can even see the finish line!

Krusty_Clown

People with tracker mortgages. Yes, we know how wonderful you are. Yes, there has been another drop in the ECB rate. No we don't need to hear about it every ten minutes. Fnck off.

People who drink instant coffee. It takes about two minutes to make a pretty damn good cup of coffee. Is your life really that busy, that you will drink chemical sludge, to save yourself a minute? Then why are you flicking through Cosmopolitan, while drinking that crap? Fnck off.

Big Logger

slingerz wrote: »

ah jayus its just football training with the senior team! i dont think they do any running outside their training but i could be wrong too like.

either way the rant was getting a fecker out of bed to do a 5k when he has no history of running athletics at all and he does it in 16 odd mins and strolls home eating a breakfast roll before i can even see the finish line!

Its very impressive alright and you're very jealous

menoscemo

ultraman1 wrote: »

Cnuts from a certain club lookin for a discount just because they are members of a certain club

pussygate still raw?

W.B. Yeats

The wind being against you on the way up and against you on the way down
Complainers who do nothing but complain and will do nothing to solve their own problems
800's around the green- my own personal Cavalry
Not picking up after your dog fouls
Stepping in dog foul
The wind
Posers at the front of races
Posers at the back of races
Posers
Expensive, poorly organised races
Chip timing that doesn't work

Gavlor

Bitter variable/fixed rate mortgage holders that are paying back '000s of extra euro to the banks.

Thanks for subsidising us tracker holders.

Krusty_Clown

See what I mean? An hour hasn't even passed, and one of the cnuts is up rubbing everybody's noses in it.
I hope you're enjoying your Nescafe, you fnck.

Gavlor

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

See what I mean? An hour hasn't even passed, and one of the cnuts is up rubbing everybody's noses in it.
I hope you're enjoying your Nescafe, you fnck.

My butler is currently brewing fresh Ethiopian coffee, ground between the thighs of a virgin. Your name calling is being drowned out by the sound of classical music coming from the study

Clum

Dammit! Drug cheats in Irish Athletics. That's my rant!!

Couldn't even throw a qualifying standard! What was the point?

irishsportscouncil.ie

dna_leri

jays, there's a lot of baggage in here.

digger2d2

I absolutely hate when I shart during an LSR

pistol_75

People who enter a race only to proclaim they're not racing it, normally for fear of being by someone.

aero2k

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

... capitalization ..

American spellings....

cianc

Injuries.
Feeling your hard-won fitness slip away while injured.
Being stupid, and trying to train through injury and making it worse.
Being narky with people because of the above.
Not learning from your mistakes

dna_leri

aero2k wrote: »

American spellings....

No.

OED says -ize

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/ize-ise-or-yse


*People who cannot use Google.

PaulieC

interns on a Friday. enthusiastic little bollixes. making me drink jaegerbombs on a school night the young fnckers

aero2k

dna_leri wrote: »

No.

OED says -ize

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/ize-ise-or-yse


*People who cannot use Google.

People who use Google inappropriately - the OED accepting it doesn't make it any more acceptable to me!:pac:

I'm still going to hold out on colour, labor, mold....

And don't get me started on mangling the language and inventing ridiculous words - I work for a multinational and we get subjected to such atrocities as words like de-savings and "solution" being used as a verb. It takes a lot of running-generated endorphins to cope with that sort of thing.

Slow_Runner

When your better half uses your Garmin and doesn't switch it off meaning it goes dead 5 mins into a tempo run. That's not as annoying as now knowing I can't pace myself for sh*t.
That and Justin Beiber.

dna_leri

aero2k wrote: »

People who use Google inappropriately - the OED accepting it doesn't make it any more acceptable to me!:pac:

I'm still going to hold out on colour, labor, mold....

And don't get me started on mangling the language and inventing ridiculous words - I work for a multinational and we get subjected to such atrocities as words like de-savings and "solution" being used as a verb. It takes a lot of running-generated endorphins to cope with that sort of thing.

In today’s highly competitive marketplace, we need to drill down into the detail and architect a solution that enables us to think outside the box and find a way to re-engineer an impactful response to this paradigm shift. The ball's in your court.

conavitzky

Signs up on the roadside advertising races that took place 2 months ago. Take them down you lazy f*cks. You put them up and took peoples money for your event. The least you could do is take your signs down!
Not exclusively confined to running events. Also included under this rant - good luck wishes to GAA clubs, Sligo Rovers in the FAI Cup final, Election posters, Mary on some vote in music show on tv.
People shaking buckets in your face at traffic islands collecting for charity. Sponsored Bed and tractor pushes (WTF!) In fact pushing anything on a road!
Peolpe throwing rubbish out of their cars.
Up for the match the night before an All Ireland final - What a turkfest.
Any sh*te on TG4 involving some gimp with his eyes closed lamenting sean nos style.
Pr*cks that go to sporting events that are more concerned with getting bananas drunk rather than watching the actual event. This Country has f*ck all true sports fans, just full of event junkies and bandwagoners.

People who use the words "essentially" and the phrase "going forward" the whole time (Brian Cowan has a lot to answer for on the latter one)
Pr*cks at meetings who waffle on about stuff that has nothing to do with whats on the agenda because they want to sound important. Get to the f*cking point, you are talking sh*t.

pgmcpq

aero2k wrote: »

...And don't get me started on mangling the language and inventing ridiculous words - I work for a multinational and we get subjected to such atrocities as words like de-savings and "solution" being used as a verb. It takes a lot of running-generated endorphins to cope with that sort of thing.

conavitzky wrote: »

People who use the words "essentially" and the phrase "going forward" the whole time (Brian Cowan has a lot to answer for on the latter one)
Pr*cks at meetings who waffle on about stuff that has nothing to do with whats on the agenda because they want to sound important. Get to the f*cking point, you are talking sh*t.

You haven't discovered the game of "b******t bingo" then ? A vital skill in corporate world. Before entering a meeting all participants write down a list of silly over-used preferably fake words - e.g. "synergistic". As the meeting progresses you get to strike them out, signal your success covertly to the participants, AND it looks like you are dilligently taking notes. See ... all is fixable with the right attitude ... Go Team!!

notsofast

conavitzky wrote: »

Signs up on the roadside advertising races that took place 2 months ago. Take them down you lazy f*cks. You put them up and took peoples money for your event. The least you could do is take your signs down!
Not exclusively confined to running events. Also included under this rant - good luck wishes to GAA clubs, Sligo Rovers in the FAI Cup final, Election posters, Mary on some vote in music show on tv.
People shaking buckets in your face at traffic islands collecting for charity. Sponsored Bed and tractor pushes (WTF!) In fact pushing anything on a road!
Peolpe throwing rubbish out of their cars.
Up for the match the night before an All Ireland final - What a turkfest.
Any sh*te on TG4 involving some gimp with his eyes closed lamenting sean nos style.
Pr*cks that go to sporting events that are more concerned with getting bananas drunk rather than watching the actual event. This Country has f*ck all true sports fans, just full of event junkies and bandwagoners.

People who use the words "essentially" and the phrase "going forward" the whole time (Brian Cowan has a lot to answer for on the latter one)
Pr*cks at meetings who waffle on about stuff that has nothing to do with whats on the agenda because they want to sound important. Get to the f*cking point, you are talking sh*t.

Phew, all this on a Friday afternoon. Hate to see your list on Monday morning.

conavitzky

notsofast wrote: »

Phew, all this on a Friday afternoon. Hate to see your list on Monday morning.

I turned to the dark side for a while, Lots of bottled up emotion came flowing out there (work related). I feel whole let better now. Think I will vent every Friday. TGIF!!

ultraman1

#smarmy fcukim runners runnin by wen ur stuck in traffic ...

conavitzky

ultraman1 wrote: »

#smarmy fcukim runners runnin by wen ur stuck in traffic ...

People texting while driving.......:rolleyes:

ultraman1

conavitzky wrote: »

People texting while driving.......:rolleyes:

People who presume.......

ThePiedPiper

Mobile phone networks selling me a 'no-brainer' cheaper plan over the phone that'll make my bills cheaper every month based on current usage, then waste an hour of my time when I realise they're ripping me off, and won't let me change back. Great way to spend a Friday night. F***ing a**holes

plumber77

Full marathoners that complain about relay and half marathon runners flying past near the end of an event. Who gives a toss..

digger2d2

Hand painted signs that say "Tractor Runs" that send me burd off scurrying to enter said race......

menoscemo

This weeks Rants:

Drivers who think they own the roads. Was running to work this week over back roads. There is about a 200m stretch with no footpath running into a blind bend so I move to the left of the road (with the flow of traffic). A driver has to slow down to pass me going into the blind bend so he winds down the passenger window and shout 'get off the f***ing road, you have no place on it' etc etc :mad: All because I hold him up for a few seconds

Walkers in parks who panic when they see or hear you running towards them. They start flailing all around the path trying to get out of your way thinking you might run into them, causing you to stop. Jesus H Christ just because I am running doesn't mean I am blind. just hold your ground and I will run around you :mad: :rolleyes:

BeepBeep67

Experienced several times this morning with running against the traffic.
Car in front doesn't indicate so the car behind has no idea there's someone/thing on the road :mad:

TRR

Happy saps who set up "rave threads"

kit3

Standing in the cold for 3 hours - kids training & matches - feet numb. Freezing

skeleton_boy

People declaring your mad for running in a bit of heavy rain. It wasn't even cold so I actually find it enjoyable to run in the rain.

mr.wiggle

Race organisers in the West of Ireland charging OTT entry fee's cause their route is very scenic indeed!!

mr.wiggle

conavitzky wrote: »

Signs up on the roadside advertising races that took place 2 months ago. Take them down you lazy f*cks. You put them up and took peoples money for your event. The least you could do is take your signs down!
Not exclusively confined to running events. Also included under this rant - good luck wishes to GAA clubs, Sligo Rovers in the FAI Cup final, Election posters, Mary on some vote in music show on tv.
People shaking buckets in your face at traffic islands collecting for charity. Sponsored Bed and tractor pushes (WTF!) In fact pushing anything on a road!
Peolpe throwing rubbish out of their cars.
Up for the match the night before an All Ireland final - What a turkfest.
Any sh*te on TG4 involving some gimp with his eyes closed lamenting sean nos style.
Pr*cks that go to sporting events that are more concerned with getting bananas drunk rather than watching the actual event. This Country has f*ck all true sports fans, just full of event junkies and bandwagoners.

People who use the words "essentially" and the phrase "going forward" the whole time (Brian Cowan has a lot to answer for on the latter one)
Pr*cks at meetings who waffle on about stuff that has nothing to do with whats on the agenda because they want to sound important. Get to the f*cking point, you are talking sh*t.

Whatever becomes of this thread, THIS has got to get a prize!!
Made me laugh it did :pac:

Chivito550

May as well join in on the fun!

- Sh1tetalk on training logs. You have to dig through 3 pages of absolute nonsense to find a training update half the time. The culprits know who they are! It's now spreading to the main forum.
- Distance runners who possess the genuine belief that because they spend longer on their feet their event is "tougher" and their training is "harder".
- Backslapping, particularly among 4 hour + marathonners.
- Cliques
- Joggers/ walkers who think it is unreasonable to be asked to move out of lanes 1-3 when sprinters/ middle distance runners are closing in on them!
- Carmalita Jeter
- Irish and British people who feel the need to bag their own country to convince themselves that they have made the right decision to move abroad.
- Irish people who are convinced they are living in poverty despite the fact the country remains in the top 15 countries in the World based on GDP per capita. Try Central African Republic, Somalia or Nepal as an alternative.
- Australians (particularly those who have not traveled) who believe they live in the best country in the world.
- Americans (particularly those who have not traveled) who believe they live in the best country in the world.
- Jamaican sprinting
- The assumption from non-runners that because I run it must be marathons that I do!
- DCM related threads
- Spanish football (and sport in general)
- Turkish athletics
- North African athletics
- Ultra runners who compare a top 10 finish in a World 100km to a top 10 finish in an Olympic 1500m. Get real!
- The Usain Bolt media circus. Away from the cameras he really is not very friendly and is quite moody!
- Championship races involving Mo Farah. A mildly exciting (though predictable) final 400m with a roaring crowd does NOT make up for 11 and a half laps of inactivity!
- Obesity
- Obese middle aged men who run corporations.
- Sepp Blatter

vitani

Chivito550 wrote: »

May as well join in on the fun!

- Irish people who are convinced they are living in poverty despite the fact the country remains in the top 15 countries in the World based on GDP per capita. Try Central African Republic, Somalia or Nepal as an alternative.

Absolutely. Especially when it's used as a reason to call for the end of foreign aid or a reason to turn away asylum seekers.