Well OBVIOUSLY running 10k is impossible without

fishy_fishy

OGGY OGGY OGGY? OI OI OI!

Sitting in my living room, patio doors are open, nice warm breeze blowing through. Should be a lovely peaceful June bank holiday afternoon... unfortunately, whatever way the wind is blowing is causing the sound of the mini marathon to carry.

I get that it's a fantastic fundraiser for lots of causes but JESUS CHRIST is the stupid music and shouting over PA systems really necessary?

mikhail

I'm sure it's wonderful encouragement if you had a little fall recently. Off a swing perhaps.

Sonny noggs

I really wish they would jog on.

Be right back

mikhail wrote: »

I'm sure it's wonderful encouragement if you had a little fall recently. Off a swing perhaps.

I'm sure some people might find it helpful in order to finish the race, especially if they have been hurt and needing intensive physio!!

mikhail

mikhail wrote: »

I'm sure it's wonderful encouragement if you had a little fall recently. Off a swing perhaps.

Really??..

Is this really that funny like?.. That here we are a couple of weeks after the story broke and people are still bringing it up?

biko

fishy_fishy wrote: »

OGGY OGGY OGGY? OI OI OI!

Do you live in England?

judeboy101

It's not a 10k its a mini "marathon".

mad muffin

OGGY OGGY OGGY? OI OI OI!

kneemos

judeboy101 wrote: »

It's not a 10k its a mini "marathon".

20k.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

kneemos wrote: »

20k.

No. 10k

Bobblehats

What’s up with the soundtrack to these things. I get rudely awoken on whatever given bank holiday thinking Electric Eddie has returned with his Beat on the Street!

blinding

Deleted User wrote: »

Really??..

Is this really that funny like?.. That here we are a couple of weeks after the story broke and people are still bringing it up?

Why don’t you sue ?

Odhinn

fishy_fishy wrote: »

OGGY OGGY OGGY? OI OI OI!

Sitting in my living room, patio doors are open, nice warm breeze blowing through. Should be a lovely peaceful June bank holiday afternoon... unfortunately, whatever way the wind is blowing is causing the sound of the mini marathon to carry.

I get that it's a fantastic fundraiser for lots of causes but JESUS CHRIST is the stupid music and shouting over PA systems really necessary?

Why are they shouting rugger bugger nonsense at a marathon?

Atoms for Peace

Odhinn wrote: »

Why are they shouting rugger bugger nonsense at a marathon?

It's a 10k .

kneemos

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

It's a 10k .

Mini 10k.

Odhinn

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

It's a 10k .

Still though....

Capt'n Midnight

Stevie Few Burglar wrote: »

No. 10k

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a5231d2f43b55247f49a05e/t/5bab74a2085229346f580cbd/1537963173276/Course+Route+2019.jpg

The winner does a victory lap, 20K.

EmptyTree

kneemos wrote: »

Mini 10k.

Marathon 10k according to some....

mikhail

Deleted User wrote: »

Really??..

Is this really that funny like?.. That here we are a couple of weeks after the story broke and people are still bringing it up?

When I wrote that post yesterday, it was 8 days since the Indo broke the 10k element of the story. Here's the link if you can't believe it.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/td-bailey-ran-10km-race-three-weeks-after-swing-fall-38146778.html

I don't think it's funny at all; I'm still furious about it and FG's frankly pathetic reaction to it. I get it if you're sick of it - I'm abroad and not getting the same degree of coverage - but I can't help but suspect you might be sick of it for more partisan reasons (the Russians and Americans have ruined the internet for anything remotely contentious).

Or maybe you're right. Nothing older than 48 hours ago can be referenced or funny in any way. All hail Rupert Murdock.

Auguste Comte

Deleted User wrote: »

mikhail wrote: »

I'm sure it's wonderful encouragement if you had a little fall recently. Off a swing perhaps.

Really??..

Is this really that funny like?.. That here we are a couple of weeks after the story broke and people are still bringing it up?

It is one of those stories that will just run and run.

Peatys

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Really??..

Is this really that funny like?.. That here we are a couple of weeks after the story broke and people are still bringing it up?

FG are tasked with tackling both the high payouts and the insurance cartels price fixing.

They need to do that from a position of moral authority. The parties handling of Maria Bailey will go a long way to showing which way FG are on this.

So no. The story isn't going away, no matter how many lines are drawn in the sand.

Auguste Comte

Fine Gael would want to be careful or they will be swamped with claims from members falling over these lines being left negligently in the sand.

padd b1975

Sonny noggs wrote: »

I really wish they would jog on.

Or even jog.

Shower of chancers.

Peatys

Auguste Comte wrote: »

Fine Gael would want to be careful or they will be swamped with claims from members falling over these lines being left negligently in the sand.

And castles Joe, sand castles built without planning permission right there in the middle of the beach!?

Tis tirrible Joe.

Sur, sur, sur.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Soggy bottom OP?

Auguste Comte

Peatys wrote: »

And castles Josepha, sand castles built without planning permission right there in the middle of the beach!?

Tis tirrible Josepha .

Sur, sur, sur.

Peatys wrote: »

Fyp there for ya. ðŸ˜

Auguste Comte

Peatys wrote: »

And castles Josepha, sand castles built without planning permission right there in the middle of the beach!?

Tis tirrible Josepha .

Sur, sur, sur.

Peatys wrote: »

Fyp there for ya. ðŸ˜

Happy4all

Given recent media, is the answer, a sore back

ILoveYourVibes

judeboy101 wrote: »

It's not a 10k its a mini "marathon".

Its six miles.

10k sounds more impressive.

s8n

Bobblehats wrote: »

What’s up with the soundtrack to these things. I get rudely awoken on whatever given bank holiday thinking Electric Eddie has returned with his Beat on the Street!

Shhh, don’t give 2fm an excuse to bring him back from the dead as well

everlast75

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Its six miles.

10k sounds more impressive.

Look If you had one shot,
Or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment,
Would you capture it
Or just let it slip?

Capt'n Midnight

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Its six miles.

10k sounds more impressive.

If you ran four of these back to back ,
you'd still need to run another mile to get to a point where most Americans wouldn't consider it acceptable to walk instead of driving.

mikhail

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

If you ran four of these back to back ,
you'd still need to run another mile to get to a point where most Americans wouldn't consider it acceptable to walk instead of driving.

Americans drive everywhere. When I lived there, my housing estate didn't have a footpath to the main road. Walking to the shops involved clambering over shrubbery and then walking on the road. A friend of mine was doing just that one evening, when the cops pulled up and questioned her. They'd stopped because it was weird to see someone walking there. There was no path to where I worked - you walked across the car park to it. There were stairs, but they were at the back of the building, while the elevators were at the front. I don't know what the heck you're quoting, but it's only fit for use as fertalizer.

Capt'n Midnight

mikhail wrote: »

I don't know what the heck you're quoting, but it's only fit for use as fertalizer.

Atash F. Redesigning suburbia for walking and transit: emerging concepts. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 1994;120(1):48–57

mikhail

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Atash F. Redesigning suburbia for walking and transit: emerging concepts. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 1994;120(1):48–57

It's behind a paywall. Given the options that Dr Atash is full of it or you're misquoting him, I'll presume the latter.