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A/R Awards 2020

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  • #62
    Comic Book Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,531 ✭✭✭Comic Book Guy


    OOnegative wrote: »
    You know what those boys west of the Shannon are like S, seen a fella run a sub 3 marathon recently with his head on upside down!!!!!

    If I had hair on my head I'd be pulling it out in rage right now after that low blow!


  • #63
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,793 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    healy1835 wrote: »
    A few race reports that stood out for me...

    DD's Seville Marathon

    AMK's Sub 60 Ten Miler in Dungarvan

    Mellow Yellow's bumpy 3k up in Donegal

    Comic Book Guy's VDCM

    Djemba Djemba's Seville Marathon

    Lambay Island VDCM

    Some worthy contenders there for sure. As no one has linked to mine, here’s the beginning of it, just to level the playing field. ;)

    Murph_D’s DVM

    Always a good idea to provide a link to any nominations - saves lazy people like me having to look them up. :pac:


  • #64
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    Murph_D wrote: »
    Hey Barry, I’m a bit confused. Are you looking for nominations by Dec 20 or actual votes? Traditionally those were separate stages, narrowing down the potential options for everyone to vote on. Your thread, your rules of course.

    I appreciate the above Race Report comments. My own favourite this year was Chivito’s National Masters effort. Not a poster I always see eye to eye with but credit where it’s due - a compelling account of the white heat of the track, and the agony of coming away with the wrong result, something we can all identify with.

    Thanks for reminding me of that moment. :) The bruising and soreness on the hip lasted about a month and a half!

    Race of the Year, has to be National Senior Track and Field Championships. It won't win this, but the amount of effort put in by the organisers to somehow make the event happen under absolutely ridiculous circumstances, commands respect. They divided the event into 9 sessions over 4 days, over 2 weekends, with each session falling below the 200 outdoor limit. The logistics involved must have been an absolute nightmare to manage, and it would have been so much easier to just bin it. Athletics Ireland gets a lot of criticism, often quite fairly, but they played a blinder here, ensuring 147 years of history were protected, and we proudly still have the longest unbroken streak of all National Championships in the world. Robinson V Tobin was the icing on the cake.


  • #65
    Laineyfrecks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Laineyfrecks


    skyblue46 wrote: »
    I really thought you were smarter than that...:rolleyes:

    He knows I would never ever fabricate the truth ;):p


  • #66
    skyblue46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,808 ✭✭✭skyblue46


    Laineyfrecks wrote: »
    He knows I would never ever fabricate the truth ;):p

    The truth is the truth, one doesn't fabricate it. Have you been known to gild the lily, to fabricate a fanciful tale? Most definitely the answer to that is not never ever ;)


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  • #67
    crisco10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,356 ✭✭✭crisco10


    shotgunmcos wrote: »
    Pitched one in for you already actually ;)

    to be fair, maintaining a log in a running forum as you did with so little running in it at times is pretty noteworthy achievement in itself!


  • #68
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    OOnegative wrote: »

    1. Poster of the Year.
    2. Log of the Year.
    3. Thread of the Year.
    4. Newcomer of the Year.
    5. Most Improved Runner of the Year.
    6. Race Report of the Year(Real or Virtual).
    7. Race of the Year(Real or Virtual).
    8. Post of the Year.
    9. Comeback Runner of the Year.
    10. Performance of the Year.

    I need some help with 8!


  • #69
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Can’t believe nobody has given stocksshares a shout for Poster of the Year!!!


  • #70
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Swashbuckler wrote: »
    I need some help with 8!

    Ask Sweatlicker!!!


  • #71
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,793 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    OOnegative wrote: »
    Can’t believe nobody has given stocksshares a shout for Poster of the Year!!!

    They have now.


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  • #72
    Laineyfrecks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Laineyfrecks


    skyblue46 wrote: »
    The truth is the truth, one doesn't fabricate it. Have you been known to gild the lily, to fabricate a fanciful tale? Most definitely the answer to that is not never ever ;)

    That is slanderous :eek:


  • #73
    ReeReeG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭ReeReeG


    Some posts I recall as finding very informative during the year (although clear bias as I started training by HR and also did some mile specific training):

    Murph_D's post on HR training
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112167026&postcount=8

    Sacksian on mile / shorter distance training
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=114560952&postcount=920

    Hannibal_Smith on the 5k TT which I think captured what that particular boards event was good for
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113266002&postcount=742

    And to highlight another woman as so far there hasn't been too many, ariana is always very quick to help out with questions in the RRQ thread and elsewhere, so a definite contender for Poster of the Year in my book.


  • #74
    AuldManKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,237 ✭✭✭AuldManKing


    healy1835 wrote: »
    A few race reports that stood out for me...

    DD's Seville Marathon

    AMK's Sub 60 Ten Miler in Dungarvan

    Mellow Yellow's bumpy 3k up in Donegal

    Comic Book Guy's VDCM

    Djemba Djemba's Seville Marathon

    Lambay Island VDCM

    Had I of known that this would have been the one included in the vote, I'd have included more crying babies, a sick mother waiting by the phone, the dog so happy to see me, the break down at the finish line due to the tears of happiness ..............But no....meh!


  • #75
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    AuldManKing wrote: »
    Had I of known that this would have been the one included in the vote, I'd have included more crying babies, a sick mother waiting by the phone, the dog so happy to see me, the break down at the finish line due to the tears of happiness ..............But no....meh!

    So basically copy and paste a mix of all of OOnegatives race reports


  • #76
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Swashbuckler wrote: »
    So basically copy and paste a mix of all of OOnegatives race reports

    How many Race Reports of the Year have you won...... I give the audience what they want!!!!


  • #77
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    OOnegative wrote: »
    How many Race Reports of the Year have you won...... I give the audience what they want!!!!

    Still hanging on to my log of the year achievement... An award for being a much more consistent and well rounded contributor. Not just a "flash in the pan".


  • #78
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Swashbuckler wrote: »
    Still hanging on to my log of the year achievement....

    Surely the missus has taken that off you by now!!!!


  • #79
    Swashbuckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,583 ✭✭✭Swashbuckler


    OOnegative wrote: »
    Surely the missus has taken that off you by now!!!!

    She'd never do that... She doesn't let me log anymore though


  • #80
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Two weeks!!


  • #81
    Mr. Guappa
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    I think the series of A/R/Tist in the spotlight threads over the summer deserve a mention here - ReeReeG's one was a particular standout for me.


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  • #82
    ariana`
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,307 ✭✭✭ariana`


    Mr. Guappa wrote: »
    I think the series of A/R/Tist in the spotlight threads over the summer deserve a mention here - ReeReeG's one was a particular standout for me.

    Good call out A. I think part of the problem here is that 2020 is the looooooooongest year ever and some of those threads feel like they were in fact last year... or the year before....


  • #83
    ReeReeG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭ReeReeG


    Good reminder of a Comeback Runner on the latest posts of the 1000 mile challenge thread..


  • #84
    shotgunmcos
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    ReeReeG wrote: »
    Good reminder of a Comeback Runner on the latest posts of the 1000 mile challenge thread..

    But was she ever away? Maybe an award for sheer resilience and stubbornness to persevere :D


  • #85
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,793 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    shotgunmcos wrote: »
    But was she ever away? Maybe an award for sheer resilience and stubbornness to persevere :D

    Oh, she was away alright. I've seen her at the best and worst of times and I'm quite amazed at the mileage she managed to put in. Definitely getting my vote.


  • #86
    skyblue46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,808 ✭✭✭skyblue46


    shotgunmcos wrote: »
    But was she ever away? Maybe an award for sheer resilience and stubbornness to persevere :D

    Really? :rolleyes:


  • #87
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Murph_D wrote: »
    Oh, she was away alright. I've seen her at the best and worst of times and I'm quite amazed at the mileage she managed to put in. Definitely getting my vote.

    And you questioned why I deemed it a worthy award category this year........


  • #88
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,793 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    OOnegative wrote: »
    And you questioned why I deemed it a worthy award category this year........

    Ooh. Sensitive! ;)


  • #89
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Murph_D wrote: »
    Ooh. Sensitive! ;)

    Me, NEVER.


  • #90
    Murph_D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,793 ✭✭✭✭Murph_D


    These are the votes I'm sending to the jury. Changed my mind on a couple after seeing some recommendations and other posts that jogged my ailing memory!

    1. Poster of the Year

    OONegative. The heart and soul of the forum.

    2. Log of the Year

    This was a close one between Laineyfrecks and ReeReeG but I'm going for ReeReeG.

    3. Thread of the Year

    Running, Corona Virus and Social Distancing - a lot of toxic stuff in there (quite literally) but with nearly 1,300 posts and 123,000+ views it has to be thread of the year.

    4. Newcomer of the Year

    Dubh Geannain if he’s eligible. It was great to follow his mile progression. Otherwise don’t know.

    5. Most Improved Runner of the Year

    Laineyfrecks. Excelling at everything from the mile to HM. Exemplary.

    6. Race Report of the Year(Real or Virtual)

    Chivito’s National Masters

    7. Race of the Year(Real or Virtual)

    Boards 1 mile TT - just shades 5k version with more participants and because it was a bit different.

    8. Post of the Year

    Duanington on the late Pat Hooper

    9. Comeback Runner of the Year

    aquinn's renaissance

    10. Performance of the Year

    Ferris B’s sub-3 virtual Dublin Marathon.

    No race report but he wrote about it here. At age 53, Ferris blew away the competition with what was the most impressive virtual performance of the year for me.


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  • #91
    OOnegative
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once - Michelle Dubois of ‘Allo Allo fame.

    I opened this thread 12 days ago to generate some conversation, chat, banter call it what you want to try and reflect on this crazy year we all have had from a running perspective and to acknowledge the people that stood out in your eyes.

    I have had one vote a day in that time, a sad reflection on the way this forum has gone. I’m not pointing the finger at anyone but in that 12 days loads of regulars have posted and passed through this forum and no votes or opinions from same. We all have opinions on the categories I have posted, share them here or via PM to me. It’s everyone’s forum guys, up to ye to keep the place going.

    I’ll leave it at that, I won’t be bumping or reminding people from here on in. At a certain point it just gets tedious.


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