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Mr Slow: The Return

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    #1382
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    I'm not sure I like this category business, seems like an easy out to me.

    'I was 12th in my category so I'm better than you, even though I was 5 mins behind you' :P


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    #1383
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    No way - I suppose you've (Chinguetti) had some bad luck in your marathon training cycles, you haven't been able to run the race you're capable of.


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    #1384
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    'I was 12th in my category so I'm better than you, even though I was 5 mins behind you' :P

    Oh, so you'd be proud to beat a pensioner, would you? You with your young legs, me crippled by arthritis, barely able to see the road for my cataracts... you should be giving me at least a 5 minute head start.


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    #1385
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    chinguetti wrote: »

    I've been dyeing my hair grey with years i'll have you know:p

    Hair :confused:
    This comes to mind:

    060.jpg


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    #1386
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    RayCun wrote: »
    Oh, so you'd be proud to beat a pensioner, would you? You with your young legs, me crippled by arthritis, barely able to see the road for my cataracts... you should be giving me at least a 5 minute head start.

    Sure Gebrselassie is about 57, he's not looking for a gimme! :D


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    #1387
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    Very true. Apparently, I'm on a par with Brian now category wise, and my marathon was comfortable his was torture. ;)

    Maybe I should start adopting an elitest attitude too. :)

    I love the way you pick my weakest event to compare me to you. How does your 400m time stack up against mine category wise? ;)

    The jury is out on how "comfortable" your marathon was. Surely you could have gone with the 3'30's if it was that easy.

    As for the elitist attitude, dunno what your taking about :D


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    #1388
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Brianderunner wrote: »
    The jury is out on how "comfortable" your marathon was. Surely you could have gone with the 3'30's if it was that easy.

    With surgery 7 days later. Yes that would have been a great idea. :rolleyes:

    Brianderunner wrote: »
    I love the way you pick my weakest event to compare me to you. How does your 400m time stack up against mine category wise?

    It was you that pointed it out to me. :P We both train for marathons yet only one of us has ever trained for 400m so it would hardly be fair to compare over that distance.


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    #1389
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    Brianderunner wrote: »
    How does your 400m time stack up against mine category wise? ;)

    How many lungs did you use for your pb?:P


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    #1390
    chinguetti
    Registered Users Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    menoscemo wrote: »
    Hair :confused:
    This comes to mind:

    060.jpg

    Unlike Homer, i'm still going to the hairdresser and buying shampoo but genetics tell me that soon i won't. :eek:


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    #1391
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    With surgery 7 days later. Yes that would have been a great idea. :rolleyes:

    No way you ran without getting the all clear from the doc. Cant imagine pushing it or not would have made a difference, it's still a marathon. We look forward to your next one with 2 lungs.

    How did the surgery go anyway or am i allowed to ask?
    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    It was you that pointed it out to me. :P We both train for marathons yet only one of us has ever trained for 400m so it would hardly be fair to compare over that distance.

    Yep I did point it out to you. About time I said something nice to you wouldnt you say :pac: Use the 10k times to compare if you want ;)


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    #1392
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    ^ Peace breaks out, it must be nearly Xmas! :)


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    #1393
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    Brianderunner wrote: »
    No way you ran without getting the all clear from the doc. Cant imagine pushing it or not would have made a difference, it's still a marathon.

    I didn't ask them. Of course they would have said no. Running to my limits would have taken longer recovery and would have battered my immune system a lot more. That would have been stupid. Anyway once the stitch set in I was a goner, maybe it would have set in earlier had I run faster. I'm not an idiot, I knew I could finish it safely if I stuck to the plan and didn't lose the head and try to chase times. Stay comfortable, stay in control.
    Brianderunner wrote: »
    How did the surgery go anyway or am i allowed to ask?

    Recovery nearly complete, I managed to get out of bed for 4 whole hours IN A ROW yesterday but feel much better today. Once the rest of the fluid gets cleared from my lung I shall have the full use of two lungs. Very exciting altogether. I like to play down the fact that surgery effectively saved my life, all that crap is a bit too dramatic and attention seeking for me. :)

    Of course you're allowed to ask, I'm not that much of a monster am I? :eek: Thank you for your concern. :p


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    #1394
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Which will be more exciting, trying out the Hattoris for the first time or trying out the new lung?


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    #1395
    RacoonQueen
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,364 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    The hattoris. Nothing beats hattoris. :D


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    #1396
    rainbow kirby
    Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 26,928 Mod ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    The hattoris. Nothing beats hattoris. :D

    Even a pair of super-Hattoris, lighter again, with one foot luminous green and the other one in the Leeds colours? :pac:


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    #1397
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    4 mile recovery in 36:20 average pace 9:05

    I was much happier with this run, I just need to keep ticking over at this pace for a week or so before I make a decision on Jingle Bells, I rang Donore today and the woman I spoke to said the route would be quite close to last year's so I reckon it'll be the paths for the Chesterfield side. Best to make sure and position up front with the elites :D (ie Ray and Meno)


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    #1398
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    I rang Donore today and the woman I spoke to said the route would be quite close to last year's so I reckon it'll be the paths for the Chesterfield side.

    Last year's? Or the normal route? Last year the normal route (through the Furry Glen) couldn't be used because of ice so we ran an alternate route.


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    #1399
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    RayCun wrote: »
    Last year's? Or the normal route? Last year the normal route (through the Furry Glen) couldn't be used because of ice so we ran an alternate route.

    The normal one, through the Glen.


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    #1400
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    The normal one, through the Glen.

    That's great news. I eagerly await confirmation :)


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    #1401
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    This is the plan (just to get in before Ray)

    Sub 19 5k
    Sub 40 10k
    Sub 65 10 mile
    Sub 1:28 Half
    Sub 3:10 Marathon

    (just to leave poor Brian in peace :) )

    What is your training plan for the year? What kind of race calendar? Are you planning on doing Cork and Dublin again? A couple of months of 10k training and then everything else off the marathon training?


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    #1402
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    RayCun wrote: »
    What is your training plan for the year? What kind of race calendar? Are you planning on doing Cork and Dublin again? A couple of months or 10k training and then everything else off the marathon training?

    Great question. Race selection will be vital for achieving the goals.


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    #1403
    Brianderunner
    Registered Users Posts: 3,049 ✭✭✭Brianderunner


    RayCun wrote: »
    (just to leave poor Brian in peace :) )

    What is your training plan for the year? What kind of race calendar? Are you planning on doing Cork and Dublin again? A couple of months or 10k training and then everything else off the marathon training?

    He's being sorted behind the scenes, don't worry :p


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    #1404
    menoscemo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,915 ✭✭✭✭menoscemo


    Brianderunner wrote: »
    He's being sorted behind the scenes, don't worry :p

    Don't tell me you're coaching him? God help the lad if so :p


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    #1405
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    ah, Meno's looking after him then? :)


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    #1406
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    RayCun wrote: »
    (just to leave poor Brian in peace :) )

    What is your training plan for the year? What kind of race calendar? Are you planning on doing Cork and Dublin again? A couple of months of 10k training and then everything else off the marathon training?


    I'm not doing Cork, I'm still working on my race plan but Mallow 10 is on the agenda if it's in March, Dunshaughlin 10k and the series half before DCM.


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    #1407
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    RayCun wrote: »
    ah, Meno's looking after him then? :)

    If he was I'd be training for Comrades! :D


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    #1408
    chinguetti
    Registered Users Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭chinguetti


    Limerick man trained by fellow Limerick man or Tyrone man? Gee, thats a toughie to answer.:rolleyes:

    Also, we'll know whose training him when we see him drinking at the Xmas pints


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    #1409
    Mr Slow
    Registered Users Posts: 6,554 ✭✭✭Mr Slow


    chinguetti wrote: »
    Limerick man trained by fellow Limerick man or Tyrone man? Gee, thats a toughie to answer.:rolleyes:

    Also, we'll know whose training him when we see him drinking at the Xmas pints

    To put a quick end to this, no one is training me, I'm taking advice from the more accomplished regulars in putting a training plan together. That is all!


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    #1410
    RayCun
    Registered Users Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    ...but, but... you didn't ask me for a training plan? :confused:
    :(


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    #1411
    claralara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭claralara


    Mr Slow wrote: »
    To put a quick end to this, no one is training me, I'm taking advice from the more accomplished regulars in putting a training plan together. That is all!

    In return for what? Filthy...


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