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Back in Black · 05-03-2016 08:16AM

Best of luck today B.

dintbo · 05-03-2016 09:45AM

Best of luck

Murph_D · 05-03-2016 01:54PM

Have a good race, B.

tang1 · 05-03-2016 07:17PM

Not the desired result, 1.34.23 today. My hip locked up totally at mile 8 so bad I couldn't bend my left leg for a period. Had to stop twice more with it due to pain. It is what it is, I was due a bad race to be fair. Not overly despondent as sub 90 mins was there only for the hip playing up. Thanks for all the wishes folks, shame I didn't do them justice. Next time hopefully.

FBOT01 · 05-03-2016 07:37PM

Tough break, B. The drive down probably didn't do the hip any good. Don't lose any sleep over it. Eyes on the prize.....onwards and upwards!!

tang1 · 05-03-2016 07:42PM

FBOT01 wrote: »

Tough break, B. The drive down probably didn't do the hip any good. Don't lose any sleep over it. Eyes on the prize.....onwards and upwards!!

Cheers M, I know I'm way better than what today gave me, just a bad day for me. No sleep will be lost. Give her socks tomorrow.

Firedance · 05-03-2016 07:43PM

FBOT01 wrote: »

Tough break, B. The drive down probably didn't do the hip any good. Don't lose any sleep over it. Eyes on the prize.....onwards and upwards!!

Absolutely, agree with this, fair play to you too for not letting today get to you, your attitude is to be commended, as you said a great workout still (nothing bad about a 1:34 HM!) and eyes on the prize.

Thanks for the lift, the company & the laughs

snailsong · 05-03-2016 07:44PM

Good to meet you today, B.
You were going as well as anyone before the injury affected you. You'll be well under 90 when you get your chance. See you in Rotterdam.

tang1 · 05-03-2016 07:50PM

snailsong wrote: »

Good to meet you today, B.
You were going as well as anyone before the injury affected you. You'll be well under 90 when you get your chance. See you in Rotterdam.

Same to you P, great to see a man from Mayo not sandbagging like the footballers!! You were looking very strong till I left ye. See you in Rotterdam and a few trots in France come June.

snailsong · 05-03-2016 07:52PM

tang1 wrote: »

Same to you P, great to see a man from Mayo not sandbagging like the footballers!! You were looking very strong till I left ye. See you in Rotterdam and a few trots in France come June.

I knew the Galway lad wasn't far behind. Motivation enough.

tang1 · 05-03-2016 07:54PM

snailsong wrote: »

I knew the Galway lad wasn't far behind. Motivation enough.

Typical Galway man, he played it cagey!!

Dubgal72 · 05-03-2016 08:10PM

Sorry to hear that tang. Hopefully nothing too serious.

Younganne · 05-03-2016 08:12PM

Ah sorry to hear it didn't all go to plan today B, but the positive attitude is great and will stand to you in Rotterdam. I hope you get it sorted this week and there is no lasting issues with it.

tang1 · 05-03-2016 08:58PM

Younganne wrote: »

Ah sorry to hear it didn't all go to plan today B, but the positive attitude is great and will stand to you in Rotterdam. I hope you get it sorted this week and there is no lasting issues with it.

Cheers A, not to sound cocky I know I'm better than my time today, body just let me down a small bit I'm afraid. Onwards and upwards for Rotterdam.

tang1 · 05-03-2016 08:59PM

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Sorry to hear that tang. Hopefully nothing too serious.

Thanks DG, will be erring on side of caution for few days till I'm sure the hip is ok.

Younganne · 05-03-2016 09:08PM

tang1 wrote: »

Cheers A, not to sound cocky I know I'm better than my time today, body just let me down a small bit I'm afraid. Onwards and upwards for Rotterdam.

Not sounding in the least bit cocky, that's all the hard work and training you put in paying off. Now just to get that body of yours to play ball so that you can get to the Rotterdam Start line in one piece and uninjured!!

Chartsengrafs · 05-03-2016 09:11PM

That's an unfortunate thing to happen, but it's essentially a write-off so I wouldn't think twice about the result/time. Hope the recovery is short. Onwards!

Kennyg71 · 05-03-2016 09:13PM

Well done getting back into the Race, and as you said lots more there, and eyes on the prize. Hopefully just a blip.

Ososlo · 05-03-2016 09:29PM

Sorry to hear about your race Barry. Still a very good result though but not the one you deserve. How is the hip now? Hope it all heals up asap.

tang1 · 05-03-2016 09:33PM

Ososlo wrote: »

Sorry to hear about your race Barry. Still a very good result though but not the one you deserve. How is the hip now? Hope it all heals up asap.

Thanks A, ah if I'm totally honest with you it's painful. I didn't think it would be any other way to be fair after the drive back. I'll assess it fully tomorrow when it calms down a bit.

jake1970 · 05-03-2016 09:34PM

Sorry to hear about the hip tang, i hope its nothing too serious.

tang1 · 05-03-2016 09:34PM

jake1970 wrote: »

Sorry to hear about the hip tang, i hope its nothing too serious.

Cheers J, I was dreaming of your half PB last night!!

tang1 · 05-03-2016 09:36PM

Kennyg71 wrote: »

Well done getting back into the Race, and as you said lots more there, and eyes on the prize. Hopefully just a blip.

Thanks G, a blip hopefully as you say. Thickness got me back into the race!!

tang1 · 05-03-2016 09:37PM

Chartsengrafs wrote: »

That's an unfortunate thing to happen, but it's essentially a write-off so I wouldn't think twice about the result/time. Hope the recovery is short. Onwards!

Cheers Cg, won't be thought twice about. It's been erased from the memory already or will be after a few more beers!

RedRunner · 05-03-2016 10:40PM

Forget the time. I hope the hip is OK. The last five miles couldn't have been easy. Hopefully there's no lasting damage and you'll be right as rain soon.

career move · 05-03-2016 10:56PM

RedRunner wrote: »

Forget the time. I hope the hip is OK. The last five miles couldn't have been easy. Hopefully there's no lasting damage and you'll be right as rain soon.

+1 Fair play for sticking it out to the finish. Rest up well and enjoy your beers

tang1 · 05-03-2016 11:37PM

career move wrote: »

+1 Fair play for sticking it out to the finish. Rest up well and enjoy your beers

Cheers K, as a conversation went today with FD and me on the way back up, that was only my second real concerted effort at sub 90 mins today on both tough routes(Enniscorthy 2013 the other) both nearly 3 years apart. Athlone 2016 owes me big time!!!

martyboy48 · 06-03-2016 12:24AM

snailsong wrote: »

I knew the Galway lad wasn't far behind. Motivation enough.

I was well behind, I let ye all go during the 2nd mile ffs

tang1 wrote: »

Typical Galway man, he played it cagey!!

Cagey?? If you heard me panting and seen me flaffing my hands about wildly you would see I was struggling at mile 2

You'll be alright B, you know yourself, play it safe over the next few days

tang1 · 06-03-2016 12:35AM

RedRunner wrote: »

Forget the time. I hope the hip is OK. The last five miles couldn't have been easy. Hopefully there's no lasting damage and you'll be right as rain soon.

Cheers R, here's hoping is right, 5 more weeks is all I want from it.

aero2k · 06-03-2016 11:33AM

Sorry to hear about your injury trouble, from the sound of things you did really well to hit 1:34, and 1:29 or better would be guaranteed on a good day.

+1 on the suggestion above about the drive being a contributing factor. I have some sort of hip/groin thing going on for a few years now, and I always tried to avoid driving in the few days before a race - operating the clutch seemed to aggravate it a bit. I was over on the deep southside last night and I had to do an extended reversing manouevre to extract myself from a clogged pub car park and get into the only parking space on a one way street - after operating the clutch while twisted around I could barely walk when I got out of the car.

Since you were able to finish the race you should be okay in a day or two - best to err on the side of caution though this close to the big day.

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