The Message of Awe Thread

[overseasTOON]

Rousters only 50p today. When the sandwiches and parties get near the date of expiry everything gets reduced to 50p. Flies round s*** waiting

Have you ever been in the supermarket when the reductions are getting done? It's like watching a pack of starving hyenas fighting over a pork scratching. Half some self-respect ffs. Half the time the person pricing up the reductions gets the food snatched from their hand before it even hits the shelf.

I've seen people hand already reduced items back to the person pricing the reductions and tell them how much they are prepared to pay for the item.

[overseasTOON]

Libya playing God Save the Queen

[overseasTOON]

Managed to get all the gardening out the way this morning before it got too hot.

Now I can chill, have a cold beer and read a book!

[overseasTOON]

Came home tonight and miniOT was cooking dinner for the whole family all by herself for the first time.

Chicken breast stuffed with asparagus and cheese, served with red wine and mushroom sauce and parmentier potatoes.

She nailed it.

Happily did the washing up and cleaning of the kitchen.

[bodacious benny]

I run 10km once a week on the treadmill at my gym. Knocked over a minute off of my PB today and got it down to 49:55.

No idea if that's any good (I'm some way of Mo Farrah's pace...) but over the last few weeks I've been getting my time down from 56 mins to 49:55 now.

[Chappy]

I run 10km once a week on the treadmill at my gym. Knocked over a minute off of my PB today and got it down to 49:55.

No idea if that's any good (I'm some way of Mo Farrah's pace...) but over the last few weeks I've been getting my time down from 56 mins to 49:55 now.

Don't run much myself, more of a lifter - but knocking 6+ mins off your time in a matter of weeks has got to be good

You just been trying to beat it each week?

[bodacious benny]

I run 10km once a week on the treadmill at my gym. Knocked over a minute off of my PB today and got it down to 49:55.

No idea if that's any good (I'm some way of Mo Farrah's pace...) but over the last few weeks I've been getting my time down from 56 mins to 49:55 now.

Don't run much myself, more of a lifter - but knocking 6+ mins off your time in a matter of weeks has got to be good

You just been trying to beat it each week?

Cheers. Yeah each week I've been trying to 20/30 seconds off but was feeling good yesterday so knocked quite a decent chunk of time off. I only run once a week else it starts to f*** up my shins and irritates my sciatica.

I do some weights 3 times a week but I mainly to keep my body the same rather than to bulk up.

[Micky Quim]

Don't run much myself, more of a lifter - but knocking 6+ mins off your time in a matter of weeks has got to be good

You just been trying to beat it each week?

Cheers. Yeah each week I've been trying to 20/30 seconds off but was feeling good yesterday so knocked quite a decent chunk of time off. I only run once a week else it starts to f*** up my shins and irritates my sciatica.

I do some weights 3 times a week but I mainly to keep my body the same rather than to bulk up.

At my best I did 10k in 46mins flat but came very close to throwing up at the end. Ive stopped running these days due to getting constant injuries. Tend to cycle these days and cross train at the gym - much lower impact for me now Im getting old

[bodacious benny]

Cheers. Yeah each week I've been trying to 20/30 seconds off but was feeling good yesterday so knocked quite a decent chunk of time off. I only run once a week else it starts to **** up my shins and irritates my sciatica.

I do some weights 3 times a week but I mainly to keep my body the same rather than to bulk up.

At my best I did 10k in 46mins flat but came very close to throwing up at the end. Ive stopped running these days due to getting constant injuries. Tend to cycle these days and cross train at the gym - much lower impact for me now Im getting old

46 mins sounds like a great time! How old were you when you were running at that speed?

Don't do much cycling but I use the arc trainers two or three times a week.

[Micky Quim]

At my best I did 10k in 46mins flat but came very close to throwing up at the end. Ive stopped running these days due to getting constant injuries. Tend to cycle these days and cross train at the gym - much lower impact for me now Im getting old

46 mins sounds like a great time! How old were you when you were running at that speed?

Don't do much cycling but I use the arc trainers two or three times a week.

35 I think

[Cal]

I'm doing my first race at the weekend... Great North Run.

[Don Sholeone]

Cheers. Yeah each week I've been trying to 20/30 seconds off but was feeling good yesterday so knocked quite a decent chunk of time off. I only run once a week else it starts to f*** up my shins and irritates my sciatica.

I do some weights 3 times a week but I mainly to keep my body the same rather than to bulk up.

At my best I did 10k in 46mins flat but came very close to throwing up at the end. Ive stopped running these days due to getting constant injuries. Tend to cycle these days and cross train at the gym - much lower impact for me now Im getting old

[Micky Quim]

EUGH!

[bodacious benny]

Or is that Cal

[Chappy]

Cross trainer is good cardio. I use it more than running to avoid shin splints

[Micky Quim]

I'm doing my first race at the weekend... Great North Run.

It should be called the Great North Walk - f***ing idiots in the way from start to finish

[Toondes]

I'm doing my first race at the weekend... Great North Run.

I dont it in 1hr 42 last year. Nearly killed me like. Couldn't walk for about 3 days after. Top tip. Book a physio appt now for a massage for the Monday.

[Cal]

I'm doing my first race at the weekend... Great North Run.

It should be called the Great North Walk - f***ing idiots in the way from start to finish

I had heard that the first few miles were bad, but it was congested start to finish. I've not run in a crowd before and it really threw me off my planned pace, and my watch decided to cancel my tracking after 5km so I lost my reference point...

I'm doing my first race at the weekend... Great North Run.

I dont it in 1hr 42 last year. Nearly killed me like. Couldn't walk for about 3 days after. Top tip. Book a physio appt now for a massage for the Monday.

Nice one, that's a bit faster than I was aiming for based on my usual long run training pace (~1h45 / 5min/km), but I ended up doing a hair over 2 hours. Feel relatively okay today though.

Can't say I really enjoyed it, much prefer running alone. If I do do it again I guess I'll have a goal of trying to get a time that does me justice, I can do a lot better than I did.

[Toondes]

It should be called the Great North Walk - f***ing idiots in the way from start to finish

I had heard that the first few miles were back, but it was congested start to finish. I've not run in a crowd before and it really threw me off my planned pace, and my watch decided to cancel my tracking after 5km so I lost my reference point...

I dont it in 1hr 42 last year. Nearly killed me like. Couldn't walk for about 3 days after. Top tip. Book a physio appt now for a massage for the Monday.

Nice one, that's a bit faster than I was aiming for based on my usual long run training pace (~1h45 / 5min/km), but I ended up doing a hair over 2 hours. Feel relatively okay today though.

Can't say I really enjoyed it, much prefer running alone. If I do do it again I guess I'll have a goal of trying to get a time that does me justice, I can do a lot better than I did.

Yes definately running solo is better. I found I spent the whole time trying to avoid people / discarded bottles

[bodacious benny]

I know it's different, but when I'm on the treadmill I much prefer running alongside someone else.