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    #572
    Munster_Gal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Munster_Gal


    well the interview went well and the assessments were grand. Even got chatting to an old Team Leader that I had in a previous job.....

    However, my going to Poland for a week in September is apparently a problem as I'll only be just finished training if I'm successful in getting the job :(


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    #573
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    I'm mildly amused that a search for IT courses on PostgradIreland returned a course in "Applied Christian Spirituality"...


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    #574
    misty floyd
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    Track and Field can be bad for your health

    ouch.jpg


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    #575
    spaceylou
    Registered Users Posts: 1,451 ✭✭✭spaceylou


    :eek: ouch ouch ouch!!!!! I knew there was a reason I never got involved with javlen (spelling!!) throwing etc....


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    #576
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    misty floyd wrote: »
    Track and Field can be bad for your health

    ouch.jpg

    Thanks for the pic Misty. I coach javelin and hate doing so because of the safety aspect. Shows I'm right to be worried :(


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    #577
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,164 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    misty floyd wrote: »
    Track and Field can be bad for your health

    ouch.jpg

    Ancient one that (2006). Two well known athletes were speared recently (both 2007) in the upper body. Name them.


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    #578
    RoyMcC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭RoyMcC


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Ancient one that (2006). Two well known athletes were speared recently (both 2007) in the upper body. Name them.

    Salim Sideria in the Golden League in Rome is the best known http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhT30Ov41_s :eek:

    I understand Bart Rogers, top throws coach up at Clonliffe, got one in the leg a little while ago. Scary.


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    #579
    Munster_Gal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Munster_Gal


    misty floyd wrote: »
    Track and Field can be bad for your health

    ouch.jpg

    That's unpleasant!!!!


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    #580
    osnola ibax
    Registered Users Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭osnola ibax


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Ancient one that (2006). Two well known athletes were speared recently (both 2007) in the upper body. Name them.

    Brilliantly posed question. Lol'd


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    #581
    lecheile
    Registered Users Posts: 703 ✭✭✭lecheile


    misty floyd wrote: »
    Track and Field can be bad for your health

    ouch.jpg
    thanks for that Misty. We have a new group of junior athletes who have just started throwing Javelin and no matter how often you try to tell them how dangerous it is they still don't seem to understand!! Pic now posted on club website and I hope it has desired effect :)


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    #582
    BeepBeep67
    Registered Users Posts: 8,082 ✭✭✭BeepBeep67


    Kids gone to their cousins for the night :D
    12.4k run done and dusted :D
    About to jump in the shower and get ready for a wedding :D
    Staying overnight in the hotel :D
    Catch y'all 2moro!


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    #583
    JKF
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    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Ancient one that (2006). Two well known athletes were speared recently (both 2007) in the upper body. Name them.

    Roman Sebrle(sp?) was one... Didn't he still win afterwards though?? Madness :)


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    #584
    lecheile
    Registered Users Posts: 703 ✭✭✭lecheile


    JKF wrote: »
    Roman Sebrle(sp?) was one... Didn't he still win afterwards though?? Madness :)

    And Salim Sdiri

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    or video footage here from 3:46 mins on


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    #585
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users Posts: 16,164 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    JKF wrote: »
    Roman Sebrle(sp?) was one... Didn't he still win afterwards though?? Madness :)
    lecheile wrote: »
    And Salim Sdiri

    Yes and yes. Sdiri jumped a lifetime best this year, so he's back to his best, thank God. Sebrle did indeed go on to win the world decathlon title later in 2007! :eek: All the throwing implements are very dangerous. There have been deaths recorded from hammer and shot strikes (usually to the head). A friend of mine was hit on the gluteus maximus by a javelin. Fortunately, it was an old, blunt model and didn't pierce the skin, but he did have a huge lump for a while. Safety is not just paramount, it's critical.


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    #586
    metamorphosis
    Registered Users Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    misty floyd wrote: »
    Track and Field can be bad for your health

    ouch.jpg


    Looks like fun.

    Nice way of getting out of wok for the day


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    #587
    menoscemo
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    Did every single runner in Ireland descend on their local Lidl's this morning? Just been round 3 and no sign of a HRM in any. Only in the third did I get to find a pair of shorts or a top in anything but XL, was almost tempted to buy some of the runners at one point just so not to have wasted my time....


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    #588
    Munster_Gal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Munster_Gal


    I didn't even know that they were selling any running stuff!!!!


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    #589
    Magnet
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭Magnet


    Yep!
    I couldn`t get outta work to go shopping so I rang my sis to get me a running top...
    She`s sorry she took that call I bet!!
    .....so in the end I got 2 running tops (1 pink,1 black), 2 packs of 2 socks, 1 running jacket, 1 long running pants, 1 3/4 length running pants and 1 fm radio for a grand total of €56 priceless!! :D:D
    For everything else there`s mastercard!!


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    #590
    menoscemo
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    Munster_Gal wrote: »
    I didn't even know that they were selling any running stuff!!!!

    There was still loads of ladies stuff left in all the stores I went to, Shots, tops, socks and running jackets in all sizes ;) Really worth it, tops are 6.95 and top class, even a little pocket for your ipod/phone.


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    #591
    Munster_Gal
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    I have one of the jackets. Would love some running pants though. Need to get used to wearing the skimpy pants lol ;)


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    #592
    menoscemo
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    Munster_Gal wrote: »
    I have one of the jackets. Would love some running pants though. Need to get used to wearing the skimpy pants lol ;)

    There were loads of lycra running pants there for sure


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    #593
    tagoona
    Registered Users Posts: 400 ✭✭tagoona


    loads of the hrm's left in shannon at lunchtime. A Good deal, but figuring out the monitor from the instructions isn't the easiest!


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    #594
    rainbow kirby
    Registered Users Posts: 26,928 ✭✭✭✭rainbow kirby


    I asked my mum to go to Lidl this morning... won't know what she got me until I get back to civilisation tomorrow. Otherwise, I don't fancy my chances of obtaining some socks in my size...

    In other news, work still sucks, starting to contemplate going back to college in September for a masters.


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    #595
    ManFromAtlantis
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    jeeze. i thougt david millar was gonna win teh stage yesterday. 1 min up and 10k to go. the poor lad gobbled up by the peleton.


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    #596
    misty floyd
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    ManFromAtlantis wrote: »
    jeeze. i thougt david millar was gonna win teh stage yesterday. 1 min up and 10k to go. the poor lad gobbled up by the peleton.

    Brave stuff though, fair play to him for trying. Its a good Tour this year.


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    #597
    Munster_Gal
    Registered Users Posts: 1,274 ✭✭✭Munster_Gal


    I'm keeping the fingers crossed for Lance to win it - What a great come back that would be :D


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    #598
    Pherekydes
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    Anyone watching right now?

    What a great bit of descending that was by Cancellara. He stopped for a wheel change and had a pee while waiting. :D Then off again to catch the peloton in spectacular countryside.

    Anyone hear that guy Carlton going on about when he bought a new wetsuit. He went back to his hotel room at 3 a.m. and tried it on while drunk. The zip got stuck and he had to go down to reception to get the night porter to unzip him. :D


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    #599
    rainbow kirby
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    I'm back in civilisation! :)

    Time to eat lunch and then head out for 5 miles before the rain starts out here!


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    #600
    rovers_runner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,663 ✭✭✭rovers_runner


    No running for me this weekend.....
    Tipp vs. Sligo followed by Clare vs. Galway tomorrow.
    The Boss in the RDS on Sunday.

    566km round trip tomorrow, sure it's only 2 days of running to Enduro :pac:


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    #601
    Bally8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭Bally8


    What to do? Its Friday night Mr Soon-To-Be Bally8 is at work on night shift, my daughter has a friend over for a sleepover so Im barred from the sitting room. Thank god my broadband is back. Now Im living in the countryside its not so reliable.


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