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DCM 2012 Graduates - the next step
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RunningKing wrote: »Jaysus, I always miss the good stuff.
Reading back on it is interesting, being a total neutral (I think), I do think Kurt was trying to give advice, then it was like in a GAA match where 2 players are knocking into each other and a 3rd player comes in and gives a big shoulder, then a 4thlayer throws a side dig to the kidneys, then there's a big melee in the middle of the pitch, with the crowd looking on, cheering for both sides, kinda hoping that it stops, but secertly wishing for it to continue...................but in the end, the Dubs always win.
Or something like that......
Haha I was thinking it was kind of like a boxing match.......
In the red corner ........... dressed to the nines in shiny lycra and busy calculating exactly how many people he can offend with one remark .....ladies and gentlemen its Mr kurt godel
And in the blue corner ......... armed with bowls of pasta and copies of p&d ..... give it up for Meno musketeer and his band of merry graduates
DING DING
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Looking back there now on the posts, I do genuinely think Kurt was aiming to partake with the group and give good advise. His experienced knowledge is definitely welcome and we would be at a loss without it. We are all still in our infancy after all and need all the advise we can get.
The reference to HH was likely about HHN1 where it is someones first marathon off minimal base, cos I know that was pretty much me last year!:)
Sure we have said it ourselves that HHN1 does have flaws for certain niches.
I did run all my runs slow, didnt cut out much drink cos I was burning thousands of calories so I could drink to my hearts content and for taper because all HHN1 runs are slow, I totally eased off the effort thinking the more I sat on the couch for those three weeks the fresher I would be for DCM!
It actually raised a very good point about the taper and to reduce mileage but not the effort of the miles you actually do to ensure you reach the start in best possible condition. TRR put it well above.
To cut a long story short, we still need to keep our guard up whilst on taper!0 -
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Looking back there now on the posts, I do genuinely think Kurt was aiming to partake with the group and give good advise. His experienced knowledge is definitely welcome and we would be at a loss without it. We are all still in our infancy after all and need all the advise we can get.
The reference to HH was likely about HHN1 where it is someones first marathon off minimal base, cos I know that was pretty much me last year!:)
Sure we have said it ourselves that HHN1 does have flaws for certain niches.
I did run all my runs slow, didnt cut out much drink cos I was burning thousands of calories so I could drink to my hearts content and for taper because all HHN1 runs are slow, I totally eased off the effort thinking the more I sat on the couch for those three weeks the fresher I would be for DCM!
It actually raised a very good point about the taper and to reduce mileage but not the effort of the miles you actually do to ensure you reach the start in best possible condition. TRR put it well above.
To cut a long story short, we still need to keep our guard up whilst on taper!
Ah come off it blockic, ur either in the blue corner or the red corner.
being up there amoung those fenian black and tans must be diluting the rebel blood in you. Stand up and fight man!!0 -
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Ah come off it blockic, ur either in the blue corner or the red corner.
being up there amoung those fenian black and tans must be diluting the rebel blood in you. Stand up and fight man!!
I've always been more of a referee myself!! Seriously though, sometimes it is good to get a visitor to give us a kick up the backside now and again. Keep us on our toes! 0 -
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I've always been more of a referee myself!! Seriously though, sometimes it is good to get a visitor to give us a kick up the backside now and again. Keep us on our toes!
+1 to that Blockic.
I was reading an old blog from a few years ago (as I do, I have no friends, and it passes the time).......and the person in question made a great remark that even "the recovery runs are being applauded", I'm sure no one here wants that, but maybe we can bring some balance to it. From my experience its the encouragement and also the advice from others that bring us on.
Balance is what we need, the majority here are Graduates, not Novices, so maybe kid gloves can come off every now and the. ( he says, hiding behind the sofa)0 -
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RunningKing wrote: »Hang on......who said drinking less beer?
Feck.
Not meIt wasn't even less beer... It was NO beer
Eh definitely not. Sure kurt is a fecker. I won't divulge details but check out his pacing brief in DCM last year, fecking disgrace he was having said that I was mildly alarmed when kurt referred to my log as an alcoholics with a running problem 
You cant be drinking beer when you're pacing with the big boys.
Can't speak for the sub 2.20 boys or the sub 2.30 boys (just yet) but I know a lot of the sub 2.40 boyos like a tipple or two. The real "superstar" runners probably avoid it though.Would it be inappropriate to point out that last year Mrs D and I didn't drink from July till after DCM?
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RunningKing wrote: »How did TRR suddenly become the good guy?
Ha feck off just because I drink beer doesn't make me a good guy. I actually know the point kurt was trying to make but it has got mixed up here and maybe wasn't the best place to try and get it across as there are a couple of arguments in full flow now. In essence he is saying any beer swilling boyo can run/walk/complete a marathon. However if you want to push on and improve you need to up the mileage and maybe not drink as much beer.
Have a look a 2 pics attached. First is DCM novice, second is DCM more experienced runner. Which of those two do you think drank more beer while training for those respective marathons. Which one do you think ran more miles in that marathon training cycle?I heard from Digger that hes only like that to our faces...
He said TRR thinks everyone on the log is a dipstick
Digger is always misrepresenting me. I call you a shower of dickheads not dipsticks 0 -
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