"I just wanna drink beer and train like an animal"

Pacing Mule

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Today 8 miles w slight hangover
Am best man at a wedding in Dubrovnik this weekend but still w/ 2 weeks to go- the runs have to get done!

Headed out very early this morning after a few beers last night (eek) and hit the sun drenched hilly streets from the Old Town out to Lapad along the sea - stunning with a good few tough climbs.. Feel like a million bucks now

Any last minute "don'ts" for the speech?

Don't do any of the following as my best man did ....

Call the glasses wearing father in law 4 eyes.
Tell jokes and stories only the groom would get / know about.
Try do something as stupid as ask the groom to stand up and do a twirl so you can say one good twirl deserves another and hand a twirl bar over.
Reference a literal historical pissing contest and explain it in detail.
End up getting heckled as you die on your arse.
Get ironic cheers and a round of applause for sitting down.

yaboya1

Pacing Mule wrote: »

Don't do any of the following as my best man did ....

Call the glasses wearing father in law 4 eyes.
Tell jokes and stories only the groom would get / know about.
Try do something as stupid as ask the groom to stand up and do a twirl so you can say one good twirl deserves another and hand a twirl bar over.
Reference a literal historical pissing contest and explain it in detail.
End up getting heckled as you die on your arse.
Get ironic cheers and a round of applause for sitting down.

Are you still friends??

Pacing Mule

yaboya1 wrote: »

Are you still friends??

Lol yeah - was even best man at his wedding

AuldManKing

Will it be the real life nice Dr Q that we meet at races or the ranty irritable scourge of the Tri/Weather forum that gives the speech

Best of luck with that - I'd say that's more nerve wrecking than any race!!

theboyblunder

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Any last minute "don'ts" for the speech?

Dont wish the bride and groom well on their honeymoon in northern ireland, and when you are corrected because they are going to spain, dont reply 'oh, he told me he was going to Bangor for a week'

Doc Q the 5th

Wedding / taper report.

Probably not ideal prep w/ a big race two weeks away but drank like an animal last night. In the horrors this morning

Looking for supportive/ backslapping posts assuring me I haven't completely ****ed my race up w/ a fairly huge night 2 weeks out.

Oh and my speech was piss poor imo- thanks for nothing tbb

yaboya1

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Wedding / taper report.

Probably not ideal prep w/ a big race two weeks away but drank like an animal last night. In the horrors this morning

Looking for supportive/ backslapping posts assuring me I haven't completely ****ed my race up w/ a fairly huge night 2 weeks out.

Oh and my speech was piss poor imo- thanks for nothing tbb

I was at a wedding two weeks before Berlin and I didn't get out of bed the next day until the following evening. You're up already. I think you'll be fine.

Pacing Mule

yaboya1 wrote: »

I was at a wedding two weeks before Berlin and I didn't get out of bed the next day until the following evening. You're up already. I think you'll be fine.

Listen to him. He's an expert at this stuff !

Gavlor

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Wedding / taper report.

Probably not ideal prep w/ a big race two weeks away but drank like an animal last night. In the horrors this morning

Looking for supportive/ backslapping posts assuring me I haven't completely ****ed my race up w/ a fairly huge night 2 weeks out.

Oh and my speech was piss poor imo- thanks for nothing tbb

Brilliant!!

My club won the county final 2 or 3 weeks before dcm last year and and the session that followed caused me to tear my hammer at mile 23!

You're screwed man, no point in even turning up. Head to a beer tent instead.

ThePiedPiper

You call yourself a doctor, heh?! Throwing away all those months of training for a load of beer! You're a disgrace lad, I'm not sure I will be able to being myself to respect you again... Dukeraoul would never have done that!

ecoli

Forget it man, just bag the race get head down in training and in 5 years time you will be ready to race again


In all seriousness though I have already said this to you but as long as you don't go competely off the rails I think this is will probably help more than hinder overall

Krusty_Clown

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Probably not ideal prep w/ a big race two weeks away but drank like an animal last night. In the horrors this morning
Looking for supportive/ backslapping posts assuring me I haven't completely ****ed my race up w/ a fairly huge night 2 weeks out.

Sounds like hangover guilt, to me. DrQ. Grab a couple of sneaky afternoon beers and everything will be right as rain. <until tomorrow>

ultraman1

Wudnt be too upset....Sure youse yanks only drink lite beer anyway...

TRR_the_turd

You're such a light weight I think that's it's actually impossible for you to do any damage! I'd say what you drank last night, wouldn't even register as a social aperitif on the meno/gavlor scale of alcoholism!

Doc Q the 5th

Update - massage from incredibly hot Croatian goddess > massage from Ecoli.

Sorry to down your business Ecoli but honestly, no comparison

TRR_the_turd

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Update - massage from incredibly hot Croatian goddess > massage from Ecoli.

Sorry to down your business Ecoli but honestly, no comparison

But did she you give you the same happy ending ecoli always gives you?

Doc Q the 5th

Groovy.

#siac

Ososlo

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Groovy.

#siac

I wonder do the mods know what this stands for.

jebuz

I could be wrong but I believe #siac was an old old wooden ship used during the civil war era?

No really what's it mean?

Doc Q the 5th

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

Groovy.

#siac

I wonder if I do? Lol?? I'm sure you'll inform them what your theory is on it!

Doc Q the 5th

jebuz wrote: »

I could be wrong but I believe #siac was an old old wooden ship used during the civil war era?

No really what's it mean?

Silly idiotic Athletic Club!

Ososlo

Doc Q the 5th wrote: »

I wonder if I do? Lol?? I'm sure you'll inform them what your theory is on it!

Clever move. You have yourselves well covered there
Ignore button broken today?

Doc Q the 5th

Ososlo wrote: »

Clever move. You have yourselves well covered there
Ignore button broken today?

C'mon Ososlo- truce? We used to get along here!

Doc Q the 5th

Hey guys.

When I first joined boards in 2010, I was fat, out of shape and never thought I'd have a hope of recapturing any decent type of athletic achievement. Through a 4 year period or so I have gotten so much out of this forum. I've made friends/ lost weight/ run faster/ learned how to run marathons and gotten great laughs.

As has been painfully apparent to many of you over the last few months it just hasn't been fun for me. I've gotten in petty argument- popped off at people, been narky w/ no sense of humour and have been having most of my training discussions outside of the fora (but still many of those with people I've met here).

I've cancelled three accounts and each time been dragged back in by the pull of all the good things I've gotten out of here. All the really interesting and decent people I've met along the way.

I have however reached the end of my rope here. I've gotten into it w/ a complete troll and his merry band of sycophantic lackeys who believe the ridiculous, mean, haughty, arrogant and frankly stupid bull**** he spouts. They have hid behind words like " attacks" and "bullying" whenever questioned and have resisted repeated attempts to squash the issues they have w/ me/ I have with them.

I've reported posts to mods/ reacted (sometimes poorly) and have finally decided its not doing me or anyone else any good. I've appealed to the mods for mediation (looks like it isn't really an option) so have decided for my own sanity to finally an completely exit this place for good.

I think its really sad that this couldn't have ended in a more positive way but to be honest (unlike any of the people who've been spouting off at me) I have goal races/ marathons coming up and I frankly don't need the distractions.

I plan on hopefully in the next couple of weeks setting up a forum where people who are interested in actually talking about real running and racing who may be sick of the bs on boards can come and chat but for now I just need to step away and get my mind body ready for racing... I'm not looking for any thanks here or anybody fighting my corner (I'd be more than capable of dealing w/ these fools myself anyways).

So thanks to all my friends here (and that includes 99 percent of you) and to the rest f you very much. I'll see pretty much all of you here at the races- except the very trolls who've driven me off. Take care all and go easy....

Andy

(ps if anyone wants to keep in touch especially w/ Boston etc coming up- any of the TAC boys would have my contact details and please do catch me on FB or whatever.... anyways.. see later all (for the absolute last time)

Ososlo

A few months back in reply to one of your pms to me slagging off stazza I offered you a truce which you ignored.

I think what you've posted is very hurtful... to me anyway. For the third time this year you have really upset me.

Stazza is helping out a lot more people than is obvious on the forum so you may well be slagging off some "friends" of your own.

ultrapercy

Seriously, how can this have got so silly? Your grown up adults, some of you have children of your own. When I acted out like this when I was 10 I got a shoe in the hole. Making a huge soap opera outof a running forum, while entertaining at times, is just daft. There is a whole big world out there full of war, cancer, famine and other general bad stuff worthy of stress, a few exchanges on a running forum on the internet is not worthy of any unhappiness. Cop on.