The rave thread

KielyUnusual · 12-11-2015 9:28pm

dublin runner wrote: »

Very lucky to have been a member of two great clubs now, surrounded by better runners and brilliant coaches who have 'been there, done that'.

I thought you were a member of Clonliffe

:P

What club have you joined?

Myles Splitz · 12-11-2015 9:31pm

KielyUnusual wrote: »

I thought you were a member of Clonliffe :P

What club have you joined?

The only Metric Track Miler Club in Dublin

HibernianRunner · 12-11-2015 9:53pm

This is beautiful:

https://www.reddit.com/r/running/comments/3sh1i3/running_is_saving_my_life/

Dubgal72 · 12-11-2015 10:32pm

HibernianRunner wrote: »

This is beautiful:

https://www.reddit.com/r/running/comments/3sh1i3/running_is_saving_my_life/

Wow. Just wow. Thanks for posting that HR. The running world is just amazing, I love it. How did I ever run away from it??!! I was chatting to my clubmate this evening as we jogged around Bray about how great our club is, how in many ways it is like an extended family.

Here's the full text of HibernianRunner's link:

"I don't know where else to put this, but I kind of need an outlet, so I hope this is okay.
Running is saving my life.
I am a thirty-five-year-old woman with PTSD, Major Depression, OCD and a ****ty, abusive family. I'm a rape and domestic violence survivor. I cannot remember a time in my life after turning fifteen when I wasn't suicidal--until I started running this past August.
All of the sudden, being alive doesn't just feel doable. Sometimes it even feels good.
Every problem I have--things I used to become obsessive about with charts and research and other compulsive behaviors to the point of not being functional--it ALL seems solvable now.
Dog needs major orthopedic surgery this week at a cost I definitely can't afford? It's okay, I can figure out a payment plan. Lonely and depressed on the weekend after dealing with my ****ty family? It's okay, I can get through it somehow. Sick at work with five thousand things to do? I can make it to the end of the day, I know it.
I was hospitalized four years ago because I was totally convinced that I would not be able to keep working, take care of myself, or just generally make it through life much longer. I had a detailed suicide plan. The thought of spending even one more day in pain seemed unbearable.
Now I tell myself, "It's going to hurt for the first mile or so, but then it will get better. And after the second mile, your legs will pick up speed. And by the third mile, you'll be flying. And when it's all over and you've conquered this, YOU WILL FEEL GREAT." And somehow that philosophy has invaded my whole way of thinking and helped me to see that tolerating chronic depression and anxiety and pain and loneliness does not mean I am a failure. It means I am resilient. And the more I push myself, the stronger I will get and the better I will feel.
I lost weight and developed muscles. My breathing issues (I'd often have horrible shortness-of-breath) have completely gone away. My insomnia and sleep problems are better. I don't have GI issues anymore, ever. I can get ten times more done than I used to because I can focus now rather than feeling trapped in my head all day.
My body is mine again. It used to feel like a horrible, foreign cage for my brain. A shell that other people abused, molested, manipulated, criticized. I just kind of "hid" up here in my skull for two decades and tried to pretend I was somewhere else.
But these are my feet hitting the pavement. These are my lungs pumping air in and out in a rhythm I've practiced for months. My arms wrapped up in the wind as it blows by me. My eyes watching the sunset as I race up a hill. My muscles carrying me home.
I am making friends. Runners are an amazingly nice bunch of people. The guy who fit me for my shoes spent an hour chit-chatting with me, encouraging me not to criticize myself, and complimenting my form. I had only been running two weeks at that point.
People cheer me on. Some have actually told me that I am inspiring them--something I still have a hard time believing. Everyone seems to want me to succeed and I rarely feel alone anymore, even when I'm all by myself.
I feel like I belong again. I am a Runner. A Good Friend. A Valued Colleague. A Great Dog-Mom. A Worthwhile Human Being.
Maybe I still have PTSD and Depression and OCD. And an unsupportive family and years of abuse behind me. But all I can think about now is how I want to keep going.
Is there anyone else out there who has gone through something similar? I would love to hear how things are going for you."

Wild Garlic · 12-11-2015 10:50pm

That's wonderful

Krusty_Clown · 12-11-2015 11:30pm

As posted on the Irish Runner facebook page - The big Mazungo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgRGmpSX1YM

Just a little un-nerving to see the Alberto Salazar interviews. Please be an outlier Mazuno, please be an outlier..

RacoonQueen · 12-11-2015 11:40pm

dublin runner wrote: »

Started life yesterday with a new club. Very lucky to have been a member of two great clubs now, surrounded by better runners and brilliant coaches who have 'been there, done that'.

Cannot recommend signing up to a club enough!

Part of me really misses being part of a club, the other part loves the freedom of getting my session out of the way at 7am on a Tuesday morning if I need to because being coached I know what I need to do.

Rave: Got over 40 miles in last week...been maintaining on 30ish mile weeks since Austria and got sent the first week back training at the start of the week to do when I'm ready (timewise) to commit. Rave2: I'll soon be ready to start running properly again

Dubgal72 · 13-11-2015 12:23am

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

As posted on the Irish Runner facebook page - The big Mazungo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgRGmpSX1YM

Just a little un-nerving to see the Alberto Salazar interviews. Please be an outlier Mazuno, please be an outlier..

"He crossed the line, he couldn't even blow a candle out"

Some great stuff in there "all the 1%'s" reminds me, sleep is one of my 1%'s....

TRR_the_turd · 13-11-2015 12:41am

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

As posted on the Irish Runner facebook page - The big Mazungo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgRGmpSX1YM

Just a little un-nerving to see the Alberto Salazar interviews. Please be an outlier Mazuno, please be an outlier..

Was only looking him up the other day after I seen a picture of him pacing a female athlete in a marathon alongside Josh Harris. One of my all time favourite athletes and his PBs are absolute world class.

Interested to see mo farah finish second behind him in the Central Park 10k and also to see vinny mulvey got a nod too!

Notwork Error · 13-11-2015 8:00am

I could watch this all day. The athleticism is just incredible, absolute poetry in motion.

walshb · 13-11-2015 2:25pm

Notwork Error wrote: »

I could watch this all day. The athleticism is just incredible, absolute poetry in motion.

I always find that event hard to watch. The stresses on the legs/ankles.......:o

davedanon · 13-11-2015 2:27pm

I thought you loved things that cause stress...

walshb · 13-11-2015 3:25pm

Rave: Great comebacks......

Didn't I do that already?:)

davedanon · 13-11-2015 8:13pm

Rave: A nice bit of sparkling fizz on a Friday. Bottoms up! <Clink>

menoscemo · 13-11-2015 8:25pm

davedanon wrote: »

Rave: A nice bit of sparkling fizz on a Friday. Bottoms up! <Clink>

What are you celebrating Dave or do you just have champers for fun?

davedanon · 13-11-2015 8:26pm

menoscemo wrote: »

What are you celebrating Dave or do you just have champers for fun?

We do this every week. TGIF!

menoscemo · 13-11-2015 8:27pm

davedanon wrote: »

We do this every week. TGIF!

I thought you tallaght lads celebrated with Dutch Gold?

davedanon · 13-11-2015 8:28pm

menoscemo wrote: »

I thought you tallaght lads celebrated with Dutch Gold?

I'm from Raheny, though. Class is permanent, and all that.

Ososlo · 13-11-2015 8:32pm

Ritchie Sadlier.
That is all.

davedanon · 13-11-2015 8:39pm

Is he one of ours? Must be from the wrong side of the church.

walshb · 14-11-2015 11:00pm

Bressie's on Ray Darcy Rte1.....

menoscemo · 16-11-2015 12:04am

Holly Holm.
Classy boxer and a classy person. It's just a pity that she had to change sport to make a few quid and get the recognition she deserves.

_Tombstone_ · 16-11-2015 12:09am

menoscemo wrote: »

Holly Holm.
Classy boxer and a classy person. It's just a pity that she had to change sport to make a few quid and get the recognition she deserves.

BOOOM

ger664 · 16-11-2015 1:05am

Absolutely shattered. 3 hours sleep in the last 48 hours but another successful Eddie Murphy done and dusted

walshb · 16-11-2015 10:38pm

Ole ole ole....get in there. France here we come.

Myles Splitz · 20-11-2015 10:01am

A certain beer miler "only" being ranked 851st from 868 competitors with a 2.27 marathon time.

You have to love the Fukuoka Marathon

TRR_the_turd · 20-11-2015 11:26am

Myles Splitz wrote: »

A certain beer miler "only" being ranked 851st from 868 competitors with a 2.27 marathon time.

You have to love the Fukuoka Marathon

When is this on? He looks like he is targeting a 2.17 in Fukuoka.

Myles Splitz · 20-11-2015 11:34am

TRR_the_turd wrote: »

When is this on? He looks like he is targeting a 2.17 in Fukuoka.

6th of December.

Some field assembled for it

http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/fukuoka-marathon-2015-elite-field-kimetto

Beef · 20-11-2015 1:50pm

Sher I could have nipped over and ran, only I have the Waterford half the day before. :rolleyes: :pac:

Myles Splitz · 20-11-2015 1:55pm

Beef wrote: »

Sher I could have nipped over and ran, only I have the Waterford half the day before. :rolleyes: :pac:

Haha have to wait myself. That pesky 2.40 qualifying time (or 70 min half) needed just to get a place (no lottery here). Definitely one on my radar though to aim for a few years down the line.

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