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The Barnya Half-Marathon Challenge (on again)

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  • BonesB Offline
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    Bones
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    #54

    Also retains water due to the shock of dietary change, etc,so don't be surprised if you put on weight.

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      Bullethole
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      [quote name='Bones']<br />
      Also retains water due to the shock of dietary change, etc,so don't be surprised if you put on weight.<br />
      [/quote]<br />
      <br />
      Oh fabulous.  I take it this will be pissed out in short order?

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        the clothers git test is the best one Barnya - fuck the weight - belt going in by nothces, shirts /n/ pants looser.<br />
        <br />
        Keep going old chap!!

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          Bones
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          [quote name='Barnya']<br />
          [quote name='Bones']<br />
          Also retains water due to the shock of dietary change, etc,so don't be surprised if you put on weight.<br />
          [/quote]<br />
          <br />
          Oh fabulous.  I take it this will be pissed out in short order?<br />
          [/quote]Body should adjust after a couple of weeks...

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            Miller V Jackson
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            Do not despair Barnya; it won't happen overnight but it will happen.

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              #59

              Thankyou Rachel.<br />
              <br />
              [quote name='Barnya']<br />
              [quote name='Bones']<br />
              Also retains water due to the shock of dietary change, etc,so don't be surprised if you put on weight.<br />
              [/quote]<br />
              <br />
              Oh fabulous.  I take it this will be pissed out in short order?<br />
              [/quote]<br />
              <br />
              If you keep drinking heaps of water, yes.

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                [quote name='BartMan']<br />
                the clothers git test is the best one Barnya - fuck the weight - belt going in by nothces, shirts /n/ pants looser. [/quote]<br />
                <br />
                It'll be a victory when I can wear my belt  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /><br />
                <br />
                Thursday 20/7: 8km run, 56mins.  Pushed myself over the last 2km and found I had a bit in reserve which was good.  Seemed twice as long as I had "You ain't going nowhere" by the Byrds stuck in my head.  Being 2mins long, I sang it approx. 28 times.  :tickedoff:<br />
                <br />
                Breakfast: NONE (get up when your alarm tells you you lazy FluffyBunny)<br />
                Lunch: Leftover lentil stew from yesterday.  Joy!<br />
                Dinner: Just about to make me a chicken salad roll for dinner then off to work<br />
                <br />
                Snacking: Two wholegrain crackers, two toffee pops, one stick of celery.<br />
                <br />
                It was 6 degrees during my run, this must make it fucking difficult.  My lower legs felt like lead weights the whole way.  My jatz crackers have gone into hiding, not even a gentle 10min massage in the shower could coax them out.  Poor little battlers, hope they know their way home.<br />
                <br />
                Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots, tailgates and substitutes, strap yourself to a tree with roots, you ain't going nowhere, oooo eee ride me high, tomorrow's the day my bride's gonna come, oh oh are we gonna fly down in the easy chair  :whistle:

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                  Mate this is good stuff. Keep it up. Good  to hear you had sometjing in reserve, thats the test of how much progress you have made as a runner. <br />
                  <br />
                  Pain is weakness leaving the body - great mantra<br />
                  <br />
                  <br />
                  Am apparently helping a chick train for a half marathon - but its next month and she seems very uncommitted. Oh well, its run to torture unfit people.

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                    Bullethole
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                    Cheers Squirrel.  I'm in a similar position to you, got two chicks as "training partners".  However they are a lot fitter than me, in every sense of the word.<br />
                    <br />
                    Still, if we cross the line together in September I look forward to a high five, possibly a hug and a bit of frotting.<br />
                    <br />
                    Tomorrow is shaping as a potential killer.  Free all-you-can-eat pizza lunch, then a wine and cheese function in the evening which will probably be the springboard for a massive piss up culminating in a pie and a kebab at 4am.  It will be a stern test of my self-discipline, one I am fully expecting to fail.

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                      Dodge
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                      Good effort Barn, however:<br />
                      <br />
                      [quote][b]Thursday 19 July 2006[/b]:<br />
                      <br />
                      31min at a healthy pace on the treadmill (5km)<br />
                      30mins leg weights, not too strenuous, I don't want to embarrass myself in front of all the gym junkies.<br />
                      <br />
                      Breakfast: two slices of wholemeal toast with marmite<br />
                      Lunch: Lentil stew with veges, a toffee pop, an apple and two wholegrain crackers<br />
                      Dinner: One-pot chicken and rice with veges, <br />
                      [/quote]<br />
                      <br />
                      [quote][b]Thursday 20/7[/b]: 8km run, 56mins.  Pushed myself over the last 2km and found I had a bit in reserve which was good.  Seemed twice as long as I had "You ain't going nowhere" by the Byrds stuck in my head.  Being 2mins long, I sang it approx. 28 times.  <br />
                      <br />
                      Breakfast: NONE (get up when your alarm tells you you lazy FluffyBunny)<br />
                      Lunch: Leftover lentil stew from yesterday.  Joy!<br />
                      Dinner: Just about to make me a chicken salad roll for dinner then off to work[/quote]<br />
                      <br />
                      If you're just going to have more than one of each day then you've as much time as you like to prepare for this bloody run!  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />

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                        Bullethole
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                        When you're running as fast as I am, one day blurs into another.  <br />
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                        Or something like that.

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                          Red Bull
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                          "Frotting"? Excuse my ignorance Barn, but what is frotting? Sounds interesting :nta

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                            Parcy v2.0
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                            In French "frotter" means "to rub"...

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                              Bullethole
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                              #67

                              Sorry RB, it was an uncharacteristically crass and vulgar slip up on my part.<br />
                              <br />
                              Someone just told me I look like I've lost weight.  Wahey!Â

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                                [quote name='Barnya']<br />
                                a wine and cheese function in the evening [/quote]<br />
                                <br />
                                <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' /> Why don't you just send your serving boy out to do the marathon for you My Lord? You can then threaten him with a beating if he ever tells anyone you didn't run it<br />
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                                <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />

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                                  If you are doing finishing sprint training for a half marathon - how far should should practice for? A km? less or more?

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                                    Miller V Jackson
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                                    #70

                                    [quote name='Barnya']<br />
                                    Someone just told me I look like I've lost weight.  Wahey!  <br />
                                    [/quote]<br />
                                    <br />
                                    I must say, and this may be the Emma coming out in me, but isn't that the best bit of fat busting? Makes you feel like a prince(ss).

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                                      Bullethole
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                                      A weekend to forget.<br />
                                      <br />
                                      one pizza<br />
                                      two whoppers and a BK chicken<br />
                                      two pies<br />
                                      bacon and egg quiche<br />
                                      nachos<br />
                                      chocolate croissant<br />
                                      half a stick of celery<br />
                                      <br />
                                      And that's only the stuff I remember eating.<br />
                                      <br />
                                      4 glasses of wine<br />
                                      half a bottle of Glenlivet<br />
                                      8 pints of medium strength beer<br />
                                      half a bottle of Finlandia<br />
                                      3 whiskey sours<br />
                                      <br />
                                      I'm reminded of a quote from the dean in Animal House: "fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son"<br />
                                      <br />
                                      😢

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                                        [quote name='Barnya']<br />
                                        chocolate croissant<br />
                                        half a stick of celery<br />
                                        [/quote]<br />
                                        <br />
                                        :2funny: Juxtaposition of food is particularly amusing today Barn <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />

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                                          Miller V Jackson
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                                          [quote name='Barnya']<br />
                                          two whoppers and a BK chicken<br />
                                          [/quote]<br />
                                          <br />
                                          In one sitting? That's sick.

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