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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Yesterday I did the 2000m challenge on the rowing machine and did it in just over 10 minutes.GET IN!!
I'm assuming that's good for a delicate flower like me?
What challenges have you overcome lately?
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girlinthehole, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:27,
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I can do that in 8.30 minutesIN YOUR FACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:28,
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Yeah wheel that one out when it suits ya(
Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:31,
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Ran 4 miles in under 40 minutesI was particularly impressed with that.
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My running has gone to pot but I find I do much better with some good choons on my ipod.(
girlinthehole, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:36,
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I can't run with music onI try and match the pace of the songs and it knackers me out/puts me off.
Instead I just try and zone out - zen and the art of running, lol.
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That's exactly why I plan my jogging routes along the river!Pretty flowers in sunshine takes my mind off the burning pain in my thighs.
I do still listen to music when I run but had to take "The Island" by Pendulum off my playlist, it had the effect of making me run like a mentalist for 9 minutes and then suddenly realise I was dying.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:31,
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I do the same, match my pace to musicI've made a playlist of appropriately-BPM'd songs, after a foolish shuffle endeavour left me knackered after some 160 BPM hardcore came on...
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:50,
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Team Ultraviolence RacingFucking Fast.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:54,
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A blur of lycra-clad athletes belting down the streetYelling out "Hard! Core! Motherfucker!" in perfect unison
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Jonny Violence is actually a competing cyclist I believeSo this is rather plausible!
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:03,
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I genuinely doubt anyone will come up with a more obscure fact todayGood work mate
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That's bloody good work that isOn a similar note, I ran 5 miles this morning for the first time since last summer so am feeling all proud of myself an' shit. Congrats on your rowing achievements too BGB :-)
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Why on earth not?I find 5'10" women who could batter the fuck out of me rather sexy. As you would know, if you met the missus
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Is there a video you can watch to encourage you to row faster?An approaching shark / torpedo / Darth on a pedalo etc.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:46,
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I've often thought this, if they put a zombie on a treadmill behind me I'd run a hell of a lot faster
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:49,
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I was impressed, yesparticularly as I have ridiculously short legs, I've never managed it before, and I was in the pub looking awesome within an hour of getting in.
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How tall are you? It takes me about 36 minutes to run 4 miles and I'm 5'11" so am gradually realising you're probably much fitter than me.
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According to my GPS training thingie on my phoneIt took me just shy of 38 minutes to run 4.34 miles. And I'm 5'3.
It was a personal best though; normally that would take me at least another 5-8 minutes.
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Yep, you're fitter than me. Even the age gap doesn't make up for itThat's good work honey. Thank you for the encouragement!
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Haha, al was trying to convince me to run that half marathon with you guysit was inevitable I'd beat him but I don't want to embarrass both of you...
(plus, I also cycle 6 miles a day which helps with the whole 'fitness' thing)
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If you dress as a plane the motif of the day would mean you'd have to stay behind us!Although I don't think I can do the one on September 11th anyway now. I'd love to make a B3ta bash of a half-marathon but I'm guessing most of our lot are slovenly wretches
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Yeah I reckon I will mateLet's try and make a big thing of it. Any B3tan who doesn't participate gets called fat. BY YOU.
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I need to get me some proper exercise gear before I try anything remotely like thatCurrently I tend to stop after around 5km due to chafing of my HUMONGOUS GENITALIA. I suspect some proper shorts and an athletic support and some hydrocortisone cream would be wise purchases.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:34,
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Yeah yeahWe all know you lined the inside of your velour sex dolls' vaginas with sandpaper, just so you could get purchase.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:36,
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Oh, textbook burn. A 9.8 from the Albanian judge, there.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:38,
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THATS JUST WRONGon several levels. *winces*
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:42,
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That's plausible actually.it's the weekend of the London tattoo convention which I was debating going down for anyway.
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that's pretty fucking goodit takes me about 40 mins to run 5 miles and I'm supposed to be fit *collapses in hysterical laughter*
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:33,
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Bloody hellit takes me that long to cycle 15 miles (though it is all hills)
Seriously impressed
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:10,
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Good work.If you can cycle 15 hilly miles in 40 mins that's Tour de France pace. All depending on what you classify as a hill, of course ;)
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:33,
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It would take me longer than 40 minutesto cycle 15 hilly miles. Also, my running route is almost entirely flat.
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it would take anyone who isn't a trained road racerlonger than 40 mins to cycle 15 hilly miles. I raced mountain bikes from the ages of 18 to about 25 and even then I'd have struggled to keep up that pace for much more than an hour or so. Mr Joe must be pretty fit.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:38,
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Hmmmm I'm not convincedits 7.5 miles uphill 7.5 downhill When I am going down hill I can just about hit 40mph plus my bike is one of these and doesn't weigh a thing, mine is red and is therefore faster again. *edit* actually I haven't measured exactly the split between uphill and down hill but what I do know is that it seems just as hilly both ways so I am presuming its fairly even.
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:47,
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20-25 mph is average TDF pace in the hills.Granted, from a personal point of view I'm basing it on riding a mountain bike and yours is a lovely shiny massively bent road job which is obviously quicker but that's still a decent pace, sir.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:51,
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Its not that bent honest. here is a picture taken just seconds ago of mine in my officewhat is massively bent is the lycra hahaha I deserve everything I get when I am wearing it. as you can see its massively filthy which reduces the bentness slightly
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:59,
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I have 3/4 lycra bib shortsI am in NO position to actually call bent on any of you. Except Darth, obviously.
Nice bike.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:18,
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I kept my temper, at work yesterday.This is a daily challenge, which I only just overcome each day.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:41,
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Its a challenge to go to the office each day but I'm struggling on.
I have to overcome the challenge of performing pole in public which I really don't want to do. I'm scared.
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Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:47,
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In public for money, or just as a demonstration? (
Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:52,
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At the weekend I hit my weight targetBut I've mentioned that before so TGB will be all "OMG Labs shut up about it".
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 8:58,
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I don't really have a target other than to see how it goes.My stamina is so hit and miss each day that there's no point in me bothering with targets.
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girlinthehole, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:01,
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Now the hard part comes in toning upI've got this far with very little exercise, but now I have to work...
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:04,
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fuck me that's confusingI really couldn't remember writing that post...
EDIT: Oi, rude signature is rude!
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:19,
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I may flounce and call you a "monumental twat"(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:24,
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You should try and come up with something originalthen I might screen grab it and put it on my profile.
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Fair do's; that is probably the best thing that she ever contributed(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:27,
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batshitmentalist/workboresmeI think Al had been baiting her for some time
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:33,
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That is absolutely the worst person who could have said that to AlIf it was someone he liked or respected he might have rethought his internet ways. Coming from her it's like a badge of honour
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Yeah I really thought that was youMorning Al. I was talking to our mutual friend about you last night. He says you were a nice bloke, as he remembers. What happened?
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internetfattylolz
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:08,
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Actually I haven't run the 100mso its taken me nearly 30 years
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:11,
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I ran it when I was about 14 at school sports day I thinkTook me the best part of 20 seconds. It turns out running it fast is harder than they make it look on telly
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That is impressive!I think I used to do it around 12 seconds
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:12,
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I was 2nd fastest in our school behind a county runnerand built like a whippet
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:16,
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Impressive stuffMy defence for being crap at running was that it was a useless thing to be good at unless a) you actually became an Olympic sprinter or b) you live in Toxteth or Moss Side
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I used to run everywhere as a kid(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:18,
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Jeff would definitely have caught him, then.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:40,
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You did very good Ms BlouseI am very proud of you.
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:19,
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I have made you a special (i.e. "quick") badge
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:23,
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I am quite proud of this statement!My first badge gift!
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:35,
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I think I lost my sunglasses last night, which has pissed me off royallymoan moan blah blah
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:18,
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I hope you don't get AIDS as well, that would really spoil your day.Seriously, I really hope you don't get AIDS. Really.
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Which is ironic considering he avoids them at all costs(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:24,
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Probably shouldn't live in Norwich then eh?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:24,
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Cumulative 6/10I'll spare you the lecture as you're having a bad day; lost sunglasses, being talked to by Al...
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I know it's unervingnormally he just ignores me and winds up rswipe and calls you bent
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:30,
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Yeah fitness!I sit at a desk all day, drink more than is strictly healthy and just ate a sausage sandwich.
*coronaries*
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Kroney, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:30,
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I am fucking starving this morningNeed a coffee and some desk noms
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:32,
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Just got a beaker of machine-coffee.Best of all the coffees.
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Kroney, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:33,
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I have Costa coffee from the caff downstairsbest of all the highstreet coffees
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:34,
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Heh, my allegiance has switched to the American competitionafter coming into possession of a discount card.
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Kroney, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:36,
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Starbucks coffee is horridand as I only drink black coffee there is no frothy milk, nutmeg shavings or hundreds and thousands to disguise it.
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:37,
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I've just taken receipt of a bacon and egg bapI expect it to be my poo in about an hour
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*Real Men of B3ta fist-bump*Somebody across the way is eating a granola bar. I might go and beat them up.
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Kroney, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:34,
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Currently beating at 180 over 60 at rest,according to my doctor.
Good, it needs the fucking exercise.
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Kroney, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:37,
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you have two hearts?Or is that your blood pressure, cos if so, my professional opinion as a doctor is that you're a bit dead.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:49,
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bollocksI eat porridge all the time, and I can beat a bear to death with my penis.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:42,
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and is it Post or Penis?(
The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:51,
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Porridge is the daddy breakfastwith apple and cinammon.
Or salt, when I'm going cycling a long way.
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This is awkwardOne the one hand I usually eat Geo Bars for breakfast to try and lose weight. On the other, this is the only time a B3tan has called me a Real Man.
LET'S BATTER THE MUESLI-CHOMPING PONCE
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I have a sausage and egg bap on orderand am now watching out for the sandwich van like a vulture circling Al out jogging.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:41,
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None. But that's only because the local placeslathers it over until the bread disintegrates. By choice it would be brown.
Brown, the only true condiment.
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Kroney, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:36,
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wrongBrown sauce is over sweetend bender sauce
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:38,
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Brown sauce is magnificent, but I think that suits bacon betterFor just sausage, ketchup is the daddy.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:40,
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Arsewater. Brown sauce is Proletarian.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:43,
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it's just a cover.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:46,
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I can cycle 4.3 milesin 16 minutes. That's a personal best.
I want to get it down to 15 mins, but I'm sure I'd have to break the law and/or stop smoking.
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That is fast dudeI'm currently doing that in 20 minutes, and that's without traffic.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:33,
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Haha!I'd forgotten about that!
I'm on a trail bike though, so slower and heavier than racers... and I'm not as fit and strong as you.
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Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:39,
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That is true.I can do my shoulder exercises with my bike now. Straight arm shoulder-fly a bike. I would have laughed at you 4 months ago if you said I could do it.
I might record a traffic light breaking run a bit on in the summer, late at night or something.
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whats your bike called?this is true, i need a name for my road bike
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zulu eh?, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:03,
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Wasn't She-Ra's horse called Spirit?Before it got all jazzed up into Swift Wind, obviously
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I'm pretty sure there isn't a law against cycling 4.3 miles in 15 mins, you know.(
the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:35,
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I have a lot of traffic lights onmy route. I think I need to try it at midnight on a Sunday or something.
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If it was flatI suspect it wouldn't take me too much more than that. Especially if I had a road bike rather than a mountain bike.
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According to my GPSthere's about a 50ft climb in the whole thing!
Traffic lights are the killer.
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road bikes make you massively gay, though.There are papers in The Lancet on it and everything.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:45,
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it's only because I'm jealous, sweetie.Even with skinny slicks on my Kona I'm much slower than the boys in power rangers underwear.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:48,
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I am the worst road cyclist everI get all kinds of funny looks from them because I don't have clips, lycra, a helmet or dickend orange glasses. Yet I can still thrash 'em over London Bridge.
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get spuds.makes you 25% quicker instantly. Everything else is gay, granted. Apart from a helmet if you cycle in London. I got hit by way too many buses and taxis and twats in vans to consider that anything but essential.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:55,
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Really?I have savings, didn't really see the point of them, but now will consider it!
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seconded for spudsmake a big difference. you can pick up 520s for about 20quid which is well worth it
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zulu eh?, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:10,
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TrueAlthough I ride 636s because you can wear normal shoes with them if you pop round the corner for something. Plus they are RED.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:12,
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So I'll need shoespedals and cleats right? Thinking about a pair of these www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-BG-Elite-Road-Cycling-Shoes_27434.htm
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yeahalthough the cleats usually come with the pedals
your call but I'd consider a cross or MTB shoe rather than a road one so then the cleats don't protrude from the sole and you can walk in them.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:16,
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Okey dokeyThanks for the tip! Will go and try some on this weekend!
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you want soles with very little flex in them, thoughthe stiffer the better the power delivery. Sometimes MTB shoes are a bit bendy, so compare them with something like the ones you pictured.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:19,
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means you can deliver power on the upstroke as well as the downand at the risk of sounding like a massively bent hippy, they make you "one" with the bike.
spds are better than the road bike specific versions as the shoes have recessed cleats so you can walk normally in them. My Lake jobs just look like a pair of Merrells.
Just practise with them before you try them on the commute, eh? Failing to unclip and toppling over at a red light is top comedy, but only for everyone else.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:10,
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I use spuds on my road bikeexactly for this reason. I can wear my shoes off the bike because of the recessed cleats. I am on my second set and have thankfully never toppled. I have seen someone else go over though, comedy gold. I very rarely need to unclip though. Most days I clip in when I start and clip out when I finish and thats it.
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:18,
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The first ride I ever did on spuds(1994, yes I am that fucking old) I was riding narrow singletrack above a river, I stopped because the twat in front fell off on a tree stump and I couldn't unclip.
Toppled sideways and fell 5 feet down into the river, on my head, with the bike on top of me. Oh, how we laughed.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:21,
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Ouchthat probably wouldn't have had the same comedy feel as watching my mate Patrick fall over at the lights.
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:23,
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A mate of mine used to complain how much harder it was to cycle on a mountain bikeI was utterly derisive of him and his puny legs until I borrowed a road bike...
On the plus side though, increased resistance and all that = sexy toned legs.
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Sexy toned legs aren't much good if you don't have anyone to lick them.(, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:50, Reply)
That just sounds weirdbesides, I've sorted tennis boy out and he's behaving himself now.
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Oh well done.What was his problem in the end and how did you whip him into shape?
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Ever since I started riding to and from work each day my legs have become superbly muscled however my torso is still scrawny to I look daft.
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:54,
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It's mainly the tyres and the weight.My mountain bike only weighs 22 pounds and I have a second set of very, very light wheels with 1" slicks on them. The problem with road bikes is that they are massively uncomfortable compared to a mountain bike that fits you well, and road bikes aren't ideal for commuting. But they are quick.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:54,
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Commuting is 90% of what I use my bike forI'd rather have a bit of extra weight/resistance and it take a little longer than spend less time cycling but uncomfortable.
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I was only uncomfortable for the first weekThere's really nothing to it now
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:03,
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so's being buggered by "Dutch Schteve", mate.Doesn't make it good.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:06,
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I totally agree that road bikes are massively gayand I love my mountain bike and my bmx and ride them around town. I got the road bike because it was costing way too much to drive to work and I tried it on the mountain bike and it took forever. Then it was all downhill, I was wearing shirts and board shorts and the shirts were just disintegrating and the shorts at anything over 30mph where like riding wearing a kite so I got proper gear and look like a massive bender.
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:13,
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if you ever find yourself putting postcards in the spokesits time to start counselling
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zulu eh?, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:19,
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depends on the commutemine is 15 miles of beautiful country lanes I even get to ride past this gorgeous lake every day. Its a bugger in the winter though, can't see a thing.
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Peej, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:02,
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road bikes destroy my back.They are also unusable on my commute (unpaved canal towpath) and the wheels have to be rebuilt every other week because of the roads up here. But it's totally horses for courses, I agree.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:07,
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the drop bars on my road bike are a little lowi spend most of the time with my hands on the upper bit of the bar so think its flats for me... otherwise you're right, it just kills your back
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zulu eh?, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:11,
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yeah, that's my pointif you're going to ride a road bike sitting upright .. you might as well ride a mountain bike.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:14,
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i've set it up as a singlespeed hack, so for commuting its perfectits a cyclecross bike so a little tougher than a normal road bike and it means i dont have to lock the expensive mountainbike up outside of the office...
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zulu eh?, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:17,
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good callI built a bike to commute in London out of a cheap kid's bike frame, handlebar for a seatpost to get the length right, singlespeed with a freewheel brake and spuds. Was genius. Until the seatpost/handlebar broke. Ow. And in the end someone STILL nicked it. Cunts will steal anything.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:24,
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I have a car...with a radio and comfy seats and shit(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:54,
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I'm waking up at 5.45am every morningand taking the tube in London every day. That's a challenge. And I'm still alive. Luckyly it'll be done in 2 weeks.
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YES!We have a doughnut delivery - jam ones too!
WOOPWOOPWOOPWOOP!
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 9:43,
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You are Gregg Wallace AICMFPwww.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-%26-entertainment/masterchef-viewers-divided-over-greg-wallace-copulating-with-food-201103043596/
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Oh, I love Masterchef.(
Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:10,
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i finally got into work before half 9though i then had a half hour breakfast...
aah the joys of working your notice...
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zulu eh?, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:01,
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I am a lazy talentless unmotivated slob, so nothing.In keeping with the fitness, I managed to cross-train a little over 7km in about 45 minutes, but that's when my legs were rock hard and amazing. Then I stopped my diet, got a chest infection and started spending my spare time doing other things. Need to get back into the gym.
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Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 10:12,
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I have learned to swimAt the age of 40, that's quite an achievement.
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Gosh, satire.(
Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Fri 8 Apr 2011, 16:45,
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