Not the daftest thing I've done
but I just had a student turn up to the exam hall 20 minutes late, unable to tell me what exam they should be sitting, unable to show me on the timetable what exam it might possibly be, and unable to then find the actual exam venue in another building on campus. It transpires they were supposed to be taking "Study Skills".

Edit: I don't post song lyrics online. I'm not a fucking emo.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:10, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Study Skills Fail I think

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:11, Reply)

What do you learn in study skills, anyway?
1. open book
2. read book
3. remember contents of book
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 18 May 2011, 11:17, Reply)

Read correct book

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:17, Reply)

I have no idea, I was invigilating an entirely different exam.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:19, Reply)

Morning CHCB
how's the running going?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Erm, I haven't actually started running yet.
I do a lot of weightlifting though*. And walking. And I did jog across the station this morning because my train was late.



(*she weighs 20lbs)
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:23, Reply)

That's good enough for me.
You'll probably still beat me. BTW I'm getting Vipros to invite us to his wedding the day before.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:27, Reply)

I was pondering whether to sign up for the Bristol half marathon
do you know the course at all? I'm not doing it if it's got hills...
(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:28, Reply)

There are no hills in Bristol

(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:30, Reply)

That's Norwich
You should all do the Norwich half marathon with us in November
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:33, Reply)

I'll think about it
it depends how Bristol goes.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:34, Reply)

It's two-and-a-half months after Bristol
and hopefully by then you'll have the bug
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:39, Reply)

But that means coming to Norwich...

(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Norwich is lovely
I will concede that it's a bugger to get to from Birmingham, unless you're driving
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:39, Reply)

I used to live in Bristol
I can assure you that there are.
(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:35, Reply)

I know that
I was being facetious. If you come, you can run with me and DiT and CHCB. Although I will probably be waddling off the back of the pack quite soon.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:38, Reply)

I'll have to see how it goes
I managed a 10k last year, but to double that... a half marathon really is quite a long fucking way, and I'm not sure I can be arsed to train that hard.
(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:47, Reply)

I have only run 3 miles at a time so far
so you've got the jump on me already. I reckon if you can run 5 miles, you can run 13. You just run a bit slower and accept it's going to hurt.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:53, Reply)

Yes but I have been training longer
and I'm generally too damn lazy and soft to force myself to keep going after it starts hurting.
(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:58, Reply)

Once you get into it I've found that you can increase distances reasonably quickly
I'm doing 9 mile runs now, and was only on 6 a month or so ago. The trick is to establish a pace at which you're comfortable and not push yourself to knock a minute off each time or whatever
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:02, Reply)

I think it's the fact that I only go twice a week (if that)
and that I resent running for more than an hour because it's bloody tedious.
(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:06, Reply)

That it is
I find the trick to keeping going is pretty scenery, sunshine, decent tunes and knowing how great a feeling of accomplishment completing the course will entail
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Also running half the distance away from where you've left all your stuff
is a good incentive to run back.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:35, Reply)

^What the Fwapster said

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:09, Reply)

fuck yes
my friend was at uni there.

i called it brist-hill after a night involving booze and a stray shopping trolley.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Last time I ran it it was mostly flat.
I think the course has altered slightly but the steepest bit is out the Portway (a gradual, barely discernible slope) and then it's a breeze running back down it. There was a killer hill round Castle Park which was probably only about a metre in length but it was near the end so it felt like a mile.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:32, Reply)

That's good to know, thank you.
As yet though I can't even manage a 6 mile run, so I'll have to see how my training goes...
(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:45, Reply)

I haven't even started yet.
Will start in June. Maybe.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:53, Reply)

Yes, but aren't you some kind of ex running ninja?

(berk, Wed 18 May 2011, 11:59, Reply)

I'm just stubborn and refuse to stop once I've started.
That's the secret of long distance running. Works fine until you insist on running on a pulled muscle and end up with a stress fracture.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:08, Reply)

Yeah it's all through the downs and the portway,
Now bridge valley road is closed I think it re routes through the centre of town
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 18 May 2011, 12:11, Reply)