Yes it is
Which is why I was pleased. I wanted to get a time below two and a half hours, but near the end I thought I wouldn't as I was getting slower and slower, but it turns out we'd gone fast enough near the start to make up for it.

So I was pleased.

Christ, do people always have to explain everything to you in such a level of detail?
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:06, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

it was the bit where you said (or at least implied) you hadn't done it in under 2.5hrs that caused confusion.
"I was initially hoping we would get a sub 2.5 hour time, but in the last three miles I threw all hope of that out the window"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:10, Reply)

That's exactly what I thought

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:12, Reply)

Well I can't be held responsible for the fact that you bunch of witless spastics can't follow a conversation.
BGB: Acceptable time?
Me: Yes [it was an acceptable time], 2hr26min [the acceptable time] I didn't think I would do it that fast [explanation of why I was pleased with my acceptable time] I had thrown out all hope of getting that time [further information that although I had wanted a sub 2.5hour time during the last three miles I thought I couldn't possibly make it]

I thought CHCB was lying to me [yet more information as to why I thought I couldn't possibly achieve sub 2.5hours which is why achieving it was so pleasing to me]
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:19, Reply)

Or rather, we can't be held responsible for the fact that you inexplicably failed to include all the text in brackets above.
thus rendering your statement contradictory at best.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:22, Reply)

I'm sorry Badger, do you normally require crib notes for life?
It's just that, as a high flying academic, one would expect you to be able to understand the obvious implications which I highlighted above.

The fact that I started off with my actual finishing time, the "key point" if you will, is what clearly indicates that the remaining information was designed to inform why I didn't think I was going to achieve this.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:32, Reply)

then the remaining information you provided spectularly failed to inform.
As a "high flying academic" (whatever one of those is) part of my job is to teach people to express information clearly and without ambiguity. I'm sure I could recommend someone more geographically convenient who could provide this service to you?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:37, Reply)

Just becuase you're too busy having your clothes adjusted to read it properly and understand it
doesn't mean it fails to inform.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:39, Reply)

textbook fallback there, sir.
textbook.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:43, Reply)

No, I think it's "becuase" of your poor education.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)

As my learned colleague above pointed out
"I was initially hoping we would get a sub 2.5 hour time, but in the last three miles I threw all hope of that out the window."

Are you foreign, or just a mong?
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:30, Reply)

See above.
Since I stated what I did actually achieve, the following comment was a reason why I was surprised and pleased with the result.

Which is why you are the mong.

And probably a forrin to boot.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:33, Reply)

The description of your achievements read like it had been written by a 8 year old Somalian
with learning difficulties.

It is therefore not the fault of the reader when they cannot make head nor tail of it.

You flid.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:39, Reply)

I think the confusion was caused by your misplaced "but"
Would have made more sense as:
We did it in 2hour 26minutes and 1 second. I was initially hoping we would get a sub 2.5 hour time.

In the last three miles I threw all hope of that out the window, but CHCB kept telling me we were still on track for less than 2.5 hours. I thought she was just lying to make me feel better.

I'm sure an edit and a personal apology gazzed to Mighto and Fisty would clear this whole sorry mess up.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:43, Reply)

* awaits gaz *

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Mon 12 Sep 2011, 10:44, Reply)