I think you take a bit of pride at being above the prevailing cynical mood of the forum
Would you bate Enda Stephens in a dash ??
Iām not as fast from A to B anymore. Of course at my age and with my experience I donāt start from A.
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I couldnāt pretend to be something Iām not on the internet, it must be exhausting
Thatās very fast @TheUlteriorMotive, would you have been elite at national level with a time like that?
Yeah top 8 nationally but youād know not good enough to continue at it. Wasting your time. Same few lads would always beat you. Youād pick up provincial medals and an odd bronze.
Athletics has/had a huge fall off in participation from say 10 years old to 16 years old. All the fun goes out of it then. Training ramps up. Itās a bit different now and you might hang on for a domestic scholarship.
Only the top few lads keep at it. They were different gravy at that age.
If you are fast and fit itās more fun to go and play GAA as a teenager. Athletics is an awful lonely sport. Win on own. Lose on own. Thereās a joy in running fast and winning but itās fleeting. Nobody to share it with.
The relays were as close as you got to team sports. I loved them. I have an AI medal (gold) for a relay from a long time ago now and I can still remember the baton changes.
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Brushās appearance on the Sean Boylan documentary was a strange one that I didnāt see coming I must admit
There much pollen in cowshit?
They have been close friends for years. Boylan was also close friends with Tony Wilson of Factory Records fame. Iām sure a knowledgeable man like yourself knew that.
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I thought he was dead
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I saw him on that but wasnāt sure when it was made. Just found it strange that heās dropped off the grid of late, heās hardly become a recluse. A likeable sort Iāve always thought.
I really thought he was dead
Thats why I lost interest, used to always come 3rd at 800m at County level with the same two lads ahead of me. One of them went on to run a nice bit internationally.
Itās lonely enough as you get older iād say cause itās not like a team sport that all your mates are playing.
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Fuck, Russell Crowe has fallen hard if heās getting mentioned by Tubridy after Ronan Glynn and Irish Women in Harmony
Heās a good pal of Tubridy for whatever reasonš¤
Kraftwerk on later.
Two lovely cailins
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The dark haired girl is smashing
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Ellen now more famous than her auld fella.
Taylor Swift songs kept them alive 
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The power of positivity here, many a grown up would have panicked and been lost
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She looks like an actress but I cant think of her name.