The serious people at it would usually need jobs that afford them a lot of spare time and money to make up for the lack of working and expensive equipment. Probably a great thing for teachers to do. There’s a lad in our running club who does lots of them and he’s a swimming instructor I think and works most of his hours first thing in the morning so has tonnes of daylight hours to train. Oh, and not having kids is probably a big advantage too!
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This is a quite an aside but there’s a tri-club in Dublin called Piranha. As well as their races, they seem to have a crack at different parkruns around Dublin from time to time. A bit of a club Saturday morning social outing vibe & they’d wear their club gear. I know my GP is a member of Piranha because we made eye contact & shared a little hello in St Anne’s Park after parkrun just over a year ago. This was mere days after he’d cupped my balls, said he was concerned that one was hugely bigger than the other & was referring me to a specialist.
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Any of our running fanatics doing the Great Limerick Run?, I’ll be on stewarding duty around the Ennis Road/Clareview area.
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Anseo.
I’ll be doing the half.
You’ll be right at the suffer zone so.
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Clubs get €60 a head for volunteers, as I’m down for the match I said I’d do it
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Yes doing the half also 
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Half here also, ennis road usually a good spot for strong support but as @TreatyStones says tis usually a slog in that area so the support is badly needed.
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Your primary role is not to send the leader the wrong direction.
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Best of luck lads. Expecting great things @TreatyStones @Rintintin @crutches and any other TFKers who line out
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Doing the Belfast marathon on Sunday.
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Your third rodeo there?
I know a few lads heading up here to do it. One of them did Manchester last week 
Half as well here. Young lads 18th is on Saturday night so on the dry for that. Will make up for it on the Sunday though🍺
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Yeah 3rd go at it chief. Did it in 3.09 last year and went back training at the end of November with the notion of trying to scrape in under 3 hours but that ain’t going to happen now. Training has fallen off a cliff the last 6 weeks or so between one thing and another. Somewhere between 3.30 and 3.45 is probably realistic now but sure c’est la vie.
2 marathons on consecutive weekends is fair going 
, he must be a wiry yoke?
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Actually it’s 2 in 3 weekends, my mistake, but some going. Yeah, I know the lad from a circuits class I do. He’s an absolute machine. He’s got the Mourne Way Marathon lined up in June then and three more marathons before the end of year
3.09 is a sensational time. I’d take a 4.09
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Best of luck to our crew out in Belfast and Limerick today. Have ye on the tracker with a few ‘in real life’ buddies @Rintintin and @TreatyStones
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Seconded. Best of luck lads. 
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Good luck to everyone running today. Fine day for it.
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before assuming my position best of luck to everyone 
Ah the two boys @Rintintin and @TreatyStones knocked it out of the park altogether. Fucking hell.
@backinatracksuit were you in half or 10k?
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