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I managed a personal best mile time of 3:17 tonight.

Obviously I didn't really, it was just my Garmin going sketchy for some reason. It added an extra half mile detour that never happened. That's one PB I'll never break!

22 hours ago, phantom said:

 

What a goal! That looked like a hard earned point!

10 hours ago, JackofromSanJavier said:

Listening to Talksport this evening, the hosts wanted calls from fans who managed to get tickets to watch their team for the first time in 9 months and give a summary of the experience. First called was Charlton fan, Sam.  He had a bit of a whinge about his team and said that they were booed off at full time.  However,during the chat he admitted that he left before the end!  The hosts basically tore him a new one!  Sam said we'll it was the worst performance I've seen in 10 years.  Talksports bloke went back at him and said it was the best performance he must have been at in the last 9 months!  Also suggested to Sam that there was no big crowd to beat in the rush away from the ground..........hilarious conversation to be fair!

Which prompts me to ask 2 questions.

1 If and when BCFC can allow limited numbers back into the Gate......and YOU are lucky enough to have your name drawn out of the ticket hat, would you stay until the very end regardless of the standard City home performance?

And

2 If you don't manage to scab a ticket but your best mate does.....and he tells you the next day that he left on 80 minutes, what would your response be? 

My own answer to questions 2 might involve a length of 4x2 to maintain sensible social distancing

Cracking radio call, mind!

That's brilliant, how dare people say football fans are fickle?!

On 08/11/2020 at 17:01, frenchred said:

Don't mean a thing to me I guess they are just less crap?

By your logic we may as well just shut down all football below men's champions league because by comparison everything else is crap.

4 hours ago, frenchred said:

An absolute waste of money, why the women's game is being promoted to the hilt when it's so crap is beyond me.

It's getting better mate, don't worry. The more support the women get the higher the standard will be raised. The elite players are awesome. 

On 05/10/2020 at 18:56, bs3 said:

I watched a woman’s game on the tele yesterday, Chelsea v Birmingham. Not particularly entertaining I couldn't put me finger on it first but then after 30 mins I realised there haven’t been one tackle.  It was like watching a training game , some very nice touches, ball retention was good but there was no aggression, no bite and no edge to the game. 
How many times you’ve been watching a game and it’s boring and then some one puts a crunching tackle in and it really gets everyone going. 
I would like to see the woman get in the opponents faces , it’s all to nice . 

You wanted tackles.... you get tackles...

14 hours ago, TomF said:

Just realised it’s 6 months since recovering from a week in Hosptial. Nice to crack out a 1.39 half today. So have brought that down from 1.59 for first one I did in June to today. Not sure I’m going much lower than that

Great effort Tom 

5 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

Won 4-0 tonight, maybe they are getting themselves together.

That's in the league cup against lesser opposition but will no doubt give them lift ahead of some more winnable league games 

18 minutes ago, Harry said:

 

Sounds good in theory. I know Silvio’s had his injury problems recently and with me back playing football (with multiple niggles resulting) my running has really taken a hit. 
Definitely up for it one day though when all fit and available. 

Can just be summat slow and easy.

I'm keen for this virtual Running Club to get engaged. I have a vision of the OTIB runners completing a challenge some time next year to raise money for a good cause.

45 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Aren’t we all (when not hungover/injured) pretty similar paces too? Could make for an interesting 10k!

Yeah I'm happy with an inaugural OTIB 10k either fast or slow. 

On 02/10/2020 at 20:08, Silvio Dante said:

I’ve always (well since I started running) thought that you’re a real runner if when it’s pissing it down outside, you still go. It shows you’re going for the love of it and not for show. Plus, there’s no better feeling than a warm shower after a wet run.

In a lot of ways, it’s actually better than running in summer - no heat fatigue and as long as no wind...there’s no excuse.

Unless, like me, your default route is unlit country lanes and it’s getting dark!

23 hours ago, Harry said:

Yep. Love running in the rain too. 
Wind can do one, but rain - yep, love it. 

We'll have to do a South Glos division OTIB Runners amble at some point  

Natch at the finish line of course...

56 minutes ago, bs3 said:

I watched a woman’s game on the tele yesterday, Chelsea v Birmingham. Not particularly entertaining I couldn't put me finger on it first but then after 30 mins I realised there haven’t been one tackle.  It was like watching a training game , some very nice touches, ball retention was good but there was no aggression, no bite and no edge to the game. 
How many times you’ve been watching a game and it’s boring and then some one puts a crunching tackle in and it really gets everyone going. 
I would like to see the woman get in the opponents faces , it’s all to nice . 

One sort of counterpoint to that... I watched the latter stages of the women's Champions League and one of the impressive things I noticed (BIG contrast with the men's CL) was there was no diving! It was different from what you saw because there were actually some challenges and physicality was allowed. Like with the lower leagues in men's football. 

It's quite ironic that in the CL, Neymar et al were flinging themselves to ground and yelping at every contact, yet the PSG Women stayed on their feet and didn't 'bitch'!

If the financial climate wasn't so bad Lansdown might have been tempted to invest more in the women. There are so few clubs with proper funding that there's a real opportunity to have a top side. Just look at Lyon.

On 02/10/2020 at 20:08, Silvio Dante said:

I’ve always (well since I started running) thought that you’re a real runner if when it’s pissing it down outside, you still go. It shows you’re going for the love of it and not for show. Plus, there’s no better feeling than a warm shower after a wet run.

In a lot of ways, it’s actually better than running in summer - no heat fatigue and as long as no wind...there’s no excuse.

Unless, like me, your default route is unlit country lanes and it’s getting dark!

I like your thinking. To be fair, wind is more my enemy than rain. At least with rain you can keep your pace consistent. 

That said, I postponed my longer run from this morning to tomorrow morning before work just because I prefer the forecast. 

Love those country lanes btw. Nice and flat, all farms and fields and very little traffic. 

Yeah, we're rock bottom so far, but it's gonna be all about the 6 pointers with the other 4 winless teams. Just got to survive again this season.

City took a shock lead away at Arsenal today before the Gunners piled on the pressure. We finally caved in 42nd minute and now 1-1 at half time. 

7 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

After his debut. one of the best ive seen from a young un in years.

He would have had a few teams watching him il bet.

Only stating the obvious, but we are going to struggle to keep this kid next year.

 

 

We had the same conversation about Massengo this time last season. Bakinson is 8 months away from being a Premier league footballer if he can keep his standards up. It could be life changing for him and £20m for us. But that's a big ask.

I think some people are being overly critical of Bakinson, even re the 1st half. He worked hard from start to finish and had an incredibly busy day. Overall he did enough for a 7/10

26 minutes ago, TomF said:

Stick the app in the car and drive at 7mph

Tempting... 

I'll probably put the long sleeves on, and I find wearing a cap prevents the irritation of rain on face, but guaranteed to get soaked.

So...how do we maintain our mileage with rainy weather?

1 minute ago, !james said:

I see Bath Half has been put back from March to Sept 2021... cant see any 'big' events going ahead next year.

Relish Running are still doing small events at Bath two tunnels and at the Racecourse - staggered starts etc which is fine for small numbered events 

I think most events have ruled out Spring and are hoping for the Autumn 2021

1 hour ago, Rob k said:

Just started a block of zone 2 training - god it feels weird running slowly on purpose 

What have you slowed to and from out of interest?

Here's a fun question...

Have you ever followed a City game during a run?

That could be commentary, stream, OTIB etc.

I'm out with club at 7 tonight so tempted to keep my phone at hand to follow the BBC commentary... Bit unsociable, but hey, it's important!

9 minutes ago, Keepers Ball said:

Lost 9-0 . Didnt they get tanked last week?

Strip them of the name. Embarrassing

Southampton didn't do too bad last season (mens)

2 hours ago, Redpool said:

Should have their own separate website. Couldn't give a toss about the women's team. 

I'm glad you don't work for the marketing team then!

1 hour ago, 054123 said:

The race for equality just ended up with needless pressure on very rich clubs to ‘buy’ their way to success, creating the same monopoly we see in the men’s game.

The unintended consequences that blight modern society.

That's true I guess but investing in the women is also a noble move. Lyon took the female set up seriously and now have the best team in the world. That gives French women an incentive to play football.

9 minutes ago, Matthew me said:

All seems a bit pointless. Doesn't really help the club's reputation to be seen as a joke team

Getting hammered every week and being rooted at the foot of the table doesn't help anyone

Why don't they just play a lower level 

We were in the Champions League a few years ago!

5... at half time but against a top team.

Tough week for the women but survival will depend more on those 6 pointers. 

Would be nice to find the net.