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Steako

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  1. as I said earlier, I havent really given any football game much time since fifa95 on the megadrive. I got fifa09 yesterday and popped it in the 360 at about 14:00 yesterday.

    I finally turned it off at about 20:30, breaking only to make and eat dinner - and the occasional ciggy/fridge run.

    Mrs t8y didnt have a very happy face, but mine was beaming. what a f**king game - I seriously love it. And being a novice it took me all my time to win my first game. I played about 17 games on manager mode, and have only reached about 16th in the league with Hull City.

    I can see the wife leaving me.

  2. Another one bits the Red Ring Of Death.

    On the plus side, never been a better time to jump on the PS3 bandwagon.

    With wipeout HD impressing reviewers worldwide,

    LitteBIGplanet continunig to impress on its Beta,

    Resistance 2 is shaping up great, saw some new videos today and its looking stunning.

    Motorstorm 2 is also looking like a must buy.

  3. Double ironman is 5 miles swim, 225 miles on the bike (jeez) and then (wait for it) 52 miles run - or 2 marathons. All done continously over probably 36 hours or so (no sleep). I am going to spectate because I can't imagine why anyone would do this to themselves and I want to see grown men hallucinate and weep!

    I work with a woman who done an Ironman, she said it was the hardest thing she has ever done. I ran a marathon before and i was in shit state for 10 days afterwards. God knows what it would be like to do a 'Double Ironman'.

  4. Last night I did 5 miles in 43 mins.

    Am quitely confident now, and am actually looking forward to it

    Glad to hear it, i used to be quite competitive. By that i mean i was always wanting to beat my previous times, not that i was actually competitive in the race. I always got a sense of achievement if i beat my previous time, if i didn't i would train harder.

    Should be looking at sub 2 hours on the day with that pace. Wasn't you originally looking at 2'20?

  5. Update:

    Ok, so I have got a proper pair of running trainers. I went into a shop at my mate's gym and they have a treadmill machine with a video camera attached to it that records you running. They then showed me my running style in slow motion and explained what kind of support I needed.

    So I got the trainers (luckily there was a sale on too) and i've been training 3 times a week on the road, plus 1 or 2 gym sessions a week too.

    Usually have been doing two midweek runs typically between 4-7 miles long, and a longer weekend run. I did 10 miles for the first time on sunday and managed to get round in 1hr 42.

    Am aiming to get round the half marathon course in about 2hr 20.

    It's less than 2 weeks away now, and am wondering if any seasoned runners could give me any advice on how close to race day should I be training?

    Was thinking i'm not going to go out at all on the day before, but no idea whether i should have 2 days off or a week even?

    When would you do your last 'long' run and then maybe only do shorter ones?

    I used to run a lot, not as much anymore, although i am trying to get fitter again. I have run quite a few half marathons and 2 full marathons. I normally found that i would have my last big run about 5-7 days before and then maybe 1 or 2 shorter and slower paced runs up to 48hrs before. Plenty of carbs the day before the race for energy and a top tip i picked up once was to take an imodium about 2 hours before running. Last thing you want is to have to stop for a number 2.

  6. red always seems to be the way to go, we have been there for the last 3 years nr the big tree with the log on the floor by it on your right as you enter the campsite... can get a little noisey and some pople are just weird there (some guy trotted up to us thinkin he was a horse and asked for some water) but overall its a good place, the constant humming from the vans will get you to sleep if you need it, will probably end up there again

    It must get cramped round that tree, everyone claims to camp round it.

  7. then if you add all of the media to the various libraries, and then go via the media panel on the xbox it should all be there, you have to change the source obviously but that should do the job.
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