Loyal's bid for an Olympic 1500m gold medal blog

Starts tomorrow with a jog up the Hill of Tara.

Would ya not just drive?

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:Starts tomorrow with a jog up the Hill of Tara.

I thought they put a motorway through it..

Driving is not allowed in the Olympics.

If there's a motorway there, then I'll jog up it instead.

Hard to believe, two prospective Olympic participants posting on this forum.

Make that three. I can put my feet behind my head I have to qualify for gymnastics in the olympics.

I've met loadsa girls who can do that .....

Those Dublin girls must be great craic so

Jayo Cluxton wrote:I've met loadsa girls who can do that .....

Have the prices come down now that we are in recession ?

OMAR wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:I've met loadsa girls who can do that .....

Have the prices come down now that we are in recession ?

Black&white is the man for that question I believe .....

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

OMAR wrote:

Jayo Cluxton wrote:I've met loadsa girls who can do that .....

Have the prices come down now that we are in recession ?

Black&white is the man for that question I believe .....

As I arrived home from football there was a car parked on the road outside the apartment with a young lady leaning in the window. The lad in the car was moaning about his knees and the car had a personalised number place "JC 95"

Not suggesting anything about the identity but........................




On a completely unrelated matter, am considering remaning our wireless network in the house "Operation Quest observation post." If any of the pros' or punters have iPhones it might give them second thoughts

black&white wrote:As I arrived home from football there was a car parked on the road outside the apartment with a young lady leaning in the window. The lad in the car was moaning about his knees and the car had a personalised number place "JC 95"
Not suggesting anything about the identity but........................

My soup kitchen type work continues unabated .... and actually busier than ever.

I used to boost that I would win the marathon in the 1984 Olympics.

As things turned out John Treacy was second so I probably would have won if i had stuck at it.

patrique wrote:I used to boost that I would win the marathon in the 1984 Olympics.

As things turned out John Treacy was second so I probably would have won if i had stuck at it.

Carlos Lopez and Charlie Spedding - Bad thing when I can remember that but couldn't name a medallist in the next 6
There used to be a joke about entering marathons and problems with peanuts etc - but it feel away in the Snickers era.

Speaking of JT bumped into the watervillian down scotstown direction - Hes married into the the Moyna clan (local publicans) and a very interesting family all round - even for that part of the world. The moynas would the the third best known clan after Sean McCaugue and Seamus McElwaine.

OMAR wrote:

patrique wrote:I used to boost that I would win the marathon in the 1984 Olympics.

As things turned out John Treacy was second so I probably would have won if i had stuck at it.

Carlos Lopez and Charlie Spedding - Bad thing when I can remember that but couldn't name a medallist in the next 6
There used to be a joke about entering marathons and problems with peanuts etc - but it feel away in the Snickers era.

Speaking of JT bumped into the watervillian down scotstown direction - Hes married into the the Moyna clan (local publicans) and a very interesting family all round - even for that part of the world. The moynas would the the third best known clan after Sean McCaugue and Seamus McElwaine.

I take it you gave up the drink shortly after P?

Same Moyna's as Niall in DCU I think OMAR yeah? Not a great lover of the Memory Man but his commentary and listing of Irish Olympic medallists as JT ran the last 200 was ..... memorable I suppose!

Ran my first marathon aged 16 in 1969. The longer the race the better I was as those sprint finishes and stuff didn't suit me. Hence my hero was David Bedford. Unfortunately at Irish school events the longest track event was 5,000 metres, so I won it 3 years in succession.

Alas the smoking, women and all sorts got to me, and I never ever trained, and by 1971 I was reduced to winning the 1,500 metres at the school sports, a win that still shocks me to this day.

G'way outta that P. There was no metres in your day ....

Jayo Cluxton wrote:G'way outta that P. There was no metres in your day ....

We did call it "The mile" but it was 1,500 metres.

Every Wenesday we had a "road race" about 4 mile distance, but one mile straight up Hannastown Hill which is a bit like the top of Croag Patrick. I never lost this race, as I could run up the hill same speed as I did on the flat!!!!

I confess I did send Jim McLaughlin the wrong way once, and he did run at the Olympics.........

Not the LoI manager??? By the way is the entrance to Hillsborough up to the building supposed to be exactly a mile?

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

OMAR wrote:

patrique wrote:I used to boost that I would win the marathon in the 1984 Olympics.

As things turned out John Treacy was second so I probably would have won if i had stuck at it.

Carlos Lopez and Charlie Spedding - Bad thing when I can remember that but couldn't name a medallist in the next 6
There used to be a joke about entering marathons and problems with peanuts etc - but it feel away in the Snickers era.

Speaking of JT bumped into the watervillian down scotstown direction - Hes married into the the Moyna clan (local publicans) and a very interesting family all round - even for that part of the world. The moynas would the the third best known clan after Sean McCaugue and Seamus McElwaine.

I take it you gave up the drink shortly after P?

Same Moyna's as Niall in DCU I think OMAR yeah? Not a great lover of the Memory Man but his commentary and listing of Irish Olympic medallists as JT ran the last 200 was ..... memorable I suppose!

YEP JT is a brother in law of Nialls
There are a few other brothers - One spent most of the 80's/90's in the states - came back home shortly after Easter 1998. Another brother John lived in Portlaoise for a while used to knock around with a fellow called SAM
- He left portllaoise around 98 as well by coincidence.

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Jayo Cluxton wrote:G'way outta that P. There was no metres in your day ....

We did call it "The mile" but it was 1,500 metres.

Every Wenesday we had a "road race" about 4 mile distance, but one mile straight up Hannastown Hill which is a bit like the top of Croag Patrick. I never lost this race, as I could run up the hill same speed as I did on the flat!!!!

You should have run at Cheltenham

OMAR wrote:You should have run at Cheltenham

This could well be P .....

Loyal a good friend of mine is a priest in Kenya. If you need a hand out with training give me a shout .....