Rich Dublins Ultimate Goal

Hey everybody,

i have created this thresd for two reasons, i have been training as some of ye all know for the past 4 months for the belfast marathon. while doing this i have a blog on bebo so all my friends can see how the training is going, they leave loads of comments, some inspirational some funny. i have an idea i want to put them in a book at the end of it.

so i would as you all as my gaatipster friends please leave some comments so you can go in my book too.................................................


also i am goign to be very cheekey and see if some will sponsor me too!!!! i know there is a an economic meltdown and all that and i understand if you cant but there is no harm in asking and i will only ask once......... so you can not all hate me

i am running this for Croi the west of ireland heart foundation which is a great cause and really need the funds the link to my mycharity website is
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please give if you can
and please please leave loads of comments

thank you all........


oh just to give you an idea of the traing involved, i have over the last 15 weks done

1x 22 mile
1x 20 mile
2 x 18 mile
3 x 16 mile

and loads of other runs training 5-7 days a week and including the wexford half marathon last sunday which i did in 2 hours flat total miles would be in excess of 480 miles!!!!!!!

rich - i have to take my hat off to you - any man woman or child who takes on a marathon has my utmost respect. I recently done a 4 mile run with some folks from work for charity and I thought that was tough going.

Best of luck with the rest of the training - you must be mentally very strong. I'll donate a few shillings when i get the chance.

Good luck

bocerty wrote:rich - i have to take my hat off to you - any man woman or child who takes on a marathon has my utmost respect. I recently done a 4 mile run with some folks from work for charity and I thought that was tough going.

Best of luck with the rest of the training - you must be mentally very strong. I'll donate a few shillings when i get the chance.

Good luck

not sure if it is mentallly strong or just plain mental

Well done Richy!! Ya have a good heart so ya do-but your from practically from mayo so what would ya expect!!!! Aso, you mentioned that youre with croi. I wanted to volunteer with them over the Summer but what does it involve? Can I do marathons like you do? Also, is there stuff like church gate collections etc.? I'm stuck between voluteering with croí, irish red cross or the galway simon community!!! I cant decide which one, i cant really say that one is better than the other, because they all involve people who are in need or need help.......

EstherMayo1951 wrote:Well done Richy!! Ya have a good heart so ya do-but your from practically from mayo so what would ya expect!!!! Aso, you mentioned that youre with croi. I wanted to volunteer with them over the Summer but what does it involve? Can I do marathons like you do? Also, is there stuff like church gate collections etc.? I'm stuck between voluteering with croí, irish red cross or the galway simon community!!! I cant decide which one, i cant really say that one is better than the other, because they all involve people who are in need or need help.......

hey essie, not sure what involves with that to be honest i picked the charity based on the work they do for the west of ireland without them we would have no heart clinic in galway hospital or alot of the other serices that are in there for the heart, great charity and are really under funded so i though i would try and help them.

as for doing a marathon anyone can do them just get out there and start, the first stem is the hardest if you are interested in it i can e-mail you some start up plans, one of the most important things is the runners, but a good pair of asics first.

rich dublin wrote:

EstherMayo1951 wrote:Well done Richy!! Ya have a good heart so ya do-but your from practically from mayo so what would ya expect!!!! Aso, you mentioned that youre with croi. I wanted to volunteer with them over the Summer but what does it involve? Can I do marathons like you do? Also, is there stuff like church gate collections etc.? I'm stuck between voluteering with croí, irish red cross or the galway simon community!!! I cant decide which one, i cant really say that one is better than the other, because they all involve people who are in need or need help.......

hey essie, not sure what involves with that to be honest i picked the charity based on the work they do for the west of ireland without them we would have no heart clinic in galway hospital or alot of the other serices that are in there for the heart, great charity and are really under funded so i though i would try and help them.

as for doing a marathon anyone can do them just get out there and start, the first stem is the hardest if you are interested in it i can e-mail you some start up plans, one of the most important things is the runners, but a good pair of asics first.

Thanks Richy-I think youve won me over to Croí!!! That was one I was seriously thinking about, and sure I can volunteer for the Simon Community too!!!

That'd e great if ya could e-mail that to me-but i dont want to put ya under pressure now!! I dont mind!! Thanks very much Richy!!

Fair play Rich, hope you get on well. Running a marathon is one of those things I'd love to do sometime, it'd be a great achievement, but whether or not I end up doing one is another thing! Talking about it is easy(usually done in the pub after a few!), and alot of people I know would be the same but we never bother our arses! So fair play on doing it Rich, and really respect you for raising funds for charity on top of that..

not a bother essie anything for you,

i will do a couple up over the weekend for you, will depend on your standerds of fitness but will give you a base idea of whats involved anyway

rich dublin wrote:not a bother essie anything for you,

i will do a couple up over the weekend for you, will depend on your standerds of fitness but will give you a base idea of whats involved anyway

thanks so much Richy!!!! But remember dont put yourself under any pressure-I dont want ya to go to any bother for me!!!

As for my fitness-I'm simply the best!!! Ah no, I used to go for runs everyday on the running track near my house and the rugby field, but I've been very busy so usually i just get a bit of exercise done in the week!! But sure, i'd still love to give the marathon thing a lash, to help people if nothing else!!! Thanks Richy!!!

fair play Rich - mammoth effort! any chance of a link to the bebo page as i am very lazy and can't be bothered to find it myself! cheers

I'll gladly sponsor you just as soon as my college and ex employer decide to pull their thumb out

Rich - I will gladly throw a few bob in your direction for both the great effort and the cause. I have a few Marathons under me belt meself. so to speak - and then they changed the name to Snickers...

Also - I am too lazy to write my own book (yet) and this sounds like a good way to get into print - hopefully!! Would a small 10,000 word effort about Rich's training and it's effect on global warming be acceptable?

Jayo Cluxton wrote:Rich - I will gladly throw a few bob in your direction for both the great effort and the cause. I have a few Marathons under me belt meself. so to speak - and then they changed the name to Snickers...

Also - I am too lazy to write my own book (yet) and this sounds like a good way to get into print - hopefully!! Would a small 10,000 word effort about Rich's training and it's effect on global warming be acceptable?

Rich - i just sponsored you a few pound there - bes tof luck with it. Rather you than me.............

bocerty wrote:Rich - i just sponsored you a few pound there - bes tof luck with it. Rather you than me.............

thank you so much mate really did not have to go so high though thanks again

well Loyal has promised to make us all millionaires on 2nd May so its only a drop in the ocean

its for a good cause Rich

bocerty wrote:well Loyal has promised to make us all millionaires on 2nd May so its only a drop in the ocean

its for a good cause Rich

Fair play, Boc......Tá croí mhór agat!!

well Rich i dont mean to crank up the pressure on you but i see Jordan finished the London Marathon yesterday with two dodgy........ knees (sorry i got carried away there) if she can do it carrying all that baggage theres hope for you Rich

bocerty wrote:well Rich i dont mean to crank up the pressure on you but i see Jordan finished the London Marathon yesterday with two dodgy........ knees (sorry i got carried away there) if she can do it carrying all that baggage theres hope for you Rich

I hear she has two fine black eyes today!!

so have most of the people who were in the group running directly behind her!!!!!!!

thanks lads no pressure so do you know what time she did it it?

7 hours rich...........

bocerty wrote:well Loyal has promised to make us all millionaires on 2nd May so its only a drop in the ocean

its for a good cause Rich

Just read this two minutes ago:

ONE-TIME ante-post favourite Quality Road has been ruled out of the Kentucky Derby after the quarter-crack in his off-fore hoof failed to respond adequately to treatment.

The Florida Derby winner was unable to perform a crucial workout on Monday morning at Belmont Park, which meant connections decided to by-pass Saturday's race.

The quarter-crack, which emerged last week, was the second setback of its type to have afflicted Quality Road in his Derby preparations after a similar injury in his off-hind hoof earlier this month.

"We couldn't train him, so we decided we couldn't run him," said trainer Jimmy Jerkens. "He just isn't sound enough.

"It's devastating," he added. "But you're just kidding yourself if you think you can go out there and run in the biggest race in the world and haven't trained. It's a shame because he's so talented."

Jerkens had jogged Quality Road on Saturday and then galloped him on Sunday after the second crack had been re-laced with wire and patched by hoof specialist Ian McKinlay.

The son of Elusive Quality had shown a slight bit of blood after galloping, but was scheduled to work on Monday over the training track at Belmont.

"There was some tenderness in the foot this morning and he's not 100 per cent," said Chris Baker, farm manager for owner Edward Evans's Spring Hill Farm.

"Jimmy wasn't comfortable breezing him and without a work, he can't go. He's not going to make the race."

Quality Road has won three of his four career starts, most recently landing the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.

"The good news is we have a very talented three-year-old," added Baker. "We'll get him right and go from there."

I am devasted.

Loyal2TheRoyal wrote:

bocerty wrote:well Loyal has promised to make us all millionaires on 2nd May so its only a drop in the ocean

its for a good cause Rich

Just read this two minutes ago:

ONE-TIME ante-post favourite Quality Road has been ruled out of the Kentucky Derby after the quarter-crack in his off-fore hoof failed to respond adequately to treatment.

The Florida Derby winner was unable to perform a crucial workout on Monday morning at Belmont Park, which meant connections decided to by-pass Saturday's race.

The quarter-crack, which emerged last week, was the second setback of its type to have afflicted Quality Road in his Derby preparations after a similar injury in his off-hind hoof earlier this month.



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"We couldn't train him, so we decided we couldn't run him," said trainer Jimmy Jerkens. "He just isn't sound enough.

"It's devastating," he added. "But you're just kidding yourself if you think you can go out there and run in the biggest race in the world and haven't trained. It's a shame because he's so talented."

Jerkens had jogged Quality Road on Saturday and then galloped him on Sunday after the second crack had been re-laced with wire and patched by hoof specialist Ian McKinlay.

The son of Elusive Quality had shown a slight bit of blood after galloping, but was scheduled to work on Monday over the training track at Belmont.

"There was some tenderness in the foot this morning and he's not 100 per cent," said Chris Baker, farm manager for owner Edward Evans's Spring Hill Farm.

"Jimmy wasn't comfortable breezing him and without a work, he can't go. He's not going to make the race."

Quality Road has won three of his four career starts, most recently landing the Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Grade 1 Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.

"The good news is we have a very talented three-year-old," added Baker. "We'll get him right and go from there."

I am devasted.

You'll get over it Loyally! Sure he'll be back again soon-hopefully!!!????

bocerty wrote:7 hours rich...........

7 hours????? happy days ill do it inside that i always said i wanted to beat jordan!!!!!!!