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Mind you, the problem with incorporating a marathon into these weekends, is that all the places that I would consider a great weekend away, involve copious amounts of drinking and other shenanigans, that wouldn't normally be considered good marathon prep.!!
Carpet, can Amsterdam really be as good as it would be if running wasn't involved? Or do we arrange to stay maybe a couple of nights after it finishes??
GW - hope this passes the time.
Definitive Guide to Aussies
1. The bigger the hat, the smaller the farm.
2. The shorter the nickname, the more they like you.
3. Whether its the opening of Parliament, or the launch
of a new art gallery, there is no Australian event that
cannot be improved by a sausage sizzle.
4. If the guy next to you is swearing like a wharfie
hes probably a media billionaire. Or on the other hand,
he may be a wharfie.
5. There is no food that cannot be improved by the
application of tomato sauce.
6. On the beach, all Australians hide their keys and
wallets by placing them inside their sandshoes. No
thief has ever worked this out.
7. Industrial design knows of no article more useful
than the plastic milk crate.
8. All our best heroes are losers.
9. The alpha male in any group is he who takes the
barbecue tongs from the hands of the host and blithely
begins turning the snags.
10. Its not summer until the steering wheel is too hot
to hold.
11. A thong is not a piece of scanty swimwear, as in
America, but a fine example of Australian footwear. A
group of sheilas wearing black rubber thongs may not
be as exciting as you had hoped.
total bastard". By contrast, your worst enemy is "a
bit of a bastard".
13. Historians believe the widespread use of the word
"mate" can be traced to the harsh conditions on the
Australian frontier in the 1890s, and the development
of a code of mutual aid, or "mateship". Alternatively,
Australians may just be really hopeless with names.
14. The wise man chooses a partner who is attractive
not only to himself, but to the mosquitoes.
15. If it can't be fixed with pantyhose and fencing wire, its
not worth fixing.
16. The most popular and widely praised family in any
street is the one that has the swimming pool.
17. Its considered better to be down on your luck than
up yourself.
18. The phrase "weve got a great lifestyle" means
everyone in the family drinks too much.
19. If invited to a party, you should take cheap red
wine and then spend all night drinking the hosts beer.
(Dont worry, he'll have catered for it).
20. If there is any sort of free event or party within
a hundred kilometres, you'd be a mug not to go.
21. The phrase "a simple picnic" is not known. You
should take everything you own. If you dont need to
make three trips back to the car, you're not trying.
22. Unless ethnic or a Pom, you are not permitted to
sit down in your front yard, or on your front porch.
Pottering about, gardening or leaning on the fence is
acceptable. Just dont sit. Thats what backyards are
for.
23. The tarred road always ends just after the house
of the local mayor.
24. On picnics, the Esky is always too small, creating
a food versus grog battle that can only ever be
resolved by leaving the salad at home.
25.When on a country holiday, the neon sign advertising
the motels pool will always be slightly larger than the
pool itself.
26. The men are tough, but the women are tougher.
27. The chief test of manhood is ones ability to install
a beach umbrella in high winds.
28. Australians love new technology. Years after their
introduction, most conversations on mobile phones are
principally about the fact that the call is "being
made on my mobile".
29. There comes a time in every Australians life when
he/she realises that the Aerogard is worse than the
flies.
30. And, finally, don't let the tourist books fool you.
No-one EVER says "cobber" to anyone ... EVER! It also
doesn't have the bit about the true test for immigrat-
ion to Australia. They give potential new Aussies the
following test: Mowing a sloping lawn (at least 20
degree angle) in a pair of thongs holding a VB while
watching the cricket. If you can't pass that chances
are you will never be able to pass yourself off as a
true Aussie.
What about Munich as a marathon / beers place? I see there is one there 9 Oct.
Carpet - you can sign up for Richmond 1/2 online (if you haven't worked this out already)
CoopersRow, yep the Capri owners club met in Rome this year, the course was tough but there was dancing on the tables at the social later!
Barcelona was March 20th however the course was changed making it outside the city centre, waiting to see if it's re-instated to the city for 2006.
have heard the thing to do is run Berlin and then jump on a train and head up to Munich as the Oktoberfest is on
Hi all.
Sticking to local marathons for the rest of the year.
Embra - June 12th
L'ile de Batz (Brittany) - July 3rd (half)
Loch Ness - Oct 2nd
Nothing else 'til next year.
Nice one Pseudo. Really well done in Paris. My mate did Rotterdam this year, then FLM, and next week a cycle from Greenock (nr Glasgow) to Fort William (about 120miles) on the Sat, followed by Lochaber Marathon on the Sun!!!! Apparently Rotterdam was really good, nice and flat.
Gaza - no managed to avoid exposing myself à la Paula yesterday. Visited a fair few portaloos, pubs, McDs.... the second half of FLM took me a long long time! Cried like a baby with relief when it was finally done!
In spite of all that, had a fantastic weekend.
Oh and when you guys decide on the preferred autumn marathon, well I might just have to join you and just maybe do a decent time next time round!
Firstly, there is no major landmarks (except war memorials, the Berlin Wall, and Brandenberg Gate - shhh, don't mention the war!), it is full of Germans, the food is shite, there is nowhere to go out drinking. I prefer somewhere with a bit more culture rather than everything there to do with the war. Even the top landmark in Berlin was a church that had been hit by bombs in the blitz?
But apart from this, it is great......enjoy...!!!!
Boing for Katypie from Embra.
Rach - good to have you back - sorry the run didn't work out but pleased to hear that you had good weekend anyhow.
I am on for the GNR, but Dublin is tempting too
Could you send me the whizz kids programme, I do want to do another marathon but havent decided which.
Dublin sounds quite nice. And a Monday marathon is a little bit different.
Yesterday, bumped into a gym mate who ran London. He was 'totally gutted' by his 'very poor' time of 2:40.
Can you imagine that. Running a 2:40 full-marathon and being really disappointed.
Anyone seen the dried Paula Pee being sold on e-bay. Bad taste or what!
Its quite hilly and there aint much crowds but if you dont mind that it's good fun.
Anyway am doing Berlin in september thinking about Edinburgh too but not sure.
Although the paper said stomach cramps and so one might have expected something more 'substantial'!
Nice one on the Definitive guide to aussies , a true aussie marathoner can run it in his/her thongs
Hi Gaza, am actually jealous of you running in the heat. Can't wait till it hots up here. I miss all the sports coverage too. They showed FLM at 11.30pm. NO CRICKET either!
Am doing my local marathon here in October(23rd) Was going to Budapest but it's slightly too early in the month. Would mean doing too many long runs and hard training whilst kids were on school hols.