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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Thu 21 Dec 07:05
Running a marathon is quite an achievement, but this is off the scale. ๐ณ
[urlt]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wyzdz334jo
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Sat 23 Dec 09:06
Getting to the end of HJโs โ Iโve been everywhere manโ lectures..
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Topic Originator: The One Who Knocks
Date: Sat 23 Dec 09:19
It`s a herculean effort right enough to run that distance in that time scale or on any time scale really. When you hear about these sort of challenges though I do wonder if it is motivated by the charity or if it`s more just because the people doing it want to do it for themselves.
And although my eyes were open
They just might as well be closed
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sat 23 Dec 10:07
Quote:
The One Who Knocks, Sat 23 Dec 09:19
It`s a herculean effort right enough to run that distance in that time scale or on any time scale really. When you hear about these sort of challenges though I do wonder if it is motivated by the charity or if it`s more just because the people doing it want to do it for themselves.
I can`t imagine you`d even set off if your heart wasn`t really in it, no matter how deserving the charity is. There will always be people wanting to challenge themselves to achieve something really difficult, but this is wild.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Sat 23 Dec 11:30
Quote:
Parboiled, Sat 23 Dec 09:06
Getting to the end of HJโs โ Iโve been everywhere manโ lectures..
Had a strange coincidence there. Just sat down to breakfast, TV on STV, James Martin`s Saturday Kitchen, which had just gone to a break. I opened my phone, opened this thread, and Parsboiled`s post was the first one I read, at exactly the same time as Johnny Cash sang those exact words on a Trail finders advert.
"I`ve been everywhere, man".
It was the exact split second moment I was reading it in my head, he sang the words. Mind blowing
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Topic Originator: MessiPar
Date: Sat 23 Dec 11:54
It`s just running....can`t be that hard
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sat 23 Dec 12:54
Quote:
MessiPar, Sat 23 Dec 11:54
It`s just running....can`t be that hard
I think your tongue is firmly in your cheek, Messi. ๐
On the off chance you were being serious, I`m guessing you`re obviously not a long distance runner?
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sat 23 Dec 12:57
Maybe he just felt like running?
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Topic Originator: thomson
Date: Sat 23 Dec 16:03
If you find his twitter, he gives regular updates on what he`s been encountering. Some pretty mental stuff.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sat 23 Dec 17:37
I used to run to Dudley Hunters shop in Clacks every day for all my old neighbours and get a thruppeny bit for my efforts
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: MessiPar
Date: Mon 25 Dec 13:35
What`s the issue, you put one foot in front of the other same as when you`re walking but just a bit quicker...simples...
if he was playing keepy uppy the whole time I`d be impressed
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Topic Originator: ZiggyB
Date: Sat 17 Feb 22:11
GG do you think he was in the Ballroom the night before till back o two like I use to do? LOL
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sun 18 Feb 07:40
Quote:
ZiggyB, Sat 17 Feb 22:11
GG do you think he was in the Ballroom the night before till back o two like I use to do? LOL
Aye, you`re just our local nutter, Ziggy. Ah mind o` ye getting a good whack on the knee a week before the Dunfermline half marathon and telling me at the start you were going to give it a try but your knee was still pretty swollen and sore and you didn`t you think you`d finish the race.
Later on, I heard you`d completed the run in 81 mins...... ๐
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Topic Originator: DunfyDave
Date: Sun 18 Feb 08:48
Quote:
Ormiston_Par, Fri 22 Dec 15:47
20+ years of reading and posting on this forum.
It`s essentially Stockholm syndrome at this point.
๐ค๐๐๐
DunfyDave
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sun 18 Feb 08:51
Quote:
red-star-par, Sat 23 Dec 11:30
Quote:
Parboiled, Sat 23 Dec 09:06
Getting to the end of HJโs โ Iโve been everywhere manโ lectures..
Had a strange coincidence there. Just sat down to breakfast, TV on STV, James Martin`s Saturday Kitchen, which had just gone to a break. I opened my phone, opened this thread, and Parsboiled`s post was the first one I read, at exactly the same time as Johnny Cash sang those exact words on a Trail finders advert.
"I`ve been everywhere, man".
It was the exact split second moment I was reading it in my head, he sang the words. Mind blowing
Minor point.
Canโt think Iโve heard the advert - thatโs not originally a Johnny Cash song though. Hank Snow if Iโve made the right connection
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sun 18 Feb 09:27
Minor point.
Canโt think Iโve heard the advert - thatโs not originally a Johnny Cash song though. Hank Snow if Iโve made the right connection
Hank snow did a version of the original and changed some of the lyrics vee
Original was by an Aussie Geoff Mack
according to google there are 131 versions
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Sun 18 Feb 09:41
Quote:
GG Riva, Sun 18 Feb 07:40
Quote:
ZiggyB, Sat 17 Feb 22:11
GG do you think he was in the Ballroom the night before till back o two like I use to do? LOL
Aye, you`re just our local nutter, Ziggy. Ah mind o` ye getting a good whack on the knee a week before the Dunfermline half marathon and telling me at the start you were going to give it a try but your knee was still pretty swollen and sore and you didn`t you think you`d finish the race.
Later on, I heard you`d completed the run in 81 mins...... ๐
I didn`t realise you were an Alf Tupper runner Ziggy, now I know why I couldn`t catch you on the fitba Park !
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sun 18 Feb 18:32
Quote:
Buspasspar, Sun 18 Feb 09:27
Minor point.
Canโt think Iโve heard the advert - thatโs not originally a Johnny Cash song though. Hank Snow if Iโve made the right connection
Hank snow did a version of the original and changed some of the lyrics vee
Original was by an Aussie Geoff Mack
according to google there are 131 versions
One lives and learns -well corrected.
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Topic Originator: allparone
Date: Sat 23 Mar 17:33
This canโt be far from the limit. Outstanding effort from Jasmin.
Jasmin Paris first woman to complete gruelling Barkley Marathons race https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68643341
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Topic Originator: Neil_Philp
Date: Sun 24 Mar 17:24
Listening to an entire Courteeners album
COYP
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Topic Originator: desparado
Date: Tue 26 Mar 15:53
Putting up with Westminster Rule has to be right up thereโฆโฆ.
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Topic Originator: parsmad68
Date: Wed 27 Mar 12:45
Waiting to see a GP in person
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Sun 7 Apr 21:49
Going through cancer, must be pretty high up there. The mental anguish of diagnosis. The physical harm that`s done to you and the pain in knowing that it will probably come back and get you.
F UCK CANCER
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Mon 8 Apr 06:13
Quote:
Raymie the Legend, Sun 7 Apr 08:23
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-68725446.amp
Adjectives like "amazing" and "astounding" don`t begin to do his achievement justice. It`s scarcely believable that any sane human being would voluntarily put himself through such torture. Running a single marathon in a temperate climate is tough enough, doing that in searing heat, day after day, is just wow!
I wonder if we`ll see a documentary about it?
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Mon 8 Apr 06:13
Quote:
Raymie the Legend, Sun 7 Apr 08:23
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-68725446.amp
Adjectives like "amazing" and "astounding" don`t begin to do his achievement justice. It`s scarcely believable that any sane human being would voluntarily put himself through such torture. Running a single marathon in a temperate climate is tough enough, doing that in searing heat, day after day, is just wow!
I wonder if we`ll see a documentary about it?
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Mon 8 Apr 06:17
Quote:
Big T Par, Sun 7 Apr 21:49
Going through cancer, must be pretty high up there. The mental anguish of diagnosis. The physical harm that`s done to you and the pain in knowing that it will probably come back and get you.
F UCK CANCER
How are you doing, Big T? Are you in remission just now? You`ve been batling that horrible disease for a good number of years now. I take it you still go for regular checks?
Dotnet`s very own hardest geezer. ๐ All the best, mate. ๐
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Topic Originator: Rusty Shackleford
Date: Mon 8 Apr 10:22
Hugely impressive of course but there`s few things that interest me less than long distance running.
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Topic Originator: EastEndTales
Date: Mon 8 Apr 10:49
Quote:
Rusty Shackleford, Mon 8 Apr 10:22
Hugely impressive of course but there`s few things that interest me less than long distance running.
What distance we talking?
Ep.16 of East End Tales is out now with Steven Mill
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1972630/14949749
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Mon 8 Apr 11:25
Quote:
GG Riva, Mon 8 Apr 06:17
Quote:
Big T Par, Sun 7 Apr 21:49
Going through cancer, must be pretty high up there. The mental anguish of diagnosis. The physical harm that`s done to you and the pain in knowing that it will probably come back and get you.
F UCK CANCER
How are you doing, Big T? Are you in remission just now? You`ve been batling that horrible disease for a good number of years now. I take it you still go for regular checks?
Dotnet`s very own hardest geezer. ๐ All the best, mate. ๐
I`m good mate, thank you. I never use the R word. I`m still here, that`s how I prefer to say it ๐ Don`t ever want to tempt fate, by saying I`ve beaten it. It`s a relentless beast.
I finished my treatment, the drug Pembrolizumab, December 2015. Since then I have received no more medication. The drug has done it`s job and continues to do so. The only follow up I get now, is the occasional phone call, to see how things are. After treatment finished, it was a pretty intense follow up procedure. Lots of scans and appointments, But I know where they are if things go wrong again, they`re a wonderful bunch at the WGH.
I`m just trying to get on with things and put it to the back of my mind. So far, so good ๐
Thanks for the wishes GG, means a lot mate ๐
Post Edited (Mon 08 Apr 11:27)
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Mon 8 Apr 11:57
Stay strong Big T Par!!!โค๏ธโ๏ธ๐
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Mon 8 Apr 12:17
Top man Big T.
Gone through something similar myself. Not an easy ride but "character building" and got to meet some amazing people.
Glad I`ve realised just how precious life is early on.
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Mon 8 Apr 13:17
Quote:
ipswichpar, Mon 8 Apr 12:17
Top man Big T.
Gone through something similar myself. Not an easy ride but "character building" and got to meet some amazing people.
Glad I`ve realised just how precious life is early on.
Absolutely mate. Best wishes, as always buddy ๐๐
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Mon 8 Apr 13:17
Quote:
LochgellyAlbert, Mon 8 Apr 11:57
Stay strong Big T Par!!!โค๏ธโ๏ธ๐
๐ค๐คโค๏ธ
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Mon 8 Apr 14:27
Well done and continued best wishes to Big T and Ipswich.
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Mon 8 Apr 16:32
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๐ค๐คโค๏ธ
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Mon 8 Apr 17:48
Cheers guys ๐
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Mon 8 Apr 19:41
Most of us go through life without a care in the world, rarely stopping to think about those less fortunate than ourselves. Unsung heroes like Big T and Ipswich just get on with the **** hand life has dealt them and rarely complain.
It`s humbling and heartwarming to hear that two fellow Pars fans are winning their own personal battles, which they have faced with courage and dignity. George Galloway`s famous tribute to Saddam Hussain is perhaps more appropriately directed to Ipswich, Big T and any other Pars fans who have had to fight cancer.
I salute your indefatigability. ๐ช
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Mon 8 Apr 20:24
Very kind words mate. I`m genuinely welling up. Thank you sir ๐ค๐คโค๏ธ
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Mon 8 Apr 20:50
Thanks GG.
Indefatigability is a great word for this situation. It takes real balls to get through stuff like this as many people will have experienced. A lot of it is down to luck but you need to maintain mental strength too.
I was lucky that mine ended up not being cancerous, but I had a couple of months thinking it likely was.
Still took 10 weeks in hospital without any visitors (during covid), 4 operations (which subsequently turned into 6) and some other significant health issues (which *hopefully* have been resolved). Peeing in a bag for weeks, consistency poor sleep, lots of medicine and radiotherapy for about 5 months and being chained to a hospital bed at times.
I had a brain tumour and will be under annual checks to monitor for the next 7 years. I found it a massive challenge to come out of the first operation (16 hours) and not be able to remember what day it was on a day to day basis. That lasted for a few weeks and I wasn`t sure if I was ever going to get it back. Terrifying.
I literally got into a daily routine of "this might kill me, but not today". Not a great place to be, but good lord do I have great mental strength now.
The medical staff were amazing, and I`ll never forget on a couple of my darkest days when I wouldn`t order food that Sal the lady doing the rounds refused to leave me until I ordered some food. Shocking that they`re being treated so poorly by the government just now after years of pitiful pay rises.
I was fortunate to spend a little bit of time with Paul Mariner unfortunately. What an amazing man, consistently happy to try and make others feel better.
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Mon 8 Apr 21:06
Quote:
ipswichpar, Mon 8 Apr 20:50
Thanks GG.
Indefatigability is a great word for this situation. It takes real balls to get through stuff like this as many people will have experienced. A lot of it is down to luck but you need to maintain mental strength too.
I was lucky that mine ended up not being cancerous, but I had a couple of months thinking it likely was.
Still took 10 weeks in hospital without any visitors (during covid), 4 operations (which subsequently turned into 6) and some other significant health issues (which *hopefully* have been resolved). Peeing in a bag for weeks, consistency poor sleep, lots of medicine and radiotherapy for about 5 months and being chained to a hospital bed at times.
I had a brain tumour and will be under annual checks to monitor for the next 7 years. I found it a massive challenge to come out of the first operation (16 hours) and not be able to remember what day it was on a day to day basis. That lasted for a few weeks and I wasn`t sure if I was ever going to get it back. Terrifying.
I literally got into a daily routine of "this might kill me, but not today". Not a great place to be, but good lord do I have great mental strength now.
The medical staff were amazing, and I`ll never forget on a couple of my darkest days when I wouldn`t order food that Sal the lady doing the rounds refused to leave me until I ordered some food. Shocking that they`re being treated so poorly by the government just now after years of pitiful pay rises.
I was fortunate to spend a little bit of time with Paul Mariner unfortunately. What an amazing man, consistently happy to try and make others feel better.
Top man Ipswich ๐๐ Brothers in arms
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Mon 8 Apr 21:17
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Tue 9 Apr 19:18
Ipswich and Big T, you guys deserve some kind of medal for the courage you have shown under the most trying and terrifying circumstances.
My own health scare experience, isn`t even a pale shadow of what you guys have been through. I presented with angina symptoms in 2009. After a number of medical tests at the beginning of 2010, I was informed that the tests suggested I had a rare condition called pulmonary hypertension (PH).
Of course, I`d never heard of it, so I consulted Dr Google. ๐ฑ I was crapping myself when I read that PH leads to enlargement of the heart (hypertrophy) followed by a heart attack. The prognosis is 2.5 - 3 years. I decided to keep this information from my family to save them any unnecessary anxiety, although I did discuss it with a few close colleagues. A year later, my cardiologist, Dr Mark Francis, one of the best in Scotland, decided I should attend the Golden Jubilee in Clydebank, which is the major heart and lung hospital in Scotland. A four day stay, involving 14 different medical examinations, concluded that I didn`t have PH after all. Only then did I tell my wife and kids that I`d been living under a cloud for a whole year.
I`m still here, so I obviously didn`t have PH, but my angina has been getting more severe of late, making it too painful to continue my running, so I`m going back to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary next week to repeat the angiogram I had in 2010 to see if I need a stent(s). It`s not the end of the world if I do. I believe people with stents have run marathons, so I should be able to get out for a wee plod now and again. ๐
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Tue 9 Apr 19:56
Great you`re getting in for the checks next week GG. The technology and expertise is so good these days in terms of spotting anything that needs to be spotted and treated.
Hopefully you`ll be back out and plodding before you know it.
This place is definitely brighter for your contribution.
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Tue 9 Apr 21:44
Best wishes to you GG ๐๐
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Wed 10 Apr 06:20
Cheers, guys. I`m quite relaxed, but just want to get it done and dusted. Good thing nowadays is that, if you need a stent, it gets done there and then, whereas they used to get you back at a later date.
It would be good to get back to pain free running - I mean plodding - otherwise I`ll just hang up the old ASICS. I started running in 1985 and chucked the fags at the same time - best health related decision I`ve ever made. I`m the only one of a dozen colleagues who ran half an hour at lunchtimes who`s still active. ๐
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