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July 2009
05-07-2009, 06:45 AM,
#6
July 2009
Following the tour is a bit like appreciating the work of Raoul Duke.
You just have to see past the drugs ...

I certainly appreciate the endeavour; after all, the endurance required to get through the stages day after day makes a marathon look like walk in the park. But as a live sporting spectacle the whole thing leaves me flat. I feel there's something else I should be doing when I'm sat watching which, I guess, is as clear an indication as you can get that I'm not fully engaged*.

You'll have to excuse me, I'm feeling slightly twisted just at the moment. We set sail for Bewl in 45 minutes and I'm feeling as naked and unprepared as I ever have for a running event. Fear and self-loathing at the breakfast table you might say. It's an ugly scene, made worse by the fact I'll be traveling to and fro in a wagon full of svelt, honed athletes.

[SIZE="1"]*I imagine that's much how many people view cricket Big Grin [/SIZE]

Phil E. Stein

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph

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July 2009 - by glaconman - 03-07-2009, 03:26 PM
July 2009 - by Bierzo Baggie - 04-07-2009, 08:50 AM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 04-07-2009, 10:31 AM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 04-07-2009, 12:06 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 04-07-2009, 11:28 PM
July 2009 - by Sweder - 05-07-2009, 06:45 AM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 05-07-2009, 01:30 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 05-07-2009, 06:48 PM
July 2009 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 06-07-2009, 12:06 AM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 06-07-2009, 03:28 PM
July 2009 - by Bierzo Baggie - 06-07-2009, 04:18 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 08-07-2009, 02:12 PM
July 2009 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 09-07-2009, 02:46 AM
July 2009 - by Bierzo Baggie - 10-07-2009, 10:40 AM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 10-07-2009, 10:45 AM
July 2009 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 10-07-2009, 10:07 PM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 11-07-2009, 06:22 AM
July 2009 - by Bierzo Baggie - 11-07-2009, 01:04 PM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 11-07-2009, 04:03 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 11-07-2009, 07:05 PM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 11-07-2009, 08:10 PM
July 2009 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 11-07-2009, 11:34 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 14-07-2009, 07:53 AM
July 2009 - by Sweder - 14-07-2009, 02:36 PM
July 2009 - by Sweder - 14-07-2009, 03:33 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 15-07-2009, 07:45 AM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 17-07-2009, 01:28 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 21-07-2009, 01:15 PM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 21-07-2009, 01:40 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 23-07-2009, 12:21 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 24-07-2009, 01:56 PM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 24-07-2009, 02:37 PM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 24-07-2009, 02:52 PM
July 2009 - by marathondan - 27-07-2009, 07:00 AM
July 2009 - by Sweder - 27-07-2009, 08:35 AM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 27-07-2009, 08:50 AM
July 2009 - by glaconman - 27-07-2009, 02:14 PM
July 2009 - by El Gordo - 27-07-2009, 02:19 PM
July 2009 - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 27-07-2009, 02:22 PM
July 2009 - by Bierzo Baggie - 27-07-2009, 03:10 PM

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