Been down in that London today. Got on the tube at about half five, and it was full of self-satisfied tedious bastads with marathon medals round their necks, wearing a t-shirt of the corporate multinational charity they were raising money for, and smartphones full of running apps strapped to their arms.

Worst of all was the stench. Even when they'd all got off it smelled like the contents of a teenager's washing basket had been distilled and turned into an evil Febreeze which had been sprayed everywhere. Arseholes.

I'm struggling to think of a better feeling than completing a Marathon. I'm running it next year, will try not to get on your train.

Poolie.. I hope that, should you ever be unfortunate enough to be struck down with some medical affliction requiring treatment that has been researched with funds raised through charitable efforts, you continue to show the same attitude. In that case, when offered treatment, you will say 'No thanks, these funds have been raised by sweaty smug people. I have to show the courage of my convictions and decline your offer of life prolonging treatment and instead die painfully'.

Dick

Good on them. Next time, f ucking walk home

So sorry to have inconvenienced you Poolie in.. err, Nottingham.
I can assure you that the tube is much worse in August to do please stay away then also.

I agree with Elvis. My first marathon experience was at aged 53. I'm still smiling.

I agree, after 26 miles what difference will walking a few more make for them?

Having never ran more than a half marathon I do admire them but I still don't have any desire to hear them talk about it mind.

It could be worse, you could have to listen to people moaning about people talking about a huge achievement.

Dickheads

You've just managed to moan about someone talking about running a marathon whilst pointing out, for whatever reason, that you'd ran a half marathon.

I’ve done it too. Strange post. You could always walk yersel rather than get the tube save you moaning about feck all.

Didn't know it was on.

I've got nowt against marathon runners, just the arrogant look-you-up-and-down superior ones. Which the tube train was full of.

Too late, you've made an arse of yourself !

I can understand PIN. Bike riders as well. Look at me in my lycra and expensive bike. I can go through red lights and ride on pavements, pedestrians get out of the way.....and how much do bike riders pay towards the upkeep of the roads they ride on?

Don't get me started on Lycra clad TOB's (twats on bikes ) I used to often get stuck behind them working up Durham riding next to each other

Nothing but admiration for anyone who finishes a marathon.
Me n Mutley did a double marathon on our bikes last year to Roseberry Topping and will most probably do it again this year.
Will post a date closer to the time if any bunkerites feel fit enough to join us.

Oyster card much more sensible.

I bet mutley looks very fetching in lycra !

Nothing worse than those who feel the need to put every single jog they do on facebook/twitter.

No one gives a shit how far you ran and in what time etc. Same as they who do "off to the gym" posts every friggin day.

Knows how you feel on a daily basis then.

I can see why people do it though as it probably spurs them on a bit to keep doing it I wish I had the willpower to stick at it for more than a couple of weeks at a time, my biggest problem with running and biking ect is how fooking boring it is, people probably use Facebook and keep times and stuff as an incentive.

The worst type of Facebooker is the person (sorry to say usually a women) who tags themselves at the hospital then doesn’t add anything else to evoke the inevitable ‘are you ok hun’ replies. Horrific attention seeking doyles.

Anything else on Facebook you don't like thats completely unrelated to the thread?

Most of it to be fair. Pouting, people taking pictures of their tea, ignorant fuckers sharing racist shite that is blatantly untrue, people raffling off shite ‘bonus ball’ prizes like crates of Carling and Easter Eggs.... I could go on.

I’m only on it because I’m a nosy get.

I've got nowt against cyclists, I'm one meself. I don't go in for all the lycra stuff though, or cycle antisocially. Or drìve like a twat. Or pedestrianise like one either.

Just can't be doing with the attention-seeking make-special-allowances-for-me-cos-I-exercise attitude in any shape or form.

Like the doyles at 5 a side, who when they've finished the match and are all pumped drive out of the car park dangerously, or the roid-heads at the gym who hoy the weights down on the deck to make as much noise as possible. Or the same gym-goers who stride round the supermarket after a session stinking the place out, barging in front of people, stretching out while they're queueing to try and attract the lass on the till.

And there it is! The real reason for your dislike is because the lass on the till won't give you a second look because of the stretching beefcake behind you.

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Yeah that type of shite.

Even worse when they tag in the hospital and just add with Chelsea (or whatever ther’ve called their fucking kid they are using to seek attention)

Rarfs the lot of them.

FWIW if i'd just ran the london marathon i'd probs wear me medal for days, as i'd be buzzing.

When i left weights, deadlights or a free weights, i prob chuck them down a bit too.

Deadlifting 170kg is flipping heavy man you have no chance but to slam it down.

I just suggest you stop leaving the house PIN, modern society isnt for you.

Yerkuntz!

The same as everyone else, genius - roads are not paid for through 'Road tax' (which is an emissions tax anyway, so cyclists pay the same as an owner of a Nissan Leaf or a milkfloat) they are paid through general taxation, y'know, like VAT and Income Tax that everyone pays.

As for the red lights crap, I've seen far more cars go through red lights or contravene driving regulations that I have cyclists - and yes you get crap cyclists just as you get crap drivers.

The pavements...you won't see the type of cyclists you're on about - the lycra and expensive bike type - doing that. There's too many of those bloody charity money-raising runners getting in the way for that. You'll see plenty of chavs riding their stolen Carreras no-handed with one hand down their tracky bottoms and the other on their iPhone on the pavements, yes, but they can't be regarded as 'cyclists'.

Beat me to it, but there's one thing you've missed out. The attitude in the initial post suggests that roads are for drivers only, and no-one else has a right to be there. Yet the poster also complains when cyclists use the pavement. Have you considered why cyclists use the pavement? Probably something to do with an attitude that the road isn't for them, that they'll be shouted at, spat at, driven at and generally intimidated. I cycle as a commuter; no lycra, no fancy gear. Just a bloke on a bike trying to get to work. And the amount of shit I get from drivers for being on a bike is unbelievable.

You're not lifting correctly then. Lift a weight you can put down in a controlled manner and reap the benefits.

Also bear in mind that Bishop has to lift similar weight everytime he gets up off his fat arse to collect his takeaway.

Someone I know went Amsterdam and when he came back to work was amazed by the number of bikes outside the station...... but not a single mountain bike!!!!!!!
I tried to explain they use them to get about the city and their bikes are practical for that purpose and why they're so popular. He couldn't understand.

I understand that cyclists have as much right to the road as any vehicle but I can't help feeling with roads getting busier that is a bit dated. I'd definitely say a change is overdue, more cycle lanes would would be a start and I could see logic in a road bike riding licence so there's no ambiguity.

What I don't understand is why horses are still allowed on the road.

I use a coach with a team of six horses for journeys to collect my barleycorn measured footwear. Nothing old-fashioned about it.

I just like to slam it down it makes me feel good and manly and strong.

You know reading this thread enforces the opinion I have that some people are terrible.

Probably been on the hash cookies. Explain it all to him again in a couple of days.

Which people though Nelly? Sweaty marathon dudes, irate commuters, pavement-mounting cyclists, road-radged drivers, weight banging steroid heads or the equestrian fookers?

We need answers.

He’s obviously on about people who check in at hospitals on Facebook.

I think the best question is why you would want to exclude anyone from the road? We're not talking about motorways here, or routes obviously designed for motorised transport. Urban roads were never designed for cars only; once you start to argue that certain forms of transport should not be used on the roads, you are, in effect, privileging one form of transport over another. And that takes us back to my original point: current road culture is based on entitlement; a belief amongst drivers that only they have the right to use the road, and everyone else is a bloody nuisance.

And the 'bit dated' comment reveals a lot too. The car is a status symbol, and we think of cyclists as being scruffy gits who can't afford a car, of grown men using a form of transport appropriate for kids (it's really a big and expensive toy). What's dated is the belief that car culture is sustainable and can go on for ever. It can't, not without some serious technological change.

Busy roads should result in more people cycling; I get into town much quicker than car drivers. That's not because I jump lights or ride on the pavement (I don't), but simply because I pass all the stationary traffic in rush hour.

We can agree on one thing; cycling infrastructure is really important, and there needs to be some serious investment in urban areas to make it useable.

And the other big difference on the continent; no lycra, no high vis, and no helmets.

All people are terrible. Misanthropy is good for the soul.

Perfectly good cycle path running parralel to the road here in Ingleby Barwick and the fuckers still ride on the road.

Probably a good reason. You can bet that the cycle path will have to give way at every side junction. For that reason alone, I'd probably use the road too. Cycle paths are indicative, not mandatory.

The road is probably 2/3 miles long with no junctions etc

It's good if you're going from IB to Preston Park, or vice versa. That's about it. You can't get into Stockton, Thornaby, Maltby or Hilton without going on the main road, so what's the point? I was riding on that exact path yesterday and nearly came off thanks to an extendable dog lead going across the cycle side, then a woman in her own little dream world wandered into the cycle side, and then I came up behind a guy who was alternating between the cycle side and the pedestrian side. All within the space of a mile.

Cycle tracks are designed with a 12mph speed in mind, too. The Department for Transport advise that cyclists use the road at anything more than 16mph. It's quite difficult to stay under 16mph on a road bike, let alone 12.

And as for the cycle tracks in Hartlepool, if you can go more than 250 yards without a puncture from glass or without going into the back of a parked car, you're beating the odds and doing pretty well!

Nah, I'm sorted with me pager and Myspace account thanks.

And I've just this minute posted a parcel using one if those self-service machines, labelled it all up meself and everything.

Was irritated in the queue by a gadgie looking proud as punch in his lycra and cycling helmet though.

I'd have throttled yer if I'd missed a PB by two seconds!!!!