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Old Feb 1st 2018, 5:34 am
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Morning helmets,

I've had a double busy week and am thoroughly enjoying a relaxed Thursday, relaxing my way through the day, thinking of very little and doing even less.

What's everyone got on this weekend?
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Eat somewhere other than the Red Lion/Don Corleone. Thank God. I've put a stone on in 2 and half weeks.
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Eat somewhere other than the Red Lion/Don Corleone. Thank God. I've put a stone on in 2 and half weeks.
Someone, in a hotel management meeting actually agreed to call an Italian restaurant 'Don Corleone'?

The world just never ceases to amaze does it?
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Does this mean I can't create my Thursday Afternoon Thread? It was becoming a nice tradition.
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Originally Posted by Scamp
Someone, in a hotel management meeting actually agreed to call an Italian restaurant 'Don Corleone'?

The world just never ceases to amaze does it?
Yep, they have a Godfather brunch as well.
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Someone, in a hotel management meeting actually agreed to call an Italian restaurant 'Don Corleone'?

The world just never ceases to amaze does it?
The original Red Lion had a Don Corleone. Think Dubai in the early 1980s when the old Business Bay location was "way out" in the desert outside the city. It was an unsophisticated time

There must be a fair few equivalents floating around provincial England back in the day too.
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What's everyone got on this weekend?
Happy hour today.

Casual brunch at a friend's apartment this Saturday.

Tomorrow: swim, maybe go for a walk along the corniche, in general get outside and be outside.
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Morning helmets,

I've had a double busy week and am thoroughly enjoying a relaxed Thursday, relaxing my way through the day, thinking of very little and doing even less.

What's everyone got on this weekend?
You & me are doing the Wellman 5/10K at Meydan
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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
Does this mean I can't create my Thursday Afternoon Thread? It was becoming a nice tradition.
Apologies for my impatience.

Originally Posted by littlejimmy
Yep, they have a Godfather brunch as well.
Wow.

Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
The original Red Lion had a Don Corleone. Think Dubai in the early 1980s when the old Business Bay location was "way out" in the desert outside the city. It was an unsophisticated time

There must be a fair few equivalents floating around provincial England back in the day too.
I didn't realise it was basically a replica / replacement type jobby.

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Happy hour today.

Casual brunch at a friend's apartment this Saturday.

Tomorrow: swim, maybe go for a walk along the corniche, in general get outside and be outside.
Nice. Doha corniche is pleasant.

I'm going to avoid the pub and smoking tonight.
Up early for this 5km thing tomorrow.
Finish that, hopefully some outdoor beers or something.

Saturday, round of golf early doors then a BBQ in the afternoon with friends.
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Apologies for my impatience.



Wow.



I didn't realise it was basically a replica / replacement type jobby.



Nice. Doha corniche is pleasant.

I'm going to avoid the pub and smoking tonight.
Up early for this 5km thing tomorrow.
Finish that, hopefully some outdoor beers or something.

Saturday, round of golf early doors then a BBQ in the afternoon with friends.
Suppose to go out tonight with some friends but don’t see it happening. If it doesn’t I’ll get up early and ghostrun the 5k.

Scamp - tip for the run, some of it you will naturally do, some you won’t: get up with loads of time at hand, eat something light, Have coffee and most importantly take a shit.
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Suppose to go out tonight with some friends but don’t see it happening. If it doesn’t I’ll get up early and ghostrun the 5k.

Scamp - tip for the run, some of it you will naturally do, some you won’t: get up with loads of time at hand, eat something light, Have coffee and most importantly take a shit.


I'll eat something and definitely not leave without having a poopy.
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Originally Posted by DXBtoDOH
Does this mean I can't create my Thursday Afternoon Thread? It was becoming a nice tradition.
And about as long-standing and authentic as most of the "traditions" to which you so doggedly cleave... ("traditional marriage", kilts and tartan, most bits of royal pompery and circumstance etc.).

Just because this was becoming nauseatingly cuddly....
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I'll eat something and definitely not leave without having a poopy.
No need to eat anything tomorrow for 5K , as long as you have a decent balanced meal this evening you'll be fine.

You'll be faster running in a fasted state
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No need to eat anything tomorrow for 5K , as long as you have a decent balanced meal this evening you'll be fine.

You'll be faster running in a fasted state
Very true but our greyhound needs to take a dump for maximum speed and a few oats and a coffee will wake it all up.

I always love seeing the people on the gel packs before a 5 or 10k. Seriously.
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Originally Posted by co durham boy
No need to eat anything tomorrow for 5K , as long as you have a decent balanced meal this evening you'll be fine.

You'll be faster running in a fasted state
I've trained fasted (well, at 1800ish having gone about 5 hours without food).

We'll see. Maybe something in the morning, maybe not. I'm turning up to plod round, get a medal and prove a minuscule point to myself. Tomorrow afternoon will be beers, cigs and working out how hard a 10k would be.
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