Stefan

Don't just measure time OR distance, measure both for a target then you push yourself more......02:30:00 for 24 miles and thats a top marathon runner!!! There's a target, it makes me feel knackerd just by thinking of it!

There is a special way of falling, teach me ooooohhhh please! I'm not a fan, never will be and BM if I ever see you with them on I will be sure to stop and mock you till my heart is content! Only kiddin each to their own and all that, I just think that if you get all strapped up the RISK of hurting yourself is diminished, and isn't that part of the buzz?

Wales will have the world cup come Christmas!!!! But it's likley it will have been stolen off the English! As for S 12, the NEw Zealanders always LOOK impressive, but the are monumental chokers, for the "Best Country in the World" tag they carry around aha aha choke choke... I hate it but my dough is on the Pink Rose Poms!

When......you......talk......like......this......all.....day......you......get.......fed.......up!

My English isn't getting worse but I do feel like Dr Steven Hawkins "language machine" throughout the school day!

What about Mt Buller (sp?) thats in Australia isn't it? Any good? It's easier to get a Visa for Aus (you can get one on-line now!) which'll be great if I go straight from Japan......

I forgot to add, the reason the drugs for forcibly administered was so the prisoners could be executed....

Sorry to bring up such a morbid thread again, but I was left bamboozled last night after watching a BBC 2 documentary on criminals on death row in the US (various states). In their wisdom, the authorities in these states had decided to forcibly administer drugs to various insane inmates (these guys were clearly BONKERS, one even thinking that the Psychiatrist could melt him with her eyes). I know the old adage of believe half of what you read and less than that of what you see, but the production company that made this piece are pretty objective. The level of debate and intelligence

NUDE the only way to go!

Not my wrists and I hate wrist guards, you just get roundly mocked! I tended just to land on my arse when I first started and felt like I'd been molested by an 8 ton Gorilla! In fact I ended up walking like one as well. The one piece of protective equipment that I do wear is a helmet, which has repeatedly saved my skull especially when visiting a board park!

I'm due to arrive in Osaka on Tuesday and have been told it's the "Birmingham of Japan". Now, I don't know how many of you guys and gals have ever been to B'ham, but for those that have is this a fair description? I mean B'ham is literally all smog, drizzle, Kebab shops and decrepit rail transport! Though it has got a great Bangra and Drum and Bass scene, somehow I can't see this being the case with Osaka!? Any replies would be very welcome, though do bear in mind that I'm just a country bumpkin, who still chews straw and REALLY likes his animals…. animals...

Mine can't wave but it can wink.....

No but my Auntie is American.... Seriously, I'm not anti-American, but I do disagree with the Republicans foreign policy....

BM that sounds really harsh! My younger cousin gets them too periodically, he just used to cry non-stop when he was about 5 or 6, but they seem to be disappearing luckily. You ought to consider yourself lucky that you didn't have a consultation off some UK NHS doctor. I've no doubt they'd advise that some of your brain needed to be removed, only for you to wake up and find out you'd had breast implants!

I always liked Brutus the Barber Beefcake, surely the most well thought out wrestlers name of all time! A media fart? That is rather harsh, yet looking at wrestling today, I'd have to agree.

Used to watch it when I was younger, Macho King, Jake the Snake and all! I think it's officially called Sports Entertainment, as it's not classed a 'sport' in the true sense, there ain't no competition in it.

yeah I'd avoid the weights to, they can do more harm than good!

Giggsy machines don't sleep, Thatcher was just recharging the batteries for another day of job slashing and class bashing! I am usless without 8 hours of sleep. I tend to dose off at my desk arounf 1:30pm (ish)and my boss doesn't like it!

I'm sorry if I seem a bit dim but are you referring to bashing your sack? Good exercise and can be done in the comfort of ones home....

don't you mean bashing your bishop? (ahem) And besides do you really consider that to be a 'bone'?

Cheers Orange. Is there much of a difference to the snow/ resorts in Europe and Japan, apart from the fact that it's full of Japanese people of course!

Sorry... It's when you train really hard for 2 to 3 minutes to get your heart rate up, then have a 'cool down' period for about 5 minutes (still jogging though not walking!) to recover, then train hard again (sprinting) then cool down in intervals....it's hard work but you'll feel much better for it... The when your down the pub, you feel that pint is justified!

Jogging would be better. Interval (anerobic exercise) is better for you and you'll begin to lose weight. Just make sure you have a pair of decent trainers for road running cos you'll get shin-splints, which aren't pleasant.

Yeah I did acheive my goal this season, merely getting to the snow for a week. I went to the Pyrnees over the New Year. Anyone else been there (Soldeu)? Good apres ski! My goal for next season, riding in Japan. Is there anywhere decent near(ish) Osaka ?

Talisker look what you've done, scared everyone away! That match would've been the final had Utd met anyone else in the quarters. That murdered Juve away, and they are in the Semi’s. As for the Premiership, well Utd look like they have it, Arsenal are on their way. Scouser your a Liverpool fan?....I thought all the REAL scousers resided in the blue half of Merseyside.