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I burned through a few HRMs over the years, have had Garmins, Wahoo ticker and Polar, Polar is the best I've had. Wahoo ticker the worst.

Currently using a garmin watch so thought the garmin strap would be best. Half tempted for a new watch if I saw a good deal in the sales.

Don't really find them that beneficial to be honest. Some people like them ok.

Any good deals on a garmin heart rate straps??

Why are CE in black jerseys? Hardly a colour clash with Newbridge

Same reason that Armagh wore their black jersey against certain teams

Very disappointed in Cargin today. They looked a mile off EC and well behind in terms of power and fitness. Worrying for our club scene that we are that far behind!

Poor Chris Hoy. Seemingly one of the fittest 48 year olds about.

Just read that. Terrible.

I've New York marathon in 2 weeks! I'll just be happy to finish it! I hear it's a hilly one!

Would be interested to see how Clann Eireann do against Glen.

I dunno. Clann Eireann are a well oiled machine and could win Ulster handy enough this year, a team full of County players who have Championship pedigree and have done it all before so many times. Wee buns to the Shore Road men

You were born in Kilwilkie weren't you? Surely a big Clann Eireann or Peters man?

The 2nd Joker... well, what to say. It's certainly different. Lots of musical scenes and at times I thought it was very cleverly done. By the end though, it was over played for me.

I'll not spoil it. But I didn't like the ending and felt that it was taken in the wrong direction.

I can see loads of people hating it. Probably a 5/10.

Pure shite

Caught the last 10k of the Lombardi's today. Just the 48km solo attack from Pogacar this week to destroy Evnepoel by over 3 mins. Looked like he could have done it all over again when he crossed they line.

Am convinced he'd have won both Olympic races and the Vuelta if he'd gone for them. Utterly unstoppable.

It's amazing. So much better than everyone else and still only a young fella

Give Gomorrah a go! Best TV show I've ever watched.

CE Cycling club still going?

Fell away badly. A fella who reads this forum made the big move across from Apollo and then CE Cycling Club wasn't long folding after. 

I think they're the biggest club in the county by membership.

They won this year's minor championship, they're in the SFC final, their second string reached the IFC semifinals, their ladies are LGFA SFC champions, their junior ladies reached the final as well. They also won the LGFA minor championship.

How does having their affairs in order and seemingly being a well run club to achieve that make them a super club like in Dublin? Are they getting on outside players, big managers etc?

They've had outside players in the past. They've had outside managers in the past. They were coached last year by an outsider, not sure if this is still the case. Some of their best players' parents wouldn't be locals either. Of course none of these are pre-requisites for super-club status (imo). They're a big club with a big catchment area and they're well run as you say.

I'd say they have had as many outside players as any other club in Ireland.

Similar to the players parents point, where again a lot of people on any team will have a parent from another area.

On their catchment area, I wouldn't call it big whatsoever, especially in comparison with other town teams. Also, their catchment area also has a club from half a mile away competing for players too.

Out of the Lurgan clubs they've always got the blow-ins transfer wise, not that there are too many that come to Lurgan to begin with.

I'd love to know what you call a big catchment area if you don't think theirs is big. Majority of all new build development in the last 30 years has happened in north Lurgan. When the Heffrons, Turbitts, McCambridges et al settled in Lurgan with a choice between St Peter's & CE, there's only ever going to be one winner.

Their catchment area isn't big when you compare it to other town teams. Think of the likes of Portadown, Dungannon, Omagh, Cookstown or Strabane who would all have the pick of their towns.

Lurgan is bigger than all those towns bar Portadown. The electoral wards that make up Lurgan amount to a population just over 30k, approx 62% of which we can allow for GAA (18k). Clann Éireann have the lion's share of this.

My point is that most bigger towns usually have 1 team in the town, which would definitely give them as big a pick, if not bigger, than Clann Eireann, especially given the fact you have 4 other clubs in the area. Anybody got the member numbers per club in each county?

A 3 mile radius from CE club and you have St. Peter's, St Mary's Aghagallon, St Paul's, Clan Na Gael, Eire Og, Wolfe Tones. And then Sarsfields a few mile further out the road. CE are a great club even outside of football when you consider they have a thriving netball club and successful handball club too. Lurgan is very much a GAA town now! You see nothing but children running about in their GAA club and county gear. Great to see.

The Malcolm McKeown murder trial was ending in June, but it just seemingly disappeared. Not a peep anywhere online since. What's that all about?

Not sure but it his brother Clifford was released last month! Bad boys!
https://m.sundayworld.com/crime/special-investigations/psycho-killer-who-murdered-taxi-driver-in-sectarian-attack-banned-from-using-taxis/a1401481008.html

Did some people really think Celtic would get a result last night? What was this based on?

There's a huge difference between getting a result and enduring a humiliation.

I'd have been delighted with a draw and a 1 or 2 goal defeat would have been disappointing but entirely understandable, however ANOTHER 7 goal hammering under BR = unacceptable.

We've now lost (away in CL under BR)
7-1 v Dortmund
6-0 v Athletico
7-1 and 5-0 v PSG
7-0 v Barca

Look at the teams you've listed. Celtic are completely light years behind all those teams. Celtic getting results in Europe is like a 3rd division team hoping to get a result against a premier league team in the FA cup (it happens once in a while). If Brendy parked the bus and Celtic got beat 3 nil last night people would be giving off for them 'not having a go'.

God knows, i wouldnt be that familiar with people with such social status. But your right, she looked like she had one or two bottles of Château Cheval Blanc in her.

Have to say, her husband is one lucky man. She showed levels of skill with the hand gestures and technique that was very arousing to many middle aged men at the match

If anyone has her name PM me. Asking for a friend