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My second time doing - great event - weather Gods were with us yesterday too

We got lucky alright. Glad to get finished before the rain started. The debate is on now whether to go to the next level or not

Huge step up all the same! toying with it for about a year now, takes a huge commitment training wise to get to that level... 2 close friends have competed in 6 different Ironman competitions around Europe. They were mainly cyclists and had to improve their running and swimming to be able to get over the line... Years ago you could have finished regardless of the time but now you have a time limit for each part, if you don't complete it they stop you before you take up the next stage

Am signed up for a full distance next year

Seems like a big step up alright. The cycling and swimming wouldn't bother me. The running would be my weakest so I'd need to get plenty of miles under the belt. Struggled with the run yesterday but still got under 2 hours for the half marathon so I was happy enough. The cycle went well so I'd a good cushion to finish under the 5:30 mark.

Where are you signed up for next year heffo?

My second time doing - great event - weather Gods were with us yesterday too

We got lucky alright. Glad to get finished before the rain started. The debate is on now whether to go to the next level or not

Yeah it was a great event. First time doing it so delighted to get it done

Got the Dublin Ironman 70.3 finished today. Tough going but that should set me up nicely for the Dublin marathon

Was it mainly dehydration??

Well done all.

I'm putting it down to that anyway. My runs up to this point have been building up well.

Some day for it yesterday. I was right behind the 3:50 pacers until mile 22 then collapsed unconscious. Spent the next few hours with the doctors and ended up crossing the line at 5:38. Lovely experience for my first marathon.

Are you ok now? Fair fcuks to you for getting to the finish line after that, that took some balls.I'm surprised the medics let you continue. Were you struggling before you collapsed?

I was getting dizzy about 2 miles before it but kept on pushing. Should have read the signs. One of the medics crossed the line with me in the end up. I had a good rest yesterday and plenty of fluids so I'm well on the mend. Definitely a learning curve.

Some day for it yesterday. I was right behind the 3:50 pacers until mile 22 then collapsed unconscious. Spent the next few hours with the doctors and ended up crossing the line at 5:38. Lovely experience for my first marathon.

They definitely need planning permission. They fall under the same criteria as a new house.

Thanks.I have no travel plans for the immediate future.My passport was due to expire in July,hence the early renewal.Service up here advertises convenience and express service.You  simply leave your old passport and necessary documentation at the Post Office and pay the fee and express service charge of £11.00 at the Post Office counter.

The same service I used. Mine was in the post office in Armagh

Still at Stage 2 since 9/5/2016 and I paid a premium rate for fast track service .

The same happened me a few months ago. The only way to get any reasonable contact with them is through Twitter. Send them a pm and a copy of your flight details and they'll get it issued ASAP. Mine sat for 3 weeks at stage 2. Sent them a message on Twitter and they had it issued the next day.

Before that I had tried ringing and emailing but couldn't get a response

I've generally kept my posts on the board to a minimum over the past few years but I have to say I kind of enjoy Stallion's attempts on this thread.  He does try his best so I suppose you have to applaud his persistence.  He states that he is a Liverpool supporter but I can't recall any positive posts from him on the subject, nor can I remember him posting anything supportive after the Hillsborough inquiry news. 

He might post the odd YNWA after a rant though, just to prove he's a supporter.  A fine effort

What did you expect a newspaper,whose main purpose is a commercial one,to do,with a story that is highly newsworthy? Once again the blame lies with the priest.The right thing to do was for him to resign from the priesthood before advertising on a gay website.That way all the hurt to himself,his family and parishioners would have been avoided.Instead by not disclosing his occupation on his profile,he was trying to lead a double life.

That is where we disagree then, because I don't think the story is highly news worthy at all.  It is the publishing of the article itself which I feel is a bigger talking point.

the misquoted lines on about women "speaking in church" is not about a woman remaining silent. If you actually read the letters and read them in context and understand the timing, the recipients and they "why" you would get the meaning.
He was talking about "speaking" in the context of a woman giving the homily. It refers many times to how women should "pray" in church/gatherings and of course this involves speaking.  The "speaking" that is not allowed is preaching or giving a homily  - which the Church holds to today. Only ordained priests or deacons can do that (men).

Lads, this isn't a does God exist thread.  It's about articles in the Irish News, most recently the ones on Fr. Rory.  Sex outside of marriage is not allowed by the Church he signed up to, the Church he swore oaths and made promises to. He has been living a double life and if he wants to act out on his attractions then he is in the wrong role.

Iceman

The reason I added the quotes from the bible was to highlight that not all of teachings make sense in modern society, despite Tony's assertions that you have to accept them to be part of the Catholic Church. It was not an attempt to question the existence of God.

I was disappointed that the Irish News ran this as a story on their front page and tried to dress it up as a story about support for Fr Rory. The man has taken a leave of absence to find himself and I don't think this has helped the situation in any way. It smacked of sensationalist journalism with a story that has no business being front page news.

He may have broken a vow of celibacy but he didn't break the law and this has only exacerbated what was a difficult situation for him. The Irish new article was essentially bully a young man who is in emotional turmoil at the minute, with the added bonus of a dig at the church.

I though you were fond of the old bowl haircut at one stage too.

Fast all day.

Tony. Here's a few wee rules from the bible you should make sure to adhere to. You should definitely pay particular attention to the last one.

1 Corinthians 14:34:

"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law."

Leviticus 11:7–8:

"And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. You shall not eat any of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you."

Leviticus 19:19:

"You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together."

Leviticus 10–11 reads:

"And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination."

Exodus 31:14–15:

"Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death."

Leviticus 19:27:

"You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard."

1 Corinthians 6:18 reads:

"Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body."