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« Reply #105 on: June 30, 2013, 01:28:03 AM »

Went to gym, forgot  money for weighing machine lol whoops

Just sat down at cash post darts, may not go well, short handed and patience low! Also didn't make semis for first time ever at darts ;(
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« Reply #106 on: June 30, 2013, 02:04:38 AM »

Seen Limp raise jacks pre at 50/50 already, shaping up to be a barn stormer
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« Reply #107 on: June 30, 2013, 05:01:53 AM »

Cliffs: we played bad...the end

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« Reply #108 on: June 30, 2013, 12:15:45 PM »

As promised (to myself anyway), going to write a blog regarding the Rob Roy challenge which is successfully completed last Saturday.

The challenge itself is described below:

"The Martin Currie Rob Roy Challenge is one of Scotland’s most successful fundraising events. Covering 55 miles of the spectacular Rob Roy Way, teams or individuals walk or run 16 miles from Drymen, near Loch Lomond, north-east through the Trossachs to Callander, where they switch to bikes for a 39 mile cycle to Kenmore – all in around 8-12 hours."

When this idea was muted back in February, I was at a pretty low ebb, self confidence was low, fitness lower and I needed something to get me out of the rut.  I decided the commitment needed to attempt this would be the ideal driver to improve on a few aspects in life and would be a really good day out in the countyside.

Since February I have been working very hard at fitness, managed to get down from 14st to 12st 9lbs, all done the correct way, no crash dieting like I have been guilty of in the past.  Although, I have to say come 7pm the night before I had serious doubt if I had done enough, whilst I had less bulk to haul round, I was still not bouncing up the stairs in the morning and most importantly had done 0 hours on the bike.

I have never cycled off a gym bike in 15 years and had no idea if I could even do it, but as they say, "its like riding a bike", this saying is pretty much all that got me to the start line.  Incidently the last time I had cycled those 15 years ago, I fell off my bike doing my paper round ha ha

We arrived to register at 9pm the night before in Drymen, was pretty jokes as I turned up with 6 litres on strongbow in a spar bag as I was ensuring I had my carryout for the next night.  Not sure the organisers seemed too thrilled at my clear athletic nature ha ha everyone in our team joked about the posibility of my death and the general lack of chance of me completing.  I have a fairly self deprovating style of humour, so I played to this a lot, lower expectations is the key Smiley

The start line was a good old fashioned Midgey fest, I still look like a plague victim, I have about 120 bites, without exaggeration! despite having top of the line "Smidge" applied throughout.  The trek was not going to phase me at all, just the week before I had trekked 7 miles in primark plimsoles through Muirhours (where trainspotting is set), so this would be a walk in the park (quite literally I suppose).  I banked the first 8 miles without issue, lovely scenary, ambled down hills pretty quick and I think people started to realise I was fitter than perhaps thought.

The next 8 were a much greater test, the conditions were boggy, the rocks pretty slippy and I saw a few spectacular tumbles.  I did say if I fell in the bad mud, I would be calling my mummy to pick me up and not playing anymore.  I had one comedy, this puddle cannot be that big moment, turns out to be a semi lake and was "balls deep" but not in the good way ha ha arrived in

Start - Drymen  Sat 08:22:42  -----  -----     
CP1 - Aberfoyle  Sat 10:06:50  01:44:08  01:44:08  278th (501) 
CP2 - Callander   Sat 12:33:41  04:10:59  02:26:51  280th (501)


The above is from the official website, so we got to Callander in 4 hours 10 minutes, not a fast time, but we were not running and did the first half as a team.  There was a lot of slowing down to let people catch up and I think I could have comfortably done it a lot faster.  I was feeling pretty fresh in this point, the clear country air is amazing motivating, I was actually starting to feel pretty good about the whole thing.

At Callander was the moment of truth regarding the bike, got on my hire, wearing my fetching new cycling shorts which were busy cutting off the circulation to my lower leg, and pushed one foot in front of the other!  BINGO, we did not fall off! on the down side we could not work the gears, back in my day you had a 5 speed Shimano single gear box, Why the Fuck does this thing have 2 gear levers?Huh??

We set off and quite comically my friend was insturcting me with gear changes for the first little while, when he stopped the whole thing went a strange pear like shape!  I had not quite figured out steering yet, misjudged a corner went to put my foot down out of fear and found out it had nowhere to go.  Queue a spectacular fall down a 3 foot ditch into a pile of rocks!! OUCHIO! my mate come round to see the trees rustle and me appear, laughing on the inside but a mix of scared and hurt on the inner.

After this, I decided I would be very careful going down hill!  Pretty sure my hire bike break will never be the same again! only the right one mind, as the left gear/break scared me and was never used!

I began to get into a rhythm, my left gear never moved from 2, and I just worked the right gear up and down to navigate hills, I know this cost me but I just could not figure out what the hell was going on! Aroiund 4 miles in we began to go on our own pace, so there was no longer support, it was me against the road.  Myself and my friend Fiona tended to get into stops at the same time, as I could go up hills well, and she could go down them, so we kept crossing, was getting a bit like, FFS not you again!

CP3 - Balquhidder  Sat 14:34:18  06:11:36  02:00:37  274th (476)

Reached Balquihidder have made up, although I had thought this was half way, turns out it was actually only 10 miles! FML when I discovered this!  The next stage was utter hideous, 7 miles without a decline, one particular zig zag hill was just an impossibility, other cyclists stopping meant losing momentum and I eventually had to take my bike for a walk, which is just so bad as the legs are like jelly and so much better to be cycling! Got to the water stop thing we had 9 miles to go and this was the FML we have 20 moment! This was the closest to the wall that I got! I just did not know what to do.....

...the feeling of passing people who looked like keen cyclists while clearly not having a clue what I was doing was hugely motivating, this pushed me on, the feeling that you are doing something that nobody thought you could and the fact it was such a good cause pushed me through! Plus the girl at the water stop told me it was all down hill to Killin, that helped Smiley

CP4 - Killin  Sat 16:00:26  07:37:44  01:26:08  249th= (473)

Felt great at Killin, the wall was over and we had 16 miles to go, being passed half way is such a good motivator, you feel like you have broken the challenge before it has broken you.  I was very pleased when I saw the above to see I had made 30 places + over the toughest stage, I am blessed with rugby player legs, so the hill climbs were very good for me, as mentioned previously though, being shit scared made me less swift on the downslopes! I really did not want to die out there ha ha

At this point I made my getaway from Fiona, there was 6 in our team, 3 runners and 3 trekkers, I was now leading the way for the trekkers and it was a good feeling to know I was not dragging the team down and was actually cometitive on this cycle.  The last 7 miles felt like an utter breeze, I was so happy to know that the end was coming and I just kept plugging away.  The event staff were incredible, always smiling and willing you on, it made for such a brilliant day.  Also county people and outdoors pursuit enthusiasts are so nice and welcoming, never said good morning/afternoon/evening so many times in my life! amazing all 3 in one challenge!

When I got to the finish line I was delighted, we had an amazing support team who had met us at each stage and willed us on as well as keeping us fed and watered!
 
Finish - Kenmore  Sat 18:07:27  09:44:45  02:07:01  252nd (448) 

So, I managed to finish 4th in my team, and 252nd overall.  Very pleased with that, doing the challenge was the main aim, but amazingly I felt okay afterwards, it was a moment of realisation that maybe I was fitter than I thought!

The evenings entertainment was also top class, massive tent with a Cailleigh (bad spelling), I have never been a great highland dancer but as my older friends were dying I was basically the designated dance partner for all their wives!!! was getting pretty dizzy by the end, also doing it in Timberland boots meant there toes must have been hurting as I am not Mr coordinated! The final strip the willow was almost the second time I hit the wall, it literally lasted an age!  but I powered through, mainly as I was busy trying to chat up the massage girls and could not show weakness!!! ha ha

Our team managed to stay up till they turned the lights off and were the only competitors still drinking #winning  camped out over night and woke up with a great feeling of acomplishment!  Ironically my sorest injury was my achillies which appears to be from Highland dancing in tims! was a long old journey home but loved every moment!

Already talking about what to do next year, this has been muted:

Now in its thirteenth year, the Kindrochit Quadrathlon combines four tests of your strength and endurance:

- Swim 0.8mile across Loch Tay
- Navigate and climb 7 Munros
- Kayak 7 miles
- Cycle 34 miles round Loch Tay

The clock only stops when you take the sword and slice a watermelon in two, before a fabulous post-event party feast and fireworks on the banks of Loch Tay. After all the sweat and tears it is a chance to finally kick back and celebrate what you have achieved yourself and for others.


My mate said the scariest thought of that was someone giving me a sword! I said "can you hire one, or can I bring my own" ha ha

We managed to raise £3,000 for the charities as part of our team and personally I conquered a lot of demons! Still a few to conquer, its like Buffy the Vampire Slayer in my head.  Thanks for reading, token picture below (assuming it works)
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« Reply #109 on: July 01, 2013, 12:56:00 PM »

ROI = -42%
ITM = 11%

Played another 33 tournaments yesterday but all and all was not happy with my play for periods.  I think in reflection, if your grinding lower stakes on a Sunday best to start at about 5pm, I have noticed this before, as by the time the really good games get going, you are not at your freshest and if you were to get deep in something like the big $11, the session size is huge if you start at lunchtime.  If you are doing a majors session, then starting from the KO makes sense but at my level, it is just a slow grind to start and I was off the boil by the time the important games kicked in.

On the plus side I made Silver Star on the last day of the month, will be trying to maintain that and up the levels as the year progresses.  Would hope to be minimum gold by the end of the year.

Saturday nights cash session is still playing on my mind, no idea why it happens, but sometimes I just lose the plot.  I had a dream table, it was like Monopoly with 4 stations, hands being played face up.  There was no reason to be trying to bluff stations, although I think the main issue was time constraints.  I was always around starting stack and with an hour to go, was not sure if my spot would come.  I need to learn to accept a break even session and not go chasing a win.  Probably one of the biggest leaks in my game.

Exit hand was just ridiculous (probably only 6-7 hands to go), somehow a straddes had gone 50/1/2/4/8 as it was getting splashy near the end, I blind shoved my last £60 from the cut off, although feigned looking at my cards, so was not an announced move.  Snap call by small blind.  Flop comes down A107, SB mumbles something, I say have you got an ace?  he says "you have an ace?" I said "dont, know, have not looked", he shows KK and to be fair, better for me than Ax I guess, turn comes a 10, and river a 6.  I do a one at a time check, first card 9, so now interestingly an Ace, a ten, or an 8 all scoop the pot for me.  Baring in mind the odds are aces are not in play as nobody else got involved, I had a reasonable suck out chance! alas it was a King, so I got exactly what I deserved!

Slight tilting thing was the casino brought a new dealer with 25 minutes till last hand, it was his first ever time dealing!  I know people need to learn, but surely that time of a session when everyone wishes to maximise hands and gamble is not the time?  Probably meant instead of getting 6-7 hands we got 3-4.  Bring the kids in at the start, when A people are sober and B not trying to get out of it.

Will probably play a small session tonight, after some ridiculous boot camp session arranged through my gym, pretty scared as to how bad that will be.  Good for me I guess!
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« Reply #110 on: July 05, 2013, 11:33:17 AM »

Joke week thus far, had my laptop nicked on train! Not a popular guy with work now as lost office keys with it! Sigggghhhhh, played some online, joke tilted and played as someone tilted usually does!

On the plus side on a trip down south and lining up a day of Luton pokerage tomorrow! See if I can live up to my tag of 2nd wpil!

So jealous of Vegas heroes, I got to make it next year, no excuses!
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« Reply #111 on: July 06, 2013, 11:31:44 AM »

Was at the opera last night at glyndebourne, will do a review when I am back to my laptop (non stolen one) and not on my travels!

Theatre of dreams today, Luton g casino! Can't wait, pub poker is on so evening game will be lollajokes
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« Reply #112 on: July 06, 2013, 11:34:46 AM »

GL at Luton... Hardly the Venetian or Rio Cheesy

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« Reply #113 on: July 06, 2013, 03:43:47 PM »

Solid start KK vs AA all in pre and we have successfully re entered comp one!
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« Reply #114 on: July 06, 2013, 07:40:59 PM »

Successfully bust comp 1 twice, drinking at pace and looking forward to double bulleting comp two to stay consistent
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« Reply #115 on: July 06, 2013, 09:30:58 PM »

Only one entry to comp two!!! Half way into grimming pizzled out a drink too! Had pizzled, Celtic and scilian on my first table....was fun while it lasted
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« Reply #116 on: July 06, 2013, 11:42:31 PM »

You look sober.
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« Reply #117 on: July 07, 2013, 04:09:16 AM »

Kinda won the evening comp, flipped like an Olympic tosser
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« Reply #118 on: July 07, 2013, 04:52:05 AM »

Kinda won the evening comp, flipped like an Olympic tosser

Well done son.
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« Reply #119 on: July 07, 2013, 08:45:13 PM »

So yesterday went well:

Live Poker
Buy ins:     -£1,271
Returns:     £2,485
Net:          £1,314

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ROI = -44%
ITM = 11%

Will do a report of weekend antics after tonights, session, we are throwing amazing BRM and shot taking like a clown

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