Quality Slowtwitch/IMJ Threads

I shouldn’t laugh too hard, my mother is crazy and she’s a bit sceptical. She witnessed the 60s and 70s though, so it’s understandable to a degree.

An actual MP supporting anti 5G protestors :roll_eyes:

Tried to google more detail, didnt get much but in her defence order-order has her as not insane:

When confronted by the BBC, Wera claims she has finally conceded the masts are safe, however given “the widespread concern… [I] believe it may be worth applying a precautionary principle”. When Hobhouse says “widespread concern”, she means the total 300 objections from a city of 90,000 people…

Have a Google on Frome council and their views on this. That is bonkers!!! Real hippy, fairy land. I think they even supported sales of some USB thing that offered “protection” from it :joy::joy::joy::joy:

I lived through the 60s and 70s and not as unhinged as most of these conspiracy theorists

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I’m just going to leave this one here and highlight one paragraph:

“That younger children appear to have a much lower incidence of coronavirus has been put down to their smaller stature, which enables them to avoid virus-laden aerosols from the coughs and sneezes of the older, taller population – including older, taller children.”

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I live opposite a school.

Who ever wrote that … doesn’t.

The latest IMJ cringe fest is not give others nutritional advice… in case it leads to eating disorders !

Unless your a paid coach or a qualified nutritionalist …

I like IMJ, and this is not a dig at either profession, but what utter bollox.

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I’m a nutrition coach, does that work…or a dietician being as in the UK it is a protected title :rofl:

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Your allowed.

Keto for everyone, with intermittent fasting obvs !!

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Veganz rulez… just ask Sebastian Kienle :rofl:

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Posted by a coach / nutritionist

Utter bullshit. Yes there is lots of crap nutrition advice on IMJ a lot comes from “coaches”. I don’t think a Pork pie would work for me on an IM (might be ok on an Ultra), however hearing about what works for different people is interesting. I would never take anything on blind faith. However, I would research it a bit more.

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I was going to ask for his coaching credentials but only have access with my coach account so didn’t want to come across as a cock :rofl:

I know someone who took a chicken wrap on the bike leg. and someone else who had a tomato sandwich in his special needs bag. but probably the best was the bloke at IMCH who, when he was in T1, opened a large jar of pickled dills and scoffed 2 of them - eh?

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Midnightman i had cheese wraps the second time i did it. @Dallas who frequented TT1.0 was eating bacon sandwich walking to the swim and @veggieboy ate 2 cheese and onion pasties after the swim :rofl: midnight man is closer to ultra than normal ironman because of the time of day though

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I’m not slating this fella, but July is a long way off and I don’t think he can defer this now…!

Refund… unlikely …?!

Will 2021 really be this bad …?!

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He’d be the first person in history to bail on an IM due to not swimming enough. :rofl:

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I think the issue with the IMJ types is they pay lipservice to the swim so always on a back foot and a couple months out probably is the end of the world. I on the other hand could rock up and do 3.8k after a year off. Might not be pretty but I’d still come out before half the field.

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This is me. I wouldn’t beat half of the field but I’m a 1.20- 1.25 swimmer and I can take all the time in the world off and be back to my regular IM pace in about 4 weeks.

I know I could improve my swim by swimming more (duh!) but even in normal times, the family/work/rest pay off for doing that just isn’t worth it to me.

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I’m like you but slower …

My 400 m pace is 2% faster than my Ironman pace.

It’s crap.

But 34min 70.3 and 1:10 full distance splits put me were I need to be, im concentrating on swimming easier, at the same pace, hopefully one day I’ll actually fall asleep !!

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