Kitman 2207 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Te Koko Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc is very nice but I suppose you know about that. Not one you would drink every day like! A less expensive and less well known one (in the UK anyway) is Matakana Estate Pinot Gris. Lovely stuff. The Pinot Noirs I've had have been really nice too. Not sure about te Koko but I've drunk plenty of Cloudy Bay. Marlborough and central otago wines are generally very good. NZ is a little like the opposite of France in that they export their best wines, so it's relatively expensive to drink the really good stuff. That said there's plenty of good wine at reasonable prices here. I tend to drink Pinot noir in winter, in fact I'm drinking a nice hawkes bay Pinot now when I should be going to bed Matakana is about an hour from Auckland, really nice place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Te Koko Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc is very nice but I suppose you know about that. Not one you would drink every day like! A less expensive and less well known one (in the UK anyway) is Matakana Estate Pinot Gris. Lovely stuff. The Pinot Noirs I've had have been really nice too. Not sure about te Koko but I've drunk plenty of Cloudy Bay. Marlborough and central otago wines are generally very good. NZ is a little like the opposite of France in that they export their best wines, so it's relatively expensive to drink the really good stuff. That said there's plenty of good wine at reasonable prices here. I tend to drink Pinot noir in winter, in fact I'm drinking a nice hawkes bay Pinot now when I should be going to bed Matakana is about an hour from Auckland, really nice place. Te Koko is the stuff made using 'wild yeast' (similar to sour dough bread) so it's more expensive / difficult to make. It does taste quite different to the 'ordinary' Cloudy Bay like (although that is very nicec too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Te Koko Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc is very nice but I suppose you know about that. Not one you would drink every day like! A less expensive and less well known one (in the UK anyway) is Matakana Estate Pinot Gris. Lovely stuff. The Pinot Noirs I've had have been really nice too. Not sure about te Koko but I've drunk plenty of Cloudy Bay. Marlborough and central otago wines are generally very good. NZ is a little like the opposite of France in that they export their best wines, so it's relatively expensive to drink the really good stuff. That said there's plenty of good wine at reasonable prices here. I tend to drink Pinot noir in winter, in fact I'm drinking a nice hawkes bay Pinot now when I should be going to bed Matakana is about an hour from Auckland, really nice place. Te Koko is the stuff made using 'wild yeast' (similar to sour dough bread) so it's more expensive / difficult to make. It does taste quite different to the 'ordinary' Cloudy Bay like (although that is very nicec too). Aha, never tried it. Sound like just the ticket for a business lunch so I don't have to pay for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Doing weights 3 days a week, run once a week only about 3 mile, do a days session in the gym as well (30mins HIIT Cardio), take bairn swimming on a Saturday and also squeeze in odd game of squash. Not arsed about loosing weight but I am trying to drop body fat. In June I was 15stone @ 24.7% Body fat and end of July was 14st 12lb @ 23.5% body fat. So Ive burned a few lbs of fat and added a few lbs of lean mass. Current target is to get under 20% and push on from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm considering running the marathon. Any of you fuckers done one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Stevie's is like a sine wave I was thinking along those lines, like the inflation graph of a rogue African state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4852 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I hate the gym like. Fuck that shit. Unfortunately I'm a greedy bastard and I like to drink. If I didn't do something I'd end up looking like CT. I've never been one for the gym but there's loads in the area where I work so I'm thinking I might go in a couple of lunchtimes a week. Good for you. Same for me, re: the drink like although I've cut down on the beer and drink wine more these days. Also had a few lifestyle changes (remember those, eh CT? ) which help me keep the weight off. I probably walk somewhere in the region of 25 miles a week for a start. How do you do that then? Is it out for hill walking country walks or just a few laps around the moat etc. One step at a time CT, one step at a time I started getting the metro into work a good while back - from my house to the station is about 1/4 mile - 1/3 mile so that's half a mile + there, from the metro to work is another mile so that's two and a half miles already Mon-Friday so that's 12 and a half miles (by a conservative estimate) without even hardly noticing it. I walk the dog twice a day (at least) with longer and more frequent walks at the weekend so that's easily another 10 miles a week on top of that. Never took you for a dog person.....more of an evil white fluffy sinister cat person. Who'd have thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33918 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I now fluctuate between 11 stone 5 and 11 stone 9 depending on weekend blowouts/drinking etc, once upon a time not too long ago it would between 12.3 to 6. I'm pleased with that, a little more and i'll be happy but happy as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sorry like, but putting on weight is alot harder then losing weight. Don't know how people can stand being full all the time and not making any attempt at being active. It's the second pre-season in a row I've put on weight, purely down to the fact I've stopped doing excercises in order to recover from all the slight knocks you pick up. Who knows, maybe in 4 preseasons time I'll actually be the build I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sorry like, but putting on weight is alot harder then losing weight. Don't know how people can stand being full all the time and not making any attempt at being active. It's the second pre-season in a row I've put on weight, purely down to the fact I've stopped doing excercises in order to recover from all the slight knocks you pick up. Who knows, maybe in 4 preseasons time I'll actually be the build I want. Changes when you get older. Ask CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I now fluctuate between 11 stone 5 and 11 stone 9 depending on weekend blowouts/drinking etc, once upon a time not too long ago it would between 12.3 to 6. I'm pleased with that, a little more and i'll be happy but happy as it is. Even 12st man fuckin hell. If I was 12st people would think I was a heroin addict, I was skin and bones when I was 13st never mind 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4852 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Sorry like, but putting on weight is alot harder then losing weight. Don't know how people can stand being full all the time and not making any attempt at being active. It's the second pre-season in a row I've put on weight, purely down to the fact I've stopped doing excercises in order to recover from all the slight knocks you pick up. Who knows, maybe in 4 preseasons time I'll actually be the build I want. Changes when you get older. Ask CT Too right Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33918 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I now fluctuate between 11 stone 5 and 11 stone 9 depending on weekend blowouts/drinking etc, once upon a time not too long ago it would between 12.3 to 6. I'm pleased with that, a little more and i'll be happy but happy as it is. Even 12st man fuckin hell. If I was 12st people would think I was a heroin addict, I was skin and bones when I was 13st never mind 12. I put it down mainly to stress, running again and being a little more careful with food as well as my job where I'm on the go. But mainly stress and running. I suppose your appearance depends on your height as well, I'm 5 foot, ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I now fluctuate between 11 stone 5 and 11 stone 9 depending on weekend blowouts/drinking etc, once upon a time not too long ago it would between 12.3 to 6. I'm pleased with that, a little more and i'll be happy but happy as it is. Even 12st man fuckin hell. If I was 12st people would think I was a heroin addict, I was skin and bones when I was 13st never mind 12. I put it down mainly to stress, running again and being a little more careful with food as well as my job where I'm on the go. But mainly stress and running. I suppose your appearance depends on your height as well, I'm 5 foot, ten. Well am only 4 and a half inches taller than you, and am active too, play football, gym, mad 60 mile bike rides. I suppose it's your frame as well, some people have shoulders like a pigeon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac-Toon 1 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Do Pigeons even have shoulders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenL 0 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm considering running the marathon. Any of you fuckers done one? when i was 16-17 aye, boring as fuck tbh i can't stand running now after running for the school for years when i was kid. Did a 7mile stretch of a relay team for the marathon few years back, just as boring, spent my time wondering why the wierdos were standing at side of the road cheering people on they didn't know, especially when it was raining and a bank holiday monday, surely they could've had better plans. I'm totally with you on this. Over long distances I'm really good, but it's just running is so fucking boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Do Pigeons even have shoulders? According to this they dee. The Lahore is large for a pigeon, approximately 10.5 inches tall and 11.5 long. From shoulder to shoulder, it measures 5.5 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33918 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Do Pigeons even have shoulders? We used to call a lad at school 'pigeon chest'. He hated it. Good job he never came back with 'Pigeon Shoulders' or I'd have been gutted midly amused. I've always been stocky-ish so losing a bit of weight is an ego boost I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I know it's his fighting weight but I find it hard to believe Amir Khan is a Light Welterweight. 10 fucking stone man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm considering running the marathon. Any of you fuckers done one? when i was 16-17 aye, boring as fuck tbh i can't stand running now after running for the school for years when i was kid. Did a 7mile stretch of a relay team for the marathon few years back, just as boring, spent my time wondering why the wierdos were standing at side of the road cheering people on they didn't know, especially when it was raining and a bank holiday monday, surely they could've had better plans. It bores the tits off me, but I figure it's only 3 and a half hours of boredom and I can fill my schuffle with podcasts to see me through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm considering running the marathon. Any of you fuckers done one? when i was 16-17 aye, boring as fuck tbh i can't stand running now after running for the school for years when i was kid. Did a 7mile stretch of a relay team for the marathon few years back, just as boring, spent my time wondering why the wierdos were standing at side of the road cheering people on they didn't know, especially when it was raining and a bank holiday monday, surely they could've had better plans. It bores the tits off me, but I figure it's only 3 and a half hours of boredom and I can fill my schuffle with podcasts to see me through. Sounds like you're as fit as Chris Baird as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'd defo aim for under 4 hours, it's all the training(running) I'd be doing in advance that'd frustrate me. You can piss off and all, Stevie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Do Pigeons even have shoulders? We used to call a lad at school 'pigeon chest'. He hated it. Good job he never came back with 'Pigeon Shoulders' or I'd have been gutted midly amused. I've always been stocky-ish so losing a bit of weight is an ego boost I suppose. Greavsie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33918 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) Aye. Good lad he was. Was talking about you to Fraser/Robbie Fowler the other day. He says, 'That cunt?' Also said "tell him 'alright mate' from me" Edited August 3, 2011 by Howmanheyman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2207 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I'm considering running the marathon. Any of you fuckers done one? I've done two half marathons and that was hard, but the training you need to do to get by is nothing like the full race. You really need to be motivated to do it (unless you're not bothered about collapsing part way through a la Jade Goody) and stick with the programme even when you don't fancy it or there's something better to do( which there always is). In my case I love getting out to run and there's loads of great runs around here but after two months or so of running 5 times a week it gets on your tits. I wish I'd done it 20 years ago now when it'd have been a bit easier (mind you, I was into beer, kebabs and smokes so probably not!). However I'm excited about the challenge of doing the race so it's worth it to me. Can see why it would bore the tits off most people though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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