Jack Burton

I've been sticking with the parkruns with 14 completed so far. Volunteered this weekend at Strathy parkrun, was one of the marshalls which was easy enough was interesting to see all the planning that goes into one of these. Got quite a lot of thanks from the runners on their way past which I must admit I've never thought of doing. Running 5k in around 31 mins now which is crap compared to the times on here but been knocking 10 to 20 secs off my time at each run.

The same thing happened with Leed down south did it not? No CVA was agreed the club was dissolved and a new phoenix club was allowed to take the old Leeds league place. They started the following season with minus 15 points but they didnt have to start again in the bottom league.

Went along to the Edinburgh parkrun this morning to meet up with a few guys from the work. Got round in 31.47 which is a new pb for me didnt see that coming after my poor time a starthyclyde the week before. Edinburgh is the easiest parkrun I've done so far also been to Falkirk and Strathy. Only got to run Glasgow to complete all the central belt parkruns. Edinburght is flat for the full 5k hence the pb only problem is the sheer number of runners was between 300 and 400 today. I started at the back and actually ran 5.06k so was a fair bit away from the start line wil no doubt quieting down was everyone gives up on their new year resolution.

Yeah, thats the same problem I have with Shotts being such a small place there is really only one or two routes I can run at night. Have went out a run 4 days in a row now starting to see some improvements after taking the majority of December off.

I went to the Parkrun on 4th Dec and then didnt run again until New Years Day. Its amazing how much fitness I've lost in only 4 weeks. Really struggled to get motivated to go out running during Dec the weather was horrible and I can see it being the same in Jan. Am going to start going out running during my lunch break to try some different.

I think the intern knows who Dexter is. Am not sure if he knows him as just the brother of the Ice Truck killer or if he is aware that he is the Bay Harbour butcher as well. Apparently all the lines he drew on the hand is basically a message saying I know who you are. Somebody posted up on the FaceBook page a description of what all the lines mean. The intern could easily know that Dexter is the Bay Harbour Butcher its not as if he covers his tracks well making phone calls from his mobile and work phone, investigating all the folk he is going to kill on his laptop and since the intern found all the leads to the Doomsday killer through IP address traces etc. he could have found some evidence linking Dexter to the murders. As for the ending.

Dustbin Bestvina's hilarious OG against Alloa to put them 3-1 up in the First Division play-off. Watch from 1.25 min to see the goal Meanwhile over on P & B the Clyde relegation thread starts to gather pace http://www.pieandbov...egation-thread/

This season has been pretty poor compared to the first four but just like the poster above I still enjoyed watching it. The twists in this season were pretty obvious and at least the ending of the season means things should be a bit different going forward. It will be interesting to see where they go with the intern character who seems obsessed with Dexter. Dexter also seems to hardly kill anyone in this season as well. They always had the main serial killer who he squares-up against but you can go 3 or 4 episodes now without him bumping of a single bad guy.

Went along to my 8th Parkrun at Strathclyde on Saturday, got a new PB 32.11, a whole 5 secs faster than the week before, the time for my first parkrun back in Sep was 36 minutes something. I had hoped to get a sub 30 min run before the year end but am struggling to get out during the week now with a combination of working late and it being dark, cold and wet in the evening. I got one of those Garmin watches which has helped us trim a minute of my time pretty quickly and it always seems to be the middle mile that I struggle in. I've been doing a bit of hill training as Shotts is full of them but bar that I've got a habit of just going out and running rather than sticking to a training plan. I went along to the Falkirk parkrun last Saturday, arrived in the car park at 9.25 and just got to the kiosk to see they had started the race early . Thats twice now I've missed the start of the Falkirk run!

I bought the one in the link below about a month ago. This one will track your distance, pace and time, its ideal for me as where I stay there are no running tracks or parks etc. so it gives us the freedom of just going out and running rather than having to plot a route through Google maps. Its good for interval training as well as I was just really guessing the distance I was doing 200M, 400M etc. It has a heart rate monitor on it but I've never used it. You cant plot in any training programs in this one which is the only downside but the GPS works really well and I've not had any problems getting a signal and I've used it at a few of the Parkruns without any problems. Its good to be able to see what pace, time your doing, sometimes it spurs you on but other times I've looked at the watch and seen my pace or time is shite, it can be quite depressing! After your run you can download it to your computer and it will give you a break down of your run with graphs for time, distance, pace and other stuff. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Mens-Heart-Rate-Monitor/dp/B003EGC47Y/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1319978884&sr=8-13 I was supposed to do the Falkirk parkrun yesterday but got lost, ended up missing it by a few minutes thats what I get for trying to cut through Bathgate rather than sticking to the motorways. I just done a quick run myself while I was waiting for my friend to finish, the course is a bugger compared Strathclyde!

Strathy parkrun was a bugger this morning very windy ended up a minute slower than my pb. Everyone else I spoke to found it a struggle as well and I ended up a few positions higher than last week so not too disappointed. There was 4 or 5 folk running with their dogs even the small dogs made it look easy. Would like to my run with my dog but she's too old now and if I took her to Strathclyde she would head straight for the water!

strathclyde is flat for the full 5k so a good run to get a pb. Only issues are it floods easy so parts of the course are muddy and there is about 4 water jumps around the 2.5k mark which you can either run in the mud to get round or just plough right through them. I run through them but ur feet end up soaking so ur best bringing a spare pair of socks. There can be a strong wind of the loch as well which is a pain at times.

Was at the Strathclyde parkrun this morning, struggled big style as the hangover was just kicking in. One of my workmates ran the Strathclyde parkrun with us so am going over to the Falkirk parkrun in a couple of weeks, which is her local, just how bad is the hill at Falkirk?

I started going to the Parkruns a month or so back which I have found to be pretty decent for somebody just starting off. It motivates you to go out during the week, especially now the weather is crap and its dark, in the hope of getting a PB the following Saturday. I'm pretty sure I would have chucked it by now if I hadnt started going.

33.15 on the parkrun this morning so around 3 mins quicker than last week. Am hoping to be running it under 30 mins on a regular basis before the end of the year.

Aye that was me. Still planning on heading along on Saturday no doubt wearing another or the same Clyde top in case you are there and want to introduce yourself. I got there quite earlier last week so was just standing about like an eejit until the race started was still half a sleep the 9.30am start is a bit early for my liking.

went along to the strathclyde parkrun for the first time and got round in 36.07. I've been knocking on the door of getting sub 30 mins so a bit disappointed with that time. Now i know what to expect and the route etc. hopefully my time will be better next week.

Decathlon at the Glasgow Fort next to Morrisons has loads of running shoes. I think mine cost me £30-40. For running clubs you could check Jogscotland they have clubs/groups in most areas. You also have the Glasgow Parkrun each Saturday morning at 9.30am which is a 5K. I took running up around Feb for the same reason as you to get fitter for fives. I've noticed a big improvement in my fitness but no in my performance am still shite . I went out last night for a 5K and managed to jog for the full distance for the first time so was well pleased! I'll hopefully take part in the Great Scottish Run next year give us something to aim for.

I've recently started running as well, in the last couple of months, initially I just took it up to get fit for fives which, is again, something I've only started playing after a couple of years out. I've started running 5Ks around different routes where I stay but my times are fucking garbage I just dont have the stamina / endurance to run for any significant length of time. I was out last night and ran the first mile in about 8 and half minutes and it then took us about the same length of time to walk/run the next half mile which was all up hill. My finishing time was around 34 minutes. Whats it the best way to increase your stamina / endurance is just a case of running week-in,week-out for a long period of time or is there any other exericises etc. which would be good for this? For the last couple of weeks I've went out running on Monday & Friday and play fives on a Wednesday. I've noticed a big improvement in my fitness at fives over the last month or so but the running seems to be taking a lot longer. I am planning on going along to the Parkruns at Strathclyde park in the near future but I would like to get my time down a bit before heading along to these.

Strangely enough, I've just got the 1000g on CSI: Fatal Conspiracy. I'm a fan of the show which is why I bought it the graphics arent great and the game is pretty limited but I enjoyed what it had to offer. the achievements were a piece of piss as well I was only missing 3 after finishing it so went back and mopped up the few I had missed. I'm determinded to get the full 1000g on Aliens vs Predator and am currently 3 achievements short

TRANSFORMERS 3 Just like the second one, this is rubbish. There is barely any decent fights between the robots, it goes on far too long, the ending is shite and the autobots get their arse kicked but still manage to win. I'm the reverse of the poster above I enjoyed the first hour or so its sets the story above for what should be a decent, action packed finale but instead the whole of the last hour is based in Chicago and is basically an hour of the humans falling through buildings while Optimus wastes 20 mins trying to put a jetpack on then proceeds to get tangled up in some wiring like a fish about 2 mins after putting on said jetpack. You dont see him again till the last few mins of the film as one of the other autobots has got to go and cut him down why none of the decepticons had the brains to blow him to pieces while he was dangling about in the wires I have no idea. The rest of the autobots barely feature in the last hour and the ending is a joke. 4/10

Season 4 was excellent. I've already seen season 5 and its ok no-where near as good as the previous season.

Well as long as it doesnt copy Dr Who and the soldiers trying to rape the women, 28 Days Later was a good film up until that point.

Watched in on Five last night wasnt that impressed with it, the opening is a carbon copy of 28 days later and the first hour or so was badly written. You would think given the situation his first questions would be what the f**k is going? How long was he in a come for? But he didnt seem that bothered to find out what was going on. The last half hour was better and the trailer for the second episode looked promising so I'll stick with it just now.

Yeah, I missed one of them first time through as well. Its the very first 2 audio diaries if you miss them you cant get them back. There is a few in another level which you only have one shot at as well. Its a great game so I was quite happy to play through it again, it was the first time I had played it again since finishing it first time back in 2009.