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[classic33]

Er why not?

What about these trainers,reduced from 70 to 30 quid?

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Or these ones at a mere 95 quid?

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Why have they reduced the first pair in price(What's wrong with them?)?

And the soles look like they'd last a week, before falling off.

So that's a No from me.

 

[classic33]

That's just plain humorous.

Making no bones about it?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Why have they reduced the first pair in price(What's wrong with them?)?

And the soles look like they'd last a week, before falling off.

So that's a No from me.

I've found Adidas soles to be the 'grippiest' and the longest lasting of any trainers I've owned. They're selling the first pair off at a reduced rate just to get rid of old stock I presume..

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Been to the kids' school sports day today. Thank goodness it's not happening again until next year.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Been to the kids' school sports day today. Thank goodness it's not happening again until next year.

You mean there isn't a sports day each semester?

 

[Lullabelle]

tired and bored

 

[Andy in Germany]

Been to the kids' school sports day today. Thank goodness it's not happening again until next year.

Hard luck. The only plus abut those as an adult is that I don't have to "compete" in them.

Mind you, some parents don't seem to have got that yet...

 

[Reynard]

Slept well, but the uber-high pollen count is making me feel.

Ran some errands in town this morning. Popped into Mountain Warehouse while I was at it. Both shorts are a total bust. The stretchy ones are too short and the long ones are a) cut like a circus tent and b) have big fat seams in places where a cyclist really doesn't want them. And I don't know what it is with their sizing either; according to their charts I need a 12, but I could actually fit into a size 8....

Might just go with my Plan B - which is buy another pair of the Decathlon walking trousers, saw the legs off at the knee, turn a nice hem and finish them off on the sewing machine.

 

[classic33]

You mean there isn't a sports day each semester?

Suprised there's still a "sports day".

 

[classic33]

I've found Adidas soles to be the 'grippiest' and the longest lasting of any trainers I've owned. They're selling the first pair off at a reduced rate just to get rid of old stock I presume..

May just be what they want you to think.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

You mean there isn't a sports day each semester?

No, thank goodness. I couldn't cope with that. Once per year is quite enough.

Hard luck. The only plus abut those as an adult is that I don't have to "compete" in them.

Mind you, some parents don't seem to have got that yet...

Some of the parents are unbelievable.

For example, when they were choosing kids for events a few days previously, there was one 5-year-old (who is fantastic at sprinting) who didn't want to compete on Sports Day in front of the whole school. Fair enough, right? But no, the parent complained to the school for not forcing their child to take part. The school pointed out that to force the child would damage the child's already fragile confidence for the future. The parent insisted the child compete. The school said no.

Had it been the reverse, where the school forced the child to take part, the parent would have been up in arms.

Another parent stood on the sideline was bellowing at their child to put more effort in. The kid was (very obviously) giving it everything he had got. In fact, he looked like he was about to be sick he was running so hard. But that wasn't good enough for the parent who berated their kid afterwards for not winning.

One Sports Day per year is quite enough.

 

[Andy in Germany]

No, thank goodness. I couldn't cope with that. Once per year is quite enough.


Some of the parents are unbelievable.

For example, when they were choosing kids for events a few days previously, there was one 5-year-old (who is fantastic at sprinting) who didn't want to compete on Sports Day in front of the whole school. Fair enough, right? But no, the parent complained to the school for not forcing their child to take part. The school pointed out that to force the child would damage the child's already fragile confidence for the future. The parent insisted the child compete. The school said no.

Had it been the reverse, where the school forced the child to take part, the parent would have been up in arms.

Another parent stood on the sideline was bellowing at their child to put more effort in. The kid was (very obviously) giving it everything he had got. In fact, he looked like he was about to be sick he was running so hard. But that wasn't good enough for the parent who berated their kid afterwards for not winning.

One Sports Day per year is quite enough.

I was eventually persuaded to go to a football match when my son was playing, having been repeatedly told it was "very different" from my experiences at school.

Yeah, right....

Coaches swearing, parents screaming at kids who clearly were either already giving it all they could or really didn't want to be there: it was pathetic and I dread to think what the kids were being taught. The only 'good' moment was when a Turkish referee from our village overheard two kids of eight swearing at each other and sent them both off with no discussion.

I walked away and refused to have anything to do with it again. I know some parents thought I was being "unsupportive" of my kids. For my part I can't understand why anyone would support their children being part of something like that.

Thankfully both boys later moved on to different activities.

 

[Reynard]

I generally didn't like my parental units being around when I was fencing competitively. It was easier on my head to not have them there - then I could just get on with my own thing.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Public speaking and debate competition, I preferred not to have the folks around, but sports were okay, my parents were not the sort to make a row or fuss.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I generally didn't like my parental units being around when I was fencing competitively. It was easier on my head to not have them there - then I could just get on with my own thing.

I've wondered about this with my daughter when she's doing a grading at martial arts. On one hand she wants us there for support - just knowing we are there; and on the other hand not wanting to perform in front of us. But then she's extremely uncomfortable standing in front of anyone to perform/present, etc. She hates the attention. Her comments this morning before school while watching the Tour of Slovenia on the TV were eye-opening:

Daughter: 'Why would anyone want to win the race?'
Me: 'To be the best.'
Daughter: 'Why do they want to be the best? Aren't they happy taking part? Why do they have to be better than everyone?'
Me: 'They're proving to themselves that they are the best cyclist. Everyone's different. We want different things. Professional cyclists race for their job, so they get paid for it and when they win they know they are the best. They want to be the best.'
Daughter: 'I don't want to be best. I don't know if I want to race if people are like that.'

She is only 8. In last season's CX races for Notts and Derbys she was 9th girl and 11th in her category. After the above conversation, I'm not even sure she'll want to take part this year, never mind work to rank higher.