WHILE I CURSED Rafa Benitez for resting Juan Mata [my Fantasy Football captain] until 16 minutes from time against QPR last night, other users of the online football management competition were having a better time of it.
Fantasy football users that had Liverpool’s Luis Suarez logged onto their accounts to discover their teams were having a bumper week.
The Uruguayan scored twice and set up Raheem Sterling for the opener in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Sunderland.
Suarez was awarded three bonus points as well but the maths went haywire and he was listed [see below] as having 784 points.
Fantasy Football screengrab.
If, like TheScore.ie’s Paul Fennessy, one had Suarez as your captain then Suarez netted 1,568 points.
The current overall FF leader has 1,353 points [as of this morning] so any team with Suarez in the mix were set to be flying high.
The website was alerted to the discrepancy, however, and fixed the technical glitch.
Suarez’s haul for Gameweek 21 is now a respectable but not stratospheric 16 points.
Players with Raheem Sterling in their starting XI had an even bigger surprise as the young midfielder was credited with 1,303 points.
Sterling’s neat lob put Liverpool 1-0 up and he was awarded two bonus points but his 56th minute substitution meant he finished with eight FF points.
This was also corrected by not before one user took to Twitter to celebrate his 1,999 points haul.
Credit: @anthonymoyles
*Did you experience the brief elation of a 784 point haul for Suarez?
Started 2 months ago myself. Training a few times a week now and feeling great. Found an ab last week…least I hope it’s an ab!
I think the main problem with running as an activity is that ultimately it gets boring for a lot of people, so you end up dropping out and then find it hard to get back to it. I find I get the most out of running when I tie it into some leisure activity like cycling , or hiking so it becomes a means to an end. That being said it is a good all year round activity and it can be as nice going for a run in Jan as in July. And do vary where you run even if it means jumping in a car or running with a friend on the other side of the city. Another one might be to find some forest/hill routes if you are drivable distance from hills/mountains
Podcasts are a good way to beat the Borden ..
@silverharp would be kind of hard for a total amateur to go shell out big money on a proper racing bike with all the gear, especially if they’ve just worked over 40 hours in the week for their 50 euro job bridge allowance… I can see why they would opt for just a pair of runners instead!
@Ashley Rowland lol, I thought the Tory approach was to get on your bike ;-) and where did I mention expensive racing bikes and gear? any sort of bike will get you to Enniskerry or the Sally gap. Lack of imagination will be your biggest problem and keep an eye out for Lidl specials when it comes to gear.
I love to run. It’s relaxing and give you a break from the real world!
Those 5k and 10k races around the country are very good motivation. The Dundalk 10k race got me motivated anyway 3 years ago and in 2012 I managed to run sub-40mins, which I was seriously delighted with.
Unfortunately there was a poor turn out this year for that race, lets hope it picks up again in 2014 :)
If you want motivation to run read “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougal…
Outdoor exercise has really taken off in the last number of years. I think the biggest danger to quitting is when you stop improving your times. However there are a huge amount of events out there now to encourage a person to keep at it and get enjoyment out of it There are 5k, 10k, half marathon, marathon, triathlons and mixed events taking place throughout the country. There are also many walking and hiking trails and paths/greenways for running or cycling. So there are plenty of new places to see and explore. It is definitely much better than the gym.
Compared to someone Living in London say, Dubliners in particular are spoilt for choice. Poolbeg lighthouse, Bull island or head into the Dublin/Wicklow hills, Crone wood etc. as a goal or just to make a day of it.
Its getting from the couch to the 5k finish line
Rest I’d say mate. No expert but I found that a 5 min walk is not sufficient warm up. Lots of stretching before hand.
On week 2 and think ive pulled my calf mussel very sore. Any advice should I rest or go on as normal
Use a foam roller after a run. you can find very good videos on youtube showing you how to use it.