All this club membership millarky kind of worries me; I was a member of Skipton AC but can't really claim to be any longer (I don't pay for a start) even though I still run with them on the odd training evening. If I lived a bit nearer Skipton I'd seriously think about joining wharfedale harriers (if they'd have me) because they are so fell focused and have so many training nights to pick and choose from but, as I don't, I will instead almost certainly start running again on Wednesday evenings with Settle Harriers (if they'll have me
), especially as their off road training routes are all stunning. I'm of course also a 'member' of fell ponies and have proudly worn their vests in races, even though the bastard things can graze my nipples to a pulp.
If I then raced having 'joined' Settle, I'd obviously be keen to show allegience to vest and will smartly kick the ponies into touch; the emerald green colour of Settle vests I have to admit is far superior to the grimy yellow of Skipton or the washed out white with blue and some other colour stripes of wharfedale
and I'm assuming it isn't fashioned from millstone grit like the pony ones.
So I'll prostitute my 'services' to gain a trendy vest but Settle Harriers won't especially gain much from from my dodgy allegience in return, certainly not in any positional sense in races.
Isn't all this registration and affiliation daftly well over the top or is it me? Its not like running is really a team sport either is it?