Everyone looking forward to this then?
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Everyone looking forward to this then?
Doubt, very much i'll be doing it, but i might come watch...as i'm still Injured, although i managed a very easy 55min run tonight. I'll have to wait and see how sore i am in the morning now. I've lost too much fitness, though to take the Northerns seriously.
Good luck! to all those people doing it though.
what's your target Chaddy...top 100????
Don't know about Chaddy but my target is to not get disqualified from 530th place this year!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by JLH
yep sure amQuote:
Originally Posted by Chaddy the Owl
No, not really!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaddy the Owl
I've been struggling with a cold this week, and had a very lax christmas.
Hopefully i'll be there, we'll see though.
well you should be flying as high as your footy teamQuote:
Originally Posted by Chaddy the Owl
I'll be there - hopefully not as muddy as it was in 1995! - see you then...
Have entered and hope to be there.:)
I bloody love the big cross country events like the Northern and the National.
It's great running in big fields, the cavalry charge effect at the beginning of the race is superb.
Heaton Park is one of my favourite cross country venues as well. Are you reading Chairman Cobra? ;)
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Originally Posted by Danbert
just hope no-one gives you a sword otherwise you will cut the field in half :rolleyes:
I've entered as well, so shouldn't get disqualified this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wily Vet
Won't be No.1 either as NotIntaFells, for one, will have a lower number than I will.
Abbey Runners, Accrington Harriers and Airedale Harriers are alphabetically before Alty Swoop, though whether they've entered athletes is another thing of course. I can't wait for the Northerns and the Nationals though.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Swoop
I'll be there... it'll be the penultimate team race for Nestle Rowntree AC before we become City of York AC (and people stop asking me where we're from). Personally hoping for a mud-bath :o
Evening all.
I'll roger that.
I'l be there i love running at heaton park.
Should improve on last years position if i can keep my spikes on.
I wore no.1 last year. That was the problem. It should have been Alan Barlow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert
Don't start him off - we'll never hear the end of this, well until Feb 4th.Quote:
Originally Posted by Penguin
Looking forward to Northerns, though I like Heaton Park would rather go somewhere else (Derby!!!) as we were only there a few years ago
Sparth Bottoms had a nasty incident this week which involved lions teeth!
Derby? That's virtually France!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by fellhell
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Chairman Cobra
Timothy please feel free to expand upon, embelish and if necesssary embroider this post a bit ;)Quote:
Sparth Bottoms had a nasty incident this week which involved lions teeth!
Tres bien mon ami, mais Derby est plus difficle pour la athletisme en Janvier, non?
Appaling effort. Someone correct it.
Très bien mon ami, mais Derby est plus difficile pour l'athlétisme (le cross) en janvier, non?Quote:
Originally Posted by fellhell
Good try, keep up the hard work. 8/10
Oh, I didn't realise it was 8/10 material! Cheers! I'll stick to the day job though...
Whats all this about Sparticus then?
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Originally Posted by Danbert
All i can reveal is that a lion came knocking at my door and if sparth hadn't stepped in I could have ended up in a very bad way. As it was we both ended up in a state of shock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brummy John
You're bloody pampered at Middleton you lot. Never mind Lions, you want to come into C Block at Rochdale we're fighting Teradactils. Every day is like living in Jurassic Park.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Timothydaltonmyarse
Anyway what about the Northerns Timothy - personally i want Heaton Park desolate with a howling gale blowing and it mud caked underfoot. :D
I'm gutted it's heaton park this year, as i'm not fit to run. I run better at local races... i don't travel and race well. i can never get my race prep right, on long haul races...(unless of course the club put us up somewhere the night before).
timothy i agree the lioness teeth were ferocious- we were nearly lost to the forum for all time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timothydaltonmyarse
no amount of training courses could have prepared us for the sight- Danbert you would have ben terrified:eek:
I endorse your sentiments.
Danbert's Charge at the Northern.
As Danbert jogs to the start line,
His heart is beating fast.
It could be anxiety - or pride,
As he's wearing his best club vest.
Some runners show sensitivity
and some are macho men.
Today is Danbert going to prove
the sword is mightier than the pen.
There are runners to the right of him
And runners to the left.
Will these men be able to tell
he has a great hole in his vest?
The 5 minute gun has gone
and runners form in ranks,
Danbert is in amongst them.
Has he time to hide his hankie in his pants?
The murmer slowly ceases...
The field edges to the line,
Danbert breathes deeply
And the moment is held in time.
He thinks of runners gone before him
And of those still yet to come,
And as the canon fires hears
"Strength and Honour my Son".
Danbert charges down the hill
to the plateau and monument.
He sees where he stood in '82,
when another John spoke to a larger mulitude.
Up hill, down dale and through the stream
Danbert storms his way around.
In this field of 400 runners
Where ever will Danbert be found?
Is there going to be a happy ending to this saga?
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Originally Posted by Foinaven
Magnificent Foinaven absolutely superb. Thank you very much :)
on the 2nd lap Danbert grabs a pole and a flag 'off we charge' says Danbert in slippers and carrying a flask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foinaven
no time to run over the stream the pole doubles up as a javeling , now Danbert grabs the pole ready to jump, holding tight as he doesn't want a fright.. jumping with all his might and in mid flight, his shorts come down oh my god what a fright :)
And then.....And then.....:)
erm i was waiting for you to reply, don't tell me yee want me to carry it on ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Foinaven
As Danbert stode magnificantly out of the stream,
A white mist decended and covered him over.
He ran through the paddock avoiding the cows
Glad that they were more interested in clover.
As he climbed the hill at the end of the first lap
The crowds were shouting as he was seen,
He looked down - and horror of horrors,
His black vest and shorts had now turned green!!
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Originally Posted by Penguin
Pengy what are you doing, you're inexcusably, vulgarly lowering the tone on what is one of the most cultured, refined versifications i've ever seen on the forum.
I apologise on behalf of my friend Foinaven :D
would you like me to alter it? nah i will let super mod JJ look at itQuote:
Originally Posted by Danbert
Thank you Danbert.
No, thank you Foinaven, it's good to see a little culture, refinement and sophistication brought to the forum, even if it was at my expense. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Foinaven
Incidentally i was there in 82 as well. :cool:
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Does this mean Danbert defected to Middleton? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Foinaven