Oh yes! There's my day today of total relaxation following last nights exhausting running club Christmas dinner:DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
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Oh yes! There's my day today of total relaxation following last nights exhausting running club Christmas dinner:DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
You lucky man, enjoy;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Deejay
Well, there is for me ( the joys of being a giffer).;):pQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Sophie is this you?
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Originally Posted by Sophie
Cheeky...xQuote:
Originally Posted by magoo
I think we might just be able to guess now why your eyesight is so bad mr magoo! ;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by magoo
And his knees have turned to water:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Sorted then, I am back training so should be well on the way by feb. What leg will we be doing, any ideas , i hope we take over from or hand over to Merrylegs I knew he had a crosser but not in the dress code sense, that will be a sight:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
I hope to enter the Long Mynd Valleys race again next feb also ,,,, anyone else interested it is a brill race.......come on ML you know it makes sense!!!!
If it makes sense, i'm interested;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ambrosia Kid
Been shopping in Tesco's for mascara and eyeliner today:eek:
Met an ex army lad at the Midsummer Madness series that is doing the Long Mynd, told me to get my ass down there for that, its a good un.
Really I thought you'd be a Body Shop man. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
That was for the Mrs.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
Body Shop for me all the way;)
In my case it's more like body shock. :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
re Pennine Bridleway Relay
I emailed the organiser, and he said that it tends to fill up rapidly after the Calderdale Way relay (which was this weekend just gone)
so if we're going to enter a team, I think we need to do it soon...
Pennine Bridleway Relay Possibles:
Amex
Merrylegs
Daz
Ambrosia Kid
Pudgy
Crumblydown
Mrs C
Mrs Amex
Al Fowler (TBC)
emmi (TBC)
we need emmi/Al to find out if their "proper" club needs them...
and we need MORE PEOPLE full stop...
Stick me down for that, no issues with my 1st claim club as there's no hope in hell of them entering it!
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Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
I emailed 'my proper' club and im the guy said he'd put me down. So unless something happens, i affraid i have to back out of the ponies team. Im not sure what em has found out.
Remi nd me when this is. I'd certainly be up for it but if it's in late January it may clash with me annual ice climbing/drinking trip to Scotland
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Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Sorry Daz I still don't know :( I won't be in any elite team that's for sure and will probably only get asked if they need to make up numbers but I can't be any less helpful can I??? sorreeeeeeeeee. As soon as I know anything more I'll let you know.
Do you have to name teams now or can you just enter one anyway?
http://www.penninebridlewayrelay.co.uk/Quote:
Originally Posted by Deejay
Sunday 1st February 2009
emmi - so your club expects you to wait around indefinitely, twiddling your thumbs, just in case somebody else lets them down, or then maybe you don't get to run at all? nice.
we could enter a team now, and firm up the names as we go along, but we still have to decide whether it's going to be an single-gender or a mixed team
if we put in a mixed, some blokes are going to have to drop out
if we put in a blokes-only, then lady-Ponies will be disappointed
if we put in 2 teams (1-mixed, 1-blokes), we're going to need a few more volunteers sooner rather than later, to be confident of raising 20 people...
Pennine Bridleway Relay Possibles:
Amex
Merrylegs
Daz
Ambrosia Kid
Pudgy
Crumblydown
Mrs C
Mrs Amex
dominion
Deejay (barring clash with prior engagement)
emmi (TBC)
If you put in a blokes team, and a bird... I mean lady-pony runs who's going to complain? Could understand if it's a mixed team and it's all blokes, but not the other way round?
Do you need to order up some more vests to get 10 runners kitted out? I'll have one if theres one going. Mind you, a bloke wearing a pink pony vest will probably get called a girl anyway!
C'mon all you anonymous Ponies, and where's the speed merchants Fellmonster and The Master, get your MANbags packed for this:cool:
Good point!Quote:
Originally Posted by dominion
I was going to email the organiser anyway, so I'll ask!:D
[he's gonna love me :o ]
I WEAR PINK:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by dominion
Nuff said honky tonk. xx ;):eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Amex
right - Pennine Bridleway Relay Update
spoke to organiser (Graham Wright) via email and:
1) "An open team can comprise any combination of men and ladies, providing it does not comprise 5 men and 5 ladies as it then becomes a mixed team."
which is good
2) "online entry allows you to revisit and log in at any time to alter your team be it the category or pairings on the legs etc."
which is very good, meaning we can change between Open and Mixed at our whim!
3) "The rule re wearing club vests is only there to assist the marshals at the changeovers to identify the pairings incoming and can be waived in a case like yours."
which basically means we can wear any old assortment of vests, cos they know what a motley crew we are!
So... how's about I go ahead and enter one team?
anyone DEFINITE - PM me with your real name, so I can allocate slots on a first-come-first-served basis
we can re-jig the actual leg-allocations/pairings at our leisure
and if we get significantly more than 10 volunteers, we can think about putting in a second team!
Daz you can count Marcel in for this he will be a pony by jan. and he also knows the way, however he does suffer slightly from tourettes as Merrylegs can verify. :eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
since Deejay hasn't definitely confirmed, I can allow Marcel to sneak in as the 10th "Provisional" ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
and following your PM, we now have:
Pennine Bridleway Definites:
1) Daz
2) Crumblydown
3) Mrs C
4) Marcel
Slightly:eek: This man swears more than me and a can b@st@rding, fecking swear for England, but he's a top bloke, PM'd you Daz, I'm in, more or less know my way round, done it on an MTB;)Quote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
RESPECT to Daztheslug
A lad who gets things done. Well don that man:):):)
Lets hope the rest of the ponies dont let him down:mad:
Hi Daz.
I've been watching this thread develop and am definitely up for a go at this. Well done for your efforts so far!!:)
Unfortunately I am a really slow runner (and havent run since Thieveley Pike, but there's plenty of time to train!) so would be quite willing to act as a reserve or step aside for a quicker 'athlete'!
If I ran I would need a comparably slow partner.
I'll even give you a hand on the day with logistics/ lifts if that is more useful.
I have run as a pony at the Stanbury Splash, so I have me own vest! :D
Regards
Nelly
ps I have sent you a pm
Feck is it a race??:confused: oh well me and mrs amex in will PM now xxx
Cheers Al. I'll probably be stuck half way up a melting ice gully on the 1st Feb, but I will be at the relays in spirit (that may be all that is left of me!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Deejay - Unlucky! looks like you will be missing the event of the season ;)
Nelly - I wouldn't worry about being too slow - you were 2 and a half mins ahead of me at Stanbury Splash for a start!
Pennine Bridleway Relayers:
1) Daz
2) Crumblydown
3) Mrs C
4) Marcel
5) Merrylegs
6) Amex
7) Mrs Amex
8) Ambrosia Kid - needs to confirm with a PM...
9) Pudgy - needs to confirm with a PM...
10) Dominion - needs to confirm with a PM...
Nelly - 1st reserve
keep 'em coming all you lurkers - I bet we can raise 2 teams...
Daz if it is that we manage to raise 2 teams you'd better put me in the slower 1, my days as a racing snake have long passed I fear. :rolleyes::)Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Well thats me you and Mrs Amex in the gentle group!! xxQuote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
WE'RE IN! :D
just entered team "Fell Ponies" and started throwing names into slots - they can be re-jigged as often as we like...
dom's confirmed
just waiting for Ambrosia Kid and Pudgy - does anybody know if they're about/away at the moment...?
I assume for optimum team pace, it's better to pair people with roughly equal ability - not quite sure how we decide that...?
Also, we might want to think about which legs we fancy
[bearing in mind that I have already bagsied one of the Leg 5 slots :o ]
Leg 1: 8.5M/1361ft (Leg record= 55.11)
Leg 2: 12.5M/1560ft (Leg record= 1.16.17) "longest and possibly toughest"
Leg 3: 9.0M/1570ft (Leg record= 58.32) "not longest, but most amount of climb with “sting in tail “ and toughest climb of whole route!"
Leg 4: 5.5M/ 753ft (Leg record= 34.48) "shortest leg with least amount of climb and should suit the speed merchants"
Leg 5: 11.0M/1390ft (Leg record= 58.26) includes "mega long climb from Broadley to Top of Leach"
Looking at that, i wouldn't mind leg 2 or 3, with a mid pack sort of partner, or if its someone faster than me, they must have a nice bum:D
And if anyone asks me about sex, i'll say, go on then you silver tongued b@st@rd you:eek:
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And if anyone asks me about sex, i'll say, go on then you silver tongued b@st@rd you:eek:[/quote]
Assuming it's a certain teacher who asks that would be the right answer.;)
My mrs would like to do leg 2, you'd be a good pairing;) not saying anything about her bum though.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I assume for optimum team pace, it's better to pair people with roughly equal ability - not quite sure how we decide that...?
so whos with me in the shit group then!!