1. Turn upOriginally Posted by Mr Benn
2. Pay 3 quid
3. Run (and walk a bit)
4. Drink beer
5. Have fun
1. Turn up
2. Pay 3 quid
3. Run (and walk a bit)
4. Drink beer
5. Have fun
Poacher turned game-keeper
6.Carry the right kit as specified in the FRA Calendar.
Oh silly me! Much easier to just ask on the Forum than bother with all that palaver.
But it's not the kit as specified in the FRA calendar, it's the kit as specified by the organiser. It was discussed in the equipment threads a week or two back where an organiser was being a bit picky about what kit was required. Yet if you look at the race details, nothing is detailed, either in the FRA calendar, or on the organising clubs website. This was not an AM or AL race so nothing is mandatory according to FRA rules.
Yes but what counts as waterproof? I have a 'rainmate' see through hood with blue flowers on it. Does this count as a hood?
What has the Flat Roof Alliance got to do with it?
Ahhhh. Simplicity. Nice one!
You don't have to be a FRA (or W, S and NI variants) member to run a race but it all helps, especially for those longsuffering individuals who can be bothered to interface our lovely little amateur sport with the Athletics/Legal Politburo and come up with regs that do their best to satisfy both sides.
Sweat, patience and unpaid time goes into drawing up those regs, so the least any interested competitor could do is stump up the few quid it costs to join the association and get the regs themselves rather than expecting a free link to the resource. The forum should, of course, carry on pointing people in the right direction/offering sage advice/burbling inanities which is the function of forums the world over. Get with the schedule TG!
Simon Blease
Monmouth
6. spend the following week unable to walk with doms but have the biggest smile on your face
7. Show off all your new scars to all your friends and family.
So far I have a scar from the Borrowdale, 3 Shires and Langdale on my right leg. Over the next few years I will be looking to get the collection and pick up the Lakeland Classic Series box set of scars7. Show off all your new scars to all your friends and family.
The Journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step
I think Tinyman has hit the nail on the head - this is like a discussion in the pub and if someone asked some of the things posted on here in the pub they wouldn't get a second thought - they would just be told where they could park or what map to take and nobody would think anything of it. So its usually just a bit of crack - For example I hope I have enough common sense to know whats waterproof and whats isn't - but I also know that there is a lot of kit about that sits uncomfortably in that middle ground that might or might not be Ok any in one or more of numerous different organisers views, so I dont see any harm in us having a chat about it. If the recent discussion about EDZ jackets has stopped someone turning up at Jura or The Ben, or the Mountain Trial in one and having a barney with an organiser then its saved some hassle, and maybe saved their race. So lets chat about these things, its like TV, if you dont like it you know where the off button is!
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