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    Re: Reference Guide

    It's got to be Auntie ain't it

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    Re: Reference Guide

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    Thanks to GeoffB, DerbyTup, tinyman, and Wheeze for reminding us that this is very deliberately a sport with few rules and a laid back outlook. It really isn't that complicated, despite what some parts of this forum might lead newcomers to believe.
    Turn up, join in, have fun.
    Get a face-lift and I'll marry you.

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    Look! The Grump is melting!

    This forum is no different to many others except it has far less fretting/troublemaking/navel gazing than most others. By the very nature of forum psychology it seems that little things get chewed on and blown out of all proportion. If you believe another forum I frequent, you would believe that one of the foremost manufacturers of sportscars now makes it engines from chocolate because a few have had a problem.

    Now, as for fell running and its forum, I think it is a fine representation, with the obsessive compulsive self-introspection that seems to beset other athletic disciplines kept to a minimum.
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    Re: Reference Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by Wheeze View Post
    By the very nature of forum psychology it seems that little things get chewed on and blown out of all proportion.
    How dare you say that.

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    Re: Reference Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by TheGrump View Post
    The warders increased my medication today.

    Forumites home work for the weekend:
    Why do some posters fail to read thread starts carefully, and end up arguing a completely unrelated point?
    I'm thinking of getting a new waterproof, which is best an OMM smock or a Haglofs Oz...
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    Re: Reference Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by TheGrump View Post
    Forumites home work for the weekend:
    Why do some posters fail to read thread starts carefully, and end up arguing a completely unrelated point?
    I'll take that as a No then?
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    Re: Reference Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by TheGrump View Post
    Two constructive objectives whether you see it that way or not:
    1) Encourage new comers to the sport by making it clearer, where and how to find official information, and get support.
    2) Unclutter the forum with posts from more established participants in the sport, either asking inane questions, or questions of 3rd parties rather than those who are in the best position to answer e.g. race organiser, GP, FRA committee, physio, equipment manufacturer etc.
    We'll soon be redundant as a Forum anyway.

    The new Trail Runner magazine is pitching itself in this way:
    "Trail Runner caters very much for people new to the sport, who may not even have run before, or only run on roads. It also encourages and inspires intermediate trail run enthusiasts looking to improve their performance with the Training Zone, helps them find new places to run, check out the very latest running gear and races to aim for."

    So either we fold this right now and all go to the pub for a consolation pint or three.....
    Or we make it compulsory for anybody new wanting to join this Forum that they have read at least 3 editions of Trail Runner

    Which is it going to be? Scrapheap, or raise the bar to keep the standard high?
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    Re: Reference Guide

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    Agonise Over Which Of The Inov-8 Range To Use.
    Im Always Happy To Help :d

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    Re: Reference Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by tinyman View Post
    We'll soon be redundant as a Forum anyway.

    The new Trail Runner magazine is pitching itself in this way:
    "Trail Runner caters very much for people new to the sport, who may not even have run before, or only run on roads. It also encourages and inspires intermediate trail run enthusiasts looking to improve their performance with the Training Zone, helps them find new places to run, check out the very latest running gear and races to aim for."

    So either we fold this right now and all go to the pub for a consolation pint or three.....
    Or we make it compulsory for anybody new wanting to join this Forum that they have read at least 3 editions of Trail Runner

    Which is it going to be? Scrapheap, or raise the bar to keep the standard high?
    'The Training Zone'? Why am I messing about on here when there are obviously some real professionals at work over at 'Trail Runner'?!
    Be Humble. Sit Down.

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    Re: Reference Guide

    Quote Originally Posted by tinyman View Post
    We'll soon be redundant as a Forum anyway.

    The new Trail Runner magazine is pitching itself in this way:
    "Trail Runner caters very much for people new to the sport, who may not even have run before, or only run on roads. It also encourages and inspires intermediate trail run enthusiasts looking to improve their performance with the Training Zone, helps them find new places to run, check out the very latest running gear and races to aim for."
    Don't worry i'm sure we'll stay under the radar if what the triathletes think of us is anything to go by.
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