Midsummer Madness

[stevefoster]

I wanted to do the Wicken Hill Whizz on Friday but was full of cold during the week. Couple of extra days to recover and so I'm looking forward to the Tom Tittiman tomorrow.

See you there Pacifier

Also, good to put a name to a face merrylegs. I spotted your hair do and knew it was you

Surely you mean lack of hair do

[BillJ]

Results (from senior races) now on calder valley website: www.cvfr.co.uk

Hope you all enjoyed the weekend !

[Alf]

Results (from senior races) now on calder valley website: www.cvfr.co.uk

Hope you all enjoyed the weekend !

Cheers Bill (just enjoying the bottles of Tim Taylor's Landlord you kindly gave me ) and many thanks to you and all the race marshalls and helpers at CVFR for making the Midsummer Madness weekend such a great event again.

The Reservoir Bogs race had an extra reservoir and a few more bogs thrown in this year so was very good value for money

After doing the 3 races I will definitely sleep well tonight !

[Tussockface]

See you there Pacifier

Surely you mean lack of hair do

You mean 'hair don't'.



A fantastic weekend. BillJ could give masterclasses in race organisation: absolutely brilliant. The results were published, all category winners sorted, year-on-year improver stats worked out, all within minutes. In fact, the prizegiving for today's race and the series as a whole began only nineteen minutes after the last finisher crossed the line. (Is that a pb?!)
As a marshal on Friday and Sunday, I was close at hand to appreciate the amazing effort put in by Bill and all his family. The children were stars too, circulating the printed results and keeping the prizes moving. (Glad you finally got shot of the corkscrew, kids...!)

Bill even flagged the Tittiman course himself this morning, after a hard night's ceilidhing.
It was fitting that Anne J won the women's race.

Congratulations to James Logue and Chris for their performances today - a new record for James - and to series winner Jason Williams of Leicester Owls, who had some storming runs, not least at Wicken Hill on Friday. Nice to see a host of old friends, including Invisible from Springfield and the Telford/Shropshire contingent.

I understand now why Bill was chuckling about the Bogs route - especially checkpoint 2 . Enjoyed it though, despite several poor choices which probably cost me (and the people ill-advised enough to be following me) about 10 minutes. I've made a mental note to arrive early enough next year to have a proper look at the map and mark it up in advance.

[stevefoster]

Results (from senior races) now on calder valley website: www.cvfr.co.uk

Hope you all enjoyed the weekend !

Thanks Bill, me and Mini-Merry had a good weekend

[stevefoster]

You mean 'hair don't'.

Don't do hair

[wolley tha]

Brilliant organisation, all credit once again to Bill. I think 'arse over elbow' would be a better expression: I spent an hour or so at Halifax hospital having grit picked out of said elbow after the Reservoir Bogs on Saturday. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, I was a bit tentative descending the track down to the lane after Tom Tittiman on Sunday.

[stevefoster]

Brilliant organisation, all credit once again to Bill. I think 'arse over elbow' would be a better expression: I spent an hour or so at Halifax hospital having grit picked out of said elbow after the Reservoir Bogs on Saturday. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, I was a bit tentative descending the track down to the lane after Tom Tittiman on Sunday.

Saw you fall mate, as i was walking back down from the junior races, looked painful, but you picked yourself up quickly and carried on, well done, no girly noises either

[Flightless Bird]

Brilliant organisation, all credit once again to Bill. I think 'arse over elbow' would be a better expression: I spent an hour or so at Halifax hospital having grit picked out of said elbow after the Reservoir Bogs on Saturday. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, I was a bit tentative descending the track down to the lane after Tom Tittiman on Sunday.

Wt....I was the chap next to you when you went for the the "ronaldo". Pleased to see you got yourself back together for Tom tittiman.
Ps.
If you require anymore "flying lessons" give me a shout.

[BillJ]

Photos from the weekend courtesy of Peter Greer:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/16599727@N03/collections/72157620358467897/