If you want a bouncy castle, I'll lie down in the field at Heath RUFC.
If you want a bouncy castle, I'll lie down in the field at Heath RUFC.
Whilst I totally agree that the relay is now a low priority race due to the moving of the event, and also agree the standard wasn't what it has been, the clubs that did turn up deserve all the credit they get for running/winning ect, Don't forget some poor guy is reading all this shite your all typing and no doubt wondering whether it's worth organising at all just for all you moaning sods to pull his event to bits, whilst all the ones who did enjoy running/winning it will be the ones that suffer when the guy says sod it.......
So its simple if you didn't like it save your fingers from typing and just don't turn up, and if you have so much time on your hands go and practice your running, because if the standards were so shit none of you made much of an impact in better conditions on the records now did you !!!!! :wink:
Harsh, but fair!Originally Posted by multi coloured
It's a good event, and whilst I accept the date clashes with local half marathons etc. I also expect that it will improve as people get used to it being in may. I enjoyed it and would have fancied thrashing the leg I got to see how close I could get to the leaders. My team were 20 mins away from the leaders of the leg on the day and it was a steady run for me so I would have fancied having a real crack at it. Maybe next year?
For people like me, who don't mean jack shit in the world of fell running, it's a really good event. I am quite confident that I enjoyed it more in May than I would have in December. I really liked running with a partner who I'd never run with before....in fact had scarcely met before. I wish I'd known about the free sarnies before spending a few bob in Tescos refuelling mind you.
950 runners this year (not too shabby). I'll wager a pint of Theakston's Best that it's bigger next year.
Well it's not our fault when the event is organised, if we ran the same time as this year in last seasons race we would have been third. Wharfedale are rapidly improving and there seems to be a bit of jealousy attached to some of these comments. Not everyone I may add! I hope everyone turns up in future because I'm tired of the what ifs! We wanted to win and we did, if bingley, Pudsey or Leeds would have won there wouldn't be half the shit written on here. We weren't full strength either but we got on with it and did the job.
Full congrats to Wharfedale for the win from me. A win is still a win, you can only beat those that turn up on the day. If the competition had been faster your guys would probably have run faster too. Job well done
The 'whingers' seem to have forgotten the reasons why the event was (had to be) moved in the first place.
All credit to Halifax for the massive organising effort.
Absolutely - everyone can stand and compete alongside each other with no problems! All parts of the sport have a range of people across all levels of "seriousness", even the bits that take place on that red oval thingy.
FWIW we made an effort to put a Leeds team in for no other reason than we thought it would be fun. Whats better than a hard run out with your mates on a nice Sunday in a beautiful part of the world? Sadly injury meant I missed it but hopefully we'll do it again next year.
Agreed - Congratulations to Wharfedale and Holmfirth ladies, the win reflects their growing strength as I said in my report for the local newspapers and I also predicted the Wharfedale win before the event.
A desire to return to the event to winter and the chance to rub shoulders with triathletes and top runners of all disciplines is neither a criticism of the excellent organisation by Halifax Harriers nor of the validity of the winning teams. Not from me it's not, can't see how anyone thinks it is?
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