I presume you mean John Temperton. I don't know what his fell running credentials are, but he's been around athletics in the North of England for long enough so he should have a modicum of a clue about fell running. The comment about 2 marshals seems reasonable. One faces the runner reading the numbers, the other faces the other listening to what the first says and writes it down. Not sure where the "spinning like tops" comes into it?
I'm off to the National XC relays tomorrow. There are frequently comments made about the course being dangerous because of tree roots!! If that's the case then pretty much all forms of athletics are doomed.
I see AI is back to his "blazer brigade" bashing. This harks back to the days of AAA of England rather than the present NGB. If anything the correct derogatory term these days should be "the suits" surely?
