Monday Night Fun Running

Setting his 2nd course this training season - David decided to make it an easier on this time.

The course was certainly shorter than last time....

Wow! What a course this evening - in a flatter area, the faster runners would probably have got the lot, but the undulating terrain challenged everybody taking part. It's often hard to believe that one could fit so many ups and downs in such a small area and while I didn't run them all, I suspect that the faster runners came close.

On reflection, it seemed more logical to head out to the North as this provided immediate access to #23 which was left out my most taking part. It also provided a number of return options as one could choose to leave out #11 if time was pressing.  Commiserations to those that got blocked by the no longer vacant plot just North of #6; I believe that Marta, Fitz, Bruce and Mark Jarvis were all inconvenienced by this. Fortunately, these are all runners that can recover from such an issue.

Mark visits #17 twice - Mark compounded the navigational sin by visiting #17 twice - once on the way out and a second time on the way home - it did, after all, look so very tempting from #9.

Ian Greenwood reported for walking - several taking part have complained that Ian Greenwood was observed walking this evening and it seems likely that this occurred on other/unobserved occasions. After careful consideration, several beers and much jocular laughter about his late arrival at the finish, the judging panel decided to turn a blind eye this week and let him off with a warning. 

Katherine refuses to run with Kristian - you may have noticed this evening that Katherine ran off and left Kristian behind periodically yelling light pole numbers to him as he got close and then running ahead. When queried about this later, she told us that early on in the event Kristian had trodden on a particularly juicy dog turd and for the sake of her nostrils, she decided to run on ahead (This explains why Fitz had such a devilish grin on his face early on...all taking part are advised to watch where they step if Marta - and Fitz - are running ahead of them).

Keith is misplaced - Keith had trouble finding his way to the start this evening - and was found in a nearby cul-de-sac by Bruce, Marta, Mark etc...about 10 minutes into the event. They directed him to the start where he grabbed a map and left a note to say that he had started late and would return in 65 minutes or so. For safety reasons folks, the latest finish time that we can permit is 8:15 - and even then, we may not credit additional time beyond the 8:05 finish time set for power walkers. Let me repeat - no matter when you start - YOU MUST FINISH YOUR COURSE BY 8:15 AT THE LATEST.

Recent Feedback

• Ian Greenwood - "A challenging run where early on you need to make some smart decisions on what to leave out to maximise your score.  Unfortunately, I didn't do that!" Was I really 9 points late or were scoring me to be behind you??!! 

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