Sep 2016
3:32pm, 12 Sep 2016
1,544 posts
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RunningInCircles
If you need and have someone faster, you can replace me with no offence taken
Currently in the process of retraining and launching a business, so have rather a lot on
That said, if not, I will be there. Equally not going to leave you in the lurch the other way...
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Sep 2016
3:34pm, 12 Sep 2016
16,622 posts
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flanker
you are one the faster ones
Plus there's the slight issue that there is no bench this year; I've used them all!
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Sep 2016
4:36pm, 12 Sep 2016
1,545 posts
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RunningInCircles
No problem
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Sep 2016
4:53pm, 12 Sep 2016
16,623 posts
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flanker
We have an option of DNSing some legs, rather than pulling out, to get us under the time threshold on the road (it'd make our actual time with penalties a joke!). But it means:
- it makes it all a bit of a white elephant event, and given the time and commitment it needs of people, especially overnight, would people still want to do it?
- we'd have to drop a couple of people, and I'm not sure I feel comfortable with that, unless we got exactly the right volunteer(s) to give us 2 hours back. I'm certainly not selecting people not to run.
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Sep 2016
5:14pm, 12 Sep 2016
4,235 posts
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Nightjar
Seems a bit pointless running the Not Quite All The Way Around Norfolk Relay, however catchy the name is.
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Sep 2016
5:21pm, 12 Sep 2016
16,624 posts
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flanker
yep
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Sep 2016
5:36pm, 12 Sep 2016
2,295 posts
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phal
Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, and I know how hard you'll have worked at trying to make it work D, it just doesn't.
Maybe we just take a break this year. There seems to be too many other complications to try and get it to work as you've put above.
See what the RD says, but after that first year where we were way outside the cutoff as well, it's not as good turning up to checkpoints that have already packed up! And tbh, that's what it looks like we'd be doing again, and for safety and the above reason, I can't see him saying yes. And the numbers certainly can't be fiddled to make up 2 hours.
Much as I do love RNR... Maybe the sensible hat (we might just scrape one together between us; however nightjar and silvershadow's number 2 son probably owns the most part of the sensible hat being a) young and b) their offspring, I'm not claiming that any of the other team members definitely own a sensible hat, I certainly don't) needs to be put on....
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Sep 2016
5:37pm, 12 Sep 2016
10,602 posts
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Carpathius
If the rest of the team want to and I'm one of the people you would need to drop, that's ok. I won't be at all insulted or cross. I'm aware my running pace at the moment is completely awful, and I'm usually the slowest on this team without that.
Not looking for sympathy or cries of 'no you're not!'
I'm a practical person.
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Sep 2016
5:54pm, 12 Sep 2016
2,296 posts
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phal
Carp, that still wouldn't be enough time looking at the sheet, and, as it appears it is my husband who has suffered from the domestic incident (pulled his back going over the dog gate; although I am yet to see him to see how bad he is!) if we're losing time on Dave running too we're going to be even further behind schedule.
I don't think I've broken any wifey confidentiality clauses there. He's done it today while I was at work. I think Darren found out about it before me!
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Sep 2016
5:56pm, 12 Sep 2016
21,447 posts
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Dave A
You beat me up 😉
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