1,500 miles in 2023....
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Apr 2022
8:37am, 24 Apr 2022
6,353 posts
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jennyh
Haven’t been on here in ages, but just wanted to say a belated thanks to westmoors for a fab write up, and also belated congratulations to Minimag and Mrsb!
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Apr 2022
2:26pm, 27 Apr 2022
329 posts
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torey
Got up to run bright and early. Did my planned long run , 37 miles on my own. No probs, no stiffness except a slight shoulder ache. Pleased with that
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Apr 2022
7:16pm, 30 Apr 2022
330 posts
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torey
My highest monthly since May 2018 pre hip replacement. 179 miles.
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Apr 2022
7:24pm, 30 Apr 2022
21,194 posts
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Ness
Well done all! Well done, torey. That’s such an impressive mileage.
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Apr 2022
7:26pm, 30 Apr 2022
16,658 posts
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Garfield
Great running torey! 
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Apr 2022
7:57pm, 30 Apr 2022
331 posts
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torey
But oops.. there's a couple I've not entered so it's a few more! Thanks Ness and Garfield.
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Apr 2022
10:18pm, 30 Apr 2022
21,203 posts
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Ness
Have got screenshots. Will sort out the data and send it to neilio in the morning. Well done everyone. 😁
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May 2022
6:30pm, 1 May 2022
332 posts
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torey
Month total was 190 miles after all. Not likely to repeat that until mid year when I'm doing the Hope 24.
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May 2022
4:29pm, 2 May 2022
3,227 posts
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Neilio
HI Gang Another month flies by and so another, hopefully informative, roundup comes around the corner and plonks itself in the group to fill a moment in time. Congratulations to Peregrinator who was the closest athlete to April’s break even mileage point of 493.2. 😊 But don’t worry if, like me, you aren’t anywhere near completing 1500 miles this year for whatever reason. Just being in here is fab! This month I thought we’d have a look at some of the animals that have become extinct over the years. I’ve no idea why, this one just popped into my head whilst I was fitting some decking. Fist off is the West African Black Rhinoceros which was found in several countries towards the southeast region of Africa. Measuring 3-3.8 metres long and 1.4-1.7 metres in height, this rhino would have weighed 800-1,300 kg. It had two horns, one measuring 0.5-1.3 metres and the other between 2-55cm. Their diet included leafy plants and shoots. Some believe their horns had medicinal properties – though this had no grounding in scientific fact – which led to heavy poaching. In the 1930’s preservation action was taken to protect the species, but the numbers continued to decline. The last West African Black Rhino was seen in Cameroon in 2006. It was declared officially extinct in 2011. roflaherty 842.5 Minimag 764.7 larkim 745.7 Vincey 730.5 NDWDave 711.3 Hills of Death (HOD) 665.7 minardi 663.8 Werrington Whirlwind 649.4 torey 639.4 MVP 634.2 Baiji White Dolphin, also called the Chinese River Dolphin, can only be found in the Yangtze River in China. These mammals could grow to eight feet long and weigh up to a quarter of a ton. They relied on echolocation to navigate and hunt for pray due to their tiny eyes and very poor eyesight. Living in the Yangtze for 20 million years, their numbers declined drastically from the 1950s onwards. As China industrialised, the river was used for fishing, transportation and hydroelectricity which had a huge effect on the mammals. Although not officially recorded as extinct, no one has seen a Yangtze River Dolphin since 2002. Exmoor Runner 624.1 speedy_cuttlefish 598.3 tuck up 579.7 John Bach 573.2 slowblonde 565 annadav 560.5 allmatthew 558.5 Benny Tempo 553.4 Jenni-far-far 552.6 Pikelet 541.4 The Pyrenean Ibex was one of four subspecies of the Spanish Ibex or Iberian Goat that was found in the Iberian Peninsula. The Ibex would grow to a height of 60-76cm at the shoulder and weigh 24-80 kg and fed mainly on grasses and herbs. They were thought to have numbered 50,000 historically, but by the early 1900s its numbers had fallen to fewer than 100. The exact cause of the Pyrenean Ibex’s extinction is unknown; scientists believe factors included poaching and the inability to compete with other mammals for food and habitat. The last Pyrenean Ibex was killed by a falling tree in northern Spain in 2000. Very unluck there ☹ Ness 537.1 westmoors 531.3 Ultracat 526.6 Richard-M 521 Wilding2004 517.6 BigEvilC 516.4 mol 512.3 faithfulred 511.5 Anna bomb 506.4 MrsBridgewater 506.1 Native to North America, the Passenger or Wild Pigeon has been extinct since the early 20th century. It is estimated that between 3 and 5 billion Passenger Pigeons inhabited the US when Europeans arrived in North America, but their settlement led to mass deforestation resulting in habitat loss and a reduction in the bird population. By the 19th century pigeon meat was commercialized as a cheap food for the poor, which resulted in hunting on a massive scale. The Passenger Pigeon died out in the wild by around 1900, with the last known individual dying in captivity in 1914. CogNoscenseme AHA 505.9 melbas 504.4 Peregrinator 494.5 jennyh 476.8 mr d 468.1 Snoot 466.7 Rosehip 463.2 DocM 444.4 HayleyB 438.8 bodwen 431.9 Native to Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, the Tasmanian Tiger was a large carnivorous marsupial. Not related to tigers, the creature had the appearance of a medium-to-large-size dog (it weighed 30kg with a nose to tail length of almost 2 metres) but dark stripes gave it a tiger-like appearance. It is believed to have been hunted to extinction – this was encouraged by bounties – but human encroachment into its habitat, the introduction of dogs and disease could also have contributed. The last wild Tasmanian Tiger was killed between 1910 and 1920, with the last captive one dying in Hobart Zoo, Tasmania in 1936. riggsy99 427.3 Mascott 415.2 nme2no1 411.4 Akkers 408.1 mikep 398.9 Cerretonia 390 Podkin 382.9 Chrisity 382 Northern Exile 361 Paul Topspin 359.9 Named after George Steller, a naturalist who discovered the creature in 1741, Stellers Sea Cow was a large herbivorous mammal. It is believed that Stellers Sea Cow which grew to at least 8-9 metres and weighed around 8-10 tons, inhabited the Near Islands, southwest of Alaska and the Commander Islands in the Bering Sea. It is believed that the mammal was tame and spent most of its time eating kelp; this, and the fact that it was unable to submerge its enormous body, is possibly what made it vulnerable to human hunters. Within 27 years of discovery by Europeans, Steller’s Sea Cow was hunted to extinction. Well done to the human race! brucie13 303.4 Bolty 289.5 jonbev 263.7 MovingAlong 254.5 IanS 239.9 Garfield 239.3 Dudie 235.6 oldngrey 185.8 Nelly 162.5 Neilio 132.7 Pedro_Perez 98.9 Love you all
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May 2022
4:43pm, 2 May 2022
45,250 posts
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DocM
thanks Neilio always good to start the month with some interesting facts |
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