Invisible fetchies

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Running on the Spot Dec 2019 11:42am, 2 Dec 2019 29 posts	0 Running on the Spot Has anyone else been surprised how shy fetches are? They seem to stay under cover at races, not displaying their fetchieness. At a recent high profile marathon, with 10 fetchies declared to be running, only one was out and proud. Supporting at the race, I saw only one runner sporting official fetchie merchandise. Nobody to shout "come on fetch" at! I hope they all did well and had a great time, but would be good to see more solidarity, especially in far flung corners.
Merry Christmas & Happy New G(rrr) Dec 2019 12:16pm, 2 Dec 2019 33,466 posts	0 Merry Christmas & Happy New G(rrr) Ha ha! Metro Nome and I spotted each other at parkrun a couple weeks ago (I've known her on FE for ages, formerly Crooked Smile) but even though I know her well, it was the Fetch buff that I spotted first! Compulsory Fetch tattoos? Branding (as in hot iron!) or chip inserted so we can find 'em all?! G
larkim Dec 2019 12:16pm, 2 Dec 2019 9,644 posts	0 larkim I'd be guilty of that. I'm a 100 parkrun t-shirt wearer at parkruns, and then a club vest wearer (mostly) at races. I do often notice though lots and lots of participants listed on races on the fetch race calendar, but few of them participate even on here in the forums or elsewhere. They just love the graphs / logging functionality clearly!!
EvilPixie Dec 2019 12:19pm, 2 Dec 2019 16,504 posts	0 EvilPixie it can sometimes be hard to decide what to wear I'm a fetchie but also doing triathlon with 1485 and a pirate and raising awareness for CRUK so what to wear?!
Badger Dec 2019 12:21pm, 2 Dec 2019 11,649 posts	0 Badger Tricky one. Cold weather, I'll usually have a Fetch buff even for things like parkrun where I generally don't wear a Fetch shirt. Paid races I do usually have a shirt, but then I'm not affiliated to anything else.
Diogenes Dec 2019 12:22pm, 2 Dec 2019 42,958 posts	0 Diogenes I'm a bit shy.
westmoors Dec 2019 12:28pm, 2 Dec 2019 3,641 posts	0 westmoors If I've entered a race as affiliated then it is my club vest. However, if its raining, I will wear my Fetch cap. Home parkruns I do wear my milestone Ts, but if touristing I will wear a Fetch top.
Flatlander Dec 2019 12:38pm, 2 Dec 2019 1,538 posts	0 Flatlander I'm the same as westmoors, I wear my club vest because I have entered under my club's name.
mrs shanksi Dec 2019 12:43pm, 2 Dec 2019 10,167 posts	0 mrs shanksi I try to always wear my red fetch buff at least! If I don't notice another Fetchie please speak to me anyway as I like a chat :-). I just don't do as many races as I used to.
minardi Dec 2019 12:49pm, 2 Dec 2019 4,967 posts	0 minardi I'm not shy. I always fetch up for a race and parkrun tourism (unless I'm with my grandson then we wear our parkrun ts)