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Bush Tucker Man:
Read & Smile!!!!!!!!!!
Ahhhhhhhh, memories :clap:
Bush Tucker Man:
I ran over to my parents house on Saturday afternoon :-o
I had to (well, I didn't - could have rode)
Joanne & Amelia had gone to Braford to see 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' at the Alhambra.
They were going straight to my parents house for tea, & Jo wanted a drink, so didn't want to drive home
My dad offered to come over for me, but I thought pride was (partially) at stake, after not doing the Wakefield Hospice 10K road-race
It wasn't bad, as I could cut 'cross-country', through the grounds of an derelict/partially ruined Country house (Newlands Hall - links to Knight Templars), along the River Calder banking to Stanley Ferry.
Along an old horse drawn coal railway line (long gone, of course)
Thought I'd end up back at work, as the banking has some very muddy bits to run through, littered with tree-roots :o
(would have been embarrassing!!)
The last part is hardest, as there's a stretch of 1 in 3 road/footpath to contend with
I reckon it's about 4 miles
It took me the grand total of 33minutes by my watch (our gate to their door!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Not bad I don't suppose??
Plus, I only stopped twice, to cross 2 'A-roads', for a grand total of about 20 seconds, so not bad (for me!!)
Bush Tucker Man:
Had a ride yesteray afternoon - in the snow :roll:, & out this morning too.
On a late-shift Tuesday, so I might go for a run over the same initial route as Saturday, but turn around when I reach Stanley Ferry & come back up Birkwood Hill on the road, or visa-versa????
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on February 10, 2008, 17:43:02 ---Blimey!!
That was a fast race, even allowing for the shorter time of it.
Lots of grass, a twisty sandy section (could double as a BMX track), some single-track in the scrub.
Plus a couple of trips up a banking - very slippery! (failed it every time)
It was really a 'support' event for the British Schools Cycling Association Cyclo-Cross Championships.
Phil Norfolk, one of the 'Schools' organisers had a list for a 'Summer Cross Series', so that'll be under examination, as soon as it's added to the site
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The dates & locations are up on the site now, click on the picture of me in my signature block
Of course;
Any Yorkshire based riders, on here, are welcome to come & join us. Mountain Bikes are fine to use for most events
They're only banned in events like the Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross (38 miles!!, see 'Course')
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on March 04, 2008, 21:53:44 ---After seeing a leaflet in the local referance Library yesterday, I'm even considering entering a 10K (6.2miles) road-race/fun-run at the end of the month :shock: :shock:
If I decide do it, I can even run it & then get to work in time (afternoon shift) as it's in Wakefield and starts at 10:00
The benificiary is Wakefield Hospice
Course details
Should I go for it?, even if the only money they get off me is my entry fee??
I've got to run it in my Featherstone RC colours though ;)
Edit @ 23:35 I'll have to run it in club-colours to show the proper-runners that I've come from the world of 2-wheels, not 2-legs
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I didn't do this race, due to not having 'the legs' for it & after being advised not to do it by a couple of fairly serious runners who work at the same Hospital.
I now feel that I ought to have a go at one, especially after the above posted road/track/cross-country run :-k (I might even repeat it tomorrow, as we're going over for tea)
Co-incidentally a flyer/entry-form dropped through the letter-box on Tuesday for a 5miler at Darrington (which is to the south-east of Pontefract), so I might enter that.
I'll have to try & find out where the actual route is, so I can go & ride around it.
http://www.darrington.org.uk/funrun.htm
It's still got to be run in the Club colours through
(be they the old colours, or the new ones, shown above I need to buy)
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on April 07, 2008, 11:03:00 ---I ran over to my parents house on Saturday afternoon :-o
It wasn't bad, as I could cut 'cross-country', through the grounds of an derelict/partially ruined Country house (Newlands Hall - links to Knight Templars), along the River Calder banking to Stanley Ferry.
Along an old horse drawn coal railway line (long gone, of course)
Thought I'd end up back at work, as the banking has some very muddy bits to run through, littered with tree-roots
I reckon it's about 4 miles
It took me the grand total of 33minutes by my watch (our gate to their door!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Not bad I don't suppose??
Plus, I only stopped twice, to cross 2 'A-roads', for a grand total of about 20 seconds, so not bad (for me!!)
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I did it earlier again this evening, wife & child drove there.
I left our house at 17:00 'prompt'
I was happy with the time, despite a head-wind, & having to walk for about a 100yards in the Newlands Hall woods, as it was far too slippery to run safely
It only took a minute longer, arriving at 17:34 :D
I'm happy with that :D
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