, but it looks like the forumites have taken all the places!" And this from S3oB: "Noooooo! The training I can stand, but nearly eight months of the Abingdon Marathon forum?"Your forum threads have helped give Abingdon the kind of buzz that's normally reserved
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Nearing Gorey Castle to the east of the islandFew of us can comprehend the strength and stamina required to complete the swim leg of an Ironman (2.4 miles), let alone a 44-mile open water swim around Jersey. But for longstanding forumite Dr Nic
, the RW forumites at mile 18 – and I wanted to soak up the atmosphere.” She came home in 5:27:12.Perhaps to the relief of Anderson. “If I’d run under five hours, Keith was going to have to let me take him to aerobics. I even had a pink leotard lined up
to the theatre where the races start.As always in my experience (2000 and 2003), race day was one of the hottest of the year so far; not entirely appropriate for those of us who had trained through a British winter.A number of Forumites wanted to meet beforehand
.Thanks to all forumites that I met on the day. Overall I'm gutted as I know I was fit enough to make my target time but in the end I just couldn't handle running in the pain any longer. I must have looked a terrible sight for the supporters on route over
finished!! I thought she was behind me but when I looked forward she had just gone ahead, and she was thinking that I was ahead of her!!Most memorable moment - Meeting 'Vrap' in the queue for the loo, having never met any other forumites before. What a
, but not before thoughts of doom and gloom take root. It sounds extreme, but grief is a very real emotion when a runner hears that he or she will be off the road for weeks, or even months.Regular forumite Mrs Pig posted recently that she was at the 'panicky stage
to be the biggest and best ever with already over 60 forumites paid up and entered, including a record number of absolute beginners.Add to that the world-famous Pirate support crew - the envy of every non-Pirate triathlete - and a great time is guaranteed for all
penny, in for a pound, as forumites signed up to the challenge, and quickly three mixed teams of five were organised/disorganised/moved around and coerced into taking up Jethro’s challenge. Illustrious forum names such as Barkles, TwoDogs, Jon, Dr Nic
