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r.thornton
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 Posted 8th April 2010 12:53 PM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
Orienteering's ok ? Can I claim an extra 7 for 2009, retrospectively ?
No ? Too late , statute of limitations has run out ?
Never mind , drugs are starting to work , might make a come-back
  
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 Posted 8th April 2010 09:05 PM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
Never mind bob thats at least one more than you thought for this year eh I saw you at Dunkeld Orienteering and you may have possibly done more.
Also good to hear you are making progress with the drugs better hope you dont get singled out for a drugs test on your comeback lol

Catch you at a race sometime soon I hope

Almost found my way :-p
   
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I could only count the Newtyle Hill one , the others I got lost , missed controls , lost the will to live , and was a DNF
  
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Didn't miss too many races while I was laid up on the setee for a fortnight with Loose Women and Trisha.
Total=22 by the end of April, including a couple of second-lasts and a few P.W's. during come-back.
  
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 Posted 4th May 2010 10:50 AM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
I'm a good bit behind you Bob, only 14 up to the end of April, had to lose a fortnight through illness....but back to the grind now. See you tomorrow night at Strathkinnes?
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Couldn't see me getting up Kinnoull Hill , over Crieff Knock , or even twice up that brae in Beveridge Park so I think I'll declare early for the month of May .
Therefore +3 = 25 .
  
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Relapse over
Managed Alyth on Sunday , so one more than I thought for May = 26 (although I was last)
  
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11 for June takes me up to 37
but rumour has it that some real race junkies have been doing two races in a day
I'm jealous
  
Brian R Smith
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 Posted 4th July 2010 09:41 PM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
Oops soz Bob that would be me , but was getting worried as I keep seeing you at races so did the Glenrothes 10k followed by the Falkland hill race just to make sure I keep up with you

I am at 44 races so far this year list below
02/07/2010 White Tops Hill Race 10km
27/06/2010 Falkland Hill Race 2.13M
27/06/2010 Glenrothes 10K
25/06/2010 Shell Bay Sandy Slither 6.1M
24/06/2010 Milnathort Dash 5.5M
19/06/2010 Edinburgh parkrun 5km
18/06/2010 Beveridge Park 5K
12/06/2010 I & H Brown Pittencrieff Park 5K
11/06/2010 The Black Rock 5 4.3M
05/06/2010 Strathallan 5 Mile Road Race
02/06/2010 Auld Toun 10K Road Race,
30/05/2010 Dunblane Hydro 7.5 Mile Road Race
29/05/2010 Edinburgh parkrun 5km
25/05/2010 Ravenscraig 1m series
21/05/2010 Beveridge Park 5K Series
19/05/2010 Kinnoull Hill Race 4M
16/05/2010 Quarriers 5k Anstruther
15/05/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun 5km
12/05/2010 St Andrews 5k
09/05/2010 Orienteering SoSOL 6 - Calder Wood
08/05/2010 The 27th Penicuik 10km Road Race
05/05/2010 Strathkinness Blebo Race 4.5M
01/05/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun 5km
29/04/2010 Kinross 10K
27/04/2010 RAVENSCRAIG PARK SERIES 1mile
24/04/2010 Edinburgh parkrun 5km
18/04/2010 Bridge of Allan's Toughest 10k
17/04/2010 Hunters Bog Trot hill race 6.5km
11/04/2010 Gala Harriers 10K
10/04/2010 Fife AC Cross-Country Races 4M
04/04/2010 Normans Law Hill Race 8km
30/03/2010 RAVENSCRAIG PARK SERIES 2mile
27/03/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun 5km
25/03/2010 Fife Nightmare Series - Balgeddie 5k
21/03/2010 South of Scotland Orienteering League Elibank Forest
20/03/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun 5km
14/03/2010 Gartmorn 6 6M
07/03/2010 South of Scotland Orienteering League Gullane Dunes
27/02/2010 Cupar 5 Mile Road Race
21/02/2010 South of Scotland Orienteering League Newtyle Hill Dunkeld
20/02/2010 Edinburgh parkrun 5km
13/02/2010 Edinburgh parkrun 5km
23/01/2010 Devils Burdens Hill Relay leg 3
16/01/2010 East District XC League - Broxburn

Next race The Brig bash

Almost found my way :-p
   
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 Posted 5th July 2010 10:02 AM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
Hi Brian/Bob

It could also be Bill Smith and myself, as last week we managed to fit in 8 races in 5 days.
These were
Red Moss hill race...Wed
Minathort Dash......Thurs
Sandy Slither........Friday
Park run / Eildon Hills..Sat
2K/10K/Falkland.....Sun

Results were quite interesting in that Bill would beat me in road/flat races, but I was ahead in hill races.
Not surprising really as these are our specialities, but hill race winning margins were much larger than the road races.
Outcome of all that racing has been that I am now having trouble even motivating getting back to training for now
  
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 Posted 5th July 2010 10:06 AM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
Not just you Brian .
Would any other "race-Smiths" care to admit to multiple races , like maybe 4 or 5 in a weekend ?
  
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14 more (including the Tour) means 51 by the end of July .
  
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 Posted 2nd August 2010 03:03 PM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
Hey Bob

Can I be a race junkie too? I think I qualify!

I didn't race at all January or February and did my first race on the 28th March which was the Grangemouth 10k. However since then I've so far done 33 races (including the tour) and counting!

And I only joined the Harriers in April! lol

Ehhh and yeah I've done 2 races in a day a couple of times!

So can I puuuuurleeeeeeassseee be a race junkie too??

TuTu wearing Mel


Bona Fide Race Junkie!
   
r.thornton
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Mel,
Looks like you are practically 'main-lining' already, but admitting your addiction is the first step. Rehabilitation is the final aim .. where you can train properly and race competatively .. after all you don't want to end up like some of the wrecks who are already on this list (more to be pitied than scolded)
  
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 Posted 4th August 2010 01:36 PM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
10 in July including the Tour, takes me to either 34 or 35 for the year so far...way behind you Bob...the King of the Junkies!! 4km Dundee Riverside on Friday night if you are interested.....part of the "Race for Sweets" series!!
John
   
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and another 14 takes me to 65 by the end of August .
Being a race junkie is a form of OCD.
Here are some of the symptoms?
You are apparently a race junkie ...
...If , in a three-lap race, you cross the finish-line limping but you were already limping at the end of lap#1 and/or lap#2 but didn't pull out when you should have.
... If you cross the START-line limping!
... If you spend hours perusing running web-sites looking for new races.
... If you spend hours driving to and from new races just to see if they're worth doing rather than waiting for some other junkie to tell you .
I'm sure you know of more signs.
  
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... If, when asked how many races you've done, you pause for less than a milisecond , blurt out a figure then immediately and apologetically add that you missed a race last week because you HAD to go to your sister's wedding.
... If, after too many races in July, you painted your toe-nails with blue nail-varnish to hide the underlying bruising(you know who you are!)
...then you are a race-junkie
  
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... If, at the first sign of the nights 'drawing in' you replace the batteries in your head-torch and quiver with excitement at the thought of a "NightmareRace" every month during the winter
...then you are a race-junkie.

We're into the 'quiet' autumn months so only 6 for September (thank goodness for .. sorry .. thank Chris for Haribo Handicap Races)
Now on 71
  
bob thornton
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... If, you have already used a fluorescent high-lighter pen to note prospective races in your "2011" fixture-list booklet ... then you are a race-junkie.
5 in October makes 76, but November is looking decidedly sparse
  
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If you only do one race per month
... you are not a race-junkie .

Only did one race in November
... now on 77

How's everybody else doing ?
  
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 Posted 30th November 2010 07:50 PM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
I managed 4 in November Bob....but my 58 in all so far lags a bit behind you!! I reckon Brian could be giving you a run for your money though??
John
   
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Ah, good.
Somebody to whom I can pass on the baton.
  
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The things that you find when you are stuck in the house with laryngitis .
I clicked on the 'Forum Archives' button at the top of the Bulletin Board page and subsequently on '2008-06-26' and found ...the first ever race-junkie posting by Chris (originally dating back to Dec/2005) with it's eventual 5 pages-worth of 121 postings.
ps. did we ever get an agreement on Paarlaufs?
  
Brian R Smith
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1 16/01/2010 East District XC League - Broxburn
2 23/01/2010 Devils Burdens Hill Relay
3 13/02/2010 Edinburgh parkrun
4 20/02/2010 Edinburgh parkrun
5 21/02/2010 South of Scotland Orienteering League Newtyle Hill Dunkeld
6 27/02/2010 Cupar 5 Mile Road Race
7 07/03/2010 South of Scotland Orienteering League Gullane Dunes Gullane
8 14/03/2010 Gartmorn 6
9 20/03/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun
10 21/03/2010 South of Scotland Orienteering League Elibank Forest, Walkerburn (NT402361)
11 25/03/2010 Fife Nightmare Series - Balgeddie
12 27/03/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun
13 30/03/2010 RAVENSCRAIG PARK SERIES 2mile
14 04/04/2010 Normans Law Hill Race
15 10/04/2010 Fife AC Cross-Country Races
16 11/04/2010 Gala Harriers 10K
17 17/04/2010 Hunters Bog Trot hill race
18 18/04/2010 Bridge of Allan's Toughest 10k
19 24/04/2010 Edinburgh parkrun
20 27/04/2010 RAVENSCRAIG PARK SERIES 1mile
21 29/04/2010 Kinross 10K
22 01/05/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun
23 05/05/2010 Strathkinness Blebo Race
24 08/05/2010 The 27th Penicuik 10km Road Race
25 09/05/2010 Orienteering SoSOL 6 - Calder Wood
26 12/05/2010 St Andrews 5k
27 15/05/2010 Edinburgh Parkrun
28 16/05/2010 Quarriers 5k Anstruther
29 19/05/2010 Kinnoull Hill Race
30 21/05/2010 Beveridge Park 5K Series
31 25/05/2010 Ravenscraig 1m series
32 29/05/2010 Edinburgh parkrun
33 30/05/2010 Dunblane Hydro 7.5 Mile Road Race
34 02/06/2010 Auld Toun 10K Road Race, Dunfermline
35 05/06/2010 Strathallan 5 Mile Road Race
36 11/06/2010 The Black Rock 5
37 12/06/2010 I & H Brown Pittencrieff Park 5K
38 18/06/2010 Beveridge Park 5K Series
39 19/06/2010 Edinburgh parkrun
40 24/06/2010 Milnathort Dash
41 25/06/2010 Shell Bay Sandy Slither
42 27/06/2010 Glenrothes 10K
43 27/06/2010 Falkland Hill Race
44 02/07/2010 White Tops Hill Race
45 07/07/2010 Brig Bash 5
46 11/07/2010 Crieff 10K
47 14/07/2010 Newburgh
48 25/07/2010 Tour of Fife - Teddy Bear Race, Giffordtown
49 26/07/2010 Tour of Fife - Loopy Loch 6.3 Mile Trail Race, Lochore Meadows
50 27/07/2010 Tour of Fife - Lomonds Lungbuster Hill Race
51 29/07/2010 Tour of Fife - Chariots of Fire Beach Race, St Andrews
52 30/07/2010 Tour of Fife - Up Hell Time Trial, Glenrothes
53 31/07/2010 Tour of Fife - The Chicken Run, Strathmiglo 5.5 Miles
54 01/08/2010 Donkey Brae Run
55 08/08/2010 Forth Road Bridge Pitreavie 10K
56 12/08/2010 Balmullo Trail Race
57 14/08/2010 Edinburgh parkrun
58 15/08/2010 Forfar 10k
59 17/08/2010 Ceres 8 Mile Road Race
60 20/08/2010 Beveridge Park 5K Series
61 21/08/2010 Edinburgh parkrun
62 24/08/2010 Ravenscraig Park 2 Mile Series
63 29/08/2010 ESOC Ultrasprint Orienteering event
64 31/08/2010 Graham Clark Memorial Race
65 04/09/2010 11 person relays Crathes Castle
66 12/09/2010 Compass sport trophy Devilla Forrest
67 25/09/2010 St Andrews - Urban and Park Orienteering Races
68 26/09/2010 Tentsmuir North (Scottish O League 6)
69 30/09/2010 FIFE AC HARIBO CLASIC
70 07/10/2010 Fife AC Haribo Classic - Falkland
71 09/10/2010 East District XC Relays
72 10/10/2010 Giffordtown 5k Road Race
73 16/10/2010 East District XC league(Stirling)
74 23/10/2010 National Cross Country Relays, Cumbernauld
75 13/11/2010 Tinto Hill race
76 20/11/2010 East District XC league(Broxburn)
77 21/11/2010 Scottish Score Champs Penicuik
78 25/11/2010 Fife AC Nightmare Series race one Ceres

Think this is all my races this year so far Bob, not sure if you counted the Tay permanent course event as I have missed that one out as I didnt count it.

Almost found my way :-p
   
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Oh, I think you should count it and be on 79 Brian,
as we've got you on the TayOrienteers results page as 5th on your course amongst 30 other competitors on their various courses (including me, who kissed every post marker but still came last in my group having done a complete '180' ..which I didn't realise until I was staring at the River Tay over the precipitous abyss that is the Kinnoull Hill cliff )
  
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I'll do a list :-
Jan.
1. Blairgowrie (Happy New Year)
2. L.Fitty XC
Feb.
3. Falkland N/M
4. Heatherhall Hare & Tortoise
5. Forfar Multi-terrain 1/2 (wee bit wet)
6. Cherrybank XC
7. Nat.XC Falkirk
8. Newtyle Hill 'O'rienteering
9. House of Dun XC
March
10. Wemyss N/M
11. Tay Dash night-race
12. Birnam Hill
13. (unlucky) Deuchary Hill
14. Riverside 2.5mile Series, race no.1
15. Errol 6K
16. Balgeddie N/M
  
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list contd.
April
17. Cairnie XC
18. Arbroath Tartan 10K
19. Riverside 2.5mile Series, race no.2
20. St.Andrews Univ. 5K beach race
21. Crieff Knock 'O'
22. Kinross 10K
May
23. Strathkinness
24. St.Andrews (sports campus) 5K
25. Quarriers (Anstruther) 5K
26. Alyth H.R.
June
27. Hill of Tarvit
28. Strathallan 5
29. Abernethy H.R.
30. Templeton Trail
31. Arbroath Ac. 10K
32. Twin Peaks(Law/Balgay)
33. Milnathort Dash
34. Sandy Slither
35. Drumtochty H.R.
36. Falkland H.R.
37. Cupar Paarlauf (it counts!)
  
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tea break over..list continues..
July
38. Whitetops H.R.
39. Cupar H.G.
40. Brig Bash
41. Riverside 3K
42. Crieff 10K
43. Newburgh
44. Laurencekirk H.R.
45. Forfar H.R.
46. Tour of Fife 1, Giffordtown 5mile
47. Tour ......... 2, Lochore
48. Tour ......... 3, W.Lomond H.R.
49. Tour ......... 4, W.Sands St.A
50. Tour ......... 5, Purin T.T.
51. Tour ......... 6, Strathmiglo
Aug.
52. Donkey Brae
53. Pitcairngreen Duathlon
54. Riverside 4K
55. Largo Law H.R.
56. Forfar Duathlon
57. Balmullo
58. Aberfeldy H.R.
59. Forfar 10K
60. Ceres 8mile
61. Beveridge Park 5K #4
62. Rait H.R.
63. Edzell 4mile
64. Perth 10K
65. Graham Clark Mem. Knockhill
  
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last lap...
Sept.
66. Riverside 5K
67. Blairgowrie H.R.
68. Coaltown of Balgonie H'cap
69. Tentsmuir 'O'
70. Newtyle H.R.
71. Coul Den H'cap
Oct.
72. Pillars of Hercules H'cap
73. Hermitage 'O'
74. Giffordtown 5K
75. EDXCL Stirling Univ.
76. Kinnoull 'O'
Nov.
.... only ONE !
77. Ceres N/M
Dec.
78. St.Andrews Univ. Paarlauf
79. St.Andrews W.Sands N/M
80. D.H.H. H'cap
81. Craigtoun H'cap
.. that's me for 2010.
Only missed a few whilst I was ill in the spring but afterwards I always seemed to be right at the back
Always rubbish during even-numbered years so looking forward to 2011
Take over Brian
  
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 Posted 27th December 2010 02:35 PM   IP           Reply with quote Edit Post Delete post
I finished the year on a nice round 60 races Bob....a bit to go to catch up on you though, though Brian will be giving you a run for your money this year?
John
   



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