1500 miles in 2019

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Pikelet Jun 2019 1:10pm, 3 Jun 2019 2,801 posts	0 Pikelet Well done Toks. That is the biggest medal I have ever seen!!
Maclennane Jun 2019 4:28pm, 3 Jun 2019 20,878 posts	0 Maclennane sorry for the delay folks, was away for a hashing weekend and forgot this morning, monthly sround up will go up tonight
Maclennane Jun 2019 5:46pm, 3 Jun 2019 20,879 posts	0 Maclennane Welcome to the May round-up. I was going to do a boxing theme, but some people are understandably a bit squeamish about people being paid to thump each other, so we’ll go with my addiction to hashing, in what many may see as my latest doomed attempt to convince you all that it’s the way forward. It all kicked off in Malaysia in 1938 as British colonial officers noticed they were all getting a bit portly on ex-pat luxury, and decided to make a version of the paper chase, running from the mess hall, or ‘Hash House’ Today there’ll be a hash running from a pub near you, leaving trails of flour to be followed, featuring a motley crew of runners of all ages and scaring suspicious locals with he fearsome markings, but more of this during the roundup, which I’ll use to explain the terms FRBs, the front runners. We’re all out for a bit of fun, and it’s no good if everyone who can actually run is back in the boozer, has finished their pint and is driving off before more conventionally able hashers, and walkers have even got to the half-way point. It’s because of FRBs that he trail has to be laid carefully, with tricks and feints, like false trails, and fish-hook symbols to send them to the back of the pack. It’s the FRBs’ responsibility to find the real trail and call the rest of us ‘on-on’ DocMoye 975.85 188.64 57.26% NDWDave 908.89 217.47 46.47% Pikelet 905.4 96.36 45.90% Oranj 901.34 224.06 45.25% bonners 882.7 193.51 42.25% jabberknit 842.36 179.29 35.74% Hares, the trail-layers. In the most traditional form of hashing, the live trail, the hare will set off five or ten minutes before the pack, leaving blobs of flour to follow, the aim being to find and catch the hare, and to the winner, the spoil of being the hare next week. Mos trails aren’t like this, and are laid a day or so in advance, mostly by hashers who have retired from work, and so have the couple or three hours required for the process. Requires a good knowledge of local pubs and the paths around them, plus a degree of cunning to out-fox the FRBs. phidip 831.3 175.75 33.96% Jenni-far-far 803.05 146.8 29.41% Cerrertonia 749.41 137.12 20.77% Wriggling Snake 739.51 162.89 19.17% Gobi 721 107.32 16.19% clare1976 719.56 137.68 15.96% The trail – usually laid in flour or sawdust, in its most primitive form, it’s just a series of blobs showing where to run, but normally including checks – a point from which the trail can go in any direction, and the FRBs have to find out where, fish hooks, which send a specified number of FRBs to the back of the pack, regroups, where the pack has to wait for further instruction, or possibly just to see a particularly lovely view. Occasionally, the markings are mistaken for other things, including dog poison, burglar markings(?), Novichok, directions to a rave and cocaine. JP. 718.42 165.73 15.77% HappyG(rrr) 698.99 128.86 12.64% IanS 675.3 120.52 8.82% mole-thing 639.28 100.2 3.02% larkim 637.26 125.28 2.69% riggsy99 609.87 129.38 -1.72% The circle – formed before and after the run. The circle before is used to welcome any new runners, to go through the trail symbols and to give some idea of how long the trail is (Usually 6ish miles), and how much shorter you can make it by taking the medium(about 4.5) or short(3ish) versions. The circle after is used for talking about the trail, with nominal penalties for misdemeanours on the trail, such as falling over. It used to be a very beery affair, but modern attitudes to drinking and driving mean it’s a half of bitter penalty, or a lemonade if you’re an abstainer. It’s also used for announcing the next week’s venue. jennyh 605.06 123.29 -2.50% RichHL 604.67 72.49 -2.56% Hills of Death (HOD) 596.85 91.42 -3.82% theOtherRichard 592.74 100.53 -4.48% Daz Love 585.55 119.26 -5.64% westmoors 576.43 118.95 -7.11% The On Inn – the pub, house, car park, sports and social club, or whatever is being used for that week’s venue. The trail will start and end at the On Inn and it needs to be chosen with care so there are enough paths around to set a decent long, short and medium, and keep the FRBs guessing, and also an understanding owner who doesn’t mind having a car park full of sweaty people in various states of dress. runnyeyes 561.59 83.92 -9.50% Quinn The Eskimo 549.12 110.13 -11.51% _andy 522.91 84.35 -15.73% Mr. K. 461.52 100.72 -25.63% Richard-M 441.44 54.14 -28.86% rjb 440.08 90.03 -29.08% Nash Hash/Inter Hash/Euro Hash etc. Every now and again, there are large gatherings of hashers who meet up for a weekend for a camp out, a few beers and a run. I’ve yet to do one of these, but people seem to really enjoy it, and wear their commemorative T-shirts with some considerable pride, and whenever you visit a hash in another town, or region, veterans will ask after people from your chapter that they’ve met on these dos. Part of me wonders if going on one of these things wouldn’t send me too far down the rabbit hole. Maclennane 437.09 73.43 -29.56% Roberto 418.45 122.24 -32.57% pielips 383.59 3.13 -38.19% The Terminator 350 72.08 -43.60% Neilio 320.09 63.86 -48.42% Hash Stats – if it’s not on the internet, it didn’t happen, and nearly every hash chapter keeps a diligent set of stats, with prizes for completing your 100th, 200th run etc. and we know who needs to get a life because they haven’t missed a run in a year, who has hared the most times (seriously competed for by some of the more mature members) and when Mike Bushell last turned up (Feb 2017). Once a year, these are used together with anecdote and outright lies to do an awards ceremony. stewartC 298.33 115.3 -51.92% Jigs 279.06 44.05 -55.03% MovingAlong 271.96 75.99 -56.17% Garfield 262.27 59.86 -57.74%
Maclennane Jun 2019 5:47pm, 3 Jun 2019 20,880 posts	0 Maclennane apologies for the formatting, that didn't work!
DocMoye Jun 2019 5:51pm, 3 Jun 2019 28,456 posts	0 DocMoye Ooo that's interesting and more to it than I realised. Must find a hash to join in with sometime
westmoors Jun 2019 5:55pm, 3 Jun 2019 3,267 posts	0 westmoors Thanks Maclennane. Very informative.
Garfield Jun 2019 6:41pm, 3 Jun 2019 10,535 posts	0 Garfield Thanks for sharing the ins and outs of hashing. It sounds like fun!
jabberknit Jun 2019 8:13pm, 3 Jun 2019 2,844 posts	0 jabberknit Thanks, Maclennane, very educational on a different sort of running!
IanS Jun 2019 8:59pm, 3 Jun 2019 2,098 posts	0 IanS Good round up Maclennane - some interesting stuff about hashing there I didn't know
Gobi Jun 2019 9:16pm, 3 Jun 2019 67,069 posts	0 Gobi Nice Mac, I'd rather box than hash

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Maintained by jennyh

Welcome to the 1500 miles in 2019 thread! Everyone welcome, regardless of whether you plan to run more or less than 1500 miles in 2019.

If you want to be included in the monthly round ups, please enter the group here: fetcheveryone.com/groups-view.php?id=1286 and set your mileage target for 2019 to 1500 miles

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Monthly roundups

January - westmoors
February - RichHL
March - IanS
April - Neilio
May - Maclennane
June - theOtherRichard
July - jennyh
August - jabberknit
September - DocMoye
October - Garfield
November - Neilio
December - phidip

Target Races

January

5th & 6th - Enigma Winter Double Marathon - jabberknit
12th - Country to Capital Ultra - MovingAlong
13th - Stubbington 10K - Gobi
27th - Staverton 10 - Dillthedog

February
10th - Punchbowl Marathon - StuH
17th - Austin Marathon - phidip

17th - Bramley 10 - Gobi

March
2nd - Groundhog Marathon - Toks
3rd - Newport Half - Dillthedog, jennyh

3rd - Warwick Half - Gobi, clare1976
10th - Surrey Half - StuH
17th - Fleet Half - westmoors
17th - Reading Half - MovingAlong
24th - Eastleigh 10K - Gobi
24th - Coventry Half - clare1976
24th - Cardiff Taff Trail Half - jennyh

April
6th - SDW 50 - StuH
7th - Manchester Marathon - MovingAlong, Toks, mole-thing
7th - Cathedral to Castle 10 - Jenni-far-far
14th - Paris Marathon - RichHL
14th - Phoenix Running Marathon - Toks
14th - Boston (UK) Marathon - HoD
17th - Phoenix Running Marathon - Toks
18th - Phoenix Running Marathon - Toks
27th - Highland Fling 53 - _andy
28th - VM London Marathon - Doc Moye, Pikelet
28th - Stratford Marathon - Jenni-far-far

May
6th - Milton Keynes Marathon - theOtherRichard, Toks, MovingAlong, jabberknit
12th - Market Drayton 10K - Jenni-far-far
26th - Liverpool Marathon - Jenni-far-far
27th - London 10,000 - DocMoye, jennyh

June
2nd - Phoenix Marathon - Toks
14th & 15th - Suffolk Trail Running Festival - Richard-M
15th - Endure 24 - StuH
15th - 3 Lakes Classic - riggsy99
22nd - Midnight Sun Marathon Tromso - jennyh
22nd - Giants Head Marathon - Toks

July
7th - Spire 10 - riggsy99
21st - Grimsby 10K - riggsy99
27th - Lakeland 50 - _andy

August
11th - Salisbury 5-4-3-2-1 50K - westmoors
24th & 25th - CPR Cardiff Pentathrun - jennyh

September

6th-8th - Whistlestop Tour of Wirral - jennyh
8th - Great North Run - DocMoye
15th - Richmond Marathon - Toks
15th - Cleethorpes Coastal Half - riggsy99
22nd - Canada Army Run - Garfield
28th - Tissington Half Marathon - Jenni-far-far

October
6th - Cardiff Half Marathon - jennyh
6th - Loch Ness Marathon - Jenni-far-far
13th - Cabbage Patch 10 - Garfield, StuH
20th - Yorkshire Marathon - jabberknit
20th - Abingdon Marathon - Richard-M
26th - Snowdonia Marathon - MovingAlong, Toks, HoD

Nov
3rd - Stevenage Half Marathon - DocMoye
10th - Remembrance Marathon - Toks
17th - St Neots Half Marathon - Garfield

Dec
7th - Lanzarote Marathon - Jenni-far-far

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