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700 miles in 2022

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Feb 2022
9:27am, 7 Feb 2022
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alpenrose
Morning :)

Sorry you had to pull out LD - you made the right decision.

bunting AT PB bunting

Comp, that sounds like a great run.

ITG, I think you need to speak with the garage and it sounds like you're getting the weather we had over the weekend.

bunting WAVA PB Sweetie.
Feb 2022
11:56am, 7 Feb 2022
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SarahWoo
Morning all.
Late on parade this morning - my job is very demanding at the moment - you'd think they'd be letting me wind down a bit seeing as I'm retiring in 52 days' time! ;)
Nothing else planned other than a dog walk at lunchtime.
Sorry about your car, ITG. I have an all-electric car (Volkswagen Golf) and the capacity drops by about 50 miles per charge in this country in the winter. I wondered when you said that you'd got a Volvo whether the Swedes had managed to overcome that problem somehow - obviously not :(
Feb 2022
12:22pm, 7 Feb 2022
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ageingtractor
bunting WAVA pb Sweetie. Great work.

Sounds rough times up your way ITG.
Feb 2022
3:36pm, 7 Feb 2022
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LazyDaisy
Sweetie I've done the Eastnor Castle race - lots of mud and quite challenging IIRC but you got a nice glass at the end (and of course you get the bonus of meeting PL! :-) )

Sitting at gate C31 waiting to board our plane home. I'm a bit more downcast about my toe today - walking is a lot more painful than it was before yesterday's 9k :-( I hope this isn't going to mess up my participation in the TBC :-0
Feb 2022
4:37pm, 7 Feb 2022
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IT GRANNY 🇮🇸
Volvo blame 'the cold' which is not all that helpful if you live in Iceland.

Charging point is not damaged so that is a relief. But now cable is 250 quid from the carparts shop or 400+ from Volvo.

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um
Feb 2022
4:43pm, 7 Feb 2022
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um
If it was a proper uni charging point ITG, any chance of getting them to cough up, if it was their machinery that chewed it up, and the connect from the charge point to car was reasonable?

Or can the cable be fixed? O+If both ends are OK, any chance of just adding a connector (plug/socket) to the 2 broken bits? As opposed to twisting the cores and a lot of insulating tape.

Or reconnect the end connector to the broken end, although the cable will then be shorter?
Feb 2022
5:39pm, 7 Feb 2022
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Columba
bunting AT 5 miles
and bunting Sweetie WAVA PB.
Hope That Weather passes you by, ITG.
Recorded a mile and a half's walking and have a new badge, - South Coastal Path badge.
Feb 2022
5:42pm, 7 Feb 2022
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IT GRANNY 🇮🇸
Cable is mangled in the middle, um. The ends and the transformer (not sure if that is right word) are ok. I suppose someone could cut off the mangled bits and reattach but I doubt it would be safe.

It was a proper, marked, charging station but the contractor, not the uni, is at fault. It's a tort. But they might just refuse to cough up knowing that a lawsuit would cost me more.
Feb 2022
5:43pm, 7 Feb 2022
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Columba
That is so frustrating, ITG.
Feb 2022
5:44pm, 7 Feb 2022
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Diogenes
Do you know it was their machinery or might it have been malicious damage? Is there any cctv?

About This Thread

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Welcome to this year’s 700 thread: Amazing cake, amazing badges, amazing people :) Training goals: Don’t cry, don’t die

Links to targets and 700 table below. Reach 700 miles and we’ll heap you with bunting with extra points for bins. And if you go under or over 700 miles, noone will mind. 700 miles is neither necessary nor sufficient. Overachievers: please reset your target so everyone gets a spot in the sun heart

Pop a note in the thread or drop me an fmail if you have an event of any type where a bit of encouragement may help.

Join in the chat on the friendliest thread around - all things discussed, sometimes even running.

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Jiving January
16/01/22 Oundle New Year 10k - Badger medal pb

Fighting February
06/02/22 Lliswerry 8 - Sweetie medal wava pb
06/02/22 Alsager 5 - ageingtractor medal pb
13/02/22 Draycote water 10 - Sweetie medal pb
26/02/22 Storey's Field pr - Badger medal pb
27/02/22 Oswestry Marches 10k -Cheekys Dad medal pb

Meet-up March
05/03/22 Rhayader Round the Lakes - Mrs Jigs medal pw and star support
06/03/22 Surrey Half - Peregrinator medal pb
06/03/22 High Legh 10k - Autumnleaves medal course pb
06/03/22 Cambridge Half - Compartmental medal pb, Fleecy + DS1 medal pb, Badger medal pb
19/03/22 Grasmere Duathlon - Autumnleaves medal pb
20/03/22 Stafford half - NeilEthere medal Fetch pb

Awesome April
10/04/22 Brighton marathon - Badger medal pb
29/04/22 - Cardiff summer series 1 mile - Sweetie medal unofficial wava pb

Mojo May
15/05/22 Clanfield Challenges 20K - Dipps medal pb
15/05/22 Llanelli sprint triathlon - Sweetie medal course pb
21/05/22 Parkrun - Neil_E_There medal pb, Columba medal SB
22/05/22 Hackney half - Pothunter medal course pb
28/05/22 Mývatn half - ITG medal 1st Vet

Jiving June
30/06/22 Akureyrarhlaup half - ITG medal pb

Jubilant July
01/07/22 Bourton One Mile - LazyDaisy medal 70% WAVA
01/07/22 One Mile -Compartmental medal silver
17/07/22 Chapleton 10k - KimCanRun medal SB

Appreciative August
21/08/22 Compton Bassett 5 mile - Just Commando medal SB

Splendid September
04/09/22 Stratford's Big 10k - Turtlemama medal pb
25/09/22 Robin Hood HM - JenHB medal SB
25/09/22 Stafford 10k - Neil_E_There medal pb

Outrageous October
02/10/22 Chester marathon - Cheeky’s Dad medal PB
02/10/22 London Marathon - Carpathius medal course PB
16/10/22 Great South Run - DrPhleecy medal Wava PB, Diogenes medal SB, Sweetie medal PB
16/10/22 Middleton Trust 10k - KimCanRun medal SB

Nifty November
27/11/22 San Sebastian marathon - Sweetie medal pb

Devilishly Fine December
03/12/22 Jingle Mile - 200m, 800m Dipps medal pb
03/12/22 Christmas Cracker Day 1 Half Marathon - Northernslowcoach medal SB
04/12/22 Mapledurham 10k canicross- JustCommando and TedDog medal pb
17/12/22 Celtic Christmas Ultra - Sweetie medal pb
18/12/22 Portsmouth Coastal marathon - RRR-Caz, DrPhleecy medal pb, DS1 medal pb

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