700 miles in 2022

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May 2022
11:58am, 10 May 2022
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DrPhleecingD
Yes but not a common thing to do, I found him on Google in about 5 seconds :)
May 2022
12:04pm, 10 May 2022
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IT GRANNY 🇮🇸
I don't think it is the same one, Fleecy and Mandy. I googled the name Mandy gave me and although all these white bloke "adventure" tourists look the same,* I found a short video and they didn't have the same accent. Bloke I spoke to is Ozzie and bloke to which Mandy referred apparently started his trip a couple of weeks ago (or has faked his GPS tracker!).

There are also more of them than you would believe possible.

*not racist. I have facial asphasia and they really do all blend into one. So do their personalities...
May 2022
12:08pm, 10 May 2022
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IT GRANNY 🇮🇸
Or the bloke I met is called Bob and works in IT but nicked this other James' story thinking it would impress us. [Spoiler: it did not impress us.]

I'm giving it 50/50 odds.
May 2022
12:09pm, 10 May 2022
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IT GRANNY 🇮🇸
Also: not asphasia. It is called prosopagnosia.
May 2022
1:49pm, 10 May 2022
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DrPhleecingD
Prosopagnosia is surprisingly common, makes it hard to identify random adventurers :)
May 2022
1:57pm, 10 May 2022
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Diogenes
I certainly have it, especially if people have changed their hairstyle.

I completely failed to recognise an old friend when S and I bumped into her the other evening even though I knew her quite well a few years ago. I was taken aback when she went to hug me. All the time I knew her she had very short hair, reddish brown in colour and now it was longer and grey. I was mortified when I realised who it was and how rude I must have seemed.
May 2022
2:12pm, 10 May 2022
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Badger
Wearing, or not wearing, glasses can be a pretty good disguise for me.
May 2022
2:14pm, 10 May 2022
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Pothunter
Reminds me of a friend of a friend who I knew at university. She had really long hair before the summer break and shorter when we came back so I didn’t recognise her the first day I saw her. That same afternoon she went and cut her hair very short so that evening I failed to recognise her for the second time in one day!
May 2022
2:16pm, 10 May 2022
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DrPhleecingD
I have really good face recognition but can't for the life of me remember names. Hence nicknames are much better for me!
May 2022
2:20pm, 10 May 2022
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Badger
Just remembered a time when I did remember the face, worked round the change of hair, got completely blanked, and learned a couple of weeks later that I'd been talking to my friend's twin sister who I hadn't known existed.

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.

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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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