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Feb 2024
6:39pm, 27 Feb 2024
641 posts
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5km_is_plenty
Swittle, was one of the good guys. I'd like to contribute to anything that helps his memory live on.
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Feb 2024
7:16pm, 27 Feb 2024
120,736 posts
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Hanneke
How lovely. If it was at dusk it could be a headtorch one too thinking about Lip Gloss’a comment yesterday ❤️
That is the idea...
Or we could dedicate F'laps to Switts... Or both... There is something special about a real headtorch run on his favourite beach.
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Feb 2024
7:20pm, 27 Feb 2024
644 posts
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5km_is_plenty
That sounds a fitting tribute, Hann.
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Feb 2024
7:39pm, 27 Feb 2024
23,468 posts
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Red Squirrel
A Swittle iron man would be a fetching tribute …
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Feb 2024
7:49pm, 27 Feb 2024
6,090 posts
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flip
Terrible sad news. I've written my thoughts publicly on my own fb (Phil Owen) but in short, Swittle was truly the best and I'm beyond sad at the news
We last chatted about crosby Park run and how I hoped to get over there and run with him. Sadly it's not to be
I can't remember where we first met. It was a time when we seemed to race every race we could and it could have been one of many. I seem to remember him coming up for the coastal run and possibly the Blaydon races and I think we met at the East Hull 20 and various yorkshire races.
I think I'd like to run crosby parkrun in his memory and I'd like to contribute to anything in his memory.
I'll be running my trails tomorrow eve and I'll think about how he could turn his short evening run into a wonderfully magical story to enchant us all.
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Feb 2024
8:08pm, 27 Feb 2024
12,380 posts
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leaguefreak
If we are doing something permanent in memory then I think it may be appropriate to consult his family if possible to avoid causing untoward distress if they unexpectedly see it.
I'd be happy to contribute I'm not trying to avoid stumping up.
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Feb 2024
8:36pm, 27 Feb 2024
19,866 posts
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Rebel
I never met Switts but he used to talk to me about my running route when I lived on the Wirral. He always commented on blogs and was very difficult to give a follow up to on the word association thread. He’ll be missed so much.
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Feb 2024
8:47pm, 27 Feb 2024
10,824 posts
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Fields
RIP.
I never met him but felt like I knew him. Always a kind comment on a blog, and some of our interests overlapped so I often find myself posting on the same threads.
The many tributes here are testament to the high regard everyone has for him.
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Feb 2024
9:04pm, 27 Feb 2024
645 posts
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5km_is_plenty
This is the meaure of the man.
I've always admired how you plough your own furrow in matters of running and racing; equally, the transition between 'got to do it' and 'do it if it suits me' is one you've managed well
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Feb 2024
9:20pm, 27 Feb 2024
956 posts
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sparklecloud
Fetch won't be quite the same place without swittle. I'm really going to miss his kind encouragement. Feeling very sad.
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