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Jun 2021
5:51pm, 20 Jun 2021
14,825 posts
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larkim
Great stuff SPR.
I know what you mean about league meetings having lots of "pointless" performances, but I suppose it's like C or D team players making up the numbers for the A team at a football or rugby match. Club leagues aren't just about outright performance, it's about pulling together and having a laugh about it afterwards. And I suppose the beauty of athletics is that even if your LJ PB is 2m98 and the match is won with someone leaping 6m50, if you leap 3m02 you've still taken an achievement out of it.
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Jun 2021
5:58pm, 20 Jun 2021
34,520 posts
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SPR
Larkim - my point wasn't about the standard, if it was, my performances are "pointless" as well. My point was about the fact B, C & D aren't making up the numbers and it's the same people doing multiple events instead of pulling from the full club and getting more people involved in T&F.
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Jun 2021
5:59pm, 20 Jun 2021
34,521 posts
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SPR
...and getting the full club or a good number of the club involved should be the point IMO.
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Jun 2021
6:16pm, 20 Jun 2021
74,332 posts
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Gobi
In my senior league as a B string doing loads of events I got lots of points as back up to the focused athletes . Therefore from a team point it worked very well.
Probably sad for genuine B strings that I could soft tap a little for points.
Not the same these days
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Jun 2021
11:20pm, 20 Jun 2021
34,526 posts
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SPR
Even though it doesn't matter this year in terms of promotion/ relegation, it's nice to have the league back. I was on early in the program and it was good to be able to watch and support clubmates in the other events afterwards.
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Jun 2021
11:31pm, 20 Jun 2021
74,334 posts
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Gobi
I hope once moved to get more involved again
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Jul 2021
12:23am, 1 Jul 2021
95 posts
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markgall
Back from holiday and straight into a 5k road race ahead of my sub 2.20 800m attempt on Saturday. Despite 10 days of drinking and eating bad food somehow managed a 5k PB of 16.38 😳 If I could only translate this onto the track
🤷🏻♂️
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Jul 2021
9:40am, 1 Jul 2021
4,321 posts
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CC2 Speedy Goth
I won't be seeing you at the Inter Area Markgall. Turns out that despite the selection criteria being 'first at the Midlands Champs' I lose out on a technicality. There was no 3000m race at the Midlands so I ran the 5000m (and won it outright), but that doesn't count because the Inter Area is 3000m and someone else who didn't bother to compete at the Midlands is ranked higher than me. I'm a bit miffed to be honest! OK, the lady who will run the 3000m is a MUCH better athlete than I am, so I fully understand why they'd want her over me (like an entire minute over 3000m better!), but I'm still a bit miffed 
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Jul 2021
11:18am, 1 Jul 2021
96 posts
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markgall
Speedy that’s awful. I feel for you. Yeah the person picked above me in the 50s hasn’t raced this year which is annoying. Base it on current racing and championship events. I hope a place opens up for you.
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Jul 2021
11:31am, 1 Jul 2021
4,322 posts
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CC2 Speedy Goth
I'll turn it down if it does. I can't keep my diary open forever!
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