Enter the Ninja - Funkster goes for two GWRs

Good luck dude

Good luck !

Beautiful sky though. Smash it!

Why is it this warm today?

Overheated on the second lap and couldn’t cool
down

Pace then just started going down and knew it wasn’t gonna happen when mile 6 was slower than goal pace.

Pulled the plug after 11km

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Sorry to hear mate. You’ll nail this :+1:

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Ninja is retired now.

Time to pick a new costume

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Sorry to hear it didn’t go to plan.

Sorry to hear that funkster :confused:

Dust yourself off and come back with another plan.

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Just to echo everyone else, sorry to hear things didn’t go to plan.

I wonder if part of the issue is that you’re involving 2 of your passions, it seems to me that your ninja costume is very authentic and would be something that could be used in a cosplay, but at the expense of being something that’s easy to run in.

Whereas it seems the other chap who is going for records is pushing the limits with the rules to come up with something that just barely meets them, and is least going to impede his running.

Seeing the extremely high standard of all your costumes, I wonder if it’s a compromise you’re prepared to make?

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You’re not wrong there

And of course a week later it’s 3 degrees…

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Yeah, it was chilly out Dorney way yesterday and no wind either :roll_eyes:

I was listening to the Ultra Running podcasts in the car today and this pops up. Sounded very familiar! Its about 21 mins in

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What a shame some pedantic twat told Guinness about his shoes….

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Ha ha hilarious. It’s all about the charity, the GWRs are just marketing leverage to them.

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I should say at this point that my next GWR application has been accepted.

The costume is not as oppressive as the ninja, but still need a relatively cool day

I’m thinking an autumn HM

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I was curious to who it was I was listening to now re ‘Coach Marshy’. Turns out it’s this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCffBvIl8FZeS43IdbquTOcw/videos