Fairly sure I went to see EJ for a physio session when he was working in Sunderland. Not many other reasons to go there 
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Ah yes, it was Kanga (clue was in the name 
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I’m friends with him on FB and saw him when we visited in 2018. We met at my 1st tri back in 2003 after connecting on RW and bizarrely share the same birthday. He’s still doing a few tris.
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T-Rex is in NZ doing family stuff, we met up on one of our trips out there.
La Marquise is the OH of Spike - I did OtillO with Spike but we lost touch when I drifted away from triathlon. La Marquise mildly shares my Sparks obsession.
A few more names are coming back to me:
Fidgie Pie is a black belt in some sort of violent activity. We were last in touch when I saw her on The Crystal Maze, her team were by some margin the best I ever saw on that programme.
Duncan74 took a great photo of me on the final descent of the Hathersage Hilly tri, that would have been about 2007 and was probably the last time I saw him.
Wiganer likewise, took some pics of me on the Gin Pit marathon in about 2013. We have talked about going for a bike ride but I don’t think he’s really that keen.
Adrian77 (might have been another number in the 70s?) and I have met up for a beer a couple of times when he’s in the UK. He’s always incredibly busy though so it’s very hit and miss if he has enough spare time.
I guess I met most people at ADITL, the final Longest Day, Tough Guy and an end of season South Shropshire sprint where a few dressed up (@Paul_L in a tutu I think?).
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TriTalk 1.0 - Happy Days. 
@cobbie – It was DrDre who had the tutu and fairy wings for the end of season sprint.
This was me. 
To the right of me in the photo was Brian of Bozart (Spelling?)
And this was @Ray / @Connor66.
Wearing a dress on the bike leg also won Ray the ‘Best Girl’ prize. 
I’ve got more old photos ‘somewhere’, but I can’t make the old TT1.0 photo links work. 
Cheers, Paul. 
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Duncan74 was also quite active on the RW forum back in the day.
I have a long list thinking about it
@Savaloy at Dorney and countless other events like London, Blenheim, Austria 70.3, still in touch via Facebook and possibly meet up at football one day, we are within a hundred metres of each other most weekends, but never seem to meet up anymore. Odd as I remember one very cold late January lining up on Parliament Hill with 3000 others to do the Southern XC Champs and he was stood next to me 
@KnightLancer and @MTriton through the club so don’t count.
Met @doug one morning at Guys hospital, turned up for a 7am swim in my TT cycling top , never see him again
Forestman was a real TT meet, Mash’s, Slackos, T_C, John (McB , cant remember his proper username) Dan McC (coached his kids up until Covid also) and someone called Louberforce, ran most of the course with a girl called Emma who was from Orpington near me and married to a TT’er (@was iirc), and iirc @wheezy was there, who I chatted to just before the swim start (in the water) that was a proper TT day out.
Midnightman was also a big TT ultra nutter meet with T_C, KnightLancer, Veggieboy, the bacon sarnie girl, Dan McC again.
First TTer i met iirc was @ukironman at Leybourne! still in touch today, he inducted my son at St Andrews Lakes last year, gone full circle! He’s now known as Magic Mike by El Nino and was in shock when I told him about his cold swimming exploits over the years!
@Toyota_Crown he’s another one I seem to bump into at races, I guess he does do them all Remember running through Surry Quays, around mile 10 of VLM in 2014 and there he was as I overtook him ,he had a broken hip and had cycled from Lincoln the day before!, and still beat me in the end , he also helped me out at end on FM got me food etc (not sure why I was fine but top guy!)
Austria 70.3 was a big meetup, @Jorgan is real (unlike @poet who must be a bot as Ive never met him still) met JB who was possibly the funniest bloke on TT1.0 with his begging letters for sponsorship and his Yak Attack race.
I must have missed loads of one and dones at various races.
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You’re giving our aga away @hammerer I remember loads of people at Leybourne Lake races asking me if I knew the giant who swims like a torpedo . I used to say yes, but sadly he’s a West Ham fan
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@poet defintely real; we met at the 113 in 2019. Tall, and very northern sounding.
You two could be in the sequel to Cockneys vs Zombies: Cockneys vs Northerners.
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I’m short compared to @Hammerer 
JB is class 
We had a mint season of sprints in 2013, whooped him good at Bristol Harbourside 
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I used to see TC regularly when I was ultra running - I didn’t include him on my list as I’m sure he still posts here occasionally.
I do keep thinking that I’ll meet @Poet one day as we don’t live very far apart - but until then I agree that he’s probably a bot
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How long were you ill for? 
I drive past your road end loads and always give a real life mental wave 
Another ex-TTer lives just round the corner from you, too. Into data governance and paddle boarding now, so he is.
@jorgan - I used to have iron clad guts. But the last Cotswolds I did put paid to that
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@LordFlasheart doesn’t live that far from me really; I should pop round and when his wife answers the door, say I’ve come 'round to see his new bike.
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Bless
I should probably know who you mean but can’t think of anyone. Chester never was a TT hotspot
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I could come round and sell you a keyring next time I visit the boss?
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“Your Mom goes to College”
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I met a few at ADITL in 2010 but I just can’t remember them all. Definitely La Marquise, Spike and Carlito, we had some beers at the campsite after the race. (sensibly, I was staying at the pub B&B in Pooley Bridge ).
I remember the big group pic at Outlaw 2010. (I also remember the stupidly small and hot race briefing room!).
I did a training ride with Leigh (99?) , he did Outlaw then years later I was giving a mate in Glastonbury a lift to Parkrun at Yeovil and he asked if I could give his mate a lift, I said yes of course, and all of a sudden Leigh is in the back of the Scenic
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That reminded me of Kev H, I’m no where near as fast as him! Always remember him as the guy who had a panic attack when he see the dolphin at Leybourne, even though he was a top swimmer (OW and pool) He disappeared off the scene a while ago, vanished from Facebook also. Do you still see him around? @Daz also met at 7oaks/Leybourne, another monster athlete from Team Outrageous
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wait , what, an actual dolphin?
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