Just over 2 weeks to go......

I'm sure I've forgotten something, just can't put my finger on what yet.....

Really beginning to feel that this is actually going to happen now with only 2 weeks to go.  Running tops are supposed to be arriving tomorrow and Evan has done a great job with the proposed vehicle livery for the trip (images below).  Should look good for the 10 hour trip up to Inverness (although pretty much anything would improve the looks of my Nissan Note......).

Beating Bushy Bounds on Saturday evening when hopefully we'll get a good JOGLE team turnout all in the resplendent new kit.......

Feels a bit more real now......

Just back from another JOGLE meeting and it feels distinctly more real now with most of the group in attendance and having gone through the route in detail together with the scheduling of teams, accommodation etc.  Fortunately no-one with any major injury scares at the moment - fingers crossed it stays that way for the next 7 weeks.....

Lastly, some more nice artwork from Evan below - get fundraising everyone!

VLM results for JOGLErs - 6 finishers

So here they are in their full glory - all 6 of them in addition to the 3 other marathon finishers that we have had already this year from the JOGLE team.  Peter Kennedy must have had a tough second half looking at the splits. Meanwhile this must have been a breeze for Ingrid and David with all of their training at the moment:  This wasn't even half way for their Comrades Marathon next month.................

                             Half                         Full
Allan Barrie           1:23:17                    2:55:46
Vince Howley       1:36:46                    3:14:57
Peter Dry              1:38:41                    3:20:20

Peter Kennedy      1:30:11                    3:24:46

David Venter         1:46:36                    3:55:54

Ingrid Wagner       2:01:11                    4:11:57

Marathon Results - with more to come at the weekend

Prior to this weekend's London Marathon where we have Peter Dry, Allan Barrie (I think??) Ingrid Wagner & David Venter all (unofficially) representing the Stragglers JOGLE relay team, we have so far (as far as I am aware) had two marathon finishers for 2011 in Andrew Lane (Brighton) and Kristin Simmers (Sussex).  

Andrew Lane - Brighton - (3:16:11)

Peter Wedderburn - Brighton - (4:05:15)
Kristin Simmers - Sussex Coastal Trail Series - (5:31:57)

Go JOGLE!

Perfect weather for first official team photo roll call

The motley crew is shaping up now and we even managed to get most of the team out for the Stragglers / Ranelagh Harriers mob match at Kingston parkrun.  The sun was up and there were some great runs by the team with Roy, Ingrid, Allan and me all recording our best ever age graded parkrun performances.  Unfortunately we'll be running more than 5k each in July.......

15 of the team below:

And this time with a somewhat reluctant Peter Dry who was picked summonsed from the coffee queue.....

Just need to cross our collective fingers for the team to stay injury free for the next three months which, given the schedule for the likes of David and Ingrid who (before July) are taking in the London Marathon, the Comrades ultra 56 miler and a 'warmup' 50km event sandwiched between the two, is more of a challenge than your average group of 20 people........

We have a web-page and moving accommodation.....

Just in case we didn't have enough online presence, we have now brought all of our various web-pages together in a central page which is looking pretty good (thanks Evan for the design!).  Check it out here:

http://www.stragjogle.co.uk/


I also received an e-mail today from the Scottish Youth Hostel Association advising me that they have decided to completely renovate one of the hostels that we were due to be staying in and so 8 of us have (hopefully temporarily) been made homeless for one of the nights of the event.  Sorry for any of you who were looking forward to staying in the somewhat grand looking Carbisdale Castle during the event:  Looks like a gaping hole in the roof and inclement weather has put paid to this being an overnight stop.  Oh well - isn't sleeping considered cheating during this event in any case??

20 Runners confirmed

Finally we've got a full team of confirmed runners with Stragglers men's captain Roy Reeder coming on board and deciding that he should be able to hack the sleep deprivation.  We have though recently lost our treasurer, Andrew Lane, as he has succumbed to a family wedding in Leeds on the Friday of the JOGLE event.  Fortunately though he tells me that he hasn't absconded with the team's funds and will continue to manage the teams financial affairs and I've even managed to drag out an 'Andrew replacement' in the far more attractive guise of new Straggler, Kristin Simmers, who has been added to the 'meet the team' page.  Kristin hails from the US and adds an additional continent to the already represented continents of Europe, Africa, Australasia and Wales amongst the JOGLE team crew.......

Anyway, back to the map-making.......