2006 - December

[Bierzo Baggie]

I was so disturbed by the prospect of you closing down the site that I had to have three beers, four scotches and a Mogadon to calm down.

But I'm feeling bett...... zzzzz

I too was concerned to read about the possible demise of this website as this is the only running club I’ve ever belonged to. And for me, posting here is a bit like my philosophy regarding pubs. Why waste time going from alehouse to alehouse? Find one you like and stay there…..

Some highlights of 2006.

Andy’s agonizing race against the clock in the Zurich marathon. Brilliant stuff! If Alfred Hitchcock had ever run a marathon and written about it this would have been it.

Mid life crisis man’s bizarre story. The man rises from the dead, does half his training on a treadmill, disappears for days on end into the outback, slays the mighty Mount Wellington and STILL gets the beers in. It could only happen here..

And talking of beer, Sweder’s highly entertaining monologues are the chief reason why I don’t watch telly any more. The Snake and Black Cap have become mythical references from some misty Tolkenesque landscape. The man can describe the steam that pours off a sweaty bulk at the top of a hill in a dozen different poetic ways. Sweder, you’re a Guinness guzzling genius…. And it sounds like you drink buckets of the stuff. I’m not surprised you’ve got a fan club.

I await more instalments over the next 12 months. A happy new year to you all.