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I had a disturbing incident last night while walking on the footpath to a tennis lesson with my husband. It must be noted that the street we were on was two-way, and one of the quietest, safest in London.
A cyclist came up behind us and asked us to move out of his way, we turned, and I saw he was riding his bike (he had lights, safety vest everything)...I asked "why are you riding on the footpath"
he said "because there are too many foreigners here"...(he was scottish and his accent was much thicker than mine). (appologies to scottish people, I am 1/4 scottish, not implying your not supposed to be in London either)
Needless to say we did not step off the footpath to allow him past. He took his bike onto the road, and put it back on the footpath, cutting us off. He then yelled "you're on the footpath..." and procedeed to spent the next 200m riding on the footpath, staring back at us. sadly he didn't crash...
WTF I'm sorry, I've lived in London for over 6 years, I just didn't understand his behaviour?
Okay... just made it in before the deadline! Fingers are tightly crossed!
Flanks, love the conspiracy stuff. But you could be right, who's not really entered, perhaps now the 12 o'clock deadline is here at least we know the list is full. So lets start guessing.
I put my mobile number down.
I just know that i'm going to get loads of calls from people with unrecognised numbers now and have my heart in my mouth each time.
I think there could be still be time to impress them
Up before 6.00am this morning, left the OH under the duvet, kicked, sorry carefully carried the cat outside, and set off for a 5 mile run round Hadleigh. Included a few hills for some extra effort, always enjoy that in the morning before everybody is up.
Porridge and juice for breakfast. Busy day at work but made so easy because I feel so alive after my early run. Have snacked only on fresh fruit through the morning, have a salad box for lunch. Will round the day off at the gym, few hundred press ups, an incredible set of weights etc
Aah thats another rest day done!
Nooooooooo I missed the deadline.
Really busy morning at work.
Have just e-mailed application anyway but it is probably too late [bang head against wall really hard]
Been busy on here lately - wonder why? I've just popped back on to see if there was any news. No phone calls here yet. Perhaps they are sifting through them now with the intention of phoning people later on today or even into tomorrow.
Sher12 - the fact that you were able to still get your application in bodes well.
I think the lucky 18 will be asked to keep it a secret until Friday. I'm sure Sue was told she had been accepted last year but was not supposed to tell anyone else for a few days.
You realise of course that all of the above could just be nonsense and I am completely wrong on all accounts.
I'm sat at a different desk today because of PC problems, calls diverted but not sure how any lost calls will be picked up by voicemail system. Be just typical if my dreams are shattered by the IT department!
I don't think I have much chance anyway, my application was rubbish.
But very annoyed with myself at missing the deadline by 10 minutes. (I presume "midday" means "12 noon exactly" rather than, say , "round about the middle of the day but we're not too fussed about the odd 10 minutes").
I got a receipt for my application at 11.56, but it wasn't from runnersworld. They must be using another company for processing.
So not just me watching my phone then? Pleased to hear it!
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oh all right then...but it's not your money is it that needs spending on a new PC.