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OK Chaps ... looks like we're good to go on Anglesey.
Tony if you send me over the new leg start and ends I'll put them on the website straight away and we can then look at adding the maps.
Shaun, if you can get Valley involved that would be great, once we get the legs identified I'll re-approach the Eryri harriers again.
Anglesey now mapped,11 legs about 123 miles. I have followed the coastal path as near as possible but of course runners will need to recce/research/modify/prove their own legs to suit themselves. The handover points are all on metalled road accessible by car and most are on bus routes. Again runners will need to do their own research. The legs are all on MapMyRun.com------ just search for Anglesey Path and they should all come up like ducks in a row. My reward? Please put me down for leg1. I will be away for two days starting tomorrow(thank God I hear you say),and will resolve any problems/queries when I get back. To state the obvious the Anglesey legs cut in at Menai Bridge between Bangor and Caernarfon,
Regards,Tony Hill
'tis done !
As well as all the contacting media and publicity stuff, contacting running clubs to drum up more coasters, organizing podcasts, sending thank you emails, collecting names for Roll Of Honour, he's worrying about unfilled and quiet Scottish threads and a hundred other things.
Lots of other people are heavily involved too I know and I'm not asking them to do more - we've all got lives. Maybe some of the runners that have met Barry so far could take on something like thank you emails or have a go at co-ordinating one of the upcoming Scottish stretches such as Ullapool - Durness. If you're running later then please get involved now - there's a lot to be done to help get Barry as far as you.
Local knowledge is helpful but at the end of the day it can all be done on the forum / by email / phone / text etc with mapmyrun or something.
You're all welcome, as well as needing people to do their bit running, we need help on the organisation as well.
So who's in?
Let us know in the main Coasters thread
Hi all
I'd love to visit a bit of Welsh coast... ANY ESTIMATE DATES what so ever when this might hit you lot?
I'm running one leg on the east coast around July and then I'm off to Berlin for September Marathon. I just wonder whether I could fit this in.
Barry is going well and that is a tribute to all Coasters who have contributed so far in any way at all. To keep him going we all need to add our contribution to the great effort that is being made by some Coasters. You need to do three things.
Recruit.
Think of the difference it would make to Barry's prospects if all Coasters recruited one more runner to the pool we have so far.
Communicate.
You may feel you have nothing you wish to say at present but the time will come when you will need to speak to someone (believe it or not Barry is inanimate and will not arrive at your handover point by magic). If you haven't already done so introduce yourself to other Coasters on your RW stretch thread and make sure you activate your message member button (click on "my profile" at top right hand corner of any RW forum page and tick the "message me" box when it appears). In that way when someone needs to contact you directly they can so easily.
Map.
If your name is next to a leg on the main Coasters website then make a map of your route (I use MapMyRun.com) with your preferred map making site and forward the details to your stretch coordinator so that it can published on the Coasters website.
Thank you and GOOD LUCK to all Coasters!!
Hi Bruce- knees were better but a bit hurty today!! Glad you put if no crossing 'we' head inland.... nice to know you've already got me a running buddy to make sure Barry behaves!!!
Will have a look at the map my run etc over weekend & attempt to break it down into smaller runs if indeed we do stick to the actual land & don't chuck Barry across the estuary. Have a wedding, a tri & a half in Sep so Barry will have to be accomodating & may have to trot at a slower pace than he's been used to.
Walk Eryri
Rob Barber
Panad
Gwen Jones
Sandra 9203
Thanks.
Hi Jessica, No problem, we've still got plenty of time to get to know one another as Barry won't be round our way till September time
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So will be looking to start ramping things up and issuing your full training schedules around beginning of July, with a view to first training camps taking place in August !
Just to let you all know I am off up to Scotland beginning of July to help Barry along.
I am already down to do Tywn to Harlech but can also do a stretch on Anglesey if needed though to my shame don’t know the island so would need some guidance.
Thanks Waylander, we're planning on a bit of a publicity drive around mid July, a bit early yet as it won't be till September time that we get Barry, and we don't want interest to wain if we have too big a wait. So hopefully that with the ever increasing interest as we move round the coast will see all legs filled without a problem.
LoA has mapped Anglesey out and it follows the Coastal path so it should be one of the easier stretches to follow (I'm thinking of signing up for one too).
Have fun up in Scotland, its going great guns up there. (quite envious actually).
Hi folks- PLease can I remind everyone that although I'm down for the Aber-Borth & Borth onwards I really don't mind sharing!!!!! September is a busy month & I'd be more than happy to hand Barry over at Borth (or a mutually agreed pub, hehe).
Waylander- make sure Barry isn't getting too much of a scots accent.
Good Morning all Aber - Flint coasters.
With Barry making good progress its probably a good time for us to now start putting some initial timings in place (very initial of course), and just have a quick check roudn to see where we stand.
Tony totally agree that we couldn't do the whole stretch in a week, especially after adding Anglesey has given us an extra 150 miles. Which is why popping over to Norhtern Ireland from Holyhead is a bit of a god send as I see us having 2 weeks to complete the mainland parts now. ie 1 week up to Holyhead, then a week over in Ireland, then another week to go from Holyhead to Flint.
The big problem I see is getting Barry over to Ireland in time for the Causeway Ultra, and I'm not sure whether its achievable to get him up to Holyhead by the Thursday eveningFriday morning, in time to hit the start in Saturday morning. Its soemthing to look at but we have to be pragmatic and if we can't get him there sensibly then we just can't do it. Would be a shame, but c'est la vie.
So, in order to get things moving a bit here can we have a bit of a roll call on who's still about, and your pledges for legs (estimated leg durations would be great too
) , then we can build a picture of where we need to get people in.
Thanks guys!
Dividing this stretch and popping NI stretch in middle is great idea Bruce
. HOw will you present dates though?
summat like 26th Sept -2nd Oct -(N.Ireland week)- 9th Oct- 16th Oct
Final stretch would be 16-23rd Oct -finishing on a Saturday
All looks good for my leg in Scotland next week (next Monday all being well).
I am still OK with my commitment to this stretch but if anyone is willing to split it with me so that it is a ten mile stretch then I will also act as back up for any part of the stretch that is not covered on any day and with a days notice.
Camco, don’t worry about Barry’s accent by the time he’s finished I think he will turn to acting. You can see the headlines now “able to pull off any regional accent within the British Isles even if his acting style is a little wooden” sorry it’s Monday!
Anglesey – Let’s get a stake in the ground, name a 10 mile stretch and put my name down for it.
Thanks Anglesey
Plan to do a cycle route around North Wales over the August bank holiday weekend so will take a detour and have a look at this stretch.
http://www.visitanglesey.co.uk/anglesey_coastal_path-20.aspx
Hi all, I have had to keep the plan to involve RAF Valley on the backburner for a few weeks because we had a station event on where we ran the entire coastal path in 24 hrs - you may have seen it on the news?
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/10383715.stm]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/10383715.stm
Anyway, those that I have mentioned it to are interested so I don't see any problems filling up the legs at all. When the dust settles from our escapades last week I'll rally the troops for another go!