HERCULES

cougie · January 2004

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/hercules/

Starts Monday at 8pm , and has athletes from all different sports recreating the 12 tasks of Hercules.

Theres the End to End cyclist Andy Wilkinson, and a fellrunner and swimmer and lotsa other guys too.

Think it's on every day for 12 days. Sounds worth a look ?

Jj · January 2004

LOL @ 'end to end' cyclist.

is that like being a runner 'through and through'?

WildWill · January 2004

Its on now

A good lineup

[Deleted User] · January 2004

ok.. finally tracked down bbc3

what a silly event

WildWill · January 2004

Cos its bassed on the first thing Herc did

WildWill · January 2004

And there are no giant sheep to hang onto

[Deleted User] · January 2004

poor effort on the bbc's part i say.. no sheep? poor excuse

whats this bryce guys treadmill record?

[Deleted User] · January 2004

thats gotta hurt...
& how relaxed did he look in that last minute!

WildWill · January 2004

But he does do hoops as part of his event

[Deleted User] · January 2004

he was struggling to start with tho..

WildWill · January 2004

Bryce currently holds the Guinness Book of Records record for the fastest 50 mile run on a treadmill (8’44’44). He is also the record holder for fastest 100k run on a treadmill (10’ 38 - yet to be verified by Guinness).

WildWill · January 2004

No - i think he planed to start easy and keep it easy

WildWill · January 2004

More info at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/hercules/

WildWill · January 2004

Giant hamster wheels next

Jj · January 2004

what a completely surreal thread.

But then ed_m's involved...

;o)

[Deleted User] · January 2004

hey watch it you...

..but then i did like the look of those wheels

Jj · January 2004

Oh. So Will was being serious?

...what time's it on?

[Deleted User] · January 2004

time to revise your classical history JJ

8pm bbc3... i guess

cougie · January 2004

Blimey. Wilko did well.

Reckon the Fell Runner must be the fave for tonight though. Although maybe it's a bit more like a treadmill ?

Jj · January 2004

Ah - 'revision' would suggest prior education.

And I guess the Disney version wouldn't count.

[Deleted User] · January 2004

very much like a treadmill i guess... although you actually have to put some work in to get it going.

looked like they could also support their weight on the bar if they have any arms left from the last programme!

[Deleted User] · January 2004

Hey guys,

I was offered an audition for this show last june. They sold it as having to do things like run 2 hours continuousy, have a break and then have another go. same for the rowing machine etc.....

I never turned up as I didn't think I fitted the Hercules "type"

cougie · January 2004

Awww, - you should have been there.

Do you know the rowing guy ?

[Deleted User] · January 2004

run for a whole two hours? .. a truly herculean task

cougie · January 2004

Tee hee. So what we are saying here is that Hercules was the first erm, dodecathlete ?

WildWill · January 2004

A wheel makes it more like running up hill

Jj · January 2004

Turn around and face the other way, then.

cougie · January 2004

Tee hee hee ! Jj - I love ya !

V good.

[Deleted User] · January 2004

I'll have a look at the site for piccys of the people.

trying rowing for 2 hours - that's tough

Origionally the show was 12 days - 12 tasks

Day 1 maybe was Row 2 hours-break row 2 hours - breakrow 2 hours break

maybe be different to how they were trying to sell it to me

[Deleted User] · January 2004

nope - don't know the rower, not sure i could match the athletes test scores either

cougie · January 2004

I think it still is 12 days 12 tasks.

The hoops looked OK at first glance, but must be a nightmare to do it for real. 100 mins ? Sheesh.

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