Ok, so over the weekend we came up with a bit of an idea. What about having relay teams of peole who did not commitment to what event they wanted to do......!!!!
In simple terms you get 3 follow pirates/forum members to agree to doing The Vit in 2012 as a relay team, though you have no idea as to what part of the relay you have signed up to do. You must then post on this thread the members within you team. Ok that all seems simple enough; then to make it interesting;
On the day of the race, in fact within 20minutes before the team relays start each member must have a letter A, B or C. Then a draw will then take place (blind drawing of straws) as to whatevent A, B or C will do. This means each team member will only have 20 minutes notice as to what event they will be doing on the day. If you hate swimming, tough, if you hate running, tough, get the message. You are stuck with what you are give.
Each team must arrange there own entry, plus each team must make sure (if things follow this years event) they will all be outside the harbour cafe at 6am Saturday morning to hear the draw!
To get things going as a team;
Team 1
GOM
Bassy
Symes
And if none of that makes sense, that means this 18 year old is better then I thought!
Comments
Hmmmm...does Mrs Gom know you're with an 18 year old?
Whilst it sounds amusing, there is a lot of excess packing involved in not knowing which event you're going to do! The faff:enjoyment ratio is all wrong....
Well she is asleep up stars well away from the 18 year old
Yes there is the ony thing about bringing bikes,wetsuits when all you might need is a pair of trainers! Though does that not make for the interesting part. There you are standing outside a cafe at 6am on a September morn having no idea having no idea about what event you are about to do is.....
snigger...
it's certainly an interesting idea.
Love the idea, but what would happen re bikes? All three would have to be in transition before the start of the race brief?
They normally allow a bit of slack on the racking. The main thing would be to make sure the bike is racked before the first swimmers start to come out of the water.
Team 2
SA
Mrs SA
TBA (any takers)
There are also the OSB relays each September at Holme Pierpont, its a sprint but I think in teams of 3 (4?) each do the swim in turn, then the bike, then the run.
I'll start a thread for this in a few weeks, it sounds like a right laugh.
And yes, we should make it happen next year and give even more money to OSB
It was, indeed, BH weekend this year.
Teams of four, Barley.
I quite like the idea of the Vit thing. I shall think about it too.