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New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 10 Mar 2010 19:19
by Jack Hughes
New round here?

Stop lurking, drop a note on this thread to say hello, and we'll give you a warm BCTTT welcome!

Come on in, the water's fine :)

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 13:41
by flavadave
Maybe make this a sticky topic so it's always on show?

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 14:15
by jrhunt78
Hi,
First posted on BCTTT yesterday after some sort of industrial action on the 220 Website !?!?

12 months ago I was 18st 3lbs (i'm 6'5" so carried it fairly well) and was blowing out of an ass after running half a mile. I got home that evening and looked myself in the mirror and decided I needed to do something!

First up Manchester 10K (1 hour 7 minutes), second up Mersey Tunnel 10K (1 hour 5 minutes). Then one night I had a Heinekens with a mate and decided to sign up to the Buxton Sprint followed by the Cheshire Sprint

12 months later I've lost 2 and a half stone, a 2 and a half grand (carbon bike etc), knocked 20 minutes off my 10K time and signed up to 3 sprints and 2 olys this year and am massively hooked!

Whilst I've got the stage, can I also take this opportunity to say thanks to everyone who has contributed to the forums - you've taught me loads, you've saved me loads of cash and you've made me spend even more than I've saved!

Jon

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 14:18
by jonathon.e
Welcome jrhunt78
which other races have you signed up for,chances are some of the BCTTT will be racing and can show you even better ways to empty your wallet.

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 14:22
by jrhunt78
Wilmslow Sprint
Macclesfield Sprint
Llandudno Olympic (same day as world cup final - could be intersening if England get there)
Cheshire
Tatton Park Olympic

Biggest limiting factor really is time driven by the high WAT applied to it!

Jon

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 14:35
by Tarka the Nutter
Welcome Jon and well done for all your have achieved so far. I'm fairly new to the forum myself too :-)

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 14:42
by willy_1977
well...

I suppose it'd be rather remiss of me to not post here.

I've been running (again after a 10yr break) since December 2009 up to around 6miles on the Long and Slow Run...
Just started cycling and swimming again... and well I've decided to plump for IMUK2011 :o :shock: ok it's been done before hoping I can do it too, I'm hoping to raise money too, but most of all I'm doing this for me.

I need to lose lbs (4 stones worth of them), and lose as little in the way of £'s :roll: I fear the latter may not be possible...

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 14:47
by Tritans
jrhunt78 wrote:knocked 20 minutes off my 10K time


:shock:

Good effort.

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 15:05
by Tarka the Nutter
willy_1977 wrote:and well I've decided to plump for IMUK2011


Good for you :-) I may just do an IM in the future at some point... think I will do an HIM first though ;-)

And well done for getting back into the running after a long time out. I know from experience that it isn't easy at all.

Re: New to the BCTTT Forum? Introduce yourself here......

PostPosted: 11 Mar 2010 15:21
by KidStardust
guessing you are based somewhere in the north west, jon? i'm also doing tatton this year (favourite race last year), and seriously considering llandudno as well.