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“ If you want to put all the stuff you are saying needs to be in the story to make it relevant to people like you who were there at the race, you would need to cut out lots of narrative that makes it in... ”

“ It is probably important here to draw a distinction between what is important and what is news. It seems to me the ODT article is a good journalism. Parsons extracts from a wide range of information a... ”

“ Is this a "Who Am I?". The prize being you get to give away your shoes? ”

“ Ha, I nostradamused it: Marty vB, Sarah Drought followed by a swarm of Scottish singlets, team DC close enough to each other at the finish to hold hands. You can resume you Dorne Cup discussion now. ”

“ Hrumph. Well that would ruin my speculative pick wouldn't it. ”

“ Yeah, Dorne Cup, great race, but weeks away - so I'll return to my one-man propaganda attempt to hype the Vosseler - which is this weekend. Sadly you can never pick winners for Vosseler because you ne... ”

“ John Young might have been the first person to run NZ but the first to walk it was Esther James in 1931 - she did 1,600 miles in 197 days. She did it during the depression to promote Buy NZ Made. Like... ”

“ Yay, it's raining and is forecast to keep doing so for a few more day yet, which means it must be close to much-anticipated Vosseler time! I know we quite never get full fields for this race, but imag... ”

“ Hmm, I partially disagree JP - I've got plenty of friends in WHAC and they are always a good bunch of people to run with or talk to. Back to the topic though: How about a XC team challenge = Scottish ... ”

“ Maybe the gap between Scottish and other clubs in SM is being overly emphasised. Scottish men only won Shaw Baton by 35 secs over 12 kms. Take Scottish's top runner and replace him with a B team runne... ”

“ If that challenge is too much Tim, the Scottish B Boys will always accept a duel. ”

“ So can someone clarify for me - they all have to get the A standard or is ANZ allowed to take 1 A and 1 B? If they need As to get picked what is the point of the B standard? Anyway, good luck to them ... ”

“ It it would have been hard work for the half marathon runners. Predominantly into the wind. ”

“ A good day for mountain runners in the men's race yesterday - we got four of the top five spots. ”

“ I'd argue winning two majors last year, or even one, was a more impressive achievement than winning the world champs - due to the respective quality of the fields? But I also reckon all six of the sho... ”