I don't know if anyones ever given this a bash before but as I saw some of the highlights of the Great North Run last weekend I thought it might be a decent idea to do something like that or the Manchester 10k next year and get sponsorship sorted for Forever Reds.

I wondered if there was anyone else who would be up for it?? I know Mrs KOTS did a run this year and that Fungus is pretty fit with his bike riding so i'll take it as rewad you'll be joining me

. The other week Pev was complaining that the waisteline was getting larger so maybe him too?

I'm very serious if I could get maybe 5 including myself I'd happily enter and get FR some much needed money.

If Pev is up for it, then so am i

As his official spokesman i'll take it that your volunteering him

*Lady In Red* also ran the [uSalford[/u 10k last month maybe that's the one we should target!

Maybe so, you joining in??

The more the merrier but I'm most definately game.

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Jim Jalfrezi has just informed me that he would like to throw his cap in the frame, so count us both in.

I'll do it. Need someting to train for.

Well done Gav.

Hope Daz buys our beers at the finishing line.

I'd be up for it.

If it's this Daz your referring to then I have short arms and deep pockets syndrome

If it'll help me give up the fags (as from tonight), and it's for a good cause, I'm all up for it.
Training starts ..... erm, soon

As you will be team captain and chief motivator, then it is right you look after your troops.

Think I will be chief motivator to you all

+ head cheerleader

I've thought about this in the past, and how the run could be themed to make it a bit different for those who run fairly regularly anyway (or just break the monotony). My idea was to get a team of people in full kit running 10k continuously passing a ball between them and every time it's gone through the full team someone would drop to one knee and play the ball to an acting half back and start over again - the down side is that the team might get in the way of other runners.

sounds a good idea Iain, but the size of me, if i get down to play the ball then i aint gettin up my friend to play the ball (unless it was the finishing line).

I was thinking that naturally we'd have to run in team colours so maybe when we have an idea of numbers andwhat have you we'd need to approach the club, if they let us put sponsership forms of the official site it would help create more chances to generate cash.

Will the club train us

Can we have a definite show of hands for who's definitely up for this, when we get the confirmed figure I'll make a few enquiries about the best run and what is needed to enter and register our chosen charity.

In all seriousness, i am at the quacks this friday because currently I have Knack knee in both legs, so before I volunteer (or my agent volunteers me) I will have to find out what the problem is. Then I can plan my training at the college fitness centre first before road work, so hopefully I may be in.

I am deffo in

I'm in.

As long as my knee holds up when i start training then i'm in. If not perhaps me, Gav Iain and whoever else could arrange to do one of the 24hr mountain bike rides that are organised?

I'm also doing the tour of flanders next year perhaps I could get some sponsorship sorted for that?

I'll give it a go.

I'll be doing the GM run anyway as long as I get a place (and am in the country) so may join these shenanigans. One detail that's not been mentioned thus far is the date - Sunday 15th May.

As for the mountain bikes, [url=http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/penninebridleway/downloads.asp?pageid=37The Mary Townley Loop[/url is Red Preacher's suggestion.

Oh, Iain; do you know how many participants the GM run can cater for? And does demand exceed the amount of places available, generally speaking?

About 36,000 - and demand generally exceeds supply. Charities get x-amount of places that they sell to people who guarantee to raise them so much money, then it's first come first served when the places go on sale (cost about £30 last year), and last year they put the lat 10,000 places into a ballot. So basically, if you get in early enough you get a definite place, if you hang about it's the luck of the draw. There has been talk of making the whole run a ballot, but don't think that's in place yet.