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[Johnbo]

      

Edited by Johnbo, 03 January 2012 - 10:39 AM.

[Rico]

That reminds me, I need to start the 2012 race day weather forecast thread.

[GarthMc]

I'm in. Training starts tomorrow.

Edited by GarthMc, 14 March 2011 - 10:25 AM.

[flyingemu]

I think I'm in. Assuming I will scrape into W2 next year.

[djbleakman]

I think we need to weed out all the pretenders this year. There was a lot egos writing cheques that their bodies couldn't cash on the day.

[Robcos]

Count me in.  Serious lessons learned from Six Foot 2011.  

Beer Bet 2011 Report card - can and must do better. Less talk and more action required.

[buzzlightyear]

note to self - My fingers need to be quicker (re: refreshing entry page) ; Then I will let my feet do the talking..

[djbleakman]

Nah, keep talking, it's all part of the fun

[Brick]

If you will let me I am back in for 2012.
Buckle year for me so may as well make it a PB year at the same time.

[djbleakman]

buzzlightyear, on 14 March 2011 - 10:46 AM, said:

note to self - My fingers need to be quicker (re: refreshing entry page) ; Then I will let my feet do the talking..

You going to beat me in 2012 Keith? Let the games commence!

Brick, on 14 March 2011 - 10:47 AM, said:

Buckle year for me so may as well make it a PB year at the same time.

So you're shooting for a 6:59 then?

[Brick]

djbleakman, on 14 March 2011 - 10:50 AM, said:

So you're shooting for a 6:59 then?

Yep.

[SixFootTrackMarathon]

buzzlightyear, on 14 March 2011 - 10:46 AM, said:

note to self - My fingers need to be quicker (re: refreshing entry page) ; Then I will let my feet do the talking..

You may not need to. Vollies will go to the G section Esp vollies from prev year waitlist.

[buzzlightyear]

djbleakman, on 14 March 2011 - 10:50 AM, said:

You going to beat me in 2012 Keith? Let the games commence!

Woowooo.. Hold on a sec....I never said that

How can a slow-Asian dude like me even keep up with a Big-Strong-tough-Stout-Aggressive-Endurance English man like yourself.

No no, I wouldn't even dream...I am even contemplating to retire a race if you are in it. Cos If I run, I am just embarrassing myself...During CP Ultra, I was so Scared I even Sh1t myself!

Throwing in the towel for 2012 now..

Look (see attached) - I was looking up to you like a super Hero at the finishing line...

Sorry Brick, but Dan is my New Hero now.....

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Edited by buzzlightyear, 14 March 2011 - 11:02 AM.

[Johnbo]

Robcos, on 14 March 2011 - 10:43 AM, said:

Count me in.  Serious lessons learned from Six Foot 2011.  

Beer Bet 2011 Report card - can and must do better. Less talk and more action required.

I think the BB Race Director is likely to require that you list ALL of the lessons learnt first....


Sort of like the Public self admonishment (humiliation ritual) that the Public Security Bureau in China require you to do...

Edited by Johnbo, 14 March 2011 - 11:08 AM.

[johnnyboyrun]

Robcos, on 14 March 2011 - 10:43 AM, said:

Count me in.  Serious lessons learned from Six Foot 2011.  

Beer Bet 2011 Report card - can and must do better. Less talk and more action required.

Are you sure ???
Revenge is a dish served best after Cox's river i hear .....

[TropicThunder]

djbleakman, on 14 March 2011 - 10:39 AM, said:

I think we need to weed out all the pretenders this year. There was a lot egos writing cheques that their bodies couldn't cash on the day.

are you proposing an entry criteria DJB??

the pretenders Burglar and I'll be back - we'll have to rev up the big Sub - you'd be lost without us.

Anyone heard from the Hot Rod? or is he still comatoze from the few hundred beers he took home.

[EverReadyBunny]

Lessons learnt.

More bush running, less rest and 45km might be shorter than 100 but not by much.

Also one more lesson. Never give up. You might think you are last and shite but then you come across Sarge and TT and see what shite looks like. Sorry boys !!

[djbleakman]

Tropic, you get automatic entry for 2012 simply for pure comedy value. I think you should be made to wear that top again.

[Beaver]

I am keen.

Marathon PB: 4:06
6ft PB: 4:55

[Hamburglar]

Beaver, on 14 March 2011 - 11:45 AM, said:

I am keen.

Marathon PB: 4:06
6ft PB: 4:55

When did you run a marathon? Was that your C2K split?

[Beaver]

Hamburglar, on 14 March 2011 - 11:51 AM, said:

When did you run a marathon? Was that your C2K split?

Yep - but I'm not joking, that's as good and as fast as I can go.

If you take my last marathon split at C2K it would be closer to 7 hours.

Edited by Beaver, 14 March 2011 - 11:58 AM.

[TropicThunder]

EverReadyBunny, on 14 March 2011 - 11:41 AM, said:

Also one more lesson. Never give up. You might think you are last and shite but then you come across Sarge and TT and see what shite looks like. Sorry boys !!

Yeah i saw the nice photos by Johnbozo at the medical tent - atleast I got off my knees and finished with a smile.  

djbleakman, on 14 March 2011 - 11:42 AM, said:

Tropic, you get automatic entry for 2012 simply for pure comedy value. I think you should be made to wear that top again.

Just wait for the 2012 version - I'm thinking Mr G Spot will be coming up with a custom  version of the BB shirt....I set the bar too low this year.

[Innes]

Beaver, on 14 March 2011 - 11:45 AM, said:

I am keen.

Marathon PB: 4:06
6ft PB: 4:55

Come on mate, play fairly please..

Ran 40 k in Royal National Park with Terry yesterday and we discussed yr 6 foot potential if you trained specific.
we agreed sub 4 was probable.
Or should I mention 3minute 20 1 k repeats?

Anyway,

I am def in for 2012 BB and will also predict I beat Dan.

Side bet on it Dan? no trash talk required...

[gogirl]

TropicThunder, on 14 March 2011 - 12:01 PM, said:

Yeah i saw the nice photos by Johnbozo at the medical tent - atleast I got off my knees and finished with a smile.  



Just wait for the 2012 version - I'm thinking Mr G Spot will be coming up with a custom  version of the BB shirt....I set the bar too low this year.

Id like to be in the beer bet again next year. Just one suggestion though, can we not have a picture of Walshy on the back of the shirts this time please?

[TooKeen]

I am in for next year!
It will be my pleasure to beat the Gold Stubbie runners again, plus I always run better if there is a beer at the end!

[AlunDavies]

3:15 marathon PB and still 5:41 6 ft PB.  It desperately needs addressing.  

I'm in next year provided I can keep out of trouble for the next 12 months.

[Sarge]

EverReadyBunny, on 14 March 2011 - 11:41 AM, said:

Lessons learnt.

More bush running, less rest and 45km might be shorter than 100 but not by much.

Also one more lesson. Never give up. You might think you are last and shite but then you come across Sarge and TT and see what shite looks like. Sorry boys !!

ERB,

  That has made my day. I also believe in this lesson, it's just that I never thought I would be exibit "A"!!

Thanks for the laugh.

[sammo72]

After witnessing (and capturing) the exhilaration and emotion of all the finishers this year, I really want to be involved in this great event.
But part of my training will also include keyboard practice, 'refresh entry page', 'refresh entry page'...

[iangallagher16]

After doing the megalong mega the other month id love to give this a crack next year and be part of the beer bet. betting + beer = fun

[djbleakman]

Innes, you have a bet - no trash talk. I know your potential, but that's just it. It's purely potential, the delivery is an entirely different thing.

Ian - you're way too much of a smokey to be playing around with us hacks. Your 3:06 at Fitzroy Falls should see that you don't get into wave 2 and hang out with us losers. Go and play with the real athletes.

Beaver, on 14 March 2011 - 11:57 AM, said:

Yep - but I'm not joking, that's as good and as fast as I can go.

If you take my last marathon split at C2K it would be closer to 7 hours.

You sir, are having a complete giraffe.

[iangallagher16]

djbleakman, on 14 March 2011 - 01:58 PM, said:

Innes, you have a bet - no trash talk. I know your potential, but that's just it. It's purely potential, the delivery is an entirely different thing.

Ian - you're way too much of a smokey to be playing around with us hacks. Your 3:06 at Fitzroy Falls should see that you don't get into wave 2 and hang out with us losers. Go and play with the real athletes.



You sir, are having a complete giraffe.

think it was a 3.09 and that was purely because I met Mick Miles for the first time and rather than having to listen to his dribble for 40km i thought i would dart ahead to get a bit of peace. if im not eligable for wave 2 how about a wave 1 beer bet? any takers?

[Spud]

Someone mentioned a platinum stubbie for next year?
Beaver, Walshy, SlowM, Mick,Sailaway,Terry,anyone else...giddyup.

Oh and I'm in again next year.

[Mister G]

I don't know if I'm worthy of Beer Betting again....

[TropicThunder]

Mister G, on 14 March 2011 - 02:11 PM, said:

I don't know if I'm worthy of Beer Betting again....

But your shirts are good !! you didn't have a chat to the boys in blue on the way back to Katoomba did you?

[Johnbo]

iangallagher16, on 14 March 2011 - 02:04 PM, said:

think it was a 3.09 and that was purely because I met Mick Miles for the first time and rather than having to listen to his dribble for 40km i thought i would dart ahead to get a bit of peace. if im not eligable for wave 2 how about a wave 1 beer bet? any takers?

Ian, Ian, Ian,

We have had this chat before! You seem a nice enough guy, but most of us, would involuntarily fall behind the said Mick when he starts to dribble on, and Mick in any event would never voluntarily fall behind anyone, dribble or not!

On the other hand, for any of us wannabees that catch up and get past you, would indeed be a wondrous thing, and in and of itself see us becoming beer bet immortals.

Perhaps we should create a 'catch the hare' trifecta, as the ultimate beer bet prize. In order of priority:

1. win beer bet +
2. break beer bet record time +
3. catch the hare (name your hare: Mick or Slowmaniac or anyone (like Ian) that regularly beats either of them and / or is in Wave 1...)

[Mister G]

TropicThunder, on 14 March 2011 - 02:18 PM, said:

But your shirts are good !! you didn't have a chat to the boys in blue on the way back to Katoomba did you?

Yeah, ah, we were talking to them about, um, uniforms. Or something.

[Horrie]

I put myself into the Pretender class and will leave it to those better qualified.

[johnnyboyrun]

Horrie, on 14 March 2011 - 06:23 PM, said:

I put myself into the Pretender class and will leave it to those better qualified.

I dont drink but like a bet...
My best marathon 3.38
My best and only 6ft track 4.56.59

[ScamBullant]

The good news in 2011 was a 20 min improvement. The bad news, still at least 20 mins till begin to feel happy.

Did not enjoy being run from 2nd to 4th in silver field over last 1.5km.

Come on 2012

[vstaR]

Brick, on 14 March 2011 - 10:47 AM, said:

If you will let me I am back in for 2012.
Buckle year for me so may as well make it a PB year at the same time.

Brick, buckle year for me too. I can see an early match-up forming already.

I'm definitely in for 2012 BB. Thinking about changing my CR name to "Unfinished Business" - seems to be how I feel after every major race.

[rodthehornet]

Pretty early to start new thread, but here's the plan (in my head).

• Sub 3 road and sub 4:30 6ft criteria will not change.  
  
• Bet will stay within W2.  We get too cute with add ons, it gets more complicated.
  
• Will loosen the criteria to the year prior for runners as opposed to 3 years (come back Mick, Walshy and Terry)
  
• Will tighten up the uncertainty of W2 and W3.  5:20 was the benchmark this year, so you will need to have 5:17-5:20 qualifier to guarantee a W2 start.  If you are a 6ft virgin I will get benchmarks for various races that will have you within W2 qualifying standard.  You should still be able to use your best time in last 3 years for a wave start, so bad results this year shouldnt exclude runners.
  
• Smokies will be screened out.  We want genuine runners that aspire for sub 4:30, not runners that can do it on their ear.
  
• Will send out email to all previous beer bettors in October to secure spots.
  
• Come November, will resurrect the thread for fresh talent and they will fill remaining spots.  This makes a good talking point leading into race registration on 01/12.
  
• Maximum numbers of 34-36.  This allows for a bit of attrition to race day.
  
• Entertaing posters that liven up the thread is what we love. I love a big talking runner that puts it on the line and is willing to crash and burn.

Nothing too complicated or different from this year.

Edited by rodthehornet, 14 March 2011 - 07:41 PM.

[hatless]

Mister G, on 14 March 2011 - 02:11 PM, said:

I don't know if I'm worthy of Beer Betting again....

I was definitely a disgrace to the BB in 2011. Was on target for sub 5 at the halfway point. However, spewed my guts up just after Pluvi and everything fell apart. It just got worse and worse.

I might drop back to W3 next year and have a good hard look at myself.

h.

[brewer]

I'll throw my hat into the ring for 2012, if I may.

[JoJoB]

I'd love to play again!! Bring on 2012!! I've got 8 minutes to shed!!!

[walshy2]

gogirl, on 14 March 2011 - 12:12 PM, said:

Id like to be in the beer bet again next year. Just one suggestion though, can we not have a picture of Walshy on the back of the shirts this time please?

thats a low blow Nat, I told you I am not a brunette, plus I don't part my hair like that imposter either

[walshy2]

rodthehornet, on 14 March 2011 - 07:21 PM, said:

Pretty early to start new thread, but here's the plan (in my head).

• Sub 3 road and sub 4:30 6ft criteria will not change.  
  
• Bet will stay within W2.  We get too cute with add ons, it gets more complicated.
  
• Will loosen the criteria to the year prior for runners as opposed to 3 years (come back Mick, Walshy and Terry)
• Will tighten up the uncertainty of W2 and W3.  5:20 was the benchmark this year, so you will need to have 5:17-5:20 qualifier to guarantee a W2 start.  If you are a 6ft virgin I will get benchmarks for various races that will have you within W2 qualifying standard.  You should still be able to use your best time in last 3 years for a wave start, so bad results this year shouldnt exclude runners.
  
• Smokies will be screened out.  We want genuine runners that aspire for sub 4:30, not runners that can do it on their ear.
  
• Will send out email to all previous beer bettors in October to secure spots.
  
• Come November, will resurrect the thread for fresh talent and they will fill remaining spots.  This makes a good talking point leading into race registration on 01/12.
  
• Maximum numbers of 34-36.  This allows for a bit of attrition to race day.
  
• Entertaing posters that liven up the thread is what we love. I love a big talking runner that puts it on the line and is willing to crash and burn.

Nothing too complicated or different from this year.

That's the best news I have had in years.

To be part of the great event again is something I have been dreaming about all year.

Since being ineligible my life has been a journey of cream tarts, french fries and lots of beer.

Thanks Rod for a reason to go on, to push forward with the knowledge that I too could be lucky enough to hold the golden stubbie trophy aloft.

Dreams can come true afterall.

ok now to shed those 7kg's and get ready to kick some ass!!!

[EverReadyBunny]

Mister G, on 14 March 2011 - 02:11 PM, said:

I don't know if I'm worthy of Beer Betting again....

Mr G you are well worthy of the beer bet. You just need to do a bit of training that's all.

[djbleakman]

Think the team thing was a really good idea and would be keen to have people enter teams of four for this. If no-one has a team, we can simply draft them onto a team that needs people. It would also be great to get all of the teams in a fund-raising competition too, with a prize for the team that raised the most dollars.

One of the pleasing aspects of this year's BB was the fact that people dug deep into their own pockets and we managed to get a nice wad of cash together... one of our primary goals should be to try and raise more and more each year. We do a lot of talking, but we should also do more to fund-raise where we can too.

[Beaver]

There will be a Mosman Latte Sippers team;

Beaver, Buzz, JCooper, Gordi Kitkbank Ellis.

[TropicThunder]

djbleakman, on 15 March 2011 - 01:01 PM, said:

Think the team thing was a really good idea and would be keen to have people enter teams of four for this. If no-one has a team, we can simply draft them onto a team that needs people. It would also be great to get all of the teams in a fund-raising competition too, with a prize for the team that raised the most dollars.

One of the pleasing aspects of this year's BB was the fact that people dug deep into their own pockets and we managed to get a nice wad of cash together... one of our primary goals should be to try and raise more and more each year. We do a lot of talking, but we should also do more to fund-raise where we can too.

True DJB agree the teams were a great idea we should pursue in 2012.

I'm not too sure about teams for the fundraising though - as a collective we're much stronger and we all came together for this result. in 2012 we'll kick off the fund raising much earlier.

2012 - Need to have a manned collection bucket at race check in at the Carrington - was kicking myself on Friday evening. this would have doubled the funds....