Who fancies 10km of mud and obstacles? Come and join Team Wolef

[EauRouge]

Quite a few of us are interested in doing the Wolf Run this September so we were thinking of getting a team together.

It's for all abilities, it should be really good fun. It's not timed and it'll be too wet to wear your Garmin, so don't worry if you're not a fast runner. We'll be a team and no Wolef will be left behind.

It's on the 6th & 7th of September just south of Coventry, so fairly central. If we get a team together we get a slightly discounted entry.

If you're interested, post on here and we'll start making a list.

We also need to pick a charity so if everyone wants to suggest their favourite one and then we can argue about it for ages with no firm decision being made.

So, I'm in and my favourite charity is the Birth Trauma Association.

I've just seen this No Wolefs but there may be polar bears.
Does anyone fancy it?

Ooh, I was eyeing that up the other day. Expensive, but it's running in London without having to do 26 miles.... very tempting! Will check with DH if he has any plans for that weekend.

Definitely pricy but if we can get 5 of us we only pay for 4. And here, here to not having to do 26miles though I am in the balllot

I'm in the ballot too. I'm really hoping I don't get a place now I know that if I get it, I won't be able to say no. I'd love to run around London but I'm starting to think a marathon would be madness.

It would indeed be madness but it does have to be done :)

That weekend may just coincide with my birthday feet . It's not a special one, so I have no plans yet

Bit pricey for me. Hoping to get a chance to do the 26 miles though

Tempted. It is expensive but it's London. Getting to Embankment from mine for a 9:45 start could mean some very early trains though...

Tempted :) Not waiting on any 26 miles news unlike some of you other crazy foll .

9.45 start - no sweat - I can drive and collect blathers on the way :) London is not too scary to drive on a weekend.

Ooh good thinking lego I could try to get a parking spot at work

I'm tempted by that winter run. Particularly intrigued by the polar bear hugs.

If it's someone dressed in one of those big animal suits then I will rugby tackle them if they try to hug me.

I love a bear hug :)

So....winter run....are we building up to a potential team yet....I think i heard "oo...might be up for that"...from

OhOne
FishandJam
EauRouge
Me
Feetheart
Blathers

When do you hear about London crockery and feetheart

I think the ballot results are next month.

Lifts sound good. I'm not sure I can come up with another good reason not to do it

Sometime in October - everyone gets a magazine apparently, either an "Oh shit Well done you got in" one or a "Sorry, not this time" one. I do want to do it but if I do get the former there will be a lot of swearing :)

Will mention Ohone's birthday Winter Run on the runner's thread and see if we get some more interest.

I have recruited another polar bear runner (a RL friend who is also a parkrunner - I was the evil friend who introduced her to c25K )

Winter Run looks good but clashes with a family birthday. I am warming up to the idea of the June Wolf though...

I did the 10k Insane Terrain today - not as tough as the Wolf Run, and not as fun, in that to do the 10k distance you had to do two circuits. So you knew what the obstacles would be second time round. Did it a lot quicker than the Wolf Run too. Still, I like the t-shirt and medal!

I'm a VLM reject

Aw, gutted for you Crockery. I think there are still places available through certain charities who "buy" places - someone I know did it through Shelter last year. Looks like you have to pay £100 and pledge to raise £2k (!!) with them though - British Heart Foundation seem to have the same deal. Shelter link BHF link

Macmillan don't seem (on first glance) to have fees or targets, though I guess they must screen applications somehow. Macmillan

VICTA seem to have the lowest sponsorship threshold of £1300. Link

I have also found this website which matches runners with charity places: www.crunch.org.uk/