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Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 61

Peregrin

Good luck. We're going to the Scottish Hebrides to escape the weather smiley - smiley


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 62

DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist)

3 miles? race? do you think it'll be a problem for you?


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 63

Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive

Nah. Easy, peasy but hopefully not wheezy. smiley - biggrin


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 64

Coniraya

smiley - goodluck Amy!


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 65

Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence

You go, girl! Break a non-essential leg.


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 66

Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive

I won... a t-shirt... for coming last smiley - blush. But someone had to come last. And it was me.

And I had a nice smiley - stout in the pub with the marshalls afterwards.


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 67

Coniraya

smiley - applause

You completed it, Amy, that's the most important things and I bet most of the others had been running years, not months.


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 68

Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive

I wasn't very far adrift. Well, I was from the winners, who appeared to lap me just about as soon as we'd started, but the rest of the field wasn't that much better than me.


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 69

Blue-Eyed BiPedal BookWorm from Betelgeuse (aka B4[insertpunhere])

smiley - applause
Well done, our most marvelous myrmecoid! Now, on to the next run!
smiley - biggrin
B4isliponmyownTransAmtrainers


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 70

Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence

*high-fives Amy three times, for each pair of legs*


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 71

DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist)

*paints a picture as internet gift*


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 72

Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive

*runs in wearing two red socks and carrying a Sport Relief goody bag*

Yay! I've broken the ten-minute mile barrier! I ran the mile in 9 minutes 50 seconds - a new ant landspeed record - and I couldn't have done it without the support of my lovely friends at h2g2. Thank you everyone! smiley - biggrin

Now, if you could just dig deep in your pockets... smiley - evilgrin

You can pay sponsor money direct to Sport Relief on their website, to me via PayPal or in cash directly to me or to Ormondroyd.

Go on, you know you want to smiley - winkeye.


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 73

coelacanth

Enquiring minds want to know Amy, did you beat Chris Moyles?
smiley - bluefish


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 74

Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive

I don't know. I was running alongside him and Harry Gratien (local newsreader) for a while.

That thodding hill up from the cricket ground got me again though. Perhaps he got away from me there.


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 75

Coniraya

Amy, well done! smiley - applause

I wore my Team Ant badge with pride and donated to Ormy smiley - biggrin


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 76

Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive

Thanks, Caer smiley - smiley.

I didn't beat Chris Moyles. He finished in just over 8 minutes and beat the other DJ he was in competition with - despite appearances. Tony Blair's time was 8:30 and Prince William's was something over 6 minutes.

Also running with me was Lorraine Chase from Emmerdale. She said hello to me, though I don't know why smiley - erm. Jimmy Saville was running too but I didn't see him. He lives in the park where the race took place.

It didn't rain during the race but we had a bit of a shower just as I was leaving the park and so I ran to the bus shelter.

I can't wait to find out how much I've raised smiley - wow. Did Ormy come back to civilisation last night or is he still in Nodnol?


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 77

coelacanth

By the end of the quiz Ormy had collected more than £59 and I asked Master B to make an announcement (well, I wanted to do it myself but he wouldn't hand over the mike!)
smiley - bluefish


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 78

DoctorMO (Keeper of the Computer, Guru, Community Artist)

£54.49 actually.

well done amy


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 79

Amy the Ant - High Manzanilla of the Church of the Stuffed Olive

smiley - biggrin Did someone divest themselves of their loose change?

There's a bit of a discrepancy there so I'll wait and hear it from the Ormondroyd's mouth. Where's he got to anyway?

Thanks to everyone who contributed smiley - ok... and there's still time to add to the total via PayPal smiley - winkeye.

smiley - antsmiley - 2cents


Amy Goes the Extra Mile

Post 80

Ormondroyd

Where have I got to? EasyInternetCafe on Tottenham Court Road, since you ask! smiley - coffee I stayed in London overnight after the hootoo do, and am heading back north tonight.

DoctorMO's version of the collection total was correct. However, I later decided that it was silly to leave it at such an odd amount, so I've chipped in the extra 51p to make it £55. And well done Amy! smiley - antsmiley - applause


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