07-05-2020, 01:43 PM
The idea has been tentatively floated on Facebook.
My personal view is that a lot has changed in the 30 years since I did it - not sure I'd feel safe on the big roads now unless taking a route way too slow to be practicable for working folk; and there's little hope of planning your run at 'a quiet time' as I did back then. Add that many of the potential entrants are now 30 years older; and there's no Motorail up to Inverness any more.
Someone I know did an organised JOGLE by bicycle a while ago and when he came back I asked 'how many people were killed?' and he replied the event did indeed get stopped while they mopped up a fatality.
I wouldn't discourage others if they want to, and might even be persuaded if someone came up with a proposal which addresses some of the above. It's a very long and not specially interesting race - sorry, drive - though, and at the time I recall thinking I wouldn't bother again. I probably saw only half a dozen Sevens from start to finish, most people had already gone home when I got to L.E. Maybe one certificate is enough...
My personal view is that a lot has changed in the 30 years since I did it - not sure I'd feel safe on the big roads now unless taking a route way too slow to be practicable for working folk; and there's little hope of planning your run at 'a quiet time' as I did back then. Add that many of the potential entrants are now 30 years older; and there's no Motorail up to Inverness any more.
Someone I know did an organised JOGLE by bicycle a while ago and when he came back I asked 'how many people were killed?' and he replied the event did indeed get stopped while they mopped up a fatality.
I wouldn't discourage others if they want to, and might even be persuaded if someone came up with a proposal which addresses some of the above. It's a very long and not specially interesting race - sorry, drive - though, and at the time I recall thinking I wouldn't bother again. I probably saw only half a dozen Sevens from start to finish, most people had already gone home when I got to L.E. Maybe one certificate is enough...