funny thread

[rocky]

just spotted this one on the fra forum
http://www.fellrunners.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=362

[Guest]

Ha ha - let us know if any of them come along and how they get on!

[DesignatedDriver]

nice rocky - feckin fell runners thinkin they are better than us.

better than me, yes. but not orienteers.


what time is kick off on saturday? and is there still room for someone who would be beaten by a poor to piss-poor fell runner?

[Becks]

Hee hee. That is brilliant.

[RJ]

It read so well... I enjoyed reading it. If only all our threads were as informative and easy (pleasant!) to read.

[LostAgain]

Excellent thread with some informed commentary to put the uniformed in the picture.

Nice to see us attracting some attention in our PJ's!

By the way, why were people wearing bramble bashers? It must be habit!

[PorkyFatBoy]

why were people wearing bramble bashers?

Otherwise you tear holes in your lycra tights

[Stodgetta]

Funny how Kitch gets a mention as an orienteer who did well in the mountain trial (3rd), while Ifor (who won it) doesnt get a mention as an orienteer at all (except in his own post).

I guess it makes you wonder what makes someone a fell running orienteer rather than an orienteering fell runner?

There also seem to be alot of fell runners who haven't got a clue about orienteering and its existence (or is this not a representative sample?). Quite scary that we're seen as a bunch of odd bods by people whos sport is related to ours.

[LostAgain]

why were people wearing bramble bashers?

Otherwise you tear holes in your lycra tights

Where were you likely to puncture your lycra's at this event, it was fast open fell! Not a bramble in sight.

[Sammy]

If they think they are so much better then us, why don't we have a race? Orienteers vs. Fell Runners

Perhaps an orienteering event one day and a fell race the next. Then we can really see who's better!

[Dids co]

Orienteering is such a highly technical sport it's almost impossible for anybody to compete without a significant amount of training / preperation.
A fell runner with no experience of orienteering would not stand a chance against an orienteer due to the high technical demands.

Along side of this it is almost impossible for any modern day top level elite sportsman to simply swap over their skills into another sport and perform at the highest level.

I can't think of one example where somebody has been successful at this in the last few years.

Michael Jordan, tried and failed in baseball
Daley Thompson, tried and failed in football
Dwain Chambers, trying and failing in American football

and the first 2 were probably the greatest athletes of the 20th Century.....

[ifititches]

How about Rob Weir? Top discus and hammer thrower. Lured to America or ? Canada for American football (and successful career I think) Then back into competitive throwing. Now top coach at Stanford and also for USA throws (sadly not for team GB)

[mharky]

Well your ability to transfer from sport to sport is going to depend on how similar the sports are. basketball is nothing like baseball, hence he wasn't too hot.

Going from orienteering to fell running is easy, its just running. However going to other way is a lot harder, as you now have to navigate...

[FatBoy]

One example I can think of is Jason Robinson - Rugby League to Union. Don't say it's the same sport - it's about the same as fell running with navigation and orienteering.

There's a few other examples of people changing sports successfully, but by enlarge Dids is right - you can't reach the very top in more than one sport. Most people can't reach the very top in any sport!

[J.Tullster]

You can't compare changing from fell running to orienteering, to rugby league to union. In those sports you need basically the same skills etc, so it isn't such a difficult transition.