Results from 12 Weeks of Training

Here are the results of each team member after 12 weeks of arduous training.

Dr Jimmy has been struck off for misdiagnosis of a hurty knee.

The Big Boss (fashion icon and top breeder) has had to put on hold any plans for his 11th child after putting his back out. (How did he put his back out?)

Mr Burns looks like (is) a hairy lady.

Biker Buchanan can easily do 13 mile in less than 2 hours, just as long as he has his trusty 12 speed racer with him.

Butch D (fitness guru, general hard man, renowned womaniser and founder member of the all male dance troop “Hot Pants”) puts the fear of God into the Dribble Dragon.

The Facilitator may need to “do a Paula” on the Half Marathon.

The Dribble Dragon really can dribble, even from his nose.

The Dribble Dragon gets Papped

Today the Dribble Dragon and The Facilitator had, quite literally, one photographer queuing up to take photos of them.  Now that the paparazzi (The Bath Chronicle) have got hold of the story you can be sure that the Dribbler and the Facilitator will be hounded on all their training runs.  Luckily the good doctor was on hand today to stop the photographer from getting any photos. In an act to total selflessness Dr Jimmy leapt in front of the camera shouting “Look at me!” every time the photographer tried to take a photo.

The Challenge organiser had agreed a news blackout with the UK media which had been respected until news of the Dribbler’s challenge was leaked onto the internet.  It is understood that the news first appeared on a Blog site (what ever that might be) and since the story is now in the public domain the media are free to report on it.  As part of the deal with the media they were to be given exclusive access to the Dribbler’s training but for some inexplicable reason none the media took up this offer.  It is now feared that the Dribble Dragon will be targeted by angry LARPers incensed that one of their own has started taking regular exercise.  His fellow marathon trainees think this is hilarious and have dubbed the Dribble Dragon as “The Troll Magnet”, although we are not sure if this is anything to do with the LARPers.  Fortunately LARPers only carry plastic swords and cast magic spells which are about as scary as they sound.  As there is no chance of the Dribbler sustaining an injury (bar the odd dice to the head) in a LARP attack he won’t be withdrawing from the race.

Call my Bluff

Last Friday the good doctor took the Dribble Dragon and The Facilitator out for a short training run.  Dr Jimmy wanted to ensure that the Dribbler’s hurty foot didn’t develop into the far more serious condition of a “Very” hurty foot. Having already prescribed some anti-inflammatory, (good job Dr Jimmy is a fully bona fide medical doctor because as we all know it’s illegal for someone posing as a doctor to prescribe drugs) “Jimmy”, as he has now started calling himself, wanted to make sure the Dribbler’s foot was OK to run on.  During the run, Jimmy and The Facilitator soon left the Dribbler behind but it turns out that once out of sight the Dribbler has been doing sprint training and extra miles without anyone knowing.  This elaborate bluff explains why he takes so long and is so knackered after a relatively easy training run (or at least that’s what he’s told us).

It’s been decided that now would be a good time to hand the Dribbler over to Butch D (fitness guru, general hard man and notorious womaniser) for a good going over.

Altitude Training

The Big Boss is making the most of half term by taking his wife and 8 children high into the Italian Alps for some altitude training.  Dr Jimmy is keen to see what effect eating cheese fondue and drinking cheap Italian plonk (at altitude) for a week has on Big’s training.

The Doktor will see you now…

So the Facilitator’s latest performance has the good Dr Jimmy worried.  About the Dribblers pride surely?

Week 9 – Run 2

Diet: A bowl of muesli.
Time: 49:00
Distance: 5.5 miles
Type of Run: 1 lap of the course.
How did the Dribbler feel: Knackered.
Comments on the run: Dr Jimmy and Mr Burns stayed with me today and made me run the whole way, I don’t like it when they do that. Looking forward to running with Butch D tomorrow though.

Facilitator Vs Dribble Dragon

This was the first training run where the Dribble Dragon and the Facilitator have run side by side. As it turned out they didn’t run side by side for very long as the Facilitator opened up a large gap (left the Dribbler standing). Luckily for the Dribbler the Facilitator’s sense of direction is even worse than his name and he managed to get lost on a training run (and almost ended up on the 13:15 to Bristol Temple Meads). The best hope for the Dribbler it that The Facilitator get lost (and he will) at least twice on the half marathon.

The Dribbler’s training team of Dr Jimmy and Mr Burns were so unimpressed with Dribbler’s performance that they drafted in the help of fitness guru and general hard man “Butch D”. Butch is well known for working a man hard and has agreed to take the Dribbler out for extra training.

Week 9 – Run 1

Diet: A bowl of muesli. Dr Jimmy promised me a Bacon Bap, but didn’t deliver …Dr Jimmys patients have had similar experiences.
Distance: 5.5 miles
Type of Run: 1 lap of the course.
How did the Dribbler feel: Weak, had to walk.
Comments on the run: My Hurty-Foot hurts. Why am I always at the back? Where’s my mate with those chips?

Dribble Dragon “Fully Committed”

The Dribble Dragon proved he is fully committed on Friday by going for a solo run. The Dribbler knows only too well the sacrifice you have to make to be fully committed. His training partners all had to pull out of the training run with a variety of valid excuses: MR Burn – having his hair permed, Dr Jimmy – chest wax (back, sack and crack really), The Big Boss – collecting one of his 5 children.

Week 8 – Run 3

Diet: A bowl of muesli. Dr Jimmy promised me a Bacon Bap, but didn’t deliver …Dr Jimmys patients have had similar experiences.
Time: 35:30
Distance: 4 miles
Type of Run: Flat training run
How did the Dribbler feel: Lonely.
Comments on the run: Why am I the only one running today???