Reply to: Team GB at Olympics

[WTFH]

Wow, can't believe Mo managed that.

[SueEllen]

I assumed if they did badly their funding would be raised?

Nope.

You reach or beat your medal goals then the sport is eligible for and gets more funding when it applies for it from the National Lottery.

One reason cycling ensures it peaks at the Olympics and does badly in the 18 months before.

[BrilloPad]

Track and field are going to get their lottery funding cut due to under performing.

I assumed if they did badly their funding would be raised?

[SueEllen]

The athletics side of Team GB have not done well in terms of medals, but have been unlucky several times.

Track and field are going to get their lottery funding cut due to under performing.

[SueEllen]

The thought of hurtling down a twisty mountain pass at 70mph with a micrometer of lycra for protection just makes my hands go clammy.

Cool Runnings!

If I lived in a cold country I know what sport I would have been doing.

[DaveB]

And the cojones.

The thought of hurtling down a twisty mountain pass at 70mph with a micrometer of lycra for protection just makes my hands go clammy.

Ah, now that's the fun bit

It's the getting up there to begin with that I struggle with.

[The_Equalizer]

Feck me. And your parents wasted thousands on a private school education. They must be gutted.

Probably not as half as upset as yours must be.

[WTFH]

Team GB at Olympics

They could all run quicker than FLC. He gave up after 3 hours. It would have been 3 minutes if he could run quicker than them.

According to the Internet, he could cover 720 metres in 3 hours.

[LondonManc]

Was that not a "Try it on"?

They could all run quicker than FLC. He gave up after 3 hours. It would have been 3 minutes if he could run quicker than them.

[WTFH]

My last triathlon with NLyUK, AndyW's mum and Bee lasted three hours

Was that not a "Try it on"?

[CretinWatcher]

I helped him carry his argument through and concluded that the totem of the NHS was to be used as the weapon of manipulation for totalitarianism.

Feck me. And your parents wasted thousands on a private school education. They must be gutted.

[eek]

My last triathlon with NLyUK, AndyW's mum and Bee lasted three hours

And then you woke up...

[shaunbhoy]

My last triathlon with NLyUK, AndyW's mum and Bee lasted three hours

Did they lock you out for 2 hours 59 minutes?

[barrydidit]

Here's a bunch of kids with Alister Brownlee at aforementioned fell run. The organisers do an excellent job with the kids year after year just because they want to. It can't harm those kids to know they're following the same path an olympic champion cut his teeth on, might just plant a seed in their minds...

[FatLazyContractor]

I'm guessing FLC isn't reading this thread.

My last triathlon with NLyUK, AndyW's mum and Bee lasted three hours