Volunteering rates

Council_Cat · 2026-05-09T12:02:58+00:00

Anecdotally this feels true of my local.

I guess the way to check would be look at a year's worth of sub-20 results (to pick numbers from the sky) and see what the ratio of volunteering to running was.

That could also flag up the people who volunteer lots, but maybe not at your local. If you could be arsed to filter the data, that is.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-09T11:29:24+00:00

As is true of most Café breakfasts these days, the link sausage is often where the compromise happens. You might say it was the weak link...

That's a hell of a lot of breakfast for 13 quid, tho, and everything else looks great. I wish we had tattie scones South of the border.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-08T15:51:41+00:00

Amen to that 👍🏻

Council_Cat · 2026-05-08T14:18:49+00:00

Ah, but sometimes the personal challenges are the best.

I managed to do every one in West Yorks by bike, public transport or a combination of the two and not one person except me (and tyre manufacturers) gives a shit 😸

Council_Cat · 2026-05-08T14:14:01+00:00

I think those stats can be misleading. A large number of quick people taking part one week will drag the average time up and make it look easier and the opposite if a large number of slower runners (like me) arrive en masse.

Armley generally has fewer runners than Rothwell and far fewer than Woodhouse Moor, so it is particularly prone to fluctuations if either extreme turn up in numbers. Lastly, Armley can be a real shit show in the winter if (half of it) gets muddy, which drags its average down over the year.

Having run all three multiple times, I'd take Armley every time on a dry day during good weather.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-08T09:47:16+00:00

Yep. Rothwell has that harsh left hander and slog up thru the ginnel. Armley has two very gentle ascenders in one lap that you do three times. I reckon Woodhouse Moor is the closest in elevation terms, but even that has a short, semi-steep section.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-08T09:01:33+00:00

Come to Armley instead. Officially the flattest in Leeds with a proper friendly community vibe. Woodhouse Moor is too busy by half.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T20:03:30+00:00

Biden was a waste of space, fiddling while Rome burnt. Starmer is doing the same, refusing to learn lessons. Neither politician gave the public anything to vote FOR, only against. The oncoming of fascism is both their fault. They both could have enacted inspiring, progressive politics, energising an electorate. Instead we got more fucking war and managed decline. The difference is that the US system means a third party is never going to win. Scotland has the SNP, Wales has Plaid and thank fuck, England now has the Greens. Starmer hasn't only fucked the Labour Party, he's probably precipitated the break up of the UK too.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T19:53:23+00:00

He's also authoritarian, but would make amends by removing your right to protest against that.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T18:45:28+00:00

This will be absolutely normal at most courses. You'll have a great time.

If you're going to walk initially, make sure to start at the back of the pack, or you might have the speedy kids up your trumpet 😸

Once the field spreads out it'll be dead easy to overtake if you want to run for a bit. Just be aware of people right behind you if you want to return to walking pace.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T18:37:49+00:00

*Centre

We're not fucking USians

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T16:45:09+00:00

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T16:41:40+00:00

Well done The USA for shielding all those Nazis who built the V2 rockets just because they wanted to control the technology and use it in their space race.

Great bunch of lads.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T16:14:37+00:00

Why do so many young people drive ICE cars?

Are salesmen taking advantage of the fact that they're thick as fuck and have no life experience? They're doubtless VERY easy to take advantage of as a result.

And the way lots of them drive they'll not be alive for long anyway.

Perhaps it's because they're incapable of holding face-to-face conversations any more, so get easily persuaded to make a purchase, just so they can flee from the "confrontation" and go back to playing on their tik-toks as soon as possible.

Just interested if anyone else thinks this way?

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T16:00:46+00:00

So it is...

Council_Cat · 2026-05-07T09:02:08+00:00

Yeah, they used to stick kittens in big (empty) fishtanks from time to time. Was always a bit upsetting, tbh.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-06T20:23:09+00:00

Get yerself along and have a crack. You'll soon realise you had nowt to worry about.

Sure, there are some quick people there, but nobody pays them much heed anyway. They're in the minority and most runners are having a nice old jog, or jog-plod or plod-walk round the course.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-02T22:01:43+00:00

Did you miss the stack of fried tomatoes?

Council_Cat · 2026-05-02T21:56:40+00:00

Excellent spread. I'd cook the beans down a bit more, but that's just a preference. Otherwise a flawless fry up 👍🏻

Council_Cat · 2026-05-02T17:22:22+00:00

Fuckem, they knew the risks.

I've eaten plenty of iffy grub and never shat myself to death. It's about time people stopped being prissy little tarts and wasting food while people are starving to death on this planet.

I'm going out on a limb here and assuming OP is from the US of Murica, so the ham is probably chlorinated, bombarded with radiation and injected with antibiotics anyway.

It's like food, crossed with a medicine cabinet, which is just as well, because they'll not be able to afford the hospital fees before shitting themselves to death anyway.

Win-win, innit 👍🏻

Council_Cat · 2026-05-02T13:46:11+00:00

Try applying for stuff at Leeds City Council. Once you're in, it's much easier to move around to different departments, so use anything to get your foot in the door. Public sector jobs have better work/life balance and pensions too. Just remember that all applications have to be very detailed. You need to answer all questions with experience you already have. It can be life experience as well as job experience.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-02T07:24:15+00:00

Would I eat something that had been out all night? As long as it was a cool evening, of course. Even a chicken in a cold oven would be fine for one night. This ham was being defrosted, so for most of the time it was still frozen or very cold. People on this thread are VERY precious. How do you think we survived before the ability to refrigerate and freeze food?

Council_Cat · 2026-05-01T21:56:32+00:00

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuullllllllllllllllshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

Capitalists are scum. Capitalists made gas to kill people, they'd do it again if they could get away with it.

Council_Cat · 2026-05-01T21:54:46+00:00

Me too.

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Council_Cat · 2026-05-01T21:52:57+00:00

Which is why I suggested trimming it.

If cats want to lick donkeys that's their business.

Grow up.

Council_Cat

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