It's a sad reflection on British man (and woman) hood that everyone except me took the optional wimps route. Merry Christmas anyway and see you all in the New Millennium. Timing list to follow. RESULTS FOR LONG FUNRUN 19 12 00 Time Taken Actual-Handicap Sunil Sidher 32 53 -32 Pete Stepney 27 37 -27 Adrian Foster 32 01 -17 Andrew Harwood 32 10 7 Helen Brackenbury 35 06 34 Bob Talbot 14 47 (mini course) 40 Roger Thetford 26 53 42 Ian Kemp 16 50 (mini course) 60 Stuart Brookes 35 10 95 Peter Mansfield 37 06 109 Will Atkinson 22 17 (short course) 124 FUN RUN STARTING TIMES FOR 02 01 01 No N Name Start Times Runs missed Mini Course Short Course Normal Course 1 0 John MacDonald 12 41 31 12 31 15 12 18 57 1 2 0 David Holden 12 41 59 12 31 58 12 19 58 3 3 5 Peter Mansfield 12 43 52 12 34 55 12 24 11 0 4 3 Ian Kemp 12 44 07 12 35 18 12 24 43 0 5 7 Stuart Brookes 12 44 10 12 35 23 12 24 50 0 6 5 Helen Brackenbury 12 44 13 12 35 27 12 24 56 0 7 0 Paul Butcher 12 44 52 12 36 28 12 26 23 5 8 0 Sunil Sidher 12 45 10 12 36 56 12 27 04 0 9 3 Richard Cummings 12 45 30 12 37 26 12 27 47 1 10 1 Andrew Harwood 12 45 33 12 37 32 12 27 55 0 11 0 Adrian Foster 12 45 35 12 37 34 12 27 58 0 12 4 Bob Talbot 12 45 46 12 37 52 12 28 23 0 13 0 Gareth Smith 12 46 08 12 38 27 12 29 13 1 14 0 Jon Hyde 12 46 16 12 38 39 12 29 31 1 15 0 Ian Vatter 12 46 28 12 38 57 12 29 57 5 16 1 Will Atkinson 12 46 59 12 39 46 12 31 06 0 17 0 Kevin Smith 12 47 01 12 39 48 12 31 09 7 18 0 Pete Stepney 12 47 33 12 40 38 12 32 21 0 19 1 Roger Thetford 12 48 12 12 41 38 12 33 47 0 20 1 Trevor Taylor 12 48 21 12 41 52 12 34 07 1 19.12.00 Points after 16 FUNRUNs At the half way point of the competition it is still wide open, with Helen, Pete and Bob the obvious contenders. However, in the past the leader at Christmas has rarely claimed the silver tankard in the Spring. Most spectacular turnaround was in 1998 when Bob Talbot, the eventual winner was in 12th place at Christmas and 271 points down on then leader, Paul Butcher. This week Total points No of Runs Helen Brackenbury 13 403 15 1 timing Pete Stepney 43 372 15 1 timing Bob Talbot 12 365 16 1 timing Will Atkinson 7 273 14 1 timing Ian Kemp 10 260 11 1 timing David Holden 231 13 1 timing Peter Mansfield 8 212 12 1 timing Stuart Brookes 9 182 10 1 timing Ian Vatter 173 8 1 timing Paul Butcher 171 6 Gareth Smith 171 8 1 timing Adrian Foster 37 146 7 1 timing Jon Hyde 139 6 1 timing Richard Cummings 136 6 1 timing Roger Thetford 11 112 7 2 timing Sunil Sidher 45 101 3 Kevin Smith 92 3 John MacDonald 73 3 Andrew Harwood 14 54 3 Trevor Taylor 14 2 David Hull 7 1