Arctic Circle Run 2010
Arctic Circle Run 2010 was created by kara
Posted 14 years 10 months agoFor those of you who have not heard about the Arctic Circle Run before let me just give you a few details:
Objective
"A complete lap of the M25, after dark, with the hood down, in the winter"
Details
Rolling start from the three services on the M25, Thurrock, then South Mimms, then Clacketts Lane - we go anti-clockwise, kicking it off at Thurrock circa 10-11pm and collecting the other participants as we drive by the other services, culmintating in us all blasting through the Dartford tunnel together around midninght. The Dartford toll will be free as it will be after 10:00pm.
~ Taken from http://www.mgfregister.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4079&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=40We start to peel off at Thurrock as the first group completes thier lap, in 2009 we all came off here to chat and generally socialise in the freezing car park! But this interrupts the laps of the other two groups, so, although a nice thing to do i think it should be optional this time around, particularly as the Clackett's group has only just started thier run.
A complete lap is 120 miles, we go at normal road speeds, THIS IS NOT A RACE, we are very conspicuous and it'll only take one person getting 'over excited' and drawing the attentions of the Police to shut the whole thing down. There is a lead car (probably mine) and no one is to over take it.
We also need to be aware of other road users, there will be plenty of other motorists who need to break up our convoy to exit the motorway etc, our convoy needs to be 'loose and flexible' so as to not inconvenience others.
There will be plenty of opportunity to bunch up and drive as a big group, so it is not an issue if we get split up for a bit.
Finally, it's supposed to be fun, but it WILL be cold - please dress appropriately, 120 miles in freezing conditions is enough to leech through your clothes, even with the heater on full - minimum 3 layers. I don't want anyone getting hypothermia!!
Now this is a charity event and this year's charity is the RNLI. Entry is £5 and you donate here:
http://www.justgiving.com/mgfregister2010
Here is a list of the current attendees (some from F Register, some from .org & some from other forums) anyone who is also a T-Bar member appears in bold (to give you an idea of who you can expect to meet from here):
1. TimM
2. Pendle Lass
Clacketts Lane:
1. Lucasdude
2. GilesH
3. theguv
4. Leemans
Thurrock:
1. Scarlet Fever
2. TF Karl
3. Gotenks1321
4. MoonManMike
5. MGF_Matt
6. The Prometheus & Kara
7. M19CPB
8. Dab06
9. JohnW1
10. Colonel Camel
11. Zipimini
12. Dwkmgf
13. Adrian
14. SkunkyMunkey3000
15. JamesTF
16. Orkhid + Tui
17. 1984
18. Emgeezedess
19. Chrisg 1
20. Reaper
21.Dave & Rhona
South Mimms:
1. MeetwithDamien
2. Sparky 135
3. Dressur
4. Puds121
5. Deano
6. Bunjamin
7. Rosco88
8. NickTG
9. Altrius
10. Lillypad
11. Andie B
12. Nobby MGF
Thats 38 Confirmed in taking part in the 2010
To Be Confirmed As Yet / Start Point :
1. NeilSurreyLabs
2. Danny_IOW
3. ART
4. Thatone1967
5. Valkryie
6.ADZ TF
7. Silver Dreamrac
8. Live The Dream /Thurrock /
9. Nertman
10. ColinTF
11. PimpJay9
12. JohFLA + HappyChappy
13. Disgusted /Clacketts
14. Sam Luck /Clacketts
An excellent attendance list so far!
If you are interested in attending this event please let me know & I will add you to the list and update Andrew (Scarlet Fever) with the details.
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