Friday A&A thread! Turning up the thermostat edition

It's as chilly as a penguin's pantry at the moment, so let's have an Athletic and Aesthetic thread to remind us of warmer climes! So, let's see some sunny, warm pics of real sportsfolk. As normal, let's try and avoid the FHM/Maxim style of pic and go for some real sports pics of people who are both athletic AND aesthetic. Has to be both, and remember, let's have a few for the ladies of STW as well!

To kick off, the ever smiling Jessica Ennis

Paola Pezzo, MTBist and mother

The Men's four from a few years back

Pretty good in a boat, that lot!

Nick Craig, hardest working man in MTB, takes in the bluebells

and, in honour of the epic draw battled out yesterday, Anderson, Broad and Cook. Cricketists.

So, over to you folks!

i love summer athletics meetings

and long afternoons on the beach

and a very athletic girl

Stolen from robhughes on the girls on bikes topic yesterday. But I think its worth another showing

😯 Ton – Bejeebus, who is that fine lady ???

Panamas womens cricketists

I don't know much about diving ( but I know what I like ) but I think this is known as the "not tonight dear I've got a headache triple"

Haley Ishimatsu performs a dive in the finals of the women's platform at the U.S. Olympic diving trials in Indianapolis, Sunday, June 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

tragically1969 – Member
Ton – Bejeebus, who is that fine lady ???

Yep, name and fame, please!

johnikgriff, nice though the view is, it's not really in keeping with the aims of the A&A. Those aims are to show "real" sportspeople, rather than just random smutty pics! After all, if you want to see random pics of scantily clad young ladies, I gather there are many sites dedicated to just that……!

Here's another for you, all round cycling legend Johnny T,

Great pic, Grynch!

Jesus cheezybeanz that gal on the right could crack walnuts with those cheeks.

Leryn Franco

Kuco.. flights to Panama from £474.00 😆

too slow, already fixed…

I don't know much about Panama but these ladies look like polo-ers not cricketistas.

EDIT: I'm talking sh*te. Turns out they are the cricket team.

Beach volleyball certainly provides a rich seam for this type of thing

blimey! Haven't a clue who this is, but….

panama spoiler ( http://www.panama-guide.com/article.php/panama-womens-cricket-team )

Binners – That's Willow Koerber.

It wouldn't be the A&A without young Ms Stokes………

And my favourite Bia and Branca, Brazillian Syncro Swimmists

I think I might start to take an interest in cricket…, last I looked it was all Botham and Geoff Boycott and the like. Who is this Andrews chap and why do they have to put those white, Arran cardis over that lovely form?!

Think I might have to go for a roll in the snow!! 😉

jojoA1, Jimmy Anderson?

For the other ladybikers.

For Me…

CFH, Lol, how long did it take to find a REALLY bad shot?

Just googled "Jimmy Andrews Cricket" and got this….

Not quite what I had in mind! 🙂 Always get andrews and anderson muddled up!!!

Ever my favourite, the wonderful Maja W?oszczowska, Polish MTB sylph (2nd in Beijing Olympics womens xc 2008)
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At the last SPAM challenge, there was a young girl riding for Charge, and she did look that she can fit that thread, but not sure who she was.

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probably, she was blonde.

Liz Hatch:

🙄 😯 😈

More Leryn Franco

Drool 😯

Malia Jones 🙂

woooof

That Polish lass wouldn't stop a pig in a ginnel 😯

More Ms Stokke. I think she fits the AandA criteria.

Lots of boxes with crosses on here….. its obviously gone ferral.

Ah ha… patience is your friend…..