Jan.11th
organised by Belle Vue Racers
lovely 5ish-mile undulating trail race
http://www.bellevueracers.co.uk/Hit_..._Form_2009.pdf
I'm in - anybody else?
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Jan.11th
organised by Belle Vue Racers
lovely 5ish-mile undulating trail race
http://www.bellevueracers.co.uk/Hit_..._Form_2009.pdf
I'm in - anybody else?
Whats this one like underfoot? Can you get away with road shoes or do you need trail shoes?
I need to be doing the longer stuff really - was just looking at The Cannock Chase which is the same day as this....:confused:
I ran round the course last Saturday, and road shoes would've been fine - mainly well-made trail and decent path.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Head
there are a couple of short cross-country-type sections that could become muddy if we get significant rain before 11th though...
I've resigned myself to being rubbish at the longer stuff, so am going to concentrate on shorter/less extreme stuff for 2009 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
I did that race last year Em, its a bit boring to be honest as its mainly paths, roads and tracks but it is a fast course as all the hills are runnable and you can do it in trail shoes. There's some muddy bits round the checkpoints but not worth wearing fell shoes just for those. You cross a railway line going out and coming back just to make it interesting:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
Thanks for that Alf......still undecided....I may go and recce the Trog instead as this is a bit of a schlep out really but I need the Nav practice and as I say some longer runs...Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
Good to see you out running today Daz ! I passed you on my way back from Styal after my interval sets. You were heading thataway.....
Anyway, yes I'm probably running it although I have to say it doesn't fill me with excitement....
MTBB - it was pretty nippy out there wasn't it! :eek:
I just did 6x1k up/down Styal Road - pretty boring, but I need to keep working at my speed, as I'm slow enough as it is! :D
also brings my mileage total for 2008 up to 1005 :cool:
I'm not saying the Reddish Vale race is the greatest in the world, or any substitute for a fell race, but I'm getting excited about it cos it fits nicely with the type/distance of race that I'm currently best at...
Nippy alright ! It was that cold the plane spotters on the orbital were taking pictures of the 'weirdo' in shorts running.
Whats the route like ? Does it go out towards the motorway ? I run occasionally during my lunch break from work there and I can't see how it would add up to 5 miles without dropping down into the valley under the motorway after a mile or so.
I'll definately give it a go though.
Mike
I ran it 2 years ago, and it was something like this:
http://www.runningahead.com/maps/86b...5b9175c002e943
cheers Daz.
Well, I've entered this one this weekend as part of my drive to enter more races. Third race in 16 days. I don't think I entered that many all year last year :eek:
And when I say race..... I mean the emphasis is on entering!:o
whizzed round this this morning, knocking 4 mins off my time from 2 years ago :D
not too muddy, and the rain kept off - I love this race
excellently organised/marshalled by Bell Vue Racers :cool:
MTBB/Vince - how did you get on...?
I didn't do it Daz. Ended up going over to do the Shining Cliff Woods race. My other half hijacked my plans a week ago when she decided that we could make a day of it and go to Bakewell and Matlock Bath afterwards. The Tesco on Portwood just didn't appeal to her.;)
Well done on knocking so much off your time. I did run the route last week and it was a bizarre mix of solid ice or boggy slush in places so I can't imagine conditions improved greatly in time for today.
sorry, my fault, I knew you were doing Shining Cliffs :o - how did that go?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike - TheBoyBarry
underfoot conditions were a bit bizarre - thin layer of mud over frozen ground underneath - a few people in road shoes were slipping over on the bends (I was wearing my trusty Mizuno Harriers)
Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Great race. I think I'll try to get to the other two this year as well. It was a bit like running through Styal from the Chapel to the Ronaldo crash tunnel with a 400 ft climb at the start and again at the start of the second lap. Still managed to fall arse over tit jumping onto a mudslicken (is that a word ?) wooden bridge and I just skated straight over the other side. :rolleyes:
I did better than I thought I would do, but that last finishing hill is a bit of a killer (all 400m of it :o). Got 37.30 ish but forgot to stop my watch as racing 2 others to line line!
Going to try and find the results now.
No results around yet as far as I can see.
Results
84th/157 for me - rats! thought I might've just crept into the top half for once!
Wahaaay! :D 58th/157 and it was nice to do a race where I am not the last Senior male for once!Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
At least you both beat that Ron Hill fella !:D
Still love the fact that he just turns up and runs/supports local races.
Anyone else on here do this last Sunday? It was my first time - great fun and big turn-out. I wished I'd worn my La Sportivas with all that sliding around in the mud in road shoes. It was my first visit to Reddish Vale, even though I've lived here all my life. The effort did the trick of burning the cold out of me I'd been fighting.
It was good to meet TomS doing his usual sterling marshalling job, and plod queen (I think) afterwards. It was such a big turn-out, with ~100 EODs I believe, that they ran out of race numbers. Luckily it wasn't raining because I don't think the second-hand entry forms would have lasted very long.
Nick - saw you in the results - I agree it's a tremendous little race, nicely varied - I've done it a couple of times in the past, and had intended to do it this year, but decided to be sensible as rebuilding fitness after recent minor knee probs