Three Peaks Fell Race

[Fozzy42]

Coming back from an ankle injury so just been extra cautious. A month ago there was no way I was gonna do the race this year, in too much pain, but as the weeks past my ankle's feeling stronger so I've upped my training and feeling reasonably good, but just going really steady on any downhill sections. I was always cautious tackling any offroad downhill bits but now I'm embarrassingly slow. Was originally gonna go for a PB, 4hrs 21mins, but now I'll be glad to get round inside the cut-offs without my ankle giving me trouble, or worse rolling it again.

[Philg]

sorry duplicate post

[Philg]

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I hope this works - if it does it's a picture of the viaduct and Whernside taken today to whet your appetites - it was a great (if cold) day for a recce

[Fozzy42]

I see the entry's have gone over a 1000 now. I always thought the limit was 1000 and no more.

[Fnstein]

I see the entry's have gone over a 1000 now. I always thought the limit was 1000 and no more.

Of those entered a couple of hundred usually don't run. Going a few over will probably not mean there are more than 1000 running.

[Captain Shuffle]

Was grim on Ingleborough yesterday thats for sure

[TheReverand]

Would I be pushing it running in road shoes? They are at least 20 seconds a mile quicker than my trail shoes, and do a lot of the work for me, where as I'm proper having to work hard in my trail shoes to maintain what should be comfortable pace. ...

[Witton Park]

Would I be pushing it running in road shoes? They are at least 20 seconds a mile quicker than my trail shoes, and do a lot of the work for me, where as I'm proper having to work hard in my trail shoes to maintain what should be comfortable pace. ...

I've done it twice - needs to be dry - not just on the day - for a week or two. Coming off PYG can be soggy and part of the cross country section between PYG and Ribblehead although they have gravelled some of it in recent years, but mainly it's Whernside where fell shoes will give you an advantage going up and especially coming off the top part.

[davekershaw]

Do they take batteries.if road shoes did all the work I'd wear em regardless of grip

[Fozzy42]

I've done it several times in road shoes but definatley need to be bone dry, which is pretty rare in April. I've done it the race 8 times and my pb was in fell shoes, but that had more to do with the training I'd done rather than the footwear.