Yes I don't want to start racing for the sake of it. Might have a weekend off this week as Accrington doesn't really inspire me!
Yes I don't want to start racing for the sake of it. Might have a weekend off this week as Accrington doesn't really inspire me!
I met a Fishwicker today from way back when 'wicking didn't even have a name - Dick Ballantine. Dick was once described as a "race tart", on here, which is now a compliment in my view, even is it wasn't then. We had a grumble that we were old and soft before he explained he was on his way home from an 88k off road bike ride (on an Inbred with carbon forks). Keep on keeping on y'all . . .
Poacher turned game-keeper
“But to say that the race is the metaphor for the life is to miss the point. The race is everything. It obliterates whatever isn’t racing. Life is the metaphor for the race.”
Poacher turned game-keeper
I had a similar feeling when I finished in front of Ben Abdelnoor in the Fairfield Horseshoe one year, only to find out he'd done the Keswick Triathlon a couple of hours earlier :-)
We were discussing clashes for races next year at our club committee meeting and came across a combo even Daz may not be up for.
Saturday 10th March - Haworth Hobble 31.7 miles/4396ft
followed by
Sunday 11th March - Edale Skyline 21.1miles/4505ft
Over to you Daz
Dan
I won't do this in 2018, but these two races seem to crop up on the same weekend most years, and I'm hoping to do the "double" in 2019 as part of prep for something long distance later that year.
Last weekend I did League XC on the Saturday, then Cardington Cracker on the Sunday, if that counts. It was certainly tough... first couple of miles on the Cracker I was barely above jogging pace, picked up on the steeper stuff, but definitely lacked a lot of zip over the flatter sections.
Where does that rank compared to Wasdale on the Saturday followed by Holme Moss on the Sunday, which Daz did a few years ago.
Nic Barber. Downhill Dandy