Kinder Downfall 2017

[Sasquatch]

Hi,
Just to let people know that the Downfall is going online entry only this year via the Fabian 4 website.
http://www.fabian4.co.uk/
Entries will be available on the website after the end of Jan.

So please don't send any postal entries in.

[Sasquatch]

Just to mention - the waiting list has been processed and we have a few places left; available until midnight tonight, or the 330 limit is reached, via:

http://www.fabian4.co.uk/default.aspx?EventID=1685

[Luv Shack]

Amazing Red Sky this eve over & below Kinder...
Looking like it will be a fab day for the race in the morn (and afternoon too )
Well done Will for making it all happen...
No doubt see of most of the Clan' in the morn ....

[Luv Shack]

Downfall "updates" over here http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...d=1#post632643

.....and soon'ish in the more than special place (thanks Steve) http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...d=1#post632643

A really Great Day - many thanks to Will for making it all happen

[OB1]

.....and soon'ish in the more than special place (thanks Steve) http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...d=1#post632643

A really Great Day - many thanks to Will for making it all happen

I think you mean here (I guess things are getting a bit messy in the Royal):
http://www.t42.org.uk/hayfield/

Good to see you, Will and the crew today, and good to donate some leftover cakes (from HF) to the scouts.
It was impressive spectating at Kinder Low End watching Alasdair and Megan leading the field, and all the rest of the runners too. I couldn't believe it at first when Alasdair went over the stile without another runner in sight on the Kinder Low horizon.

I managed to run around the route between 9am - 11am with Wormstones, so didn't feel too bad about having missed an entry.

Cheers.

[OB1]

Or even here for super speedy results:
http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/results.php?id=3973

[BritNick]

Many thanks to Will and Pennine Fell Runners for a well organised race. They were the best conditions in the 4 times I've run this. We were fair kicking up the dust at times. By the end, the dust tan started where the socks ended.

That was a phenomenal performance by Buxton's Alasdair Campbell, whose 1:08:18 was over four minutes ahead of second placed Rob Little, after which seconds separated the finishers.

Because this race is just short enough to run close to max effort throughout, it took far more out of me than Lakes Mountain 42 did two weeks previously. For the 1hr 45mins it took me, my heart rate averaged 171bpm and maxed at 185. Talk about red-lining. No wonder I felt used up and worn out.

More photos for you. I wonder what weather the Fellsman will bless us with next weekend?

[Sasquatch]

Cheers Luv Shack/OB1 (and thanks for the flapjack). All went well and thanks to all the helpers/marshals/runners/(and Fell Gods for the weather) for making it a great day.

Well done to Alisdair Campbell and Megan Wilson great runs as 1st and 1st W (sorry Megan didn't get a photo).IMG_20170423_124146195.jpg

[Sasquatch]

Many thanks to Will and Pennine Fell Runners for a well organised race. They were the best conditions in the 4 times I've run this. We were fair kicking up the dust at times. By the end, the dust tan started where the socks ended.

That was a phenomenal performance by Buxton's Alasdair Campbell, whose 1:08:18 was over four minutes ahead of second placed Rob Little, after which seconds separated the finishers.

Because this race is just short enough to run close to max effort throughout, it took far more out of me than Lakes Mountain 42 did two weeks previously. For the 1hr 45mins it took me, my heart rate averaged 171bpm and maxed at 185. Talk about red-lining. No wonder I felt used up and worn out.

More photos for you. I wonder what weather the Fellsman will bless us with next weekend?

Cheers Nick - well done. Thanks for the photos - and good luck for the Fellsman.

[William Clough]

Great photos as always Nick. Rob Little must have had a storming finish. At the trig point he looked to be struggling, he was about 7th or 8th. Perhaps he had fallen and was recovering.