I remember doing this one as the last race I did before coming to the USA in 2007. It is about 1/3 road if I remember rightly. There is a downhill road section of about 1/2 mile near to the finish and in walshes it absolutely killed my legs. Its a fast race if you want to work on your speed
Thanks Darth - yes I knew where to go, same as Tigger Tor. (Not sure why I said Totley!)
You're right, Harry, we were there. Nobody told me what the race was like, though!!
Think I'll give it a miss, anyway. Emma wouldn't thank me for dragging her over there, anyway.
Come on, somebody come!! I've proven how aweful I am at road-esque running this wkend with my failure of pace once the fell part of stuc a chroin ended, but I'm still going! (yes I know it's closer and all that but I'd like some pennine competition please :-)....)
Well thanks for that patronising reply. As an organiser of 2 races myself I already know what is involved. My comment about not knowing how it gets in the calendar was down to the amount of road in the race.
I do it to qualify for the series and to have a drink with my Totley mates afterwards, who incidently all know that I think the race is awful as we discussed it in the pub at the race organisers birthday celebration last night. Most of them dont like it either, so there will be a hell of alot of marshalls.
Last edited by Darth of The Dark Side; 05-05-2009 at 05:31 PM.
Its better to have fought and lost, than not have fought at all.