Fellsman

[JohnK]

A good report here from GROUGH

http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...sman-challenge

All best wishes to John O` Connell

Did anybody else get attacked by a TURKEY

[Hank]

A good report here from GROUGH

http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...sman-challenge

All best wishes to John O` Connell

Did anybody else get attacked by a TURKEY

Was that just before Stonehouse? I saw a huge turkey in a yard we passed through. Absolutely massive it was, with huge plumage. Quite an odd turkey really. I was going through a rough patch then though and wondered if I might have imagined it...

[JohnK]

Yep that`s the damned thing launched itself right at me talons Flared and gobbling away like a demented Banshee, still did me a favour as it was probably the fastest i moved all day, and bought me back to life, but as the sign said these birds are not dangerous and will do you no harm, that i figure is as long as they don`t catch you

[Duncan]

A good report here from GROUGH

http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...sman-challenge

All best wishes to John O` Connell

Did anybody else get attacked by a TURKEY

A great report and timely too! I'd heard about Mark's lapse of concentration and I'm glad it's not just me that drifts off when running

The turkeys on the way down to Stonehouse were benign as I went through but we did get spooked by Nightjars calling on Whernside at dusk

(they sounded like this )

[Hank]

Yep that`s the damned thing launched itself right at me talons Flared and gobbling away like a demented Banshee, still did me a favour as it was probably the fastest i moved all day, and bought me back to life, but as the sign said these birds are not dangerous and will do you no harm, that i figure is as long as they don`t catch you

It should've gone for me... I doubt I could have out-run a frozen turkey at that point.

[Stolly]

Hi Stolly,

If you can tell me colour of the piece of cord that is connected to the compass it's all yours!

By the way, were you one of the "Trotters"? If so I was in the group that set off just behind you going up Gt Whernside.

The cord for my compass is red and I was one of the trotters

[IanDarkpeak]

I was talking to Nicky tonight (first lady and record holder) and she told me she managed to start the last section up GW before grouping which meant she could run at her own pace through to the finish.
The first woman to run the fellsman with out being grouped??

Also had a few Penistone and Darkpeakers offering me sympathy tonight knowing the OCT is looming and Nicky is my partner, oh no

[egor]

i can now walk, without help or any form of aid!

[IanDarkpeak]

i can now walk, without help or any form of aid!

this so reminds me of my first two Fellsmans in the 80's

Don't worry in another month you will be happy to see the application form drop through the letter box.

[andyLJ]

This was just a fantastic race and experience - I loved it!

Though I'm not sure why I feel this way. This was my first Fellsman and it has left me with no quadricep strength whatsoever at a point half way between sitting and standing. So once I'm standing I can't sit down and if I'm down I can't stand up. Is this normal?

I managed to finish in 18:35 which was a bit slower than I'd hoped for. We slowed quite a lot after grouping but congratulations to Tom (a young lad in our group) who was really struggling to walk but managed to run some sections nonetheless. He lost a further 20 minutes in the last 2 miles after the group was disbanded so he must have been really suffering.

I'm new to racing this sort of terrain and I think its the quite sharp descents in places that have destroyed my quads. But what a diversity of landscapes the route takes. The first 3 hills almost had me in tears because of some steep up and down sections. Across the route I found myself hurtling down stony paths and grassy hillsides that I would normally be cautious about walking down. I other places I manage to dip into all the boggy patches that I'd heard had dried out. This must be a tough race in the wet. And Fleet Moss is very weird landscape - again I bet that's tough in the wet.

Looking forward to next year!