Planning a trip up to North Yorkshire with my son next weekend. Anybody doing this ? Or done it & can offer any tips/advice ?
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Planning a trip up to North Yorkshire with my son next weekend. Anybody doing this ? Or done it & can offer any tips/advice ?
The race has only been run twice with a slightly different route each time. There is a map of the route on the Esk Valley web-site and the routes are usually marked with tape. Link to map here:
http://www.eskvalleyfellclub.org/rac...imping_map.htm
very fast trail race jez, watchout for the steamtrains! nice run m8
I ran it in road shoes as it was bone dry, but I went over on my ankle inside the first mile as you hurtle down into the woods :o I sat there as the whole feild went past :o and was about to walk back to the start but instead ran from the back of the field.... so whatever you wear when its bone dry but a bit knarly, tree stumps and the like, lot of it is through woodland, and I only seem to recall one drawn out ascent, then a couple little uphills toward the finish
Walkers removing race tape resulted in me dropping from 6th place, with a couple of miles to go, to finish at the back. Did 8.8 miles instead of 7 ! I blame the North Yorks Moors runner I was trailing, he should have known the route ! :wink:
Have run the first two, otherwise engaged or i would have made the trip. There are a few direction changes that can catch the unwary. Good run out i hope, the uphill finish always seemed to be laced with treacle!
Hopefully the village hall tea and cakes were upto scratch.