Cheers Steve, looks like you had a good out too!Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
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Cheers Steve, looks like you had a good out too!Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Certainly did, tired me dog out!Quote:
Originally Posted by fellgazelle
Totally agree with your summary of leg 2! Brutal to the point of sadism! or may be I've been doing too much road running and am getting soft...Quote:
Originally Posted by mattp
A good day out, great weather and a brutal leg 2.
A big thank you to all the organisors and marshalls, also to the teams whose support for Pennine and kind words for DazH were very touching.
Our first attendance at FRA Relays - a brilliant day out, many thanks to Mercia et al for the flawless organisation and great courses.
Sadly I can't say the same about our performance, but we certainly enjoyed ourselves :)
I thought this was a brilliant relays. I loved every second of leg 2! The organisation was second to none, really inspired plan to use the rectory field and have the dibber at the top so commentator could tell us who was about to appear, the courses were taped expertly, nothing hadn't been considered to make it a fantastic event. Totally excellent :)
Without wanting to sound repetitive, I agree with everything that's been said.
Great organisation, welll marshalled, lovely hog roast.
Fantastic course, I loved every bit of leg 2
It was also good to have a very close race both in the mens and ladies open races this year. In the mens, the first 4 teams set off for the final leg within 20 seconds of each other. In the ladies race, I think I'm right in saying the lead changed over during the last leg.
Our open team was very pleased to be top 20. Having looked at the times, this was thanks to a great effort from ba-ba and StevieK on leg 3 - nice one lads.
Well done Mercia, a grand day out in the sunshine :D
A brilliantly organised event - and you ordered good weather. I could have done without Langdale on the day before, but was drafted in as a late replacement - on Leg 2:thunbdown:
The other downside was: I stupidly left my Garmin 310X & chest strap on one of the tables in the kit tent at the UKA Fell Relays in Church Stretton on Sunday. If you picked it up please contact me.
Matlock AC was very pleased with 20th (despite me and Karl being well and truely nobbled by the above on leg 3:sneaky:- but we beat DPFR B team:thumbup:). It was our first time at the FRA's- we had a grand day out. Many thanks to the organisers.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
Nobbled? Intriguing! Were they standing infront of the checkpoint pointing somewhere else? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Filthy Rich
We also had a good race against your boys on leg 2. We were pretty well matched, so we kept crossing over. It was good to have a chat with them afterwards.
Well done on the top 20 finish. We'll both aim for top 15 next year. :)
Re Garmin. They were announcing one of that particular type just as we were leaving after prize giving. Suggest you get in touch with Bob Dredge, the organiser [email protected]
was nice to get lots of shouts on the way round very supportiveQuote:
Originally Posted by Welsh Harrier
Does anyone have a GPS track of Leg 2? I have managed to loose my map already!
Thanks
Dan, you can download a map from the merciarelays.org.uk website
Pressure or not, Jonesy ran a great leg. We were so chuffed when he steamed down the ramp to the hand over, with Will Neill and Pete Vale (both of whom he'd run out of the A team) very close behind. We had the great sight of three Mercia teams (A, B and V40) all climbing out of the Rectory Field in the top ten to start leg 2.Quote:
Originally Posted by IainR
Big shout up for Tim Davies too who hasn't been in great nick this year but really got the best out of Steve Cale on leg 2.
I picked the B team and despite a couple of injuries and the V40s taking priority meaning we didn't have quite the strongest group to pick from, they did brilliantly to finish in the top 20.
Great day. Lovely to see so many Pennine lads and lasses out as a fitting tribute to Daz.
Jim
Cheers Noel! Re Nobble- dictionary suggests 'out-wit' (which is what I meant) but also says by underhand means, which I didn't, so sorry if offended Pennine. More accurate description with a 'k' in front as Nick and Steve made us look like a right pair of knobs!Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjI11...ature=youtu.be
Video from the start of Leg 1 ! Obviously I didn't take this footage as I was running (well walking on the video!) the leg. Great running by Paul (Jones) withstanding the pressure of having myself in the B & Pete Vale in the Vets team all together until the final field where he proved his A team selection was the correct decision.. JUST!
Leg 2, 3 & 4 uploading now!
to be honest I felt like a right nob running into #3 from the wrong direction with you, Mynydd Du, Mercia B and Macc (so all the teams beginning with M, then!) piling in at the same time! We had a good run but Steve was a bit strong for me in the valley below 1 and to 2 and we should have been a couple of minutes quicker with more careful nave to 3 and better planning to 2!Quote:
Originally Posted by Filthy Rich
The top 4 teams aren't showing split times for CP5 on leg 3. Also a couple of other teams further down the field. Did they miss the CP?
CP5 wasn't there when they got there - see Andy Davies' comments at:Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
http://www.mudsweatandtears.co.uk/20...t-take-ladies/
We didn't miss the checkpoint, there was no checkpoint. Mercia had about a 1 minute lead over Dark Peak, Borrowdale and Pudsey (me and my brother). As we came to CP5 Mercia came back into sight over the hill. This was a bit of the shock, as they had former world orienteering relay champion Graham Gristwood. We got to the top and there was clearly no CP. I checked the map, checked the CP description. Nothing. I then noticed a small wooden steak in the ground with tape on it, the marker used to show where the CP should be located. The group contained 2 of GBRs world orienteering champs team from this year, and 2 former internationals. We knew exactly where we were, we had found the tapes for the CP. We made the decision to continue going because we could all vouch for each other. Mercia lost their minute lead, and we were maybe all together on the top for about 15s before continuing on our way. The right team won in the end, despite having lost a minute because of this.
We were not quite 15 minutes up on schedule as is stated in the MST article, the Nav leg was 15 mins faster, but the 2nd leg was 10 minutes slower. So we were only 5 minutes up.
A very enjoyable day on the hills.
Any photos?
Plenty of photos and videos if you read the thread from Sunday onwards:rolleyes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvzunM2kJJM&list=UUcVXnLNq4J0P8Sm693Ug XIQ& index=3&feature=plcp
Leg 2 - got some great footage of this as both myself & Dad were around the course!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RON8kCdxx-g&feature=youtu.be
Leg 3 - missed the leading four teams (Mercia, P&B, DP & Borrowdale) as they came flying over the hill before I could get the camera out.
They missed the last check point as the dibber point wasn't there in time.
Read about what Andi Davies had to say on Mud Sweat and Tears & Graham Gristwood's Blog.
Interesting finishing line from HBT leg 4 runner see 2mins 56s very funny
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Originally Posted by Will-Moorlands
RELAYS PHOTOS: go to www.merciarelays.org.uk for links to hundreds of images by Al Tye (fellrunnningpictures), Stuart Cathcart (High Sports); John Richards (uksportpictures), Graham Spencer (Coed y Gwynt) and Es Richards - covering race preps, start, finish and everything in between.
Big thanks to Mercia for organising this event, it was superb and I think I can speak for everyone from Totley saying that.
Cheers,
Karl
It's interesting as I thought that all clubs had to wear their club vests!!!! Just noticed someone from one of the clubs on leg 2 video not wearing his!!!!!
out of respect for a friend who had recently died, I wanted to wear mainly black. I did not think anyone would be so petty but never mind, each to there own.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wee Beastie
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Originally Posted by Dew Claw Lassalle
Maybe, if you consider people didn't know that's what you were doing then their reasonable question doesn't come across as petty. You have been known to wear a few "costumes" before.
yes your right....... I always wear all black with a black armband. how silly of me it was obviously a costume!Quote:
Originally Posted by boghobbit
you might want to read my post again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dew Claw Lassalle
I'll be running in the relay for the first time this year and will be doing the navigation leg. Can anyone give me an idea of what to expect. Three questions...
How many checkpoints are there likely to be (or does this change every year)?
Can you visit the checkpoints in any order?
What kind of navigation is it? Will I be looking for stream junction's and small ring contour's or trig points and path junctions (or both)?
Thanks.
S
1. 6/7 or so.. but I think it varies..Quote:
Originally Posted by Scodler
2. Normally a set order I think, but has been a traditional score style.
3. Normally pretty easy nav, route choice was the main issue really. The route is normally designed so each leg has 1,2,3 alternatives. Normally junctions, re-entrants, summits, junctions, gates. Always fairly identifiable features. Actual navving the route is normally pretty easy, its doing it fast which is the hard part.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...9QEwCQ&dur=167
This is the map from the Scottish one.. 2010? 6 points in a set order..
PS: there route is overlaid on that..
Thanks for that.
I'm much better at route choice Nav than micro Nav. Especially under pressure!
Looking forward to it.
S
Please note that entries for the British Fell Relay 2013 will close at Midnight on Sunday 22nd September, unless the maximum number of entries is reached.
Does anybody know if there are any route descriptions out anywhere for leg 1,2 and 4?