Mudclaws for sure. I've got some new yellow 330 'O' ones although I don't think they'll be that colour for long:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mud Rocs
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Mudclaws for sure. I've got some new yellow 330 'O' ones although I don't think they'll be that colour for long:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mud Rocs
well, i will be in orange!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mxhornet
Fellas, don't worry too much about looking out for his vest. You'll be able to spot Stan a mile off by his pink wellies, pre-empting the way he'll be mincing down Geronimo.....:D:pQuote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
Also, could one of you remind him that a head torch doesn't work with flat batteries - that would be great, thanx!
Cheers
mincing eh, ohhhh, get you sailor:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tin Ribs
Mapper, they have obviously seen your descents down Geronimo before !!! Must be another good oportunity to get your photo in the Fellrunner again !!!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
dont worry bud, if yer knees fail ya, there'll be plenty of people to help ya down (other than me):DQuote:
Originally Posted by southernsoftie
Very murky this morning - hope its clearer tomorrow.
Well I will be in...........??Quote:
Originally Posted by Man from Del Monte
If the clag is down:
~ a drab green cag so I can blend into the murky abounds so no-one can follow my best lines.
If it's clear:
~ a Clayton vest so I can blend in with the rest of the field.
Oh and a word or warning ~ don't follow a Clayton runner ~ not all of them know where they are going!
:D:D:D
follow me, i have compass and pendle race map:D
I would follow others if I could keep up on the downhills :p
there's no choice but to bomb down geronemo, no way of stopping unless one carries an ice axe to dig on. Frightens me a little that descent:oQuote:
Originally Posted by mxhornet
i'll slide down on me arse then :eek:
oh no, you dont wanna do that, there's some great little rocks to give ya some bruises and grazes :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mxhornet
To tell you the truth, it may not be a bad descent to you. But as i'm a newbie, to fell, it was a sheer drop to me
I watched the race from the bottom last year and none of the front runners came down the path, they were all to one side of it.
It was only when the masses came down that the path was used but it slowed people down.
I'm not exactly the most experienced fell runner myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth domain
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Originally Posted by Stagger
would be boring following a path down there, better to go wild and lob straight down it. Well, zig zagging
Geronimo, the cliff like drop into Ogden Clough, has got to be one of the best/worst/most suicidal/brilliant/spectacular/horrid/most arse sliding/most ball breaking <delete as appropriate> descents going. Its also quite along way down. In many respects sticking to the boggy and bouldery track that aims you diagonally down the hill/cliff face is the safest route to follow..... but it is slower. A lot of runners go down to the right where it can be faster but more dangerous. I threw myself off the top last year and ending up sliding down much of the way on my backside.
i was trying to alay MXhornet's fears of it:D (and mine), oh boy, i have to face that vast descent again tomorrow, hopefully a little faster than last time:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Funny thing though, on the map, you can tell its steep due to the contour lines, but it seems such a short descent, quite a rude awakening when you get there and are faced with a 90degrees cliff:eek:
*dons a blindfold*
funny thing is, when we did a recce not long ago, we were coming down here, and there were a bunch of walkers at the bottom having a rest, probably looked up and thought: Nutters!!
Sounds like my kind of descent... but alas, my ankle hasn't healed enough for this race so have to pass on it anyway... :(
i was on that recce and it was quite funny. they must have though they were under attack initially when we all came charging over the ridge. well.. everybody else charged... I just slithered down and it is better on the right of the path. more gripQuote:
Originally Posted by Darth domain
I must say,not having done hardly any running on Pendle, that I am looking forward to tomorrow - 17 miles is just the right distance for a Long as far as I'm concerned - beyond that point I'm cream crackered.
Not sure about Geronimo though...........:eek:
I absolutely loved that descent. Emmi's got a great line down there. Did go on my arse a couple of times, but I always find this is quicker than running:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Man from Del Monte
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Originally Posted by southernsoftie
shhhhhhhhh don't tell everyone ;) :cool:
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Originally Posted by emmilou
hmmm we will see how quick you fly down this line
stop being a grumpy get.... you can go first :DQuote:
Originally Posted by daz h
I am really feeling sorry for myself for not being able to run :(
well... i am really peed off now
there was supposed to be three of us running this together tomorrow and the other two have chickened out.
It will be a long 6 hours on my own!!!!!!!
Hann I feel for you I hate being injured.
6 hours ? :eek:
i was panicking alittle mate half way down and gathering speed and wondering how does one stop, Emmi told me to zig zag which helped a little, still bloody hairy though (the descent, not emmi):D!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Man from Del Monte
Last place was something like 4:45 last year see results with 16 drop outs so very very unlikely. Its quite a fast first half too but as a rough rule of thumb figure that you're 40% of the way round time wise when you hit the bottom of Ogden Clough.Quote:
Originally Posted by mxhornet
Are you any better........ankle wasn't it!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Sending healing vibes: I know what it's like to look longingly at a rainy, muddy, cold, slog of a race and think......OH PLEEEEEEESE let me not have a new pain....again.
i am going to try andgo quite fast up to checkpoint 4 due to cut off time, after that, quite steady.
Not sure what sort of time to expect for myself but it would certainly be less than 6 hours, unless I did an extra lap ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
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Originally Posted by Darth domain
Err wouldnt know about the hairy bit mate:eek:
But rest assured i dont think she will be zig and zagging tomorow
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Lets hope we dont all have to resort to this zig zagging technique:eek::eek:
Is she doing an inpression of a windmill or humming the dambusters theme
looks more dam busters to me
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Originally Posted by Darth domain
Or was she fishing ????
who knows