I did Ingleborough from Horton on Friday. It was dry as a bone then as the sun was crackin' the flags but obviously there's been a big change in the weather since then.
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I did Ingleborough from Horton on Friday. It was dry as a bone then as the sun was crackin' the flags but obviously there's been a big change in the weather since then.
I was up on Twistleton Scar (down the ridge from Whernside) last night and it's dry as a bone
Had a quick look through. Victoria Wilkinson 13th overall!! Wow.
Saw that Ricky Lightfoot pulled out at Hill Inn.....
New record for vic by 5min.
Murray Strain wins by 4.5min (ahead of Tom owens)
Karl Grey just knows how to pace this race!
Jack Wood, take a bow. Incredible run.
Photos taken just after Ribblehead.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/north_ender/5eruq9
I was hoping to get some photos of runners with the steam train in the background, but the train was late!
Does anyone know who was taking the photos at the bottom of the descent off Whernside, and if there's a link to see them. Thanks
Photos and bit of a race report from MrRTS Hope you enjoy the read. Eskdale Elevation this Saturday for his 7th of 50@50 so maybe see a few of you there. Beau dog will be cheering you on too :-)
https://plus.google.com/114550169192...ts/3DdvYNrazgH
1st few photos taken on the way up Pen-Y-Gent on the track out of Horton
2nd few heading for home at the base of Ingleborough
Beau dog, guest dog Riffle and I cheering you on. Well done everyone
Well that certainly didnt go to plan.
Finally legs just starting to feel normal again. My 11th 3 Peaks on the trot, but one of my worst, certainly a bad day at the office for me. Just struggled from early on.
My plan was to do each leg between checkpoints 1 minute quicker than my pb time(4hrs 21min)so hoping to break 4hrs 15min, but that went tits up at top of Pen y Ghent when I was a minute down, after that I just went backwards.
Was so confident beforehand as my training had gone OK and conditions were almost perfect, far better than the last couple of years, but it just wasnt to be on the day. Found it hard work all the way round, and for the first time ever I struggled with blisters, even had to stop on my way up Whernside, take socks and shoes off then pop my blisters, not a good sign, relieved the pain a little but still gave me jip.
Finally limped home in 4hrs 46min, feeling crap.
Oh well, live to fight another day, I got round with no serious injuries, and hopefully the stronger for it.
Many Thanks to all organisers, marshals, helpers, etc, still a brilliant event and one of my fave races.
We still have a set of keys for a Toyota. Please get in touch if they are yours.
Entries going well 685 & 100+ still to complete their entries from the pre-selection list. Anyone else giving it a go this year?
https://www.threepeaksrace.org/entries/
Yep I'm doing it again, not everyone's favourite race, more a trail race these days but I like it, got a bit of everything, and it'll be my 12th on the trot. Looking forward to it.
Race is filling up nicely, we have 845 confirmed entries & 35 on the Pre Selection List who still need to complete and pay.
If you are still thinking about entering - it's decision time. Don't leave it till the last minute and be disappointed!
It gets more paved every time I go over it!! I think people who haven't run over the ground since last April will be surprised, if not shocked!! It'll not be long 'till its pretty much all 'paved' to some degree! The front of Whernside being the exception. It's certainly much less fell than it used to be! But tbf still a good race and route. I'll do it again I'm sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fozzy42
Well done on 12 on the bounce btw. Wish I had that under my belt.
It's that time of year.....anyone got any advice on (wait for it)... type of shoes to wear?
My choice at the moment is between mud claws and road shoes. In the past I have found the bit off PYG pretty muddy and been thankful for fell shoes. Other than though is only the bit up Whernside (and perhaps first bit of the descent off Whernside) where you really appreciate them, so toying with idea of road shoes. But then it has been wet...
Any thoughts?
I've just been round the route this morning - it was still pretty muddy in places and slippery on the wet stone slabs. I used Mizuno wave harriers (which I'm likely to use on race day, I'm a 5 hour(ish) runner so near the back) and wouldn't have fancied doing it in road shoes. Of course if the weather stays like it was by the time I finished at 1pm it'll dry pretty fast!!
Three Peaks Race
Calling all clubs, competitors, marshals, spectators, in fact, anyone associated with a club who is attending the race on Saturday 28th April.
We would like to have a display of club FEATHER FLAGS on the main event field in Horton in Ribblesdale.
So, if you want to simply fly the flag, promote your club, make your presence felt or just give you and your club mates a lift for the big race then, please bring along your club’s flag (preferably with a spike for the soft ground).
I know Bingley’s flag will be there!
Hi all,
Apologies if this has been asked before. Any recommendations for what shoes to wear for saturday? I have some mudclaws and x-talons 212s. Not much cusioning for the roads sections but i feel that grip would be essential... Thanks.
Talons probably better out of the two but it depends on the race day weather (and personal preference, to be honest)Quote:
Originally Posted by Conno11
To put you in the mood for the 3 Peaks, here are our 2017 photos The start - https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...QxeXNwUy03RlNn
Ribblehead - https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...tZSGRFcUdKb2p3
The Finish Line - https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...UyTjBiYXQ1Q3F3 & https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...VmRmg4SFRuNVVn
64th 3 Peaks photos
Winners & prize giving https://photos.app.goo.gl/VHMXj8jcW4uhPaW53,
The start https://photos.app.goo.gl/pdAs07ErUe41Fs4Q2,
Run up Pen Y Ghent https://photos.app.goo.gl/pRuMtGUmaH7c31z72,
Ribblehead https://photos.app.goo.gl/aReAVS8Ukrn6WLd86
Finish line album 1 https://photos.app.goo.gl/jYvdl33hQLEpVcfr1
Finish line album 2 https://photos.app.goo.gl/xvesUnLChc5A1p5A8
Finish album 3 https://photos.app.goo.gl/qDBoLBLc3chiQ2YS6
Finish album 4 https://photos.app.goo.gl/MNDhnr5ERnvTBwtK8
Brilliant sets of photos, Seymour Hills. Thank you for posting, even though I wasn't running it (I was on the Fellsman).
Entries for 2019 are open and going well. If you'd like to enter here is the link https://www.threepeaksrace.org/entries
If you've already entered the Pre Selection List, please check your emails for acceptance confirmation and log back in to complete your entry and pay.
This year there is a prize draw, tickets are £1 and you could win a week at Alps Haven catered chalet in the French Alps with Gary & Debbie Devine https://www.alps-haven.com/
Now entries are open, does it mean I can ask what shoes I should be using now? Planning to go up for a recce in March but would be good to have an indication - fell shoes, trail shoes, road shoes, wellington boots??
Wellingtons
Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Don’t buy Hunters. They get cracks really easily.
Then your feet get wet.
Any guesstimates on the added time the Whernside normal path adds to the race route?
percentage-wise... not at Andy Peace pace!
If by 'normal path' you mean the 3P contoured walkers path, distance wise it adds about 2 miles by adding a huge extended loop but it is all runnable. I'd guess though that it must add at least 10 plus minutes, maybe 15 depending how fast a runner you are. For a race like recce though it's much better to go up the old walkers path route up the wall line; its a line to the left of the actual race ascent but absolutely mirrors the climb and is perhaps just a couple of hundred yards at the most to the left of the race route. And unlike the race route there's no problems going up that way pre-race. I'd post a picture of it on an OS leisure map it this forum would let me:rolleyes:. PM me on facebook or instagram (search Brian Stallwood) and I'll send it to you :)Quote:
Originally Posted by spanglepants
Is that the path just SW of Winterscales Farm where the 1:25k OS Map says 'shakeholes'?
That's the one. You go under the viaduct following the track and over the bridge at Gunnerfleet Farm, then follow the lane through a field (Jack's Moss), left at the top after the gate and then pretty swiftly right over a ladder stile. You follow the wall line trod heading for Whernside to another stile and, after that, the path is plain to see. A proper climb too, very similar to the actual fell race in steepness, especially the final bit :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Blah Blah
Great, thanks - will make my recce more useful and shorter!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Still thinking about racing on the 27th? Entries close 8am Monday morning, so make your mind up this weekend and get your entry in :)
If you're not racing, we are looking for a minibus driver to take our equipment and marshals out to checkpoints? see the race from a totally different side....
Three Peaks Race 2019
It was his first attempt at the Three Peaks Race, but Brennan Townshend demonstrated he is a fell runner of great potential when he won the 65th event - beating international athletes including past victors Ricky Lightfoot and Tom Owens.
The former professional cyclist, who runs for Keswick Athletics Club, planned to visit the Yorkshire Dales last week to reconnoitre the 23.3-mile route over Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, but his car broke down, so he just turned up and did his best.
His best already looked promising when the 25-year-old reached the summit of Pen-y-ghent (2,777ft) in 27mins 53secs, which gave him a newly introduced spot prize of £100 for the fastest person from the race start in Horton-in-Ribblesdale, near Settle. Veteran Three Peaks watchers were impressed, but confident Townshend would burn himself out before the finish, but it was not to be. He was eight seconds faster than the 2014 and 2015 winner
Ricky Lightfoot and was to stay ahead at every checkpoint except the Hill Inn where he was beaten
by two seconds.
Townshend climbed Ingleborough (2,372ft) 1min 27secs quicker than Lightfoot and set off down the
long sprint to Horton to claim another new £50 spot prize for the fastest decent to the finish in a
time of 27mins 12secs. Townshend’s winning time of 2hrs 50mins 22secs claimed the £200 first
prize.
He was 4mins 19secs outside Andy Peace’s record over the current course set in 1996. Townshend
missed the £500 bonus on offer to a record breaker, but plans to return. He said: “I will definitely be
back next year. It’s a really nice course.”
On a day of torrential rain, hailstones, sleet, changing visibility and strong winds, Townshend can be
proud of his run. Lightfoot, World Champion Trail Runner in 2013, finished second in 2hours 52mins
5secs, his second best time over the Three Peaks, before driving back to Cumbria to start a nightshift
as a firefighter.
Carl Bell, 36, also of Keswick AC, finished third in 2hours 55mins 44secs ahead of Tom Owens, of
Shettlestone Harriers in Glasgow, who set 3hrs 15secs. Owens won the Three Peaks in 2011 and
2018. Owens, 37, and Lightfoot, 34, are members of the Salomon International Team.
Owens , who left it to the last minute to enter Yorkshire’s “Marathon with Mountains” hoping to be
fully fit, has been at Salomon’s medical institute in Annecy in the Rhone Alps with foot and ankle
problems and then suffered a glut injury two weeks ago.
The Three Peaks female record holder, Victoria Wilkinson, 40, of Bingley Harriers, who is an
ambassador for the race sponsor, the all-terrain footwear and equipment company Inov-8, was
fastest lady in a time of 3hrs 20mins 1sec. Her 2017 record, when she finished 13 th , is 3hrs 9mins
19secs, but her 26 th place out of 753 starters on Saturday was two minutes quicker than last year.
Victoria’s 32mins 47secs to Pen-y-ghent summit claimed the ladies spot prize of £100 for the fastest
ascent and she also won another £50 spot prize for the 32mins 34secs she took to descend from
Ingleborough to the finish. These were additional to her £200 prize for being first lady finisher.
The four times Ladies Champion was followed home by Annie Roberts, 24, of Todmorden Harriers, in
68 th place in 3hrs 41mins 2secs. Third female was first timer Katie Kaars Sijpesteijn, 35, of Keswick
AC, who was 81 st in 3hrs 45mins 7secs.
Prized were presented by Colin Robinson, who ran for Rochdale Harriers when he won the Three
Peaks 50 years ago, and his wife, Brenda, who competed in the first women’s race in 1979. Colin’s
time in 1969 of 2hrs 44mins 44secs was over the original route, which started at the Hill Inn. The
current route is significantly longer.
David Parker, 54, of Littledown Harriers, travelled from Bournemouth on the eve of the race to
complete his 21 st Three Peaks to claim the special award made to men who finish that number and
women who finish 15. His step-father, Roy Breakall, who achieved the award 21 years ago, normally
helps to flag the course.
The race was not without incident. The Yorkshire Air Ambulance , the Cave Rescue Organisation and
RAYNET, were involved in the evacuation of two runners from Whernside. The helicopter took one
casualty to a site near the Hill Inn, where he was collected by a road ambulance, and another was
taken to the Royal Preston Hospital for treatment.
Further details are on the race website at: https://www.threepeaksrace.org/
Brian Dooks, Three Peaks Race Association.
Really please for my clubmate John Armitstead (father of Lizzie) who won the mens Vet 60 prize, after many years of doing this event.
A few minutes of footage from PYG, Hill Inn and the finish line:
https://vimeo.com/333149399
Nice video there! :) Had a great time on my first 3 Peaks Race. Challenging weather in some parts and some slippery rocky bits, but the views were amazing, particularly looking back to Ribblehead Viaduct. Tried the usual Friday night fuelling strategy of steak and kidney pudding, chips, peas and gravy with a fish on top, followed by a brew. Seemed to work until Hill Inn! Made it there in about 3h10 and shuffled on to just under 5h at the end. Not that it was about time. So many people seemed to be loving it, just being out there and battling! Never chatted with as many runners. Marshals and organisers were great. Back next year? Yep!
Great stuff Tsar. Fueling sounds spot on
Thanks Derby Tup! Haha, it beats pasta and rice :D