Having such an old hand (and I mean that with great respect):o on your team you won't go far wrong. infact you might find at 40+miles yiannis pulling away;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
Stolly is also looking for a team if any one else is short
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Having such an old hand (and I mean that with great respect):o on your team you won't go far wrong. infact you might find at 40+miles yiannis pulling away;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
Stolly is also looking for a team if any one else is short
great news, i will let you know if anything comes of it if not i will be seeing some of you in March.
anyone know when they give out the start times?? or is it just hit and miss??
I thought Yiannis already had his own team.:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
I might pass that test...:confused:
I've seen better legs on a table SS. :D There must be a few of the girls that do the vasque series of races up for it. You've a good few weeks yet to find a replacement.
Yes Marvin, Ian misunderstood my message, I meant a friend of mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
I have my old 'Poles Apart' crew assembled this year.
Yiannis
I am trying to make contact with an exceptional lady fellrunner to join you. I will let you know as soon as I find her.Quote:
Originally Posted by thunderthighs
Yiannis
Heather Dawe is very interested - please email her at [email protected]
had a good training session over Bleaklow yesterday which was enjoyed by all. Fairly easy going due to the cold temperatures and the very clear weather.
I presume exactly the opposite to what we will get on race night. just need to have a trip up there one evening....
I'm also still in the market for a team, if anyone's interested?:o
I struggle to envisage what the back of Bleaklow would be like with firm ground; both times I've been round, there was a 10 mile stretch that quite frankly was just like you'd imagine no mans land in the Somme to look like after a 3 month monsoon but with extra mud thrown in for good measure :DQuote:
Originally Posted by philt1
And SS the way the extra team member thing works is by the law of extreme irony; the best thing that both you and I can do, as deperate HPM replacements in waiting, is absolutely no training between now and March. A sure fired way to get a call up if ever there was one.
Whereas training by running 60 miles a week in especially imported high peak peat bog will, as sure as eggs is eggs, ensure that nobody will need you :( ;)
Well in that case, I'm guaranteed a place!;) Training's slipped since before Xmas (opportunities for biggies keep disappearing:().Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
I must assure prospective team mates though, that my game is being stepped up big style as of this week:o. (Thereby taking away my guaranteed place...?:confused:)
keep your eyes out on here.. as i have said before we have a team member with an injured knee so may need a replacement.
unfortunately it will be a last minute decision but hey you never know..
keep on training!!!!
Just spotted this on the HPMface book site
thanks for that Rich.:DQuote:
Rules update- we are now letting teams carry a 4 man bothy shelter as an alternative to a tent.
hi - i've posted on the races section as well - i'm looking for a run if anyone is in need of a team member, - I'm pretty experienced hill and ultra distance runner (previously won the Highland fling and Round Rotherham) and know the area pretty well.
best to contact [email protected]
cheers
Sarah
Hopefully I'm going for run along Howden Edge from Lost Lad to Wainstones on Wednesday so I'll let you all know what happening with the snow. Of course this info will be out of date by Saturday when the next big dump hits...
looking for definate reserve runner for the race. we are still at full strength but would like to have a definate reserve on standby in case anything goes wrong.
our team name is Premierquest and the team are all in their 30's
please message me if you are interested
thanks
Phil
ok here are the current conditions on the route.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
I did 22 miles today from Fairhomes. I set off at 8.30 went up to Lost Lad and down to Abbey Brook the conditions underfoot were very unpleasant the rock hard ground was very rough but this could change over night.
Up to wetstones wasn't much better
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view back to Back Tor/Lost lad
On to MH an Outer Edge, if the snow is till froozen it will make for quick progress. I crossed the Bogmonsters lair. It was definately hibernating. the snow was about 4-6ft deep and like marble. It couldn't have got me if it wanted. Along to Swains Head and all my usual markers were buried so naving in the dark could be fun. Up to Bleaklow Stones it got very cold and started to snow heavily
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Snow was very deep at times but like marble. plenty of fell shoe prints about but little sign of any trods or paths.
At Bleaklow Stones the sun came out but it was still snowing. you could see the boundary posts but you could run just about any where.
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Went on to Bleaklow head where i had the first contact with another person that day the first, 2 guys were looking a puzzled soiasked them if they needed any help. they asked if I seen a Flying fortress wreck any where!:rolleyes: I pointed over to Shelf moor just under a mile away.
On to Wainstones and took my bearing for the PW path. the huge gully that the path goes down was completely banked out. I ran down the route of it but could see every where. Never seen such snow up there. it will still be there on race day barring a heat wave of hellish proportions
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I returned via Alport after a cracking day however had I been a brass monkey I would be searching yellow pages for a welder!
I now have a team - YAY!! - thanks to all those that looked out for me :D
Excellent which team?Quote:
Originally Posted by skippy
Mahogany Ridge Fell Runners
Nicky has competion:D has Russ dropped out I know he's got an injured foot.Quote:
Originally Posted by skippy
They would have been disappointed then, there isn't a Flying fortress wreck on Shelf Moor.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
STEVERS
yes but I'm sure they meant the B29 SuperfortressQuote:
Originally Posted by stevers
I never felt I could trust a bloke who didn't know his Spitfire from his Hurricane or his B17 from his B29.
Isnt it something to do with the wing-shape?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
Which reminds me that I was up on James' Thorn t'other night and sad to see there is very little of the Lancaster wreckage left which seems a bit sad, usually collect a bit and tidy it up but there isn't really enough to now.
Al, you numpty, the Spitfire was a monocoque construction while the Hurricane was frame and canvas, superficially similar but technologically worlds apart, having said that the Hurri had a dstinct advantage over the Spit in that it was nuch easier to repair and could take a lot more punishment, and although thge Spit gets all the glory, the Hurricane was in fact, statistically a much more successful aircraft. Oh yes, and the wings were a different shape.
So im not a numpty if i knew that.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
Cant you spot the difference by the shape of the cockpit as well...and obviously the noise...what a beast the spit sounds!
They used the same engine. 12 cylinder Rolls Royce Merlin.
Well as they say, you learn summet knew everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
Did you know there are 59/60 bricks per square meter!
Who needs iTunes?
You'd sh*t it if you where a gerry and heard that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
But cant beat a jet engine....put your headphones and put the volume on fulll...dont watch it if you have a dicky heart!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iTAByRhOzI
Flying fortress --->
http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/b17.jpg
Superfortress --->
http://b-29s-over-korea.com/Last-Rai...fortress-U.jpg
The superfortress dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. The flying fortress dropped huge amounts of bombs on Germany - over a third of all the bombs dropped by the USAF in WWII were dropped by the flying fortress.
Hurricane -->
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...irford_arp.jpg
Spitfire --->
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...nds_2005-1.jpg
Although the spitfire was more glamorous and well known, the hurricane shot down getting on for two thirds of all german planes destroyed in the battle of britain.
Nerd attack over/
The jet is noise. The Merlin is music.
Apparently, the Hurricane shot down more enemy aircraft than all other British types put together.
What about the sound of the chinook...thats top notch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
But my personal favourite...hercules!!!
The B29 on Shelf Moor was a photo reconnaissance plane and photographed the Bikini Atoll nuclear bomb tests, it also 'mingled' with the planes dropping supplies during the Berlin airlift, taking snaps of the Reds.
Harrier on vertical take off/hovering.
P51 Mustang. Mmmm.
You guys want to get yourselves down to Duxford. Loads of classic planes to ogle.:cool: