You mean Toni Melechi ? If so, he's not race fit, so it's just me & Jack Jones !! See you tomorrow.
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You mean Toni Melechi ? If so, he's not race fit, so it's just me & Jack Jones !! See you tomorrow.
1983 Walshes for me, they're good on ski slopes.
Tell him not to be so soft. If race fit counted for anything, I'd never put my shorts on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell
CP1
This was moved last year from it's original position (where it is still indicated on the map from CLEM) just past the trig, to a new location. Although the grid ref 795417 corrsponds with a ladder stile, it wasn't actually there at all but about 300m SE along that wall at a gate (normally wired shut but opened for the race). From here you could angle down to ogden clough and pick up the path, or follow the wall down; up to you. I suspect CP1 will be there again, but if it is at the ladder stile then it opens up some options! The running is fairly open but wet and a bit boggy (like all of pendle!) so a straight line to pick up the path at 789405 is definitely an option for the faster runners wishing to avoid the single track that is ogden clough. The wall marked at this point is largely non-existent.
Opinion in 2009 was that the diversion added around 2-3mins to the course.
Shoe Choice
This is proper boggy stuff, not like 3P. I'd use walsh/mudclaw/talon/mudroc but nothing less aggressive. Not sure about roclite but if you have a better option for steep wet grass and mud then i'd wear them. The geronimo descent would be very hairy in anything resembling a trail shoe!!
The weather is predicted cold and wet (surprisingly:rolleyes:). It's always colder and wetter up on pendle than in barley (oncoming weather comes from behind pendle and surprises you when you get up there!) so be careful what you wear. They say;
"If you can't see Pendle, it's raining up there"
"If you can see Pendle, it's going to rain up there"
Damm right TF, i not got 17 hilly miles in my legs and am probably the most unfit i've been in 2 years, but after tomorrow i'll have 17 hilly miles in my legs and will probably be the most knackered i've been in 2 years...............hopefully:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
Good luck everyone and av a good un, weather forecast is good, which counts for nowt if it's wrong:rolleyes:
Legs Merryfoster: without wanting to sound like a fellrunning equivalent of one of Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen (CALL THAT UNFIT? I WERE THAT UNFIT I COULDN'T EVEN BREATHE WI'OUT A SMALL LAD TER POOMP ME IRON LUNG), I had the worst running experience of my life last night (and yes, that does include the time I was caught short on the Wuthering Hike, and even the time I nearly died on Hart Crag). 3 miles into a flat tarmac training run my legs turned to lead and I had to walk home with nothing, absolutely nothing, in the tank. I'm hoping it was just a one-off, inexplicable aberration, but I've never never known feeling as bad in 25 years of running. So, I'll be interested to see what happens tomorrow. If I feel similar to last night, I'll bale out early and book in to the see the doctor next week. (My performance was too awful to simply have been 'normal' unfitness.) One good thing about the FTOP is that you're never that far from the start/finish, unlike in a Lakeland long. It'd be easy to drop out, if necessary, between CPs 1 and 2, or at CPs 4, 6 or 8.
At least it's helped me to decide to go for the early start!
Sounds a bit grim TF. Best of luck, hope you get round but if you do pull out get yourself sorted at the docs, Best Wishes as always mate:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
Cheers Steve. As I say, it might just have been a (very) off night - hard day at work, nothing to eat before going out, etc.
I'm still looking forward to FTOP, only with a bit more trepidation than would have been the case anyway!
I'll see you all tommorrow at my usual checkpoint at the trig (CP10 just after the hardest climb in the race). There will be the usual array of gooddies (jelly babys/flapjack/water) for those who are in desperate need. I understand there is quite a large entry and there is a limit to how much I can carry up there - so if you want some you might have to be quick!!
All the best to everyone competing - hope the weather isnt too bad
Is there any water on the course, as in provided, or just drink from streams?Quote:
Originally Posted by Also Ran