You could never be accused of being boring Stolly;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Southern................maybe:D
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You could never be accused of being boring Stolly;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Southern................maybe:D
Sorry to hear it was boring you :( - your reports used to be one of my favorite reads on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
And me! I used to read these and wonder if I'd get round to doing them myself!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fnstein
Stolly I remember you said it was like a millstone this report, but the photos are brill, just keep posting them Please, they are good even for an incomer
Okay I'm over my wobble. I might try and kick start this again although I'm camping in Glencoe all next week so it might be a week or two before it gets going again.
And hey guess where the midge forecast is red level 5 :rolleyes: :D
Stolly, a little random but.
How long did it take you to do the three peaks back whenever it was (the ben, scafell p and snowdon three peaks)
Its just that a few folks from sainsburys did it last weekend (they didnt flippin tell me they where doing it!) and wanted to compare your athletic eliteness to their not so athletic eliteness.:rolleyes:
it's a good job you've got that thick Yorkshire skin;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Have fun:D
I Led a group of lawyers round a couple of weeks ago and they did it in just under 25 hours but the M6 was closed at 2 points and we had big diversions also they listen to a satNag rather than me which took a longer route:mad::rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Personally I would get rid of the 24 hour target(I know it sounds like more of a challenge) and have a 30 hour window with the challenge being on the hill.
Eg gold time sub 13 hour for all hills
silver sub 14 hours
Bronze sub 15 hours
Merit for completion in under 17
It would stop people driving like lunatics to get under the time and I know some events have a time restriction for driving (can't turn up at next Road CP until 5.30 hours have passed ) but all they do is drive fast and try get some food and rest before clocking in.:mad:
Makes good sense to me
Al there were just three of us and we shared the driving, the road back down towards Loch Lomond from Glencoe was closed for repairs after 10 pm so we had a good 45 minute diversion, we stopped for coffees twice and couldn't park at Pen y Pass and had to eventually start right down in the valley before hacking up Snowdon. I also mis navigated a bit in Cumbria trying to find our way to Wastwater (it was 3 in the morning). Added to that the weather was humungously bad (especially for early June) with a blizzard on Ben Nevis, a howling gale, bitter wind chill and a raging blizzard on Scafell Pike as well as strong winds and pouring rain on Snowdon (the welsh 1000m race was abandoned that day). My running partners were less fit than me too. All the same we finished in 19:59 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
If we had a driver and better conditions it would have been around the 18 hour point but, to be honest, I'm glad the weather and everything was against us. It made what really is just a logistical thing into a proper adventure. (In mild weather it could have been a minor disappointment). As for the frigging pyg track up Snowdon, even in foul weather it was packed with walkers and tourists :(
Jesus you sounds like you really didnt have much in your favour!
You time compared to the sainsburys lot is amazing.
The first guy finished in 23:30 hours and out of a bus load that started on 6 finished.
But in the first guys defence, he is actually pretty fit and i was talking to him about it on saturday and he said he was having to wait for everyone at the bottom for ages each time, and the driver didnt have a clue where he was going.
Im presuming you ran as much as you could with that time?