:thumbup:Yep, that's me, glad to say healing nicely and should be fit for wadsworth trog all being well:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
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:thumbup:Yep, that's me, glad to say healing nicely and should be fit for wadsworth trog all being well:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
With a profile like that he looks half man - half dog.... sniffed his way round!:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Aye he looks a bit dogish, probably followed the vision of beauty that is Lilly the Bacup Bull Mistress:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by lantern rouge
K9 with a tan.
That'll be the mud:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
Mud, up there? Did you face plant? Spot the likeness? (torso excluded of course)
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Uncanny, separated at birth stuff:thumbup:
Nice pictures Nick, you managed to capture my most painful part of the day. Getting my calves unknotted by means of massage torture, by the nice physio lady. I am the guy in the black top talking to Scott when he is on the table.Great event, nice change for someone like me who loves the fells but races better on the roads.
well I'm in for 2013
will be my first
a few familiar names in the entry list already :)
looking forward to it :thumbup:
having a day off work next week to recce round it methinks...
A Recce is a must i'd say Daz,cracking route and event. 3rd time for me in 2013.
I'm in :thumbup: 't missus too .... probably a bad idea, she usually beats me.
Not getting lost at least once is about as likely for me as missing out on the stollen or dripping butties :closed:
I'm in - but will need to add a few miles at the end so I can count it as an ultra.
You can just run along the canal & back if you've had enough of hills by the time you've finished. I may even join you (did I really say that?)Quote:
Originally Posted by karen nash
Oh dear, oh dear oh dear...
I've said it before and I'll say it again: so many events, sol ittle time.
It's happening all the time now. I've already entered the Helsby half marathon for the day after. Do I do a sensible lead up and go for a half marathon pb? Or do I do The Hebden?
Or do I (and I don't know why I'm asking cos I already know the answer) run The Hebden hard and hang on for the half marathon as a good hard training weekend towards the Haworth Hobble?
Yes! As you say, you already know the answer. Come over to my neck of the woods and have a good crack at the Hebden.
You could always do the half Hebden and save some for your half marathon........just a thought.
I'm running the Hebden & marshalling the 4 Villages (Helsby Half) the next day. Better that than the other way round! Those roads play havoc with my Mudclaws.
See you there Mark ( you know you want those Clif bars!)
Peh! half marathon... if I really hope to get 52@52 I'll have to do 2 some weekends- man up!
Love it Karen :D, yeah Mark L, man up!!! <runsawayveryqickly> haha!!!
or you could bin Helsby (which has a big hill at the back of the course, so isn't a PB course anyway) and do Wrexham Village Bakery instead (like me!) which is pancake flat and sits nicely between the Hebden and the Hobble :thumbup: (smarm, smarm :wink: )Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark L
I'm in.
Enjoyed it last year, despite a few embarrassing navigational blunders:o.
Just need to shake off a nagging hip problem after foolishly running a race on tarmac (Langley 7):rolleyes:.
Must enter, do it every year, rude not to.
Just entered. That'll be every one since its inception. How about you Steve? Will you be doing your K-9 impression again? :wink:
see you there NickQuote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
I be running doggedly Nick :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
Ho ho!Quote:
Originally Posted by HelenSkelton
Right, I'm in.
It's a good job it's one of my favourite areas - I've got to know it quite well over the last couple of years what with MTBing the Mary Townley Loop, running Haworth Hobble, Calderdale Hike, Heptonstall Fell Race, Shepherd's Skyline and also regular tea shoppe jaunts with the family.
I'll maybe have to get over to reccy this one as well!
Hey Mark- I was only kidding. Now I will have to face the fact that you will finish way ahead of me - man up karen and get faster!
Karen & MarkL - am I totally in awe of anyone who can even contemplate doing 10+ ultras.....etc in a year, I 'only' managed a few this year and it's taken it's toll. Good luck to you both and they'll be stunning results for both of you, you give us young 'uns a giood kicking at the best of times. MarkL - my comment was in jest too.
Entered:thumbup:
What kept you, Merrylegs?Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Some of us have been entered for over a year y'know. (Deferred place due to injury!)
BTW, if anyone else is thinking of entering, be aware that not all entries go through Sportident. The event is already more full than it appears. I'd get in quick to avoid disappointment.
Warm up and stretch took longer than I thought, then I got nattering to someone...............Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
It does fill up quickly, so if you want to do it, get entered quick! Watch out for the hills though - I think this is one of the toughest LDWA events around. Sooooooo much climb! (Unfortunately I have the delight of the committee meeting so don't need to dredge up a feeble excuse to get out of doing it!) I also think that the short route, especially when it was diverted off the canal (is it still?), is really good. You still get dripping butties.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
And dripping socks, Socks!
Socks, we walked the short 'fun run' route last year and the finish is away from the canal still
Did you go in the canal then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
took day off work to recce round this today
delayed start waiting for piddling down rain to ease off a bit, and slow going due to it being a tad damp underfoot, so had to miss off the final Cragg Vale section after Broad Head Clough
lots of twists/turns and checking of maps/directions
only went astray twice, which I thought was quite good, given the latticework of paths that mean you could go wrong about every 50 yards if you weren't paying attention! :wink:
looking forward to doing this in anger so I can actually get a proper "run" at it!
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Originally Posted by Karen Nash
Stop snivelling.Quote:
Originally Posted by HelenSkelton
And what, exactly, do you mean by:You better had start running...Quote:
you give us young 'uns
Anyway, 20 ish miles is a bit short for me these days. At my age.
In fact, what's this thread doing under "Long Distance Challenges" anway?
Well done Daz! It never stopped raining here so you must have got pretty drenched.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Daz- not 'in anger' surely all fell running is 'just in fun'?
Brave man heading out onto the hills today. I was inside but every time i lokked out it seemd yuk.
Wednesday wasn't too bad actually - the rain eased off during the morning and it gradually brightened up throughout the rest of the day - I've even got a photo of Cragg Vale in the evening sunshine to prove it! (might put it up later) - the main problem was the muddy/boggy/slippery-rocky underfoot - esp those "paved ways" that are lethal in the wet :w00t: