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That mist will burn off.....I hope!! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by andygib1982
Don't rely on it doing. Been murky as hell over here for two days :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ukhursty
Woooo....il see yous all there...or not if its foggyQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Hehe yeah for sure. I've been visualising the race every day now in my head, and just before I go to sleep every night, so hopefully I'll rely on memory to get me round :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
If not, I'm screwed :cool:
Hursty, even the greatest get lost!;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by ukhursty
Even Grandmasters get lost sometimes ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. I'm sure Linda will be fine (she has an army of willing & helpful volunteers :) ) to assist.
If any of you steadier runners doing the half wants company me & 1 of my CV crew will be sweeping.
1 Navigational tip (should I be telling you this ?) having reccied this as 1 of the original reccie gang way back when.. - for cp 3 (11) to cp4 (12) - take a bearing aiming for / between the air shafts, where you will pick up a good trod & take it from there....... that’s all your getting……….
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Originally Posted by Manhar
Thats the one UKHURSTY found before I did and I was supposed to know where it was (I put it down to the height advantage :D )
is there any showers ?
All the best to you Troggers for tomorrow, wish I was there with you!(injured, so had to pass) :(
Had to transfer my entry so look out for clubmate Martin Bullock (Datt) in the 1/2 Trog! :D
Can anyone tell me when this race was first ran ??????
Quite like to know the history of the race
Maybe Stagger could give us some information ?
Reet id better print a map off then
Anyone having second thoughts??? :rolleyes: I will gladly take your entry from you.
Thanks
Mick
Hehe, a distinct possibility :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alf
Anyone know if it's ok/worth it trying to straight line cp5-cp6?.
Seems like it should be possible to contour straight across from the "pit(dis)" feature, round the north side of (rather than going up) Dick Delf Hill then turning right down the Pennine Way.
I don't know the area that well, so this all depends on the visibility tomorrow!
Any thoughts?
Thanks Derby!Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
From what I gathered from the recce, it wouldn't be easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyA
Good luck if you try it though :)
That section is used on the Withens Skyline race as well - Dave Woodhead reckons it's quite a bit quicker to continue then cut right rather than take the direct line which crosses quite a lot of boggy ground and cuttings. I think the point at which you turn is a little before that indicated on the map though. There's a vague path.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyA
See you tomorrow. Gulp:eek:
Yeah, there's a lot of blue lines coming off the high ground; always a bad sign when they actually mark the streams on the map!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
was thinking of staying south of the blue stuff, just contouring round the north of Delf Hill, instead of following the path round the south side.
What will probably happen is that i'll just be head down, blindly following the path whilst desperately hanging onto a vest in front!
Hope it goes well tomorrow, Troggers. I'm Rombalding with Deejay, and as we skip merrily along Rocky Valley I'll think of you all hauling yourselves up Parcel Beds.
Mrs Stagger: I'm sure all will be fine.
Next year, all being well, I'll be back over to Wadsworth.
BOB, if you want to car-share Dave will pick you up at 8.20 :)
A clubmate of mine (Bowland FR) has entered the full Trog but has the flu and will not run. If anyone wants the entry I will be there tomorrow, speak to me.
Yiannis
Was about to ring you, well after I'd been and had a bath! I'll walk out to the road end then. See you in the AM.
I'll let Dave know. See you tomorrow :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
Cheers TF, good luck on Rombalds!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
You'll have to get over for another beasting on Pendle some time :D
I've entered the Half Tour, but I won't touch Southernsoftie's Monster.Quote:
Originally Posted by ukhursty
Oo-err Missis, that sounded wrong...:D
Just finished my breaksfast in bed, and looking out, at the mo the clag is well and truly down around the Calder valley.
Wonder if by 1010 it will still be trying to improve my navigation skills!
Just got back.
Did 20 miles in 3.24 a pb, unfortunately I was only at checkpoint 14, 2 from the end. So did 22 in 3.45. Took the long way across the moor to high Brown knoll then got totally lost between cp 13 and 14, my own fault i dashed off from the group I was with and missed the turn, I caught them at the last hill but was too shagged to go past. Think I lost between 7 and 10 places.
Running was fine though and felt stronger for this time of year than I have in a long time.
Thank you to Stagger for making Brett's Keighley races look organised. (Mrs Staggers work was excellent of course).
It was also nice to see Turbo Tom, he is growing up and getting tall these days - he tells me he will be out of nappies soon, but given the smell I'm not so sure.
I think I saw UK Hursty as I pulled up getting out of his car, said hello but did not realise who it was till afterwards.
All in all a reasonable day out (by Calder Valley standards)
Would just like to thank Alf first off, you are a legend, thankyou so much for your recce tips! Worked fantastically!
Great race, really well set up and friendly, thanks to all marshalls!
Probably the toughest race ever lol, gunna grab a bath then do a proper write up later.
17th place. 3.40
Very pleased with myself! :)
Just back from the half trog... what a laugh,. It makes me feel much better to hear them most people ( including hubs) went wrong!!
I was going well until Cock hill then it went all down hill and I ended up back on the drain struggling to find High brown knowll, then I struggled to find the air shaft!! :rolleyes:
All in all it was a great race, thanks to Mr and Mrs Stagger for there fab organising and of course to all the marshall`s who make these race`s possible. and a special thanks to Helen for the lovely chocolate ginger cake, yum yum.
:) (im looking forward to the noonstone now)
Well done mate;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ukhursty
Cheers :)Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Aye good to meet TT, and I think I saw you AS? Wearing a K&C vest? :)
Well run :)
You must have passed me on the moorland then - well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by ukhursty
Not long been home from the ½ trog, had a good run out although I did feel like I was going round in circles in the mist whilst trying to find CP5:o
Good to meet some other formites and put a face to a name, Turbo Tom, Manhar, Mrs Stagger and Ernie.
Plus a big thanks to Jodg for substituting his place with me. Cheers matey!:D
Any one know the winners of each ?
That was a fab race even if it showed me my complete lack of navagation skills. I was part of a group heading to cp 13 then decided they must all have been going the wrong way so detoured off... 20 mins later finally found the cp! Oh well it was always meant to be just a long training run!!
4.41 and 23 miles.
Tom Brunt won full and Lee Atherstone half. Don't know ladies winnersQuote:
Originally Posted by scott baistow 93
Great run mate, glad you enjoyed it.:D I bumped into Rachel and Dru at the start and Dru again later in the race on the way to Withins Ruin. I didn't see Arthur Lung though. Hope everyone got back safe.Quote:
Originally Posted by ukhursty
Big thanks to Linda and all of her team at Calder Valley for the great race organisation:D
Special mention for Manhar by the way who started off the day organising parking, then swept the half trog and finished off manning one of the last road crossings on the Full Trog as well !! :cool:
Big thanks to the Staggers and the team. I didn't know Manhar had a run out too, good work mate!
Got lost after going well. Suspect might now have forum record for slowest Trog :cool:
Hursty, I thought you would enjoy it today! ;)
Doesn't matter, more time on your feet;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup