Weather forecasts - if i dont like one, try a different one!Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
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Weather forecasts - if i dont like one, try a different one!Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
Whatever the forecast said, the actual weather couldn't be faulted this year. Overcast and dry with temperatures cool but not cold. Even the ploughed fields were dry. PerfectQuote:
Originally Posted by chris brown
I think I might be down to your pace tomorrow Morgan :) Note to self - do not switch off and follow someone while eating cake - can be costly :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
well done EddieQuote:
Originally Posted by Headless
what time did you do?
8h40m - Morgan and I should be able to duck under that tomorrow:DQuote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
as a third timer, I thoroughly enjoyed this again. took nearly 3hrs off my disastrous numpTing around in last years wet n cold! and was well chuffed to get under 8hrs. Agreed, the conditions and going couldnt have been much better. There was loads of Scots competing (and stealing 'our' top places :) ) - They should organise more races up there !
I did a quick tally of comparing 08 + 09 top results:
4th in 08 was 2nd 09, 54 mins quicker
12 -> 3rd, -1h10
29 -> 8th, -1h34
17/18th -> 11/12th -1h08
19 -> 15th, -50m
21 -> 21st, -39m
26 -> 24th, -47
and not comparable - me:
60th -> 13th, 2h51m quicker!!
Hang on a minute...............
would that be THE Toyota Crown????????:eek:
wot, like there's two.
Are you THE LR :)
Aye... Coniston was my last tri for a while as I want to focus on the BGR.
But Coniston... what a long day that was... well for some of us.:)
Definitely want to do that one again, but not just now.
Been a good year?
Anyone else doing this this year (I know Nick Ham is)?
Me, although after last time I swore I'd never go back.Quote:
Originally Posted by protodoc
I am in(but have realised today that it was meant to be No 52 and I have now done one too many so it is likely to be No53)
Great! See you there Nick, Andy and Karen, although I probably won't see you all for dust once the whistle blows:o
I signed up for the first time,just a few legs to recce?eat and drink plenty I guess my plan is ;-) maybe some running?Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
See you there protodoc, splatcher and Karen. I'm really looking forward to it again.
simons72 you'll love it for its variety and novelty factors, one of which is the strip map. You'll need to print it out in colour about a week before to make sure you have the latest version, then use it nightly for bedtime reading to get used to its quirks and idiosyncrasies. On race day you must follow it slavishly and you won't go wrong. Afterwards you'll barely be able to contain yourself until next year when you get to do it all again and push for a PB. :D (BTW emmilou's quote was from 2007, just in case anyone was wondering.)
Why? why? why? Rotherham? 50miles? Why? :confused:
1 point for utmb 2014Quote:
Originally Posted by TheReverand
Don't forget the qualification for the Western States 100 lottery, it seemed like half the people last year was there for that.
Its a lot more fun than it sounds, plus its round rotherham, not in rotherham.
Just packing. Wellies or roclites? Tricky call...
Andy, the forecast isn't looking too bad for tomorrow. Only raining from 2pm onwards.
I'm gambling on road shoes again as they don't pick up clods from the fields like trail shoes do.
Well I'm pretty knackered now. Driving home from Rotherham last night was a bit touch & go too. It wasn't too muddy really: not enough for much to build up on my shoes anyway, & not much of the route is across fields. The mud on the tracks & field edges was generally not deep enough to slow you down much. And it stayed warm & dry, although the light drizzle & general humidity steamed my specs up so I had to run without them for the first half. Sunny by the end though! Three years ago I swore I'd never try this race again, after jacking it in 35 miles in. I must confess it didn't seem much better yesterday, although this time I finished, & in a respectable time (9:11). The race is organised really well, & it was great to chat to people on the way round, but it's not really my sort of terrain. Too flat & nowhere near scenic enough. And too many industrial estates, both live & derelict. Still. I've a nasty suspicion I'll be back next year for another dose of the nasty medicine.
And...my OMM partner for next weekend finished about 3/4 hour in front of me, so I'm in for a hard time in the Brecon Beacons too!
I'm surprised how many fell runners have done this one. Not a bad race by any means but it's flat and mostly farmer's fields, industrial estates and the odd bit of scenic riverside or woodland. Not my tasse de te at all! Why did I do it? Ah! Plans to enter the WSER which came to naught, sadly!