Finally got a photo (of sorts) in the magazine....
Results section, LDMT photo, the guy in the background, blue hat, studying the map... hardly a close-up action shot, but I’ll dine out on it until the next issue...!!
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Finally got a photo (of sorts) in the magazine....
Results section, LDMT photo, the guy in the background, blue hat, studying the map... hardly a close-up action shot, but I’ll dine out on it until the next issue...!!
Just read Lesley Malarkey's article. That woman is truly amazing. And she makes damn fine cake!
Indeed. I just hope that I am still running at all when I'm 70; but as for doing AL races, that's already something I only do in my dreams.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoffB
Latest bumper issue just landed through my letter box.
My very vocal, environmentally conscious daughter said, "Unsubscribe now, it comes wrapped in bl...dy plastic!" is she right?
Interesting to read about the possible outright ban on GPS... that'll get pulses racing on facebook!!
“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know only GPS, and that obey not the gospel of the Ordnance Survey”Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
2 Thessalonians 1:8
Aye .... totally de-skills the ancient black art of map fondling. And you can't trust that idiot trump not to fiddle with his satellitesQuote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
"Fiddling with his satellites". Now, what could that be a euphemism for? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by wheezing donkey
If you dispose of it by throwing it in the sea then yes she's right. Otherwise, the alternative to single-use plastic is single-use paper, and the latter is worse than plastic in terms of carbon emissions during manufacture, transport, and disposal. Unless it were sent in paper and you re-used the envelope a few times.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
Cycling has just switched to a paper envelope from plastic. Whatever the reality I suppose people just feel plastic = bad. So virtue signalling rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toreador
Yep got my mag just got to find the time to read it.
On the subject of plastic I now find I have gone back to buying fruit and veg in plastic bags again to avoid buying the loose fruit and veg which will have been handled and mauled by dozens of customers ahead of me, whereas the contents of my plastic bags should be a lot cleaner and safer (Hopefully).
Can`t be to careful
Almost correct BUT paper and card disposal now goes in the compost bin. Costs nothing and goes back safely to nature.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toreador
I'm afraid I don't buy the carbon footprint argument of paper vs plastic. Even if disposed of carelessly in the environment most paper will soon decompose, plastic will stay around virtually forever.
Compostable plastic bags are not made from polythene - they are made from oils and starches and so, rather than staying around for virtually ever, degrade naturally when the come into contact with moisture.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
100% agree, I wasn't aware these decomposable bags where referred to as 'plastic'.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardB
I believe the Fellrunner packaging was standard plastic.
So far there has been far more interest shown in the packaging than the contents. It's like being with a toddler at Christmas :)
No. Hope that helps. (If not, I'm sure the FRA Committee would welcome a data-driven, evidence-backed analysis on the topic.)Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
On the subject of virtue signalling: various investigations, anonymous surveys etc have shown that supermarkets are well aware that abandoning plastic packaging for fruit and veg is overall much worse for the environment because the food goes off so much faster, increasing wastage and "food miles" for replacements. But they don't care, because all that matters is that it looks (to their customers) as though they care about the environment.
Well, after spending much of the last 18 months reading every page of every Fellrunner several times:Quote:
Originally Posted by gej
Guy Goodair's piece on the LDMT 1959 was one of the most delightful articles I have read in years. A real joy.
You could read (Professor Dr.) George Broderick's article on the Manx MM and not know that he is the highly esteemed world authority on the Manx language (Mannin) and much else, including some aspects of fell running.
The first sentence of Jonny Muir's article (on Andrew Douglas [and, oops, not Dugdale!] ) was a classic in engaging the reader from the first sentence. If a reader likes the first paragraph they will read the second and then the writer should have their attention for the whole piece, even if they aren't particularly interested in the subject. This is the refreshing writing skill that helped Richard Askwith sell 70,000 copies of Feet In The Clouds.
I didn't care about the packaging.:)
Yes, I thought Jonny Muir's article was particularly good (and didn't notice the packaging on the magazine); but while Dugdale is a common surname among top fell/mountain runners (from Paul Dugdale of Horwich in the 1980s/90s to Joseph Dugdale, last year's World Junior Champion), this article is about a Douglas. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Ha ha. Well, even Homer sometimes nods, but that does neatly illustrate my point.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
I know one of the young lads who trains with Andrew Douglas.... in conversation i asked him if he (not Douglas) was any good... "i'm ok" was the reply...
pb on 5km of something like 14:25
:D
Much relieved that current issue is much slimmer making reading easier. Glue binding does not lay flat like good old staples. Really enjoyed the piece on the junior Scottish islands peaks race. Took me back to 1992-95 when I did 4 on the trot as the adult shepherd runner. Glad to see the unique flavour is unchanged!
Only had a flick through so far, too many pictures of Matthew Elkington for my liking :rolleyes:
Glad Breezy likes the Manx article as it's one I sub-edited down from an initial very long submission, without (I think/hope!) losing the story and point. Reading the story of the first race made me wish I was there!
...and to go with the flow: take the plastic wrap and put it with your bread bags and other magazine wraps etc. for recycling with plastic bags at your local store. More fruit/veg packaging is becoming recyclable in this way so better in this respect and in terms of preservation.
But wouldn't it be better to use one of the plastic alternatives, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle?
Put yourself forward for the committee, you have good reason and excellent motivation.Quote:
Originally Posted by bigfella
50th anniversary issue just arrived....looks Brill. Looking forwards to settling down with a nice mug of cocoa to lubricate a trip down memory lane. Any mag that's got Harry Walker on the cover is gonna be great!
And Harry's grandson inside! What an issue. Hats off to all.
Neil Shuttleworth's reference to AAA entry forms brought back a memory. He refers to them in connection with the Carnethy Hill Race, so in fact it must have been a SAAA entry form that was required.
My first two fell races were Carnethy in 1977 and 1978, with entries dealt with by our club secretary (it was the only fell/hill race we went to as a club); but then, wanting to do more of the sport, I decided to enter the Ben Lomond Race as an individual. The one truly terrifying moment of that, my first Category A race, was when I saw the entry form: a standard SAAA entry form, an A4 sheet full of requests for all sorts of information and declarations, much of which I didn't understand and seemed totally irrelevant to the hill race that I wanted to enter.
That the 127th and 50th Anniversary Fellrunner is the best edition there has ever been, and probably ever likely to be, is presumably beyond question, produced by an excellent team inspired by Chairman Charmian. If I was forced to name a favourite article it would be Neil Talbott's profile of Martin Stone which lightly displays the diligent research that takes time and effort within a captivating writing style.
But I like a good list and so, on a more prosaic level, the feature I have returned to most often is the listing of English and British Champions presented in a more accessible form than on the FRA website.
Thirty years ago Neil Shuttleworth produced a booklet The Best Of British - A Review of Fell Running Champions including brief comments from the Champions between 1972 and 1989. Maybe one day a long form book will appear - Fell Running Champions? Perhaps on the lines of the excellent The Yellow Jersey Club - Inside the Minds of the Tour de France Winners by Edward Pickering?
One of the uses of the Fellrunner listings is that one can compare side by side the winners of the English and British Championships and see how dominated by English runners the British Championship actually is. When I was writing Profiles I would ask my subjects why they would favour one over the other. Sometimes the answer might be that to win the British showed you were "the best" and other answers included "leaving something for the other guy" - but all conscientiously recorded by this dutiful amanuensis without challenge!
Including the pithy comment from Dave Spedding, who won multiple Gold Medals as a V40, V50, V55, V60 and lived and worked in Keswick, that if you wanted longevity as a fell runner you should "treat the Bob Graham as a major health risk".
To my untrained eyes (and i speak purely as an outsider... whilst i have ran in both British and English champs races, i've never concentrated on them, and then i'd be extremely fortunate to get near the top 100....)
In these modern times i've always looked at the English Champs being slightly the stronger of the two... only really because of the above-mentioned domination of English runners, and appears to me to generally be higher numbers competing... the locations tend to lend themselves towards the largest concentration of top runners.
However in the last year or two i've perceived a slight shift back towards the British Champs... perhaps because of the emergence of very strong runners from the other nations... weren't the top 3 at Ras Yr Aran in March all Scottish?
I may be completely wrong on this... would be really interesting to hear the opinions of those right at the sharp end.
Great post Graham, about time we concentrated on the important things in life! the forum has gone to the dogs recently.
My recent copy is on the book rack in Turkey.
I'm spreading the word.
Well the new one has came through the door. Only had time to read the opening few pages with my lunch...
But a great start, and really pleased to see the emphatic arguments for the ban on GPS, and keeping fell races as distinct as possible from other disciplines.
It’s a brilliant episode capturing the spirit of the record breaking summer (finished it already!)
My personal preference is for race-related articles, as opposed to long distance stuff. Whilst i totally appreciate that the long-distance award, and the BGR and other rounds are a massive part of fellrunning.
But given the circumstances of the past year, it's a credit to them that they've put out such a packed issue at all.
As to the long-distance award... i wonder what people's thoughts were as to the winners? Not wanting to cause controversy here, after all it's a question of opinion, but i think the breaking of the Lakes 24hr Record by Kim Collinson would have got my vote.
My copy has just dropped through my letterbox. I noticed the appeal for historical fell race results: it looks like I'm going to be busy on the scanner . . .
an article covering the long-distance award for muggles here: https://www.fastrunning.com/training...inner-is/31268
Probably the best edition I have read.
Although I have and do enter fellraces I have never considered myself to be a Racer per se but an avid fellrunner with a penchant for long distance preferably solo runs on any Hills, Fells or Mountains and the Autumn Edition of Fellrunner has really been a joy for me.
Thank you Fellrunner Team and Contributors
Seconded. One of the best. Really enjoyed the long distance articles.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnK
I also thought it one of the best I've read :DQuote:
Originally Posted by PeteS