Borrowdale Fell Race

Many thanks. There's always one (or two)!

Looks like my guesswork is far superior to my Sherlock Holmes work.

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Originally Posted by marrow

1 Disqualified for refusing to be timed out at Honister.

33 retired, 2 of whom did not bother to report at the finish, resulting in 2 1/2 hours of worry, checking and phone-calls to discover their whereabouts.

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FFS!:mad::angry:

Big thanks to Scoffer and all his marshalls and helpers for Saturday. I noticed Billy Bland at the bottom of Bessyboot again and he always gives me a bit of inspiration for the climb :cool:

I have done the race before a couple of times but I met quite a few people who were doing the race for the first time and I was able to offer some navigational reassurance when they looked a bit confused. I met one lady who was doing the race for the first time and she told me she wished she was a bit stronger on the climbs and then proceeded to leave me standing as she steamed up Dale Head quickly disappearing from view. I wish I was that weak a climber :rolleyes: :)

As I was camping in the farmers field with limited amenities I also enjoyed the "wild bath" at the end in the river though I did get interrupted a couple of times by those runners who turned right at the river bank instead of left over the bridge and fitted in a river crossing to finish their race off with :D

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Originally Posted by marrow

387 started.

346 finished.

7 timed out at Honister.

1 Disqualified for refusing to be timed out at Honister.

33 retired, 2 of whom did not bother to report at the finish, resulting in 2 1/2 hours of worry, checking and phone-calls to discover their whereabouts.

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I went for an hours kip in my tent after the race and was woken up by a worried race official asking if I knew the two guys who did not report.!

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Originally Posted by marrow

387 started.

346 finished.

7 timed out at Honister.

1 Disqualified for refusing to be timed out at Honister.

33 retired, 2 of whom did not bother to report at the finish, resulting in 2 1/2 hours of worry, checking and phone-calls to discover their whereabouts.

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Presume the 2 will be banned for next year? (At the very least...)

Not clever, not grown up and may have put other people in danger if they had to go out looking for the bunts.

First time in this race for me ,made the cut off in 3hrs 30mins but died a slow death on dale head,finished in 4hrs 38m, been for short run today still feeling effects of the race,hope i improve for lakeland fair this weekend

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Originally Posted by Also Ran

Yesterday was a good example of why you shouldnt take on Borrowdale without the appropriate amount of training. Injury since Easter prevented me getting in any long training runs - I hadnt raced longer than 2 hrs since Langdale last yr. This is the result - a PW in just over 5 hrs - over 1 hr slower than my PB and about 45 mins slower than last yr.
www.sportsunday.co.uk/photo5832078.html#photo

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We are laughing in New York at that picture hahahaha. Trouble is my dad thinks it may be the same story for him at the Ben

well done Nicky atta girl. :)

Did anybody else see the guy on the Scrambler at Esk Hause Shelter? Is this not frowned upon, riding a scrambler in these areas? I recall hearing him going up the path besides the waterfall as I went up Bessyboot.

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Originally Posted by peawet08

Did anybody else see the guy on the Scrambler at Esk Hause Shelter? Is this not frowned upon, riding a scrambler in these areas? I recall hearing him going up the path besides the waterfall as I went up Bessybot.

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I guess it's frowned upon by frowny people. Me, I was pretty impressed. Saw the bike on the side of Gable above Sty Head. Had it been at Honister, I'd have begged the rider for a lift.