Herod Farm Hill race

A real cracker of a race my legs went a bit trying to descend after that second climb though!

Oh no, bad news Tom. You'd be justified to feel miffed. I hope you get the cycling top back. Were you the one standing to one side with two bloodied legs on the second hill?

It was my first time on this little lung burner, having decided to do it at the last minute. I even bought one of IDP's rescue ales. It was a fruitful evening (for me at least, sorry Tom). Many familiar faces were there. It was good to chat, as always.

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Originally Posted by compo

Beautiful evening for this tough little race. Didn't go too well from a purely personal perspective. Steady 1st climb - in 5th at the top - started moorland bit on first descent - saw 3rd and 4th placed runners on wrong path down and left - stupidly decide they're in the right place - lacerate legs charging down through brambles to reach lower path - realise I had been right on the higher path - lacerate legs again going back through brambles - decide to abandon after losing loads of places - trot back - completely forget T shirt and water bottle left at the start / finish.

So if anyone picked up a dryflow cycling top "Tour de l'Oisans" which has some sentimental value and a water bottle (which doesn't) please get in touch and I'll arrange for their collection.

Still the ride over Holme Moss was good.

Hope everyone else had a more successful race!

Tom Brunt

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It was a bit of a shock seeing you twice in the race, Don't usually see you at all after the off. Your legs looked a bit of state the second time. Hope they are not too bad.

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Originally Posted by Fell Donkey

A real cracker of a race my legs went a bit trying to descend after that second climb though!

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My Legs went just after seeing Tom the first time, a proper crash and burn, scraped knee should and hip. Did'nt feel to be on top form, maybe put too much into Mondays trunce.

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Originally Posted by BritNick

Oh no, bad news Tom. You'd be justified to feel miffed. I hope you get the cycling top back. Were you the one standing to one side with two bloodied legs on the second hill?

I even bought one of IDP's rescue ales. It was a fruitful evening (for me at least, sorry Tom). Many familiar faces were there. It was good to chat, as always.

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It was and I hope it met with your approval

Results are up on the Glossopdale website. Go to the Herod Farm page.

enjoyed that
great little route and well organised/marshalled :thumbup:
shame no pub, but still friendly atmosphere on garage forecourt!
plenty of chatting with IDP, MTBB, BritNick, John4of5 & Marvin, and a bonus shout of encouragement from wormstone marshalling

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Originally Posted by not mad enough

Results are up on the Glossopdale website. Go to the Herod Farm page.

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Originally Posted by not mad enough

Results are up on the Glossopdale website. Go to the Herod Farm page.

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Thanks. Any chance of an xls or pdf?

Andy it already is pdf. Just 'save as'.
Many thanks to the organisers and marshals. It was well organised. Shame that a marker flag or two may have been 'misplaced'. The advantage of being well back in the field is that you can follow the crowd after the leaders' route-finding error has been corrected.
I thought the garage registration venue was pretty good too - plenty of parking space.

A few pics from last night's race here:http://bit.ly/exVKp3
Well done and thanks to all who turned out.