Were they golden onesQuote:
Originally Posted by Muddy
Well done ladies
Hard luck Emma, you will be back for sure
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Were they golden onesQuote:
Originally Posted by Muddy
Well done ladies
Hard luck Emma, you will be back for sure
On another note
does anyone have the winning times from
1999
2000
2001 was this cancelled foot and mouth
2002
I want to do a mean time of the winning times and see what it comes out at
I have all the others
Thanks
Any times appreciated
How did Sir Ranulph do?
Daz you have too much time on your hands. Go for a run. That's where I'mgoing now.
(Won't be a very fast one though).
Dont forget your buffalo glovesQuote:
Originally Posted by Grouse
Im running after watching the cycling. Im just going to clean my fellrunning van out now.
Sir Ranulph had a steady, well paced race. We finished in 12:22, and picked up the vets handicap trophy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Yiannis
Groin, Toes, is there any part of you that didn't get injured...?Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Nice to meet Margerine although what she was doing in the Gents totally stumped me.
I forgot to say well done to the Woodhead Team Plumbum, Brent, Keith and Steve the farmer;) I'm not sure of their time but it was up there in top 15 I think.
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Originally Posted by ydt
but what about the socks yiannis
I assume you are referring to the neoprene socks. I would have been better off with ordinary socks. It was not cold enough and my feet overheated some times. As for the neoprene gloves, I never put them on! It was one of the mildest HPMs I have ever done, opposite to what I had expected it to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Yiannis
Okay, bit of time to post properly, so here goes.
What a brilliant event. Hat's off to the guys that first dreamt it up, and a really big thanks to the team that made it possible this time, great organisation.
I went through a bad patch from half an hour in (:eek: don't ask:rolleyes:) to Moscar, Youngfeller's dad saw me through it. By the time we hit Cutthroat Bridge I was feeling much better and running quite strongly. This carried on all the way to the top of Kinder when my ITB went, after which every step, particularly the downhill bits, was agony.
Still, made it to the end in a respectable time (though Kev and Andy could've done much quicker if not for Stolly and me:o). Walking was fun afterwards: knee wouldn't bend, thighs fragged, and it felt like someone'd taken a baseball bat to the soles of my feet. Moving's better today. Knee's still sore, but at least it's moving. A couple of days of stretching ahead before a couple of small, slow runs.
Well done to everyone else who made it round and good to put faces to a couple more forumites.:)
In other exciting news, yesterday I finally saw the northwest passage from Bleaklow Stones in all its glory; given the almost flat running and lack of groughs, it would have been brilliant....... had it not been knee deep in snow :rolleyes:
The times for these years won't satisfy your yearning for statistics I'm afraid Daz the current route was only adopted in 2005, when Mr Archer asked that we avoid disturbing his tenant in Moscar Lodge- that's why we run down the road these days ( I did ask if we could use the proper watershed route over Strines Moor). Anyway back in 2002 Rolling Stones set the 2nd ever fastest time over old course 8:39. In 1999 the event was cut short by blizzards. 2000- we don't have a record of the results! http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/image...dface.gifWhich is a bit of a cock-up, anyone else got them?Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Oh and well done everyone- glad you 'enjoyed' it. I will pass on your appreciative comments on to the others. There were some cracking times. Results should be up on the website very soon.
Hmmm I spoke to some one else who went that way??Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Where as that is my route of choice we changed our plans on the day for the direct route over the top. Why well it was clear and with an already trod down path so easy running. We didn't fancy breaking trail.
Same earlier on, at Swainshead we cut out the clough(what a good choice that was;):D ) At least 2 of the top three made that choice, not sure about the leaders as they were well clear
No we went up the "standard" Far Back Clough route only pop out at Bleaklow Stones to find no evidence of a checkpoint. After a couple of minutes blundering around we saw a couple of lights down below which looked quite a long way away. It was unclear whether this was the checkpoint or another team. After shouting at them we established it was indeed the errant checkpoint, so we ran down (nearer than it had looked actually) and then back up the Bleaklow Stones. Cost us about 10 minutes.
Apologies to the marshalls at this checkpoint if we seemed a little terse with them.
An excellent event in surprisingly benign conditions. Thanks to the organisers for putting on a unique challenge and also to the remarkably cheerful checkpoint marshalls.
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
:(You feeling better yet? There's always next yr. I'm sure you would've loved it, but it's not your number 1 priorty this yr, is it?;) Speedy recovery.Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
Results up on web site www.highmarathon.org.uk Full split timed results coming soon ( including the times for teams that dropped out). If anyone took some decent photos please send them, thanks.
I don't think that link works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Filthy Rich
Does it lead to this?
Oh Rich I didnt realise the route had changed a tad.
Thanks
The results are here: http://highpeakclub.union.shef.ac.uk/hpm/
Unfortunately Ranulph Fiennes was driving home having had an enjoyable HPM, when the accident happened.
Yiannis
What accident?Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...er/8554639.stmQuote:
Originally Posted by Alexandra
Please see link given by mountain bag on this page.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alexandra
ydt
That accident could've happened to any of us. I had to stop and have 3 cat naps on the way home :rolleyes:. Glad he's okay and nobody was too badly hurt.
Glad my car got a puncture & that you were driving. Staying awake was impossible!:eek: Least all involved seem to have got away relatively unscathed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
he HPM that tiring?
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-...Polar_Explorer
In a word? Yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dr H Tool
As Ranulph Fiennes's accident is now in the media, I would like to add that the cause of the crash is still being investigated. Contrary to circulating stories, he was not injured in the accident. We had a steady race at his own pace and at the finish he was in good condition, no more or less tired than the rest of us.
Yiannis
You did all look pretty fresh as you came in. Unfortunate but inevitable given his name that the press would be all over this.Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
Best wishes to all involved.
I've read 'The Feather Men', Yiannis, and there's no smoke without fire. How do you reckon they got him? Did someone stab him with an umbrella on the way round? That stew tasted a bit funny, do you think there could have been polonium in it?Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
Main thing is, no one badly hurt.
Mmmmm good job no cyclists around then!!!!
The rest of my pictures are now up on my website.
http://qwertyphoto.com/2010/high-peak-marathon-2010
this accident aside and I understand that no cause has been attributed to the accident but...
I can't believe anyone drove themselves home from this event! You have been up all night with no sleep. I have done the HPM twice and neither time did I drive myself home, but arranged lifts from people who had had a good nights kip and not competed, despite felling 'OK' to drive.
There was a case a few years ago where a man fell asleep at the wheel of his van on the motorway, left the carriage way and ended up on a railway line. A train then came. I'm sure you all remember it. It was proved he'd been up all night and hadn't slept. I believe he is now languishing at her majesty's pleasure.
We all have a responsibility. Think about it.
Kat
Katin, I'm really glad you made this point.
Leave him alone. I suspect he's got enough grief to contend with, without you adding to it. His car is smashed up, "the police are still investigating" so there may be more news on that front, some other bloke is in hospital, and his squeaky-clean image - which is important to him earning a living and supporting his family - has been tarnished. We all make mistakes. Those without sin can cast the first stone.
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Originally Posted by KatintheHat
Point well made Kat.
Well I drove home after the HPM as arranging a lift is not really at all an option, Edale being a 4 hour round trip from where I live.
That said I was tired and I had to take the journey very carefully, stopping 4 times on the way. Given that you can nowadays be arrested for blowing your nose while queuing in a traffic jam, I suspect that driving having been awake for 30 odd hours and having run 41 miles over some tough terrain in the cold and the dark in the interim could be viewed as potentially dangerous driving though :confused:
Maybe I'll force myself to have a kip at Edale before returning next time? (Although would an hour or two's kip actually helped? I'm not sure).
To be fair, this wasn't a personal attack on SRF, just a general questioning of the wisdom of driving immediately after such an event. And I agree. I'll admit that I hadn't given much thought to owt beyond finishing, and but for a puncture, I'd have driven home too. Knowing how I couldn't keep my eyes open, I think this would have been a mistake. If I do it again I will plan different arrangements, even if it's a case of packing the sleeping bag and kipping in the car for an hour or two before setting off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martin Brice