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My top tip would be to make sure you have trained sufficiently before doing this race. Several weeks of inactivity in June left me short of miles in the tank and, sure enough, I ran out of energy just before the ascent of Great Gable. I had to walk from there to the top of Scafell Pike.
Am I complaining though? No. I still had a fantastic day out in some awesome mountain scenery and I got handed a drink by Joss Naylor. Great route and some slick organisation - well done all.
Never before has anything organised by Mr. Findlay-RobYourBum been described as 'slick'!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete F
We were all very surprised!
Gee, it would be great to find put what happened in this race. I understand thanks to ian s pics, the noor won. And I saw mike r in the pictures too, are there any other clues for inspector another team to follow?
First 3 men and women would be good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Another Team
Well, Inspector Another Team, I do have one more clue to help in the case... Hazel R was 1st lady.Quote:
Originally Posted by Another Team
1 Ben Abdelnoor 3:46:??
2 Es Tresidder 4:05:??
3 Carl Bell 4:??:??
1 Hazel Robinson
Sorry can't be more exact or informative :o
must be all that time he spent running the youth hostel...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by ba-ba
Well Done Rhys and co - I thought the organisation was impressive. Unfortunalty in my mashed state the dibber made it home with me in my shorts. Let me know if you want me to post it etc.
Many Thanks
Andy
With Kat in the hat saying she did more or less the same as last year, and a quick look at last years results shows 2nd place to Kate cooper, could Kate be second again this year, this time to Hazel? Scurries off looking for further clues...
Kate says on fb she was 2nd ladyQuote:
Originally Posted by Another Team
Well done seargent charters, great use of resources there. Promotion may be coming your way. Is she Kate Apps now? DCI Another Team.Quote:
Originally Posted by IWCharters
I quite like the idea of folk piecing race results together amongst themselves. The FRA relays might take a while mind :cool:
Seems to beQuote:
Originally Posted by Another Team
I think it was 2nd Es Tres 4.06, 3rd Carl Bell 4.14, 4th Kim Collins/Collinson (one was a sprinter for St Kitts I believe) 4.15 5th Scoffer 4.16. Times approx.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
And that's about all I remember I'm afraid.
SportIdent was used so I guess results will find their way there...
so we have runners 1,2.3 & 4....I was 56th......think there were 165 all in....maybe 12 missed the cut off....one twsited ankle retiree and one deeply lacerated hand ( but finsihed ).....3 ran off home with the £30 dibbers !Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
One pair of mudclaws abandoned at finsih...( probably had enough of fell running after this one and decided to jack it in )
Fill in the spaces..lol
John Hunt's missing from the top results - he was up there too :confused: i thought 4th or 5th...
Good job there was SI timing - word of mouth seems mightily unreliable - i blame the cold on Seatallan!
On the contrary Britta, I think we re doing great! We won't need the results soon! Mike r was on a photo, and I noticed matt hulley on the start list, they might add to the top ten?
Now I could ruin all your fun here, so all Il say is Matt Hulley didnt run and John Hunt was 4th and first Veteran. Carry on!
Ps I ain't blaming folk however, when I finished the wasdale race(done it once) I could only think about trying to sit down, managed it in the stream and couldn't get up again so didn't see any prizes! And was sick at the sheep centre at cockermouth!
did you run Rhys? In true DP tradition it's a poor man who can't win his own race ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by RhysFR
Good to see everybody arrive at the penultimate checkpoint in good spirits - regardless of position and speed(?) :) of movement, even had enough water/jelly babies for everyone.
Far too many people on the summit as Ba ba mentioned - divine intervention dictated that the clag lifted when most of em, including the stag party, had buggered off.
Trilathon - was that you I was rambling on to after the finish when most folk had disappeared ?
Back to the results - team prizes......... er don't ask me I got back when the sheep had reclaimed the field.
Sadly not, but then it's not MY race - I was babysitting.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
In the spirit of 'innocent until proven guilty', I'm going to claim a top ten finish and bask in the glory until the actual results come out!Quote:
Originally Posted by Another Team
(Which will show I wasn't actually there:thunbdown:)
In that case I was top ten too!!...tho' in a very slow time!! :)
I think I might actually have won ,but as I wasn't back in time for prize giving I don't know.I'll just have to wait for the results.
Further clues as to results available from DP website. If anyone wants a jpeg image of the results printout as displayed at the finish then PM me.
Race map just ordered from Pete Bland's.
Roll on 2012:)
results! :thumbup:
http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/results.php?id=882
Cheers!! :thumbup:
A query tho!!.....how come when everyone 'dibbed' we don't get splits, same with Ennerdale! Just wondered, I'd like to see the splits!
Well done Daz. Impressive stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
More importantly (for me) how come i am A N Other??Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
Having struggled to finish the race in under 7 hours I think I deserve the recognition.
So to whom it may concern: Philip Barnes Macclesfield Harriers. Thank you.
Wahey!
19pts and 266th on the LCT "leader" board:
http://www.lakelandclassicstrophy.org.uk/?page_id=306
Phase 1 of my masterplan is complete
now to see if I can break 20pts at Borrowdale... http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...eth_smiley.gif
Just watched Wharfeego's video again from 2009. That makes it umpteen times.
'Glidin' on... The Breeze'. Brilliant stuff. And only 7000 views.
Would recommend it.
Was thinking of this post when I got back to my tent on Saturday after a recce.Quote:
Originally Posted by crowhill
What a route.
Made a couple of mistakes, the biggest being cutting the traverse of Kirk Fell too short by far and climbing up to the second summit of Kirk Fell, then having to descend that to get to the bottom of Great Gable! Just thought the route wasn't long enough you see:) I now know where I went wrong so think I've got that sorted.
The bit I was most worried about was one of the nicest bits - the run from Seatallan to the col between Scoat Fell and Haycock.
And the bits that should've been simple were quite difficult - like getting to Greendale via the bridge, going round the houses and being chased by cows!
Without doubt the highlight was getting to the top of Seatallan, completely alone, just thinking how it feels like no one's been there for ages and like not many would be going there for ages to come and I look up and there's Joss Naylor walking to the trig point. Amazing. He said he was training so I asked him what for and he says he's doing a little run for the Jubilee, and reels off an unending list of tops he's going round.
Made my day and weekend. Great memory.
I did this when I recce'd itQuote:
Originally Posted by L.F.F.
then when I did the race, was surprised to see everybody traverse across to the col between Red Pike and Scoat Fell! (so I followed ;) )
ending up on Kirk Fell is quite impressive though http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/.../thumbs_up.gif
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Originally Posted by L.F.F.
That reminds me of last year when I retired myself at the Seatallan checkpoint cos my achilles tendon had stiffened up on the climb. I dropped down to Nether Beck and gave my ankle a good soak and then limped back to the road hoping some driver would have pity on me and give me a lift back up the valley to the finish. I had only just arrived at the road when a car pulled up immediately and I heard this voice from inside the car say "Get in lad". When I got in and turned to thank the driver it was Joss Naylor :D I felt a bit of a wimp for retiring even though there was no way I could have completed the race with that injury. I don't think Joss would have retired for anything less than a broken leg. When we got to the finish he opened his car window and shouted at some of the helpers "I've a runner here wi a brocken leg he needs some help!" :D and I sheepishly sneaked back to my car after checking in at the finish.
I ended up climbing Red Pike thinking it was Pillar when I reccied it couple of months back.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
What would you say is quickest Daz, the way you two went or the traverse to the col between Red Pike and Scoat Fell ?
That's interesting. I was following the race map, but from what I can remember it does make sense to miss out Scoat Fell. Must do if everyone did it I suppose. I imagine that'd be riskier navigation-wise, but ok if there's a few doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
the traverse is undeniably shorter distance, and the underfoot is surprisingly good considering what it looks like staring up at it from Pots of AshnessQuote:
Originally Posted by Will.Race
in clag though, I'd still be tempted to seek the reassurance of the ridge/wall up at the col east of Haycock (although you'd still have to know when to break off to miss the very summit of Scoat Fell - but I know that quite well from BG)
Thanks Daz. Just looked at the map. Looks like I was attempting the traverse and ended up going too far to the right and ended up on Red Pike.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
I struggled on the Pillar - Gable section on my recce so I'm hoping to do a good Seatallan - Pillar section to get some time in the bank.