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Cheers Daz, have a good weekend speedy;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Good pace at the Gun Run Daz.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
So you fancy Bullock Smithy?
I'm doing it with another Macc Harrier... he did it last and said it nearly finished him off, but can't wait to do it again. Need to recce it myself. Supposedly pretty staightfotward to navigate as far as Buxton / Earl Sterndale, but gets a bit tricky from there to Wildboarclough... we'll see.
hi lantern
I HIGHLY doubt I'll be doing Bullock Smithy this year, but maybe next... ;)
I'm basically just wanting to do a long training run this weekend, in advance of Dovedale Dipper (26M :eek: ) in a fortnight :D
I assume you'll be at Macc Forest the week after next?
and what about Shining Tor next Wednesday?
FELL PONY RELAY CALLED OFF!!!!!!!!!!! ): WEATHER IS DODGY, RANKS WERE A BIT THIN,
SO A FEW OF US ARE GOING TO MEET UP SATURDAY MORNING AND DO A LOW LEVEL..ISH RUN,,,, At least we can have a few pints tonight,,
Shame!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ambrosia Kid
It'll have to be re-organised again sometime and hopefully we can all promote it more so we can get the numbers up.
I only found out about it about a week ago and by then i was already booked up so theres a high chance alot of people who would have liked to have done it, might not have known it was happening - if that makes sence.:rolleyes:
And its Snowdon and Ingleborough
and kentmere.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Oh good luck. Which way do you go Ill Bell first?. If so its the greatest running from high raise or high seat or whatever the big one is
Well it starts somewhere near the church, runs up the road onto a rocky path for a few hundred meters and then turns right up a grassy slope through the bracken that drags on abit, getting quite steep and it takes alot out of you really.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Then once you've reached the top of that climb you head straight along the trod one a gradually raising climb.
You skirt round to the left of Yoke, summit Ill bell (CP1), skirt round to the left of Frostwick and then start the climb to High Street.(CP2)
Then the ace grassy downhill section to the rocky path which takes you down the the Nan Bield pass.
You cross the pass and then start scrambling over the rocks for a while, then take the path on your right which missing out the summit of whatever it is at the top. You make your way up to the grassy ridge like tops, up the gradual climb to Kentmere Pike(CP3), then down the fast grassy decent to the bg style, over it and then along the horrible rocky path to a farm....then ive no idea where to go to get to the finish so that could be interesting haha
Along the road is very quick. You can follow someone. Its a cracking course only bettered by the Buttermere Sailbeck for the title of flagship lakeland medium
I wont be able to go quick on the road. After ive tired my legs out running on the fells, as soon as i hit the road and try to run with any pace cramp nails me, so i have to back off alot.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Its a marvallous descent though and the blood will be back in your calves
Probably do the Forest 5... it'd be rude not to, but probably give Shining Tor a miss, which is a shame as it's great. Got Borrowdale the following Saturday and will need all the freshness I can keep in my legs to beat the cut-off!Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Or have I got my weekends mixed up?:confused:
If S Tor is next wednesday B'dale isn't until the following saturday (the 1st) so you've plenty of chance to squeeze that in!! I doubt you'll have anything to worry about for the cut off time :) see you thereQuote:
Originally Posted by lantern rouge
Congrats to The Master on his AWESOME performance at Snowdon! :cool:
Fantastic to see a Fell Pony listed so high up in the results of an International race like that :D
oh and lantern, I was up your way today: parked up at Walker Barn and trotted across the top of Macc Forest, down to Cumberland Cottage, 3 Shire Heads and finished at Brand Top... then came back! :eek:
reckon about 17M altogether - that's a long way for me! :D
Cheers Daz, wished id been a bit quicker when i found out just how fast the kids had been spending money at the fair:eek:....Had to drive home really slowly as one of them had "won" a goldfishQuote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Watch out for the appalling luminous vest on TV tonight.....hope i dont get used to wearing the nasty garment.
I reckon one of those luminous vests would be ideal for you Master as I find they make you look about a stone heavier! Classic black on the otherhand is very flattering for the slightly fuller figured runner ;) :p
Are you calling me fat looking??:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
pink is the way to go
Au con-blooming-traire :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Master
I always have difficulty deciding pink or luminous. But pink was dirty today which make the choice easier for Holme Moss.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Courtesy of Richard Asquith
http://www.flamingphotography.co.uk/...32f77136e5.jpg
This was before I got it all dirty by falling face first in a bog, though the heavy rain later gave it a good wash out ;)
i nipped over to featherbed moss and saw another runner. I giggled and hoped they werent in the race as they would have been a long way out
I think the dayglo may be growing on me....mine may see a race again:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveS
Wooohooo, sexy..... :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveS
Gayglo!!!!!! Stick wi pink yer poof :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Master
I do not own a pink Pony vest and never will:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
Yeah right. I bet its your little party-outfit :p
Mmmmmm, well done in yer race mate:pQuote:
Originally Posted by The Master
Cheers Fatty, see you at Borrowdale??Quote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
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Originally Posted by TurboTom
I no longer "party":cool:
Thanks to Ponies AK, Lantern, Merry and the Crumblies for a very enjoyable weekend and a great day out on the fells.
Oh and well done Master for your showing in that little race;)
which raceQuote:
Originally Posted by Deejay
I forget, it was just so insignificant;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Showing being the opperative word, watched it on s4c on tinternet, he stood out like a sore thumb in his bright green shirt, also spotted Fleeter and his dad who came into the finish looking bloodied.:eek:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Deejay
Fleeter senior got the best coverage......my silly vest was so bright i had to turn away from the screen.....now i know why id didnt have many problems avoiding walkers on the way down (though i can fit through very tiny gaps anyway:cool:)Quote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
Are you suggesting us ponies can't run Daz? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
The fact that we are good at drnking Snecklifter doesn't necessarily mean we can't run ;)
only a girl could interpret my comments that way! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
it's just that a fair few of our erstwhile Ponies seem mysteriously to get listed with "proper" clubs next to their names :eek:, so it's nice to see a "pure bred" Pony illuminating our ancient order's name (in more ways than one)
I myself am still improving, and have every intention of DOMINATING the V60 category from the year 2024 onwards...
Sadly having missed coverage of the race through moving house I can reveal 1 or 2 secret details.....
1) The project was known as Project Vanity
2) The Master ran the race only to video himself but unfortunately caught sight of his gammy limp wrists and arms flailing as usual I'll bet!
3) The fat sod would actually fly if he trained properly.....he has an awesome advisor I hear :p
Well done Master, there were more places there for you, if you do some proper training you lazy sod