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Definitely still deserves fell running brownie points though. You could easily have passed responsibility to someone else (as too many these days unfortunately would do) but you didn't, you stuck with it and I'm sure the guy will have been extremely grateful for that. Well done.Quote:
Originally Posted by skippy
On a recce today the grass bank starts at the main path at altitude 690m; the Red Burn crossing is about 50-60m to the right and the short cut path - which I think we came up - starts just after the crossing. It is far safer than the grass and I doubt there is much in it time wise at my level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliblom
Hi Rob - cheers for the mention - I think with head injuries you cant really pass on the responsibility - the runner taking over wouldn't know the severity of the injury so it's not really fair to put them in that position. Also I would have worried for the rest of the race whether he was ok. I made the decision immediately upon getting to him and inspecting the injury. Once mountain rescue got to us and I was happy he was in good hands I set off to continue the race - only problem was I had seized up and couldn't run so just jogged it in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Furness
Great pics Ian, you look as elegant as Emma. Selfless act by Skippy and a great run by daz h, and everyone else of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by IWCharters
A few more photos here
if you want the original then send me a pm
Entries don't become available until usually January - you have to keep watching the website/checking this Forum and/or the SHR websitesQuote:
Originally Posted by number
when I saw redgie and IW charters' brilliant photos i got all twitchy, then a headline came into my head - I asked their permissions and .... well you know - at least it keeps me out the pub!
Findlay Wild deals England's finest a savage blow
Great Pics Pauline & Ian....
(I must/will learn how to post mine -
I've quite a few in the deadly driech murk!)
Plus, some really amazing performances...
Yet again on The Ben, such a very special place..
Fantastic to see Lloyd out front before the Summit..
And Daz not that far behind (how do you do that)....?
+ JasminP too….maybe KFR/PFR nights on Kinder do pay off…?
Had a humbling & brief spectator chat with Sarz...
after she had helped a fellow trashed runner so selflessly..RESPECT!!!
Plus plus plus Great Great Result (again) from Angela & that young Finlay…it was more than tricky last Sat!
Some more photos here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-N...5344?sk=photos
Any more of you wonderful people have photos from the race that you don't mind sharing ?
Out of the hundreds of pics available, I managed to keep myself out of shot every time ;) There's even a movie shot that captures a lady runner who was immediately behind me where the path is joined briefly when crossing the red burn on the ascent - but doesn't capture me (runner 53).
My kids are having a hard time believing I was even there ;)
Does anyone know where to get an entry form for this ? The website says the entry form will be avaliable during the last week of January, which I took to mean this current week but I cant find it on the site. I have e-mailed the organisers via the site but I havnt heard anything back.
Thanks
Murph.
Don't panic, it isn't there yet.
Theres another thread about the proportion of posts to actual running - theres definitely a proportion of posts to proximity of the entry form appearing.....switch the computer on, check the entries, not there yet so have a lok at the forum........
Cheers Marvin, ill keep my eye out for it.
in greece this year so runnig in 30 odd degrees c instead of f
monday im told?
£22 !!! :w00t:
600 + entries = £13,200 + nice little earner
Entry form now available on the Ben site.
£22 for a fell race? That's just plain daft. Grisedale 'orseshoe instead...£5 on the day...not so far to travel...and they say it's a cracking race.Quote:
Originally Posted by Runway
says £17 in fra hand book me be they couldnt mek any profit on £10,200 !!!
It’s a well established tradition on this forum (or at least it should be!) that when entries open for a race that's going to be oversubscribed, you don’t post anything about it for at least two days. What you should do is just let your friends know so that they can secure an entry. The trouble is that now everyone knows! Eeeek.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Have heard nothing but good reports bout Grisedale:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Don't worry Marvin, I'm not doing it this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
Hope everyone who wants to have a go gets in.
I you don't want to pay the entry fee, don't enter it! SIMPLES! :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodzy
Entry filled in, address on envelope, no stamp (darn it!).
'If' :confused: won't.Quote:
Originally Posted by watto
I it's "SIMPLES" then why are you confused? Coz with that post I am :confused:
Yeah watto shut up, some yorkshire folk just like to complain its built into them when there born. Just as the phrase 'How Much?' is.
That's inflated by 29.4% on last year's entry fee :thunbdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Runway
Mmmmmm..............for half that price I'd organise a race from my house and even offer FREE bacon butties courtesy of Mrs Mapper afterwards.
its only money man, who cares? It would only get sent on cigarettes and alcohol anyway.
Yes its expensive but depending on how far away you live looked at in the context of the price of fuel to get there, perhaps a couple of nights on the campsite in Glen Nevis, buying a meal or two in Fort William, possibly visiting the pub on Saturday night etc etc, the entry fee seems a comparatively small part of the overall cost. I'm happier paying the £22 entry fee to the Race Association than I am paying the tax on the fuel I'll use getting there to HMG (assuming my entry gets there in time of course)
It might also put off some of the less serious entries who get an entry in thinking they might have a go if they feel like it in September - just as long as its a nice day - and condemn others to the waiting list. I know many of the non starters will have very good valid reasons - but there does seem to be a very high drop out rate which is a shame for a race which is so oversubscribed.
It's the only "glamour race" I'm doing this year, so I don't mind paying £22. It would be nice to get a T-Shirt or something though...
£22, for all that pain and no T-shirt .... I was hoping for somthing like last years Snowdon shirt ? So the best I can hope for if I get an entry then Is a few scars to remember it by ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
Well I was going to enter until I read the "No unattached runners" bit. Why should it matter whether I'm in a club or not? Bloody stupid.
If you're a member of FRA, they count that as a club attachement.
How many to make up a team?
i was just stating that its listed in the fra book as 17 quid with a sarcastic postQuote:
Originally Posted by watto
SIMPLES OR WATTO
Got a little bottle of whisky last time. Bloody good job considering how cold it was camping!Quote:
Originally Posted by murph
Next year maybe. Done it twice and really enjoyed it. Ran well...ish both times. Tried two other times and failed. Every other year I've fancied it I've had other stuff on...this year its Bullock Smithy I'm doing.
I've sent my form off for this hope i get in never been up it before,its not a race i would do every year not cheap but dont mind for a classic like this