Mrs Stagger a lift like last year would be great thanks :cool:
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Mrs Stagger a lift like last year would be great thanks :cool:
I read a blog on this a while back, one of the authors mates almost got hypothermia and at the bottom it said 'NEVER DO A RACE CALLED TANKY'S TROG'.
Amost :confused: the wuss must have been wearing a vest :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
:D where's the blog;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
And the key sentance is and I quoteQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
"The race organisers were adamant that we should not run - so we did".
Dave is probably a nice bloke who has just proved he lacks common sense.:mad:
Did IDP post the link for the form yet?? I haven't got a printer though :(
Ian, if I send in a completed entry form, could you please destroy it immediately. I would have had too much to drink and started doing silly things!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Hurray! Mine'll be off in the post on Monday! :D
Of course, I'll be a darn sight less happier on the cold December morning as I drive to Marsden in the dark.... :(
[QUOTE=emmilou;255874]Did IDP post the link for the form yet?? [QUOTE]
Just for you Em
http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showp...14&postcount=5
Before our time I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
It's the one Derby Tup has posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Thanks MR B;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
This race really intrigues me, but if the weather was bad it'd be the worst day of my life. The weather could get quite bad at that time; 4 degrees celcius, 60mph wind, sleet and rain, endless freezing peat bog.
You'd have to be tough and fit to do this.
Thats what makes it such a good race,Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
tough route choices, out there by your self, over rough ground, no flags to follow, almost certainly bad weather conditions.
As Stolly oftens says the joy is in the completing not the racing.
Looking back at that blog they made some bad choices, least of all the nav assumptions. Why aren't they wearing kegs? no wonder they're freezing with bare legs, blood's circulating down there to keep the muscels going and losing a massive amount of heat as it does. Resultantly [is that a word...?] the heat loss keeps blood in the torso having a disabling effect on the running side. I'm no Harley St. doctor but their kit choice was very bad given the conditions and their mental ability will also have been severely compromised, as it has been shown by countless controlled experiments cold can really mess up your judgement.
No problem Derby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Mrs Stagger does that mean your hackney carriage is now full?!
The easiest thing is sending the cheque and the hardest thing ( apart from falling off Kinder or Bleaklow ) is getting back to Marsden. Does anyone know if there's an Edale-Marsden shuttle bus laid on!?
P.S Are you the same Mrs.Stagger that pulled me on to the finish at Holme Moss?
[QUOTE=ArfurLung;255989]. Does anyone know if there's an Edale-Marsden shuttle bus laid on!?
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we don't too many to organise for.
However we do hear of groups organising their own coaches.
one group even ran to the start the day before. B&B then ran the race back.:D
Last year at least 3 runners ran the race and stayed in YH then ran back to Marsden on Monday Monday
, so good to me,
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.
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Originally Posted by ArfurLung
Yes I am! We ran the last few miles together and had a natter about Wasdale and the Lakeland 100 if my memory serves me right.
I have a vectra so can fit one more in if you're interested.
If you start from Edale at around 01:30 you could navigate to the start at Marsden with enough time for a bacon buttie before the start of the return race. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ArfurLung
Cheers Linda much appreciated-it saves me cycling back to Marsden!
I'm just leaving now to recce Marsden down to Crowden - hopefully a bit drier today.
Thanks again.
So bacon butties are being laid on at the start then? Whooppee!!!
Can I have sausage please?
how do i sign up for this event and are there any special directions to follow or is it go whichever way you want ( he says :eek:)
Oh and remember keep above the snow line this year lads
[quote=IanDarkpeak;255924][quote=emmilou;255874]Did IDP post the link for the form yet??Quote:
whoops missed that with all the chit chat :rolleyes:
ta - work comes in handy on the odd occasion.
[QUOTE=emmilou;256412][quote=IanDarkpeak;255924]Are you not going back to regain your bolton by bowland crown....im sure thats the same day.Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
[quote=Al Fowler;256493][quote=emmilou;256412]Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
nope....those short ones don't help in the grand plan Al!
[QUOTE=emmilou;256494][quote=Al Fowler;256493]Very very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
Just noticed that Tanky's has been categorised as a BL. I'd have thought that running a race of that distance at that time of year might have counted for it being "seasonally adjusted" to an AL. :rolleyes:
The one part of this event which really detracts from the overall sense of wild and bleak moors is, of course, the run down the Snake Road from Upper North Grain to the checkpoint at the Snake Inn.
Last year the traffic seemed worse than ever, with one or two foolish drivers seeing how close they could get to the runners. It's only a matter of time and the law of averages before our luck here runs out.
I would have thought that there might be a way of forcing the runners to take an off-road route here by relocating the checkpoint from the Snake Inn to somewhere near the confluence of the Ashop and Lady Clough (or maybe a little further north where you might get vehicular access) so that runners could take the opportunity to get onto the path down the East side of the Ashop and cut almost all of the dangerous road running out.
Just a thought.
A good point RH, that road section spoils an otherwise great race and it is very dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudolph Hooker
Why not have the CP at the small lay-by on the A57/Upper North Grain junction, cross the road to pick up path in the woods by Lady Clough, cross the Ashop and rejoin original path. Make the road out of bounds.
Yiannis
That looks like the ideal solution Yiannis!Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
yes this was discussed last year and will probably be discussed this year. It does have it's plus's but support becomes a problem as we can have 40-60 cars trying to park up, this is ok when spread out along the valley.
The best place for supporters to park (and remember they don't currently park near the checkpoint) is in the huge layby at the bottom of Birchen Clough. To intercept runners on the off-road path would only take a minute or so from here. It would just be a question of providing this info on the pre-race flyer. You could point out that they can buy a brew there too - but they will already know as many supporters already use the Birchen Clough stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Of course there's also parking and access at Nether North Grain and the forest road opposite the end of the Roman Road - again points currently used by supporters.
I think if something along the lines of Yiannis's suggestion were used, and everyone was informed, it wouldn't make a great deal of difference to what supporters had to do.
Runners would be a little bit slower than on the road - but, hey, this is a fell race, isn't it?
And Mr Plummer would have a better night's sleep! ;)
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Originally Posted by Rudolph Hooker
this sounds good
hope your shoulder was sewn back on okay
You racing or watching/supporting Mr H?Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
I suspect you'll be racing but the post you've quoted has threw me.:rolleyes:
I like the idea of that too. Much less wear on the Mudclaws too. Any chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudolph Hooker
[QUOTE=IanDarkpeak;255614]cool!!!! It was bl00dy freezing:D;)
It was only my feet that froze. Then rest stayed nice and warm due to some kind of exertion that I seemed to be engaged in at the time. It's taken a long time for my toenails to become recognisable as such again.