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Only cos your Mummy didn't teach you to tie them properly
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Originally Posted by Pudgy
Just got back from a jog on Denton Moor which incorporated spectating/impromptu marshalling at this race.
Good to see a few forumites enjoying the soggy bog-fest including (in order they passed me 2nd time) Owmeknee, GrahamB, Derby Tup, Tussockface & Leeds Rhino.
DT was just ahead of the course record-holder just before the drinks station:) (though Richard was jogging around after Borrowdale yesterday).
Apparently a record turn-out of c154, leader by over a minute at drinks station was a Dark Peaker with Karen Pickles well clear in the Ladies race.
when are we going to see you running again?
Plan is an 'easy' 10k trail race end of Aug - Spofforth, then take it from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by owmeknee
Nice to see you out supporting today Multi! :) I felt like I had a decent run and enjoyed Big Compass' company on the way back :cool:
Multi didn't you spot me? Bald man in a orange (Wetherby)vest?...duh!
What a splendid run. Very good value for a C race. The going was tricky to say the least and I'm lucky not to be on the injuries bit of the forum with all the ankle turning I did. There were 6 from my club and they all enjoyed it.
See you at Spofforth.
Some photos from Otley AC are available here.
GD, my apologies - yes I did see the Wetherby 'bald one' but wasn't 100% sure whether it was you - now I know:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Guick Dotto
Yep-see you at Spofforth.
Nice run with Derby, we got told off for running and talking, but it was a good relaxed run and the time just went buy so quick.
Had a bit of a nightmare run, just could'nt seem to get going in the boggy conditions. Felt a bit ill too.. oh I remember now, The Yorkshire Rose beer festival in Guiseley on Saturday night :o
Celebrating Yorkshire Day with 8 pints and a pizza:D
Results and photos on the OtleyAC web site
What did you end up with distance for this Big Compass? I reckon nearer 8.5 rather than 9.0miles. Mr Breeze made a good point in that the race seems to have more descent than acsent too. :cool:
Hi Derby I clocked it at 8.48 and Frank from our club got 8.49 as for the height I have not got that info yet
Did the James Herriot the week before which is pretty near the same in distance and height gained. Weather conditions weren't that dissimilar. But what a difference in running surface. Round Hill was much more technical and you really did need some experience to get the best out of the course.. Very dodgy passing people (I'm told) and very tricky for foot placements except the beginning and the end. Those forest trail parts were more like the JH was all the way round. Enjoyed both races but I was 5 minutes exactly slower on the RH. Never been able to do them both before as they usually coincide. I'd definitely recommend the JH as a beginners course.
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Originally Posted by Guick Dotto
So was I!
Any takers for a short race this Sunday (only 9 miles and a bog or two)?
http://otleyac.org.uk/round-hill-fell-race/
Thatch Ling is where the Roman road goes, must have been a drier climate in those days.
All runnable :cool:
I've got my last long run on Saturday but might be found trundling round near the back or on course somewhere on Sunday ;)
Hope so, put my foot on a sedge on Thatch Ling last Nov and my left leg went right in without touching the bottom. Dragged myself out, had a quick look round to make sure nobody had seen me (I needn't have worried) and set off again, very carefully.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Hello everyone,
I'm planning on doing Round Hill on Sunday for the first time. What can I expect?
Ta, Tom.
http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...The-Round-Hill Last year's thread
Very runnable and probably more of a trail race than a 'proper' fell race
Many thanks Derby Tup, couldn't find anything when I searched the forum! Just what I was looking for.
http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...Hill-fell-race
Thread from year before last here ;)
And here's one I made earlier:
http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...berhouses-1Aug
from what i can figure out; bogs and rain.
sounds like fun!
see ya there
I had a run up the Beacon last night and was surprised how dry everywhere was tbh. Didn't go over to check the bog mind ;)
It has been very dry, though it's drizzling now. The tricky bit to my mind is the stretch up to Round Hill once you leave Timble Ings. The path is deep and narrow with lots of fixed stones in that make you concentrate on foot placement more than you'd like to. I'm not familiar with the return leg.
It is literally all runnable even for a plodder like me. The descent from Round Hill is great :cool:
We'll see. Having done the Burn Half, Wasdale and Holme Moss and a handful of little mid-week jobbies inside 2 weeks I've been left feeling a touch jaded (I'm spending too much time in IanDP's company) and with a sprained ankle. So, I've had 12 days of total rest and beer. Should be an interesting day out.
Many thanks to Otley AC. Nice course, well marked and marshalled. I've never seen Thatch Ling so dry, more like a spongy mattress than swimming in pea soup.
Well I enjoyed that. Had a bit of an accident on the way down from Round Hill so am limping a bit today but managed to be only 1 sec slower than last year despite sitting down and howling in pain for over a minute.
Some fine sex discrimination on show with a mens team prize but none for the women! As one of the people that would have been in that winning ladies team I was most upset! :wink:
One wonders how the Thatch Ling bog is doing in advance of this year's race next Sunday - anyone been up there recently?
It's not too bad at the moment ... Or at least it wasn't last week. Rain is due later in the week so hopefully it will be back to it's best :-) a few people sinking in it may mean I'm not last!
Hey FD, weren't you telling me yesterday that Mudclaws wouldn't be required for this race???
Mate ... If the bog is on form mudclaws won't help .. Wellington boots might do ... It's only a short bog you can tip toe over it at speed if you need to! .... If I wasn't off to the lakes I'd take you round the course one evening this week .. Why don't you go for a recce on your way home from work. Route is very simple! Personally I'd go for something in-between claws and trail shoes .. Just make sure they don't hold water ... If it rains the path from the grouse huts at the bottom of the hill to the wood can have some 'streams' to run through.
I was up there a couple of weeks ago and it was very dry. Trail shoes would be better than all-out fell if it's like that. In fact, I'll probably go with trail shoes even if the rain this week is quite heavy. The bog isn't too big and there's a lot on paths.
I was up there last night. It's slippery in places (especially on the bracken) but not too boggy. We're due heavy rain before Sunday though.
Hi All,
I decided to have a very quick kit change at the start of todays race and took my Helly Hansen off to just run in my vest. I hung the Helly in a tree near the start that seemed popular with other runners shedding kit.
I completely forgot it after the race does anyone know any forumites involved with the organisation of the race that might be able to return the top.
Many Thanks
Jamie
Jamie,Quote:
Originally Posted by NotOnUrHelly
Do you know if anyone picked it up and handed it in?
If so I can pick it up sometime from Andrew Robertshaw because Ilkley is near Otley.
Graham
Results, a short report and photos up very quickly on the Otley AC website
http://otleyac.org.uk/
Cheers to the organisers - and a really nice bottle of Copper Dragon Best for all finishers... lovely!
Yes, thanks to Otley A.C. for that - a grand little run. Everything I'd been told about the boggy nature of this race turned out to be true ... highly entertaining :) That Copper Dragon is lovely ale, I had a drive out to Pateley after the race and had a pint in the George. Felt it only right to drink my freebie bottle when I got home, it compares well with the draught version.
Martyn