They'll be enough left over to beat you Disco!:pQuote:
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They'll be enough left over to beat you Disco!:pQuote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
Oh dear :( Has she got man flu? or proper ill? Or got a better offer?Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
Just looked at the weather forecast - says sunny intervals for Hebden Bridge tomorrow!!! Last time I looked it was heavy rain! Just off to pack - ready for early start (oh yippee!)
Crumblydown, i will drink to you and Mrs. Crumblydown and your dogs health tonight. 2 Hours sleep then that and a sprint finish. You da man:D Ps. Thanks for the lift home:cool: Also thanks to Alan Greenwood and his helpers for organising a good do. Its probably easier to run it than organise it, you do a great job, Thank You;) Also nice to meet you Tussockface, i think i've finished now
A good do indeed Merrylegs! Classic views of Calderdale, lashings of mud, dripping sarnies and stollen, cheery marshalls and excellent organization - brilliant!
Agree - a grand day out. (But why do my legs hurt so much???)
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Originally Posted by socks
It was a great event, your legs probably hurt cos it was blinking hard.
I really felt tired today, but glad I made the effort and got myself round.
My legs hurt too and they are merry, maybe i should rename myself hurting merrylegs or merry hurting legs or legs hurting with a merry feeling or maybe i should shut up. Seriously though its always good to make that effort and get round and have that happy tired feeling and a sense of achievement, well done everyone:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by NotOnUrHelly
Well done Ozzy, absolutely phenominal performance. Just how can an ex rugby league player who's 8 foot wide and tall power through an event like that? Your power to weight ratio must be amazing.
Anyway, well done everyone, and special thanks as ever to Alan Greenwood and Carol Engel and of course all the brilliant helpers.
No aches as yet but need more sleep night night!
Yeah, well done Ozzy, met him in the pub after. Just goes to show it does not matter what size or shape you are. Just crack on and get it done, as they say in the Paras;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clive
Great event really enjoyed it - even the slight navigational errors!
Superb organisation and food by all concerned, much appreciated.
I've just noticed - full results now out on the Hebden website. http://www.alangreenwood.biz/hvh/index.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by castlehill
Excellent event, well organised and what a challenging course for navigation (even though i went round most beforehand i still found new bits!). One for next yr i think.
Good to see so many of you yesterday. Very enjoyable, though definitely tough ... my legs reminded me that I haven't done any big mileage for a couple of months. Half way through I decided to switch allegiance from FRA to LDWA. This was around the point when, though 'running', I was overtaken by a walker. And it wasn't uphill. :o
Anyone know (roughly) what the ascent was?
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Originally Posted by Tussockface
Is this not true:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
Well done Merrylegs I'm indulging myself tonight hic ( jennings ) thanks for the company, wonder if Ozz will take his running shoes to Gran Canaria we might have to beast him (not).If you fancy another next week its the Two Crosses from Bury,the missus is doing it and could do with a bit of company let us know if you are up for it .:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Ps well done to everyone, and wot a good do.
Get some down your neck, if you want to beast Ozz i think you'll have to catch him first. 3h 42mins was it, feckin eck:eek: Fraid i can't make next saturday as i'm tied up with kids for the day. Earning brownie points with our lass. Deffo for the Haworth Hobble though, so much to do, too many kids. Love em to bits though:) Don't sleep in tomorrow and forget to take the dog to the vets:DQuote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
On my Fugawi package, i make 5340ft of assent, the most assent of any of the LDWA ones I've done. It's still no excuse though for spending half hour - buns, tea adn getting your feet up, at each check point....or is it me that's loosing the plot??Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
I'll be at the 2 crosses. It's on Sunday though not Saturday (if it helps ....)Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Nice one mate, look forward to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Potto
Must've tired you out, we missed you saturday night.
We had a good laugh and i couldn't stand by the end of the night.
4 hours later i was reccying leg 2 pbr still drunk.:p
If Chris B is right with his figure of 5340ft, then the official stat ("over 4000 ft") is also correct. But it's also misleading. "Over 5000ft" would have given my legs better advance notice of what I was about to put them through.Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
And well done Chris for your placing! 8th!
That recce must have paid off in the end. Did you manage to get revenge on the cow that attacked you?
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Originally Posted by Tussockface
Thats that sorted then, Tussockface. Over 5000ft it is, you must apologise to your legs as i will to mine. Thanks for that socks but lad's playing football on sunday morning, can't let him down:)Quote:
Originally Posted by socks
I use Tracklogs for my mapping and carry a GPS. The ascent on Tracklogs is 4635 feet on the long route and 2711 on the short route. I think the GPS is a bit unreliable because it is counting every little up and down such as stiles and jumping over bogs!! I have never registered over 5000 feet and our intention in stating over 4000 feet was not to put too many people off particularly runners. I think it worked but now the cat is out of the bag. It might well have felt like over 5000 feet but that is another matter.
A word of thanks to all you runners who entered. You bring a real buzz to the event as does your forum. It is truly amazing to us walkers how quickly you get round. Of course you are all LDWA members in the making when you reach the third age or possibly sooner so keep coming back but please try and get your entries in sooner.
Thanks to all who helped with the organisation of this fun and very friendly event.
Loved the check points with food and the veggie stew and crumble and custard at end was yummy!!
Really enjoyed myself even though the mud did get a bit much in places. This was my first LDWA event and will be the first of many.
I decided to do these to train for ultra in May (grand union canal 145miles!) and have discovered how much fun they are.
Thanks again for great day out.:D
A fair number of us are LDWA members already!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Greenwood
Thanks for putting on a very enjoyable event. I'm not really bothered whether the ascent was >5000ft or merely >4500ft....
but I don't think you need worry about the amount of ascent putting runners off, as we're mostly masochists in any case.
Well said Tussockface, we are indeed mad crazy masochists, well that's what everyone calls me, among other things:eek: 5000ft or 4500ft am i bovered, any part of my face bovered, ft bovered face bovered i aint bovered:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
Can you believe the last turn of the day (the right after the good shepherd centre and under the bridge back to the hall) I went completely wrong, went over the road. Down the side of the railway track and ended up on the main car park for the event.
I had to skirt back over the other bridge. Round the front of the main toilets on the main road and back over the other bridge into the hall. reckon that cost me 5minutes.
I would have been under 5 hours as well.
Dozey Dozey plonker
What a f**kin liberty. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Drip bread, slice of bread, normal thickness, with dripping on it, this is in Yorkshire:eek: £11.20...................The dirty, dirty robbing b@st@rds:D Free drip bread at the Hebden:DQuote:
Originally Posted by crumblydown
Mind you, the first turn of the day was pretty funny as well. Two runners missed the left after 50 yards and were set to carry on up Cragg Vale. Maybe they'd reccied it as a clockwise route?Quote:
Originally Posted by NotOnUrHelly
Alan and Carole
This was the message I tried to email you. Not sure why it didn't get through:
Hi Alan and Carole
Just a quick note to thank you for the super event you organised last Saturday.
The organisation was faultless, the marshalls all lovely and friendly, the food
was delicious and the chocolate cake especially made my day :-)
You did a great job to put on a great day for such a large of people. And I
bet you were more shattered at the end than the people who participated.
Many thanks and see you next year
Thanks for your kind comments and as I said before we look forward to seeing you again next year.
I have a pair of Lotto leggings in grey, a pair of Nike trousers in black and a Mountain Range hat in blue which were left behind after the event. Have you noticed yet that you have lost your trousers?
That's why everyone gave me funny looks in the pub afterwards, and i've had a draft round me nether regions ever since. Seriously though the only thing i've lost is my mind, thanks to you Alan and all your team for a good do, good health and see you next year;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Greenwood
see
http://alangreenwood.biz/th/index.html
A real belting day out in Calderdale and who can resist dripping sandwiches and Stollen? Not me; my entry's going in the post tonight ;)
Me niether, i'm already in;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
i'm in, it's a abiggie but i'm in
Rich and I are already in too :)
There is on-line entry as well!
I'm in.
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Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Here:Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
http://www.ldwa.org.uk/challenge_eve...&event_id=4102
;)
I entered online last week. It's worth getting in early as last year it filled up and a number of people who tried to enter on the day were turned away.
Is this for the wimpy option Brett or the full monty? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by brett