That is a great time DS. I will look out for you at races closer to home.Quote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
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That is a great time DS. I will look out for you at races closer to home.Quote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
so not in the car then.....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dominion
Good day out on Saturday.
Was pushed all the way round by Daleside & Widdy and was expecting them to breeze past on the descent - everybody else did (!). Was getting concerned when I didn't see the Invisible man during the race or for a part at the finish.
Good to meet Zlod on top of the hill and Just a lurker for the 1st time - was encouraged by a few people on the way down but no idea who you were - Sorry.
Great day out, with much improved weather
shouted to Manhar on the way down, but dont know many other forumites...sorry :(
love this race, and will be back again and again etc etc
I'll second that - another great success for Graeme and his team. Had such a good run I'm even cool about my rubbish descending. Glad that everyone else had a good time too.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Juicer
A friend organiser of the 100 this weekend said his brother-in-law ran Cadair. Had a really bad fall and has a lump of Welsh rock lodged inside his knee, :eek: which now has to be operated on. Fairly bad by all accounts, anyone see this?
No didn't see this, but the descent was pretty dodgy.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Hope he's ok and it's nothing too serious.
Erosion!!:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Hope he is going to put it back!
Cader is where I've taken my bloodiest series of falls. I think Pike's had a good tumble there.
Yep, it took me considerably longer to descend than I anticipated!!
I was chatting to a St John's man at the end. He said there'd been 4 casualties, one of whom was a hospital case - this must have been the fella with the rock in his knee. Ouch!! :eek:
Was unable to stay around for results and non on official race website, any one know of any? .....and of any race photos as there were many photographers on course.
Cheers
Gaz
I took three huge lobs on this race last year. I still whince when I remember flying towards a boulder near the summit thinking that it was going to rearrange my face (bruised my hand instead).
I should have some photos of this year's race from near the summit. I'll try to upload these when I get back from an enforced [by work] South Korean training camp / work meeting. What race number were you Gaz?
would keep an eye on the official cader website....results and piccy's will come soonQuote:
Originally Posted by Gaz
Hey Zlod, any photos of number 122 ??Quote:
Originally Posted by Zlod
dark hair, dark Peak vest (brown), and if taken near the summit.....looking knackered :D
Zlod, I think I was 217 or 218, in red and white striped vest (Calder Valley)
Cheers
oooh - results!
http://www.cader-race.co.uk/English/...s07/2007a.html
Cheers for that Daleside, been looking onthe Cader site every day.
That short cut down the heather bank paid off for me, total no brainer.
Well happy with 31st.
Cracking race and atmosphere.
You're not kidding, last year bust my ankle early on in the descent and had to walk 5 miles to the finish. Came up massive and still bigger than the other.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fellrunner
Gaz> I've got a photo of 178 who is a Calder Valley runnner - looks to have a tattoo around left upper arm.
Stones> Got a couple of pictures of a knackered looking DPFR runner wearing a fine pair of blue Montrail Highlanders. From the results, I assume that this is Darren / number 122, but can't be sure. Also think I have a photo of the 4th runner who is DPFR with a blue bumbag.
Also got photos of Manhar and probably Daleside.
I'm just looking at these on the screen of my digicam which is a bit trying. I should be able to download these next week.
Did you wait around long enough to take piccies of the two lassies who finished almost last, no's 208 and 209? The 'terrible twins' as some of the marshalls called us :-)
HEY!! The results are up on the main website now.
You will find that the marshalls are always delighted to see the pair of you...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Juicer
Zlod, tis me, will look forward to seeing em when downloaded if I can,
Cheers
Gaz
Juicer> No photo sorry. I did see the terrible twins at the top. You were a long way ahead of the next runner (the marshalls needed their binoculars to work out whether the last runner was in the race). People usually say they are feeling OK when you ask them in these races, but the last runner said he was in a bad way and it looked like that. You twins were quite sprightly in comparison.
Cheers Zlod and Gaz :)
Not sure about 'sprightly', but we certainly weren't in 'a bad way' at any point. Although slow, we were well within ourselves, and enjoyed the whole day tremendously. The friendliness of everyone made our day :D
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Originally Posted by Zlod
Zlod...you can be sure now.....tis me :D:D
I said hello to a calder valley runner -- well i said - 'well done calder valley' as you sped down as I staggered up,Quote:
Originally Posted by Zlod
you will know me zlod - i think i was the only person in gloves that day - i believed the organiser when he said it was minus 2 on top - i (for some reason) thought it would be quite cool on the way up and on the way down but it was really warm - and only on the very very top (and for five seconds) were you greeted with a cool breeze that justifed the glove wearing for the 2hours and 13mins!
I really loved this race - I was on holiday in wales and set off at 8 in the morning to get from from the north lleyn, to pwllhelli, to porthmadoc and to dollgellau to get to it and my friend actually cycled the 60 miles to come and watch! I think we deserved a prize for that alone however we couldnt hang around for the prize giving we had to set off back!
he took some photos and i think I have one of you widdy if you are the tall chap in black who i came off the top with - you follwed me down whcih i think was a bad idea as i kept changing my mind about the best route. I'm surprised i didnt trip you up!
Hi Juicer - were you "terrible twins" carrying camel-backs? Think I was jostling for position at the back with you at the start....brain at start of race too concerned with worrying about instructions, contents of bum-bag, getting lost etc. to allow me to identify forumites. Glad you had a good time.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Juicer
Cheers for the encouragement Daleside, it's nice to know who said what (if you know what I mean). Your photo is probably Widdy , in a black Rochdale vest, with 2 diagonal stripes down the front, as you both came in at a simlar time, and Manhar pointed you out as another forumite as we stood around eating free mars bars and energy drink.
with regards
Gaz:)
He took some photos and i think I have one of you widdy if you are the tall chap in black who i came off the top with - you follwed me down whcih i think was a bad idea as i kept changing my mind about the best route. I'm surprised i didnt trip you up![/quote]
'A tall chap in black' - I hav'nt been called that since the milk tray advert!! It was certainly interesting trying to keep up with you and your route choices, but it kept my mind off the pain in my knees. I saw you ditch your golves in the last mile, hope you got them back. Will look out for you at future races.
Hi, JaL. Yup, sounds like that was us. And I'm pretty sure I know who you are - you gave us a very encouraging grin as we all tried to let everyone start in front of us. You must have done well - I didn't see you after that. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Just a Lurker!
I've uploaded some photos of earlier finishers.
Also some photos of the later finishers
If you're interested in the original photo, then please PM me with the filename.
Cheers for the photos Zlod. So you were the guy perched on the large rock near the summit. I opted for the small gully route on the way up, away from the edge; safe option seems as I don't like heights.
with regards
Gaz
Just realised this was another stunning run by Nick Craig. This guy doesn't put a pair of running shoes on for 3 months, then goes out and wins at Mount Famine one week & finishes 3rd at Cader a week later. Sheer class!
Well done, Nick.
Gaz> The edge was the more photogenic place to run!
The strange thing about the Cader race was that the guy from Eryri who won was quite a way back at the summit, so he must have descended really well.
I havent made it on to your 'earlier finishers' photos zlod - I think I was a late finisher - did you sanp them too?
Cracking photos zlod nice one of my grey patch and a fetching one of my pink bumbag. Cheers for:D them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zlod
signs of your age, starting to come out.. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by disco stan
All the photos that I took are in these links. You're on the latter set, along with Manhar. You took the photogenic side of the path on the way down: good choice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Daleside
photos of earlier finishers.
photos later finishers
I had to split these into an earlier and a later set because of the way dotMac works.
hope you dont mind zlod! good pics - its amazing how the people in the second half of the pics seem to be smiling for the camera more!!