Cheers. And while we are it at lets get Al to join Yorkshires premier fell club........BINGLEY :p. Sorry i meant Calder ValleyQuote:
Originally Posted by crowhill
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Cheers. And while we are it at lets get Al to join Yorkshires premier fell club........BINGLEY :p. Sorry i meant Calder ValleyQuote:
Originally Posted by crowhill
I reckoned 3 hours as an elite time. That was basd on the thinking that if it was run as a fell race about 20% would break that time. Perhaps I will have to see how everyone goes on and adjust it for 2011 if it looks too generous.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Or maybe even have it as a pecentage of the record timeQuote:
Originally Posted by MOUNTAIN MAN
Yeah good idea TTQuote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Hahah NEVER....Preston Harrier for life!Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
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Originally Posted by crowhill
Perfect!
Did this yesterday, knew most of the route but covered a couple of miles of new (to me) paths. Got a little mislaid between the Track Junction Control and Daisy Bank but all in all a very enjoyable route. Will try again later in year now I know the route but I'll have to have someone whipping me to get round in under 3 hours!
Tim Brooks - Calder Valley 3:29. (Actually stop watch read 3:29:54 - good job I parked at the pub side of the car park :-) )
Good going there fnstein! I am hoping to do this at some point this year with MountainMan. Looking forward to posting my time!
That's a good time for winter - well done. A lot more sensible than than Tom Brunt's 2-44 who as you probably know has just won the Wadsworth so he's obviously on form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fnstein
Having looked at the route, I quite fancy trying this in summer, despite it being a heck of a challenge, at my 'present level'*(of fitness/ability)
I think I'd have to plan it very carefully, & either get Joanne (SWMBO) or a good friend to 'leap-frog' me in the car, & make sure I reach certain points (in a reasonable condition:)
*I've only been running 3 years, & only done 2 proper Fell-Races (the 2009 'Stanbury Splash', & 'Ilkley Moor')
But I've also ran the 'Trunces' & the (Bingley Harriers) 'Cyclists verses Harriers'
My road distance is only up to 10 miles, bar a single half-marathon
Hey Richard don't discount it too readily.
If you fancy a unpressured trot round to recce the route, give me a shout by all means. I'm Halifax based so its on my doorstep.
Will probably have a crack at this myself in the next couple of weeks once I'm done with my current round of DIY.
Good effort Mountain Man been meaning to check out some of your other challenges but with this being on my doorstep I've got no excuse not to now.
Thanks Mike, I'll bear that in mind for future referance, so long as I don't slow you downQuote:
Originally Posted by MikeH
(example; my 'Splash' time was 1.03:16 - but t'was first attempt at it)
I thought about this event yesterday, as we passed through Mytholmroyd on our way to a family funeral up at Lumbutts, & what it would be like to run it.
I think you've got it in you Richard have a go.
Thanks for that, it's nice to have a vote of confidence!Quote:
Originally Posted by Herakles
I'm certainly willing to try it
How does the 13th sound....nice and steadyQuote:
Originally Posted by RichardAThackeray
Any time from what you have put of your exploits you should be fine.
If that was for me Tom, sorry I'm sure I'm working a 'late-turn' that Saturday & Sunday?? (13:30 - 22:00)Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
(typing all of these entries from 'Carden Park' hotel in Cheshire, till late Sunday evening)
Fancy having a run around CVR on Weds 3rd March starting around 10:30am if anyone wants to join me.
Steady pace as I know none of the route.
Any tips on what condition the paths/tracks are in at the moment, fairly wet I guess?
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Originally Posted by #1Spookster
Damn!
If it had been the following Monday/Tuesday, I might have been able to get over there, as they're my days-off
I rode into Wakefield, & nipped into Waterstones before work this afternoon, & bought 'Explorer 21', the 'South Pennines' sheet
Now, I've got to try & transpose the route directions onto the map itself, so I can view it properly
I have been round the CVR today.
Great weather for it and good underfoot conditions with just a few wet bits.
My splits were:
Old Town Mill 31 mins,
Gibson Mill 51 mins
Staups Mill 1 hr 34 mins
Stoodley Pike 2 hrs 13 mins
Track Junction 2 hrs 37 mins
Park Cottage 2 hrs 49 mins
Finish 2 hrs 59 mins (Yes really. The stopwatch said 2.58.48)
Although the whole route was new to me I found it easy to follow. I had carefully copied the route notes onto my map (using Google Earth as well). The only place I went wrong was dropping down in to Spring Wood near control 5. But that was my fault. The route I ended up taking through the woods was further than the correct route and rougher. I had to double back across the slope to find the right path.
Great route which I will no doubt do again (maybe in the other direction?).
Thanks MM
Well done Spookster - only the 2nd person to break 3 hours. Would you like to credit it to a club?
I am not in a running club. When orienteering I run for SPOOK, the Sheffield Uni/Poly Old Boys club (hence the forum name).
Don't tend to race much so haven't joined a club. Saying that I am doing Edale this year (the last time I ran Edale was 1985!).
BGR is my aim for 2010. 26th June going anti-clockwise starting at 4am.
Thanks again MM for the route etc.
Damn fine time that 'Spookster'
I doubt I'd come within an hour of it:confused:
Steve R (Helsby), Chris A (unattached) on Sat 19th - 3h24'. I'd have maybe gone a bit faster if it stopped raining for more than 10 minutes. Chris would have gone a lot faster without dragging me round :)
Thought beforehand that route-finding might be more of a nuisance - I was struggling to plot the thing on the map the night before, but the written instructions were actually really good and made sense on the ground. Didn't need the map much.
One mistake coming off Stoodley Pike, following a bearing in the mist we went too far and missed the head of Broadhead Valley, coming down via Bell House and FPs to rejoin route at Nature signboard further down.
Well done Steve! I'll be having another go at this some time. Probably not Good Friday though, unless I'm feeling particularly daft.Quote:
Originally Posted by idler
27th March
2.46.29
Though I did start from checkpoint 1 Old Town Mill, this was because traffic was so slow and heavy coming from Oxenhope to Hebden I did not think I would have enough time to complete the full round if I had carried on to Mytholmroyd. Not sure if this makes the round easier, certainly the pull to the finish whilst watching the watch was tough. I had recced this and only lost about 3 mins to getting lost, wrong lines and trying to cross roads with streams of traffic, especially the Hebden rd. I also did run to the white lion and retraced my steps to bridge 12.
Split times are also a bit erratic as my pen stopped working and I realised a bit too late I could use my garmin to record splits.
Gibson Mill - 23.49
Staupes Mill - 1.03 ish
Stoodley - 1.36.29
Track Junction - 1.54.31
Park cottages - 02.05.57
White Lion - 02.14.58
Old town mill - 2.46.29
quite pleased overall as I felt rough at the start and was just doing it as a training run round. Next time will be a bit more focused and will also bring own lollipop lady.
just to add to this, may have gone wrong at Hardcastle crags as took the lower path by the river dodging dogs, kids and walkers on tricky (at times) terrain. Think I should have run through the car park and along the wide smoother faster track. Oh I didn't need to walk once.
Still a bloody good time!:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
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Originally Posted by PaulS
Yeah, still an excellent time that Paul - only a couple of minutes off the record of 2-44 by Compo :eek:
I should think there's a fair amount to come off that yet - when it dries up a bit more.
Yes, I think you are right there is a lot more to come off. If I had known compo's time before I started and had put my mind to it when i realised I was going ok I reckon I could have beaten it just. So others who are much faster than me no doubt will shave quite a bit off.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOUNTAIN MAN
Bollocks....theres no way youcould be within 2 minutes of tom bruntQuote:
Originally Posted by PaulS
Bit harsh that Tom, Antisocial is a good runner, pretty good at the wind-ups as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Yeah but Tom Brunt...top navigator and a top 20 championship performerQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
Antisocial or PaulS, whatever he wants to call himself, posted his time as 2.46, we must trust he got round in that time;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
He said his PaulS profile is for his serious posts....so yes, we must trust him.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I did 2:42 the other dayn
Me too, 2mins 42secs down to the kebab house:p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
Good run TT! How did you get on with the routefinding? It must have gone reasonably smoothly to get a time like that. If I can get close to 3 hours on Friday I'll be a happy man.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
LOL....im going round it soonish with a view of a quick time...fancy it mezzaQuote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I've retired due to ill health and fatigue, i'm sick and tired of it all:DQuote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom