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As a first timer in the BS, I just wanted to say thank you to any of the organisers and volunteers who may be reading this forum. It was an excellent event and well done to the winners. I thoroughly enjoyed my run, however, will admit to repeatedly asking my running companion "how many more miles?" by the time we hit the Middlewood way!! Overall a great day out :-)
phil - Many Congratulations http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...rty_smiley.gif and I know you'll be back next year to clock sub-12 http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...ink_smiley.gif
lantern - there's a few of us already organising a sub-13 group for next year - shall we count you in for recces/training runs? http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...ile_smiley.gif
I'm so glad it's all sorted. :thumbup:
Well done to James with your record-breaking performance, and well done to Philomena for your win. Have you got some Brasso in stock? I can let you have some but I think the tin's rusted. :wink:
I've just posted my 'Start' pictures (no running it for me this year).
i dont have Brasso, i thought spit and polish would do it.
I had a chat with the organisers this year re: the team prize and why they dont have a ladies team prize.
It would have been Macc Ladies this year. The only reason they came up as not having a ladies team was there was no room on the board. However they are stating a new board this year and i thought they could look at it. I am sure i mentioned it to them last year as well....
If enough people email them or Club secretaries write to them, maybe we could have a new catagorie.. I do think it is worth while?
that_fjell_guy/AndyH
I Googled for Bullock Smithy Results and this Fell Runner Forum Site popped up. Had to register before I could comment and then wait?
James and I are absolutely impressed at how well you both did on your first Bullock Smithy outing and first time at that distance! Well Done! You are both capable of placing well and nailing a far faster time, especially if you have chance to reccy the route. Quite often me and James run seperately and meet at the finish, but I wanted James with me and to watch over me this year. He will be solo on his next Bullock Smithy Outing and having it! We will, no doubt reccy the route for 2012. James knows it back to front, but there are bits I'm still not confident with. If you are interested, give us a shout or if anyone alse on here does any reccys and don't mind if I tag along let me know? Andy, I have never met anyone so determined and with such complete strength of will, despite being in such absolute agony! Plus anyone who is so adept with a stick! Such high lights as putting said stick skills to good use against that bush! Will asume you were speaking in foreign tongues or perhaps some tribal incantation?? Sorry we had to push on at Whitely Green, but I was in a great deal of pain with my knee and could feel myself crashing! Felt really sad about the torturous hours you faced after! Did you stay on the Middlewood Way and end up at the old railway station or come off sooner at the Car Park? Anyway, we were both glad to have met you both.
Also, well done to Philomena and James and everyome who completed or were brave enough to give it a go. It's a great, friendly, well organised event. :thumbup:
'Ow do! Plod!!! :) I've now said it several times, but its worth saying again!! James was a star for me, I'd of not done it in 15.30ish without his superb recceing! It was great running around with you both and Andy...and the various other folk I ran with. I'd like to do it again but not without a recce or two...I'd prefer to be at least a little more self-sufficient in terms of knowing the course. It was, genuinely, a pleasure I never thought of the distance once the whole way around weirdly! I'm pretty sure everyone in that group could go sub 14 no problem! Cheers again!! See you next time! :)
Hi Elaine (plod queen).
Hope your knee is on the mend and James is well also, I also agree that James did a super job for sure:thumbup:, sorry for going on a bit (more like a lot probably:o), ha, sorry I didn't think anyone was about when I temporarily lost it, but those bushes have to know who's the boss eh, thanks to you both again, I would probably have chucked it in if I hadn't been with you all, one of the highlights was a stop to get ice cream and drinks:thumbup:, yay that was cool and something I've not done at an event before, I'll be on for some recce's in the future and I agree, we can all chop a lot of time off next time, great event.
Andy.:)
Hi,
Will post on here as and when we do reccies. No doubt we will see you on an event before then. Hope your knee is recovering? My knee and right leg haven't been great! Got High Peak 40 and Boggart Chase 10k this weekend which I've really been looking forward to, so have only done three 6 mile runs since Bullock Smithy, backing off each time as soon as I feel the slightest twinge or pain! We'll see?!
Full results are now available at...
http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~temples/bs/
Thanks to Andrew Whitehead for compiling these.
Cheers, Steve
Hi all, as my attempt at the Fellsman may not now happen in 2012 due to a clash of dates, I'm looking at the Bullock as my long jog/walk for the year.
Could anyone tell me how it compares with the Fellsman in terms of terrain, and general stuff like navigation, general fitness required, ascent, and so on? Ta.