A good report here from GROUGH
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...sman-challenge
All best wishes to John O` Connell
Did anybody else get attacked by a TURKEY:confused:
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A good report here from GROUGH
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...sman-challenge
All best wishes to John O` Connell
Did anybody else get attacked by a TURKEY:confused:
Was that just before Stonehouse? I saw a huge turkey in a yard we passed through. Absolutely massive it was, with huge plumage. Quite an odd turkey really. I was going through a rough patch then though and wondered if I might have imagined it...Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnK
Yep that`s the damned thing launched itself right at me talons Flared and gobbling away like a demented Banshee, still did me a favour as it was probably the fastest i moved all day, and bought me back to life, but as the sign said these birds are not dangerous and will do you no harm, that i figure is as long as they don`t catch you
A great report and timely too! I'd heard about Mark's lapse of concentration and I'm glad it's not just me that drifts off when running :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnK
The turkeys on the way down to Stonehouse were benign as I went through but we did get spooked by Nightjars calling on Whernside at dusk
(they sounded like this )
It should've gone for me... I doubt I could have out-run a frozen turkey at that point.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnK
The cord for my compass is red :D and I was one of the trottersQuote:
Originally Posted by Jenkins
I was talking to Nicky tonight (first lady and record holder) and she told me she managed to start the last section up GW before grouping which meant she could run at her own pace through to the finish.
The first woman to run the fellsman with out being grouped??
Also had a few Penistone and Darkpeakers offering me sympathy tonight knowing the OCT is looming and Nicky is my partner, oh no;)
i can now walk, without help or any form of aid!
:) :) this so reminds me of my first two Fellsmans in the 80'sQuote:
Originally Posted by egor
Don't worry in another month you will be happy to see the application form drop through the letter box.
This was just a fantastic race and experience - I loved it!
Though I'm not sure why I feel this way. This was my first Fellsman and it has left me with no quadricep strength whatsoever at a point half way between sitting and standing. So once I'm standing I can't sit down and if I'm down I can't stand up. Is this normal?
I managed to finish in 18:35 which was a bit slower than I'd hoped for. We slowed quite a lot after grouping but congratulations to Tom (a young lad in our group) who was really struggling to walk but managed to run some sections nonetheless. He lost a further 20 minutes in the last 2 miles after the group was disbanded so he must have been really suffering.
I'm new to racing this sort of terrain and I think its the quite sharp descents in places that have destroyed my quads. But what a diversity of landscapes the route takes. The first 3 hills almost had me in tears because of some steep up and down sections. Across the route I found myself hurtling down stony paths and grassy hillsides that I would normally be cautious about walking down. I other places I manage to dip into all the boggy patches that I'd heard had dried out. This must be a tough race in the wet. And Fleet Moss is very weird landscape - again I bet that's tough in the wet.
Looking forward to next year!
I was lovely and warm before entering the 'refrigerator' checkpoint at Park Rash - it was horrible in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Before they set up their checkpoint tent next year they need to get some advice from the guys at the Middle Tongue checkpoint - they managed to place themselves directly in a very sunny spot :)
It gives me flash backs of the Somme :DQuote:
Originally Posted by andyLJ
(That said Fleet Moss is trumped three times over by the peat groughs, gullies and ridges behind frigging Bleaklow in the High Peak)
Having never run this race before I planned my route on map in some detail before the race but I also suffered a some small errors. After Dent I was running with map in hand and I even knew that a small tumble down building marked that left fork that should take me from the main path towards Blea Moor. However I'd got into my running stride and must have just switched off for a moment and ran straight past. Fortunately the fella who followed me realised the mistake after just a short while and we cut back across.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toreador
Later, after Fleet Moss I saw runners ahead of me following the wall at 884820 up the hill ahead of me. My route had me diagonally cutting the corner from this field. I had to work hard to prove my point on this short cut - the line was good but I now know what shake holes are!
But my main navigational error became apparent at Cray. Having last year been greatly rejuvenated in the latter stages of a trail race with two helpings of rice pudding I was looking forward, mug in hand, to similar benefits in this, much harder, race. Of course I was dismayed to learn I'd missed the rice pudding and I would have to retrace my steps across Fleet Moss to get any! Note to self - more annotation required on route map for next year :)
Well 2 days after the event and my legs feel fairly ok - slightly sore on the quads and knees but nothing too bad - but I would love to find the person who hit my 2 big toes with sledge hammers - they are still very sore from the down hills !
Probably saw you a few times Andy. We did 18:30 I think. Our party of three were grouped with a couple of lads from Ripon and we all seemed fairly evenly matched.Quote:
Originally Posted by andyLJ
I had a tremendous day and the exhileration of a finishing an event like this still hasn't worn off yet. It was my first time and my two friends who'd each done the Fellsman a few times before told me how lucky I was that Fleet Moss was so dry. Thought the weather was very kind to us after the dark predictions of last week. It did get very chilly though when night came and I find it amazing (and am very grateful) that people are prepared to stand in the freezing cold for hours at exposed checkpoints so the event can go ahead.
been up there today on a Nav assessment and guess what It was snowing!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Can't believe how good my legs feel, but my toes are killing. Want to race the Burbage Skyline tonight but don't want to look like a jessy running down the Plummet, so I think I might have to give it a miss. The thought of banging my toes up again has brought tears to my eyes. Still can't get The Fellsman out of my mind, I'll be there next year hopefully. Many thanks to everyone who was involved in the organisation they were all fantastic, I didn't see one person who was not smiling, a real credit.
Congratulations on running this epic and glad that the men in white made it a memorable day for you... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
Some thoughts from Mark Hartell here:
http://markhartell.blogspot.com/
All the helpers were very friendly but the 2 ladies in the tent on Gragareth were particularly chirpy. I owe them a box of milk tray. My pal was in all black gear and the ladies were very dissapointed that he hadn't brought them a box. Well done all check point marshalls for the "encouragement" given wether needed or not.
Thanks very much. Finding out the result gave me a timely pyschological boost.Quote:
Originally Posted by crowhill
Has anybody seen any results online yet?
Just the Grough article that lists first 3 and last 2 places!
http://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/201...sman-challenge
My photos are here.
Mine are here
http://climbing.me.uk/Fellsman/index.html
I have only just come back down to earth after finishing this event and can now reach the keyboard! It was fantastic-I kept expecting to feel like giving up but I never once worried i wouldn't finish it-despite some spectacular ninja style falls! It was hard, yes, but having points to aim for every so often(especially the ones with food!) kept me going. I have to say a huge thanks to Stolly for getting me round - without his navigational skills and pacing I'd never have done it. Plus, those werewolves on Buckden Pike could have snatched me away and no one would have seen! Particular highlights were learning of the Leeds results at one checkpoint, which like Muddy Retriever, gave me a real boost! Then, the "disco tent" "Dude looks like a lady" will always remind me of playing air guitar at some ridiculous hour in the morning in the middle of nowhere! Stolly's hat was also great fun to follow-with his mug jingling like a cow bell and the 2 plaits from his hat I often thought I was with Heidi! When he lost his compass, I actually felt I was contributing to the "team effort" with mine. Alas, it had stuck fast with dried banana and he couldn't turn it! (it was not an Aldi special honestly!) Ingleborough's looming mass will forever haunt me-however much we ran it was always "just over there", like we'd come no distance at all! And the fabulous Ritchie (67)and Alan who we grouped with were also great.
Best marshalls ever met -in fact, it makes me want to help out next year 'cos I certainly will not be doing it again!
All in all fabuloso!! And my picture is on the grough write up and I don't seem to have been stretched width ways! Hurrah!
Well done all you participants. I'm so jealous. I hope I will return one day. In the meantime I really enjoyed life 'on the other side'. Report with pictures are here.
Yes, well done to all, and a big well done to Duncan Harris, doesn't even look tired at the finish! You'll be back Nick, best wishes:)Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
Can't believe that Stolly's mate Rachel won't do it again, looks like she loved every minute of it, you won't find any pics of me waving me hands about and grinning like a happy person from last year.
Great character:cool:
Website says results up this evening hopefully.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jenkins
I orienteered last night with seemingly no ill effects from the weekend. I'd like to run it again next year to improve my time and as a final BGR training "big day", but it's my best friend's wedding on 7th May, so I'm guessing there's a clash there... and as best man I don't suppose I've got a lot of choice with that one!
Arrange for a couple of bottles of beer at each road CP. sounds like a perfect stag do...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank
Does anyone know if there's a lap-dancing club in Threshfield?Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
It's always on the 2nd full weekend of May, so it will be on 14th next year, so you'll be OKQuote:
Originally Posted by Hank
Ahh... nice one. Cheers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dog Breath
Really? Hmm, maybe I'll manage both the Fellsman and the GL3D (if it happens) next year!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dog Breath
....and the disco tent above Grassington was top notch-you couyld even dance round your rucksac...............
Ah, Stolly, now I know who you and Rachel were. I only stopped very briefly at the Fleet Moss checkpoint and grabbed a jam sandwich (missed the rice pudding :() and set straight back out again. I ran up behind you as we started to cross the bog and asked you if you didn't mind if I followed your line across the bog as I ate my sandwich!Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunandrachel
Well done to you both!
results are up
Is this a record?!!!!!!! I guess this means he registered at the start!Quote:
- Tony Lee Ingleton 448 0.0
Slightly P***ed of that after running my ass off down the road to break 13:30, my time has been recorded as 13:32 when all the group have been given 13:28, seems a bit petty but it's annoying particularly when your the second of the group of six through the door. Oooh listen to me moaning!