Surely a non-sequitur?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
If the novice had been, say, Ricky Lightfoot you might have had a PB? :D
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Surely a non-sequitur?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
If the novice had been, say, Ricky Lightfoot you might have had a PB? :D
Achieving a PB these days would require the intervention of a major deity. I'm afraid that even the pacing services of Ricky Lightfoot would not be sufficient.
Wasn't there some "funny business" at the finish, with the "real winner" not realising that you actually finished back inside the school?
My 3rd time at Rombolds and smashed my best time by 28mins. Great wet run but didn't really notice it as I was pushing hard all the way. Been upping my weekly Milanese and it defo paid off. Very happy with 3:38. Next year aiming under 3:30. Well done to the top runners. Was very boggy and leg sapping.
That's supposed to say mileage lol.
I wouldn't say funny business, but Graham said that he and Jack had a sprint finish which led to Jack arriving through the school gates ahead of Graham only to slow down not realizing that the finishing line is in effect the desk inside. I expect we'll see Graham shown as first finisher but both of them with the same time. Jo Baxter wasn't far behind either. Good to see such a close run from the three of them, all of them top quality.
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Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell
Good to chat over dinner afterwards. Glad you got a place. It was a nice wet run out, wasn't it? Thankfully the rain was only light and the wind didn't get up until well after we'd finished. That was my 17th consecutive completion. I suspect I'll be back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyota_Crown
Yes, that was the 150m uphill coal sack race after Padfield Plum Fair Scamper last September. The sack weighed 25kg and the hill was steep.
By far my slowest Rombalds but just so impressed with the volunteers standing out for so long in that dirty weather.
My highlight was the walker at the start in a kilt,gaiters and with a pair of Yaktrax tied to the back of his rucksack ???
yep, fair play to the marshals (y)
wow Nick - 17th consecutive and all finishes is oarsum :cool:
that was probably the muddiest race I've ever done. and I've done a few! Still, there were places like the flags across Rombalds and the road sections where time could be made up using more forgiving shoes but I'm glad I opted for full grip, even if having to try outrun my rival down the road to the finish for that vital 35th place was the last thing I wanted to do (ouch).
on my first trail race (Belvoir Challenge) I made the mistake of not realising the finish line was checking in at the desk too, easy novice mistake to make when your coming from a road running background (oh the shame!).
Not the most exciting video, but a small record of the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdPEfXV4zeQ
Did you miss my tumble TC ;-)
Thanks for sharing Charlie. Having watched your following Chevin Chase 2015 vid, I take back my comment about it being muddy! Wow!:cool:
Thanks for the video, Charlie.
I agree with the 'hats off' to the marshals for standing out for hours in that, especially later when it got even worse.
Also hats off to SportSunday for turning out to photograph us all, in two locations as well. Here's the link to them: http://www.sportsunday.co.uk/rombalds-stride-2016
What happened Adnan?
I took a tumble on Rombald's Moor. You know the bog that used to bounce like a water bed then they put flagstones across it a year or two back? I predicted that they'd get assimilated. Just as I was about to land on the first (visible) flagstone my right foot fell into a bottomless bog and I stumbled onto my left knee, scraping it and my shin on an assimilation. It's started and I bear the scars to prove it. Just like after The Hebden last month, a raking-out of knee wound with fingernail in the bath followed later. :eek:
Sounds painful that Nick. Mines was more like a You've Been Framed moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
Last year at Rombalds Stride about half way where you turn right to go over the stile. I just started to increase the pace from the checkpoint to catch Tony and another guy so didn't see the stile coming and decided to jump over the fence sideways. I placed my hand on fence post and leaped in to the air but the post was too loose, knocked my balance and my foot caught the top barbed wire and I was heading head first over the rocks but somehow managed to spun myself 90 degree mid air and landed on my backside tumbling down and back on my feet. Tony was just behind me and witnessed the whole thing. He was in a Shock but I just sped off never to be seen again. I ran the 2nd half faster and moved up quite a few places ;)
Here's your picture of the place.
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And that's what I tried to do
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Tony was like
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That was evocative. I can picture it vividly. What doesn't compute with me is how you had enough energy for such a display by that stage. When I get there it's as much as I can do to hoist myself over the stile and stumble down the other side in clumsy exhaustion. :)
I wonder when the results will be out? I'll keep checking.....
ha yes, I sure missed it Adnan. I just witnessed it absolutely dumbfounded, seeing a runner suddenly decide to do a Superman over the fence and hurtling towards the rocks :o
Felt sure my race was done and I'd be attending a wounded eejut until the air ambulance came :o !! but no, pumped up on adrenaline, you disappeared off into the distance!!! Impressed at your mid-air acrobatics to avoid the rocks, I never actually saw you land. You can beat me at Haworth Hobble in a few weeks?
Hmm - deep bogs masquerading as flagstones covered in muddy water. We've all been there Nick :-D
and still no results..
Moves are afoot on the Rombald's Stride website. I think the results are imminent.
Anyone seen results from the Rombalds yet ?
Still not up.
Couple of friends and I are doing Grindleford Gallop this year for a change, so you are save Tony :p PS not as fit since L100 injuries :confused:
From Ilkley Harriers site
http://www.ilkleyharriers.co.uk/news...lds%202016.pdf
The elusive results. Thanks Pragmatic!
That took a while. Still not on the actual event website though, Ilkley must have a contact and they got them emailed or something. I've put them on the Harrogate website too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pragmatic
http://www.harrogate-harriers.co.uk/...balds-2016.pdf
Those results make interesting reading. I was pissed-off to miss a sub-4 this year, but it looks like most people were 10 - 15 minutes slower. Conditions were certainly a bit mucky, but it wasn't really windy or terribly cold was it? They must have been the factor.
Thanks. Huge number of DNS/DNFs....
I thought that too, shame - there were a number of people from our club who missed out on an entry and would have liked to run.Quote:
Originally Posted by socks
Thanks +3
Note the winner was given a 2 seconds differential as he obviously battled and sprinted hard to just come in first :cool:
I was Triple Ch1cked :eek:
Well it was my first run back after 40 days injury since Xmas day, just pleased to get round in decent shape without dying tbh.
there may have been a spare pie n spuds going free ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by socks
Gallop On Adnan - you can run but you can't hide :p
sorry to hear you've been injured, at least you got a Very Good sub3 in the bag last year at VLM - back again as GFA I assume.
How did you get on at L100:cool:
does anyone have the 2014 results to share please? can't seem to find them anywhere.
http://www.thepowerof10.info/results...&date=1-Feb-14Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyota_Crown
I believe Jack pipped Graham to the school gates but didn't know that the finishing line was effectively the desk inside the building, so Graham bobbed in ahead of him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyota_Crown
Really. And Graham still claimed 'the win' ?? :confused: :(
Thanks Rob.
That was the only highlight of last year, running went downhill since then. Yes doing it again but just going to enjoy it this time and will do Fellsman week before for good measure and PW week before Fellsman :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyota_Crown
L100 was fine until Blencathra and then I ended up crawling with almost broken foot. Lots of forumities passed me and pep talked in to keep going specially Nick. I wanted to drop out at Dockray but midges bites made sure I don't. I was given ibuprofen near Ullswater by one of the competitor (I call him Jesus) and after 30-40 minutes I was pain free so I legged it as fast as I could until it worn off. From there on it was 1 hour solid running, 1 hour shuffling and 3 hours of painful hobble until next painkiller cycle which I borrowed off another runner after Howtown ;). I found a best place to have a kip near Haweswater under a big rock but should have had a sign to say DND Recharging because couple of friends thought I was dead and woke me up :mad: I crawled to Kentmere checkpoint and while I was in there saw Jesus again and I asked him for another dose of ibuprofen for the last push. Only race I wanted to finish for a medal and a t-shirt. Think I got round in 34:40 something but won't be doing it again, not worth losing another 6 months to an injury.
That's a story and a half, Adnan. I'd forgotten how I caught up with you in disbelief and pep-talked you, then dead chuffed when it must have worked and you came steaming past me again. I never caught you after that (but I did slow to a crawl and haemorrhage hours on the last 15 miles from Ambleside) :p.
wow :cool:
fair play
whats PW? :confused:
oh I think it was all good natured. Jack pointed out that Graham had effectively shown him all the fast lines on the route (it being Jack's first one), and it's not really classed as a race anyway being a LDWA event.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyota_Crown
Thanks Nick, you were very inspirational :D It was more like a journey than a race.Quote:
Originally Posted by BritNick
Sorry, its the Pennines Way. It's been on the back-burner for quite a few years now. Me and couple of friends are doing it over 9-10 days in 1st week of April :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toyota_Crown
aah. fair enuf. should have come in together for joint 1st if Graham hadnt been able to shrug Jack off.Quote:
Originally Posted by benshep
As for it not being a race...Yeah, right, like nobody was trying.. ;-)
Well I was defo racing!!
far be it from me to speak on behalf of anyone but it sounds like Jack was acknowledging that had GP not 'shown' him the way for the preceding 21 miles he'd not have been in a position to take the lead in the final half mile.
however it could have been something completely different as I wasn't their, haven't spoken to anyone who was and am frequently wrong.
:)
showing the way is the nature of trail racing. if you cant break the elastic and shrug someone off who is potentially faster later, then you are always at risk of being pipped. Thats why its sometimes better to make a badly paced break mid race e.g. in a technical section like woods or urban, that is trickier for someone to follow if they havent quite kept up.
All down to individual character of those racing or the circumstances of the race. I've lead and been pipped for 5/6th place. Again, my pipper was a trail newbie and didnt realise he had to check in. So I told him to come with me and register, when I soon appeared. My name went down first for 5th haha. :D
On my hometown LDWA I got lead round in a group of 4 but knew the way for the last 3-4 miles. I also knew I was with a faster bloke, and it was great fun racing him off to the finish and dropping the other two. Through guile and sneakiness I pipped him. Great fun. Had it not been my hometown race I may have been less 'competitive' but confess I really wanted it. ;)
We were both placed notionally joint first anyway but I was chuffed with the moral 'win'. Or immoral. Yes, my pal called me a Tw@ hahaha, which I gracefully accepted. I can be :D
I can't speak for either, but I know both and ran with Jack at the FRAs, so I just leave this here, if you don't know where the finish line is, then you are a bit of a muppet ;-)
As neither Jack nor Pearce are on here to defend themselves and/or respond to anything I put either.... As the person who came 3rd, after enjoying their company all day, I think I should have WON and I’m 100% sure they’d agree :cool:
P.s This was my first time at the race and I really enjoyed it. We had a swell time and there was no animosity or talk of who finished where at the end. Also....Jack was the only orienteer amongst us so to not find the finish after passing the gates was poor and I will mock him again next time I see him.