Rivington Pike

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Originally Posted by Stagger

A word of warning though. DON'T RUN IN FELL SHOES!
Slick trails or grippy roads will do the trick nicely;)

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Almost - you should be fine in roadies or trail shoes as the weather report is OK.

But the top half can be tricky in the wet or snow which sometimes happens especially when Easter Saturday is early, so always have your fell shoes handy just in case!

SNOW!
WP dont be scaring the good people:eek:

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Originally Posted by DazTheSlug

the flyer says 800ft, whereas the calendar says 700 - maybe there's been a recent geological uplift!

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The difference in height between the start and finish is 700 feet according to Google Earth.

I will be there hurling abuse at the runners, and making very loud inspiring (probably more like disturbing) noises, alp d'heuz style ;)

Setting off shortly for darkest Lancashire. If it's like Alp d'Huez does that mean the spectators push you up the hill if you're struggling ;)

Will be leaving shortly myself. Lovely sunny day here and quite warm.

Good Luck everyone, see you there!

http://www.race-results.co.uk/results/2009/pike09.htm

Results up - A Hope 1-2 again - well done Tom a decent 3rd place in your first fell race for a while.

Enjoyed this no end this afternoon :) Nice to catch up with Swoop (socially, if not in the race!) and good to meet DazTheSlug and Pinno for the first time. Oh and thanks for the encouragement from Disco Stan, who quite rightly pointed out this was 'about 30miles too short for you mate'! ;):p

Was it same order at top of the Pike?