Three Shires

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Originally Posted by peawet08

Well, What a great race!!



As we crossed the road though after Blea Tarn there was a wonderful sign, something like "Drink station ahead". I crossed the cattle grid to find..... an empty road :(

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Aye that sign got me too. :confused:
Well done peawet.

I didn't see that sign (fortunately), but the Langdale Half and Full Marathon road races were going down that road on Sunday.

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Originally Posted by DinoF

I didn't see that sign (fortunately), but the Langdale Half and Full Marathon road races were going down that road on Sunday.

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Somebody else suggested that to me but than another person told me there was actually someone stood there.
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Originally Posted by peawet08

Somebody else suggested that to me but than another person told me there was actually someone stood there.
:confused:

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At the start of the climb up Lingmoor there was someone with a bag of jelly babies, but I had the penultimate one - perhaps that was a low profile drinks station? ;)

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Originally Posted by Marvin

Wow, was that Bill Smith?????? He said that to me too. It's good that other people recognise that even though I'm a V50, I'm still but a lad:D

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It was indeed. Keep you eye out for him as he seems to appear at EVERY single race ive done.

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Originally Posted by Marvin

Proves I learned a bit from getting it wrong on the Old Counties Tops last year with Daz H. I have to admit there was a bit of luck involved this time, but at least I had an idea where I was going despite the clag - Duddon Valley earlier this year helped.:)

P.S. Just couldn't keep up with you and the other young uns after that. Well run.

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You made a cracking job as a pacer and navigator!

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Originally Posted by Marvin

He's a cheapskate. We use real money where I come from!

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He wont accept real money so i came up with my own currency ;)

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Originally Posted by Mary

Well Done Daz and all of you. Throughly enjoyed myself. Have some spectacular bruises from wiping it out twice. thanks to all the organisers. Any pictures yet?

Mary

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Dont remember seeing anyone with a camera out?

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Originally Posted by janeho

My turn to have the kids so hubby could run. He dropped us off at the three shires stone and we walked the route in reverse stopping to support on Swirl How: apologies if the kids put anyone off with their cries of "keep going you're nearly there" after all there were only two more hills left at that point :)

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Haha so it was your kids!
I waved thankyou to them.:)

Results http://www.amblesideac.org.uk/3shires_2009_results.htm :)

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Originally Posted by Mary

Well Done Daz and all of you. Throughly enjoyed myself. Have some spectacular bruises from wiping it out twice. thanks to all the organisers. Any pictures yet?

Mary

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Mary - Congrats on a great result! :cool:
can you be caught in the series now, is that all wrapped up too?

really enjoyed this - great race

Wetherlam must be the toughest climb I've 'run' - harder than Little Stand at Duddon - amusing to see the variations on the basic diagonal route aiming straight at the peak, wonder if any of them worked?

then a great contour round below the ridge and down to three shires stone, courtesy of a bloke called Andrew, wearing a bright green (fell ponies?) vest, who led a bunch of half a dozen of us on a superb line - ta for that! :)

tried to refuel yomping up Blisco: anyone ever snorted nuuns?

what a treat that descent was to Blea tarn ... perhaps not.

Mindlessly scoffed a good half-dozen jelly-babies at the cattle-grid - wasn't til I was blowing my lid up Lingmoor that I realised I'd been a bit greedy ... at which point I could easily have brought them back up for all to share, cos Lingmoor was a right bast ... er, sting in the tail - memories of Caw at Duddon, and Dalehead at B'dale

but what a cracking descent: there's nowt like some flags to get the spunk back up

finished just outside the top hundred

now then, race classifications: surely everyone who started the race should be included? because nigh-on 300 people started that race, so the 276 on the ambleside results is misleading isn't it: timed-outs and DNFs should always be included, because it's the proper indication of the toughness of the race. If 300 started, then you're 100-or-whatever out of 300, not 100th out of 276. (Nitpicking, but right?)

Well done organisers, marshalls, tea-and-pasty girls, etc

how come I never meet anyone off here then? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo

how come I never meet anyone off here then? :rolleyes:

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probably home watching telly by time I finish. :)