Looking Forward to this, in a sick way! :-)
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Looking Forward to this, in a sick way! :-)
Ian, I've got an OS map, but did you manage to find a route map online ? I've searched the net to no avail.
No, got emailed a section of an os map that covers pendle and will plot the course on from the gr's given on the entry form. I can email that if you want it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell
Hi Iain,Quote:
No, got emailed a section of an os map that covers pendle and will plot the course on from the gr's given on the entry form. I can email that if you want it?
Would you mind emailing that to me?, [email protected]
Cheers
Matt
Looking forward to the finish, not trained enough, ate too many pies, drunk too much cider and smerked too many tabs, going to suffer big style, should be a good day out:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt-pt
That might be because CP1 has been moved further west from earlier years.Quote:
Originally Posted by threerock
When it was further east then the route on the Harvey map (and the .pdf I found) was the obvious choice, but now there would seem to be a choice.
I even wonder whether it would be better to climb to CP1 up Ogden Clough (which is marked on the 1:25000 map). It seems a bit longer but doesn't climb as high...
http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-k...28925277958253
Looks like we have the same coach, but what's a tab (other than carrying a heavy bergen over a big hill)?Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
Ian, cheers, I would appreciate that.
[email protected]
Hope this wind dies down. And. no, not mine, the weather.
Are you still on the ciggies ya b*gga, I thought you'd jacked them in. :thumbdown:Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
The rest of the training sounds good though. :wink:
As a Pendle novice I'm really looking forward to the "Unrunnable climbs" that I've heard about :)
I believe there are 6 main climbs so which are the unrunnable ones ? Please somebody don't say all of them !
Looks like I'm going to miss this now as my knee's been playing up all week and I don't fancy getting stranded on the top in this weather. On the plus side, someone's going to be able to get a (small) T-shirt tomorrow!
http://www.clayton-le-moors-harriers...Pendle_Map.pdf
For all those after a map
K
They are all runnable, if you are incredibly fit !!! :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Will.Race
ooh I've not entered, was hoping with Dunnerdale and the AGM in the lakes, Rhobell and the Rab MMM on this weekend it wouldn't be full..
Emailed the RO but not heard back...understand there's a hefty on the day increase in entry, but would be more concerned about driving 2.5 hrs and not getting a race, anyone know if its full..
Spoke to the organiser..all sorted. See you all there..
I'd say I'm more towards incredibly s**t than fit !Quote:
Originally Posted by Donkarlo
Thanks, but still confused about CP1. The entry form says 795417, which I'm assuming is correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donkarlo
It must have been moved and with that GR looks like it's at the point marked Stile, giving a slight route change, I would guess that this is with the intention of the field following the stone flags from the trig point to minimise erosion ? I expect this changes the distance slightly as well.
Thanks, DK, a friend mentioned the stile yesterday.
Good luck to all at Pendle. Unless you're after my target 150th place, if you are you've got a fight on your hands.
Looks like the wind should drop and the forecast I've seen suggests it could be dry. Thats overhead not underfoot.
I'll be parked up having a brew by half 9. Dark blue Toyota Corolla. I don't have any friends ( fell running friends ) so if anyone wants to say hello please do.
Have a good run every one, Say Hi to Amex,, sorry I can't be there going to sea side with family but will return for Roaches.
I will do TOP next year for definate.
Ian
I am stupidly excited for this one. Good luck one and all.
I will be searching out Forumites as usual so you'll be on the radar Will. Also hoping to catch a quick hello with Steve/Amex at some point, as well as Dave Tait marshalling (although I might be a bit worse for wear by that point). If anybody spots a Dark Peak vest with a lime green helly underneath then don't be shy :).
Ian, I'll see you on Monday, meaning I'll have had an extra day to recover...:p
I'm strangely excited too. Probably as its new terrain for me. Never run in the Pendle area.
I'll probably have a black top on, black wooly hat and might be unshaven and look like I'm about to rob a bank
Just remember to put the tights are on your legs and not over your head then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Will.Race
First time for me tomorrow. How's the going underfoot? Hard paths or mostly open moorland? I'm currently favouring mudclaws but would like to get away with my talons. Any advice?
Xtalons would be my choice definitely.
Don' think there's any real need for Mudclaw soles except the steepest, slippiest races e.g. Wansfell, where I inflicted my derriere to a fearsome torture! aaah...memories.
Ski Sunday maybe, but there is a path over to the right if you know it!
Never worn my Talons over 5 miles, so it's Roclite 312's for me. They were bob on for The 3 P's this year ! I'll be wearing a red & green Ilkley Harriers vest with an army green Helly underneath. If it's raining, a light blue RAB. It would be nice to put names to faces !
Good luck one & all.
Jez, I wore Talons for the first time in last year's FTOP, straight out of the box, and they were perfect. I would agree that Roclites or similar would be correct for 3Ps - but FTOP, apart from the start and finish, tends to be a) soggy, b) steep, or c) both.
Cheers Tussock, I'll pop 'em in the car now !
See you tomorrow. Are you travelling with Tony Romulus?
(Sorry: that makes him sound like one of The Sopranos!)
You mean Toni Melechi ? If so, he's not race fit, so it's just me & Jack Jones !! See you tomorrow.
1983 Walshes for me, they're good on ski slopes.
Tell him not to be so soft. If race fit counted for anything, I'd never put my shorts on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell
CP1
This was moved last year from it's original position (where it is still indicated on the map from CLEM) just past the trig, to a new location. Although the grid ref 795417 corrsponds with a ladder stile, it wasn't actually there at all but about 300m SE along that wall at a gate (normally wired shut but opened for the race). From here you could angle down to ogden clough and pick up the path, or follow the wall down; up to you. I suspect CP1 will be there again, but if it is at the ladder stile then it opens up some options! The running is fairly open but wet and a bit boggy (like all of pendle!) so a straight line to pick up the path at 789405 is definitely an option for the faster runners wishing to avoid the single track that is ogden clough. The wall marked at this point is largely non-existent.
Opinion in 2009 was that the diversion added around 2-3mins to the course.
Shoe Choice
This is proper boggy stuff, not like 3P. I'd use walsh/mudclaw/talon/mudroc but nothing less aggressive. Not sure about roclite but if you have a better option for steep wet grass and mud then i'd wear them. The geronimo descent would be very hairy in anything resembling a trail shoe!!
The weather is predicted cold and wet (surprisingly:rolleyes:). It's always colder and wetter up on pendle than in barley (oncoming weather comes from behind pendle and surprises you when you get up there!) so be careful what you wear. They say;
"If you can't see Pendle, it's raining up there"
"If you can see Pendle, it's going to rain up there"
Damm right TF, i not got 17 hilly miles in my legs and am probably the most unfit i've been in 2 years, but after tomorrow i'll have 17 hilly miles in my legs and will probably be the most knackered i've been in 2 years...............hopefully:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
Good luck everyone and av a good un, weather forecast is good, which counts for nowt if it's wrong:rolleyes:
Legs Merryfoster: without wanting to sound like a fellrunning equivalent of one of Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen (CALL THAT UNFIT? I WERE THAT UNFIT I COULDN'T EVEN BREATHE WI'OUT A SMALL LAD TER POOMP ME IRON LUNG), I had the worst running experience of my life last night (and yes, that does include the time I was caught short on the Wuthering Hike, and even the time I nearly died on Hart Crag). 3 miles into a flat tarmac training run my legs turned to lead and I had to walk home with nothing, absolutely nothing, in the tank. I'm hoping it was just a one-off, inexplicable aberration, but I've never never known feeling as bad in 25 years of running. So, I'll be interested to see what happens tomorrow. If I feel similar to last night, I'll bale out early and book in to the see the doctor next week. (My performance was too awful to simply have been 'normal' unfitness.) One good thing about the FTOP is that you're never that far from the start/finish, unlike in a Lakeland long. It'd be easy to drop out, if necessary, between CPs 1 and 2, or at CPs 4, 6 or 8.
At least it's helped me to decide to go for the early start!
Sounds a bit grim TF. Best of luck, hope you get round but if you do pull out get yourself sorted at the docs, Best Wishes as always mate:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussockface
Cheers Steve. As I say, it might just have been a (very) off night - hard day at work, nothing to eat before going out, etc.
I'm still looking forward to FTOP, only with a bit more trepidation than would have been the case anyway!
I'll see you all tommorrow at my usual checkpoint at the trig (CP10 just after the hardest climb in the race). There will be the usual array of gooddies (jelly babys/flapjack/water) for those who are in desperate need. I understand there is quite a large entry and there is a limit to how much I can carry up there - so if you want some you might have to be quick!!
All the best to everyone competing - hope the weather isnt too bad
Is there any water on the course, as in provided, or just drink from streams?Quote:
Originally Posted by Also Ran