Also guys can you bring your kit with you to registration.
There will be a kit check done before we give you your race number
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Also guys can you bring your kit with you to registration.
There will be a kit check done before we give you your race number
Cheers. I should cope now, or at least I stand a chance. Personally, it's nice that I'm training properly in winter for once. I've been running for less than four years. The first winter I had plantar fasciitis, second winter knee trouble, third was a combination of niggles and boredom from forcing myself to run the pavements of Leeds, but I'm happy as clam to have summat to aim for in the freezing weather at long last.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Hi all,
I was planning to do a recce of this on Sunday next, due to the snowfall I'm having second thoughts...navigating a route I've never done before solo in the snow doesn't sound that appealing...
Quick question, has the snow been heavy on the race route over the past few days? And is anyone else keen for a recce (if you already know the route then that is a huge bonus...)?
Matt
No time to recce now (just seen your post) but to answer your question there is some snow on the route but no fresh snow for about a week. Conditions likely to be crispy/icy so no deep snow.
Forecast for tomorrow looks like dry and cold.
Following a 230 mile drive down from Edinburgh for my annual (8th in a row) contribution to the brewing industry of Hebden Bridge I can report a fair bit of ice in the south part of the course but not on the scale of 2012. With the quality of the ale in The Fox and Goose just making it to the start line might not be a bad achievement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy mc
sounds good to me, I've had a few too many deep snow runs recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy mc
Good luck everyone, I've been looking forward to tomorrow for ages!
Great race today, really enjoyed it. Good conditions for running despite being very icy underfoot in places. Had a couple of tumbles but no serious damage done.
Thanks to Calder Valley Fell Runners for a great race.
Agreed, top race, top club. Thanks CVFR, the jelly baby checkpoint was a real morale booster!
Thanks CVFR for a splendid race (including the weather)
Yiannis
Great turn-round on results Bill
Photos set 1 up on https://plus.google.com/photos/11043...7443848/albums set 2 photos up tomorrow
Great pictures! Looking forward to the second set!
Yes - thanks very much to all at cvfr for a great race. Better weather than todays pea-souper across the moors!
Now 3 albums - sets of photos up on https://plus.google.com/photos/11043...7443848/albums
A bit of a late post, but just to add thanks to CVFR for a great race. Really well organised, a "proper" kit check (although I suspect a few did subsequently ditch some gear, some extremely small looking packs out there), and great marshalling. Haven't done it since 2011, and the route was obviously different; "easier" and certainly faster than previous but still a good route. Nice warm shower at the end was a bonus :D
Thanks all!
Edit: And good to see Dave out snapping too!
Good fun that, balanced the yin and yang of pleasure and pain perfectly. Still aching all down the sides of my hammies. Thanks to all who worked to make it possible and add those little perks, what a selfless job.
Shortly after High Brown Knoll I was trying to catch up with my pacer, slipped on a bog and fell on icy, rocky ground. Cut myself in over a dozen places, took a few minutes to get over the pain and start running again. No actual injury, just pain but I've never fallen that horribly before! As a result I was focusing solely on trying to run again and lost the path. By this time several runners were just about to catch up with me, seemed to clock my vest and five minutes later one of the party realised the main convoy was on another part of the moor about half a mile away in the distance! I'm sorry if you were one of those who took me as the leader.
As a result, plenty of means of improving if I can fit it in next year. Perfect conditions granted but it's a good part of my local area that's just about too far away for me to train on. Glad I've ticket it off and progress. Long races. You can't understand the enjoyment until you do one.
Entries open 27th Dec
two new cut offs added,all info on cvfr website
Current entries on cvfr website
Entries close 2nd Feb
148 entries so far 24/01/2016
Who else is having a trot round on Saturday ? I'm not marshalling this year - have been "encouraged" :p to race so will be able to share your pain & pleasure at 1st hand.......
Terrible weather for Wadsworth Trog - The Beast joint win for Karl Gray & Ben Mounsey, ladies winner Holly Page all of Calder Valley FR, respect to all the marshalls, helpers and runners, photos on http://woodentops.org.uk/index.php… … …
Thanks to all who helped organise and Marshall at the trog. Horrible day to be out, hope you've all dried out/warmed up!��
Hi All, been a bit late getting my entry in, didn't imagine everyone being so keen :( I had done a recce and was all ready apart from the actual important bit of entering. Bit of a fail really.
If anyone thinks better of it and wants to swap entries please pm me and let me know.
For anyone doing the Trog: note that the route between CP12 and CP13 has changed slightly - when you get to the road, rather than going straight over into the boggy fields (and possible mad-horse dodging) we'll be taking the track to the left, down Wadsworth Lane and then back onto the original route via a bridleway further down the road.
It'll be flagged on the day, and is on the map I've just amended on the race webpage: http://www.cvfr.co.uk/races/wadsworth-trog/
PS: hope you've managed to get an entry AJF
Not done this one before. What are the parking arrangements….. are they near to the pavilion? Might be a bit tight on time as driving up from the south very early. Hoping to be there by 9.15am. That leave enough time to get to the pavilion and go through registration/kit check?
Parking is tight round there, which is the main reason for restriction on race numbers. Though when you are parked up it won't be too far from the cricket club.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkClayton
Kit check is thorough (as it has to be on a winter long!) but I reckon you will be fine arriving at 9:15.
Thanks for the route change, I think we met the mad horse on a recce. I'm not sure I could out run him at the end of the race! Unless it's changed much since the end of November, calling the field boggy is being kind. It was more effluent than bog when we were there!Quote:
Originally Posted by BillJ
Thanks Bill. That's very helpful. Will be doing my bit re car sharing with 1 or 2 others. Actually, 1 of them is on the waiting list (Kevin Minter)..... any info on how far down the list they are and the likely chance of them getting a place?Quote:
Originally Posted by BillJ
Hi Mark. I asked Jake the race organiser. Kevin is currently 14th on the reserve list. Jake's only had 3 people drop out so far, but the rate may be more in the week leading up to the race..?Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkClayton
So I guess probably 50-50 whether he gets in.
Sadly, just about to make it 4 drop-outs, as the Achilles currently not up to 19 miles over Calderdale's finest bogs & tussocks! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by BillJ
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Originally Posted by Hobbsy
Sorry to hear that Hobbsy. Have you already informed the RO, if not my friend would like the place. It says on the race website you can also self substitute.
Many thanks for checking that out Bill.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillJ
Hi, Mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkClayton
Yes, had already let the RO know, so I've been removed & replaced!! Hope your mate gets a place.
Cheers,
Phil
OK, no probs Phil. Hope your Achilles recovers quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hobbsy
Cheers Bill, all in now. I was one of the first on the reserve list so was all pretty swift.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillJ
Anyone having a trot round tomorrow. Say yo to the marshalls as you pass through the checkpoints.
Results: http://www.cvfr.co.uk/wp-content/upl...-Trog-2017.pdf
New women's record by 18 minutes!
Firstly, a big thank you to CVFR and all the helpers/marshals. Not done this event before and really appreciated how helpful and supportive everyone was. Also loved the low key setup at the cricket club HQ.
Have had a few hours to reflect on this race. Basically I loved and hated it at the same time. The route is both beautiful and brutal in equal measures. We were blessed with relatively mild conditions for this time of year, with fine open views of the surrounding fells, but recent heavy rainfall meant there were some major amounts of water/mud/bogs to contend with. I’ve done a reasonable amount of hard fell races, so am used to the worst aspects of bogs you get at events like this e.g. Trigger, HPM, Fellsman etc, but this almost broke me. I definitely didn’t feel 100% after about 30 mins in, not really sure why. In fact, felt like on the edge of quitting for the rest of the 4.5 hrs it took me to get round. Perhaps didn’t help having got up at 4.30am to drive up and only slept a max of 30 mins the night before. Did hear a few people also comment that the fells/bogs were worse than normal/recent. On a more positive note, before we started the race (as we were sat in the car, with 15 mins to the start), Barbara (my wife) declared she was 99% certain she didn’t want to do this event today……. but she went on to have a fabulous day out on the fells and was so full of running and energy. It was me that held her back in terms of our finish time….. she was skipping through the mud and bogs, when I was often walking, falling over and disappearing into deep dark pits of peat sludge. I’ve now nicknamed her the bog-fairy.
Btw- Bill, that’s a cracking time you did. Well done.
I’m determined to come back next year and properly enjoy myself :D