Pen-Y-Ghent race

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14-06-2009, 07:23 PM
Pudgy

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I was admiring the view! (slowly)

Bit like you were admiring Henderson's End!:D
31-05-2010, 09:16 PM
Ady In Accy

Pen-Y-Ghent race

Planning this one for next weekend seeing as still uninjured! Where is start/finish and which route up/down for this one? Been up many times but unsure of race route. Cheers.
31-05-2010, 11:14 PM
stevefoster

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Planning this one for next weekend seeing as still uninjured! Where is start/finish and which route up/down for this one? Been up many times but unsure of race route. Cheers.

Start in same field as 3 ppp's, then up walkers route (right hand side of PYG) have a look ont map for down. Good race mate, enjoy:)
http://www.settleharriers.org/penyghent_map.pdf
01-06-2010, 07:22 AM
Ady In Accy

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Thanks Merry, bit of scrambling on this one then.
01-06-2010, 08:54 AM
Al Fowler

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Its a cracker.
Abit runnable most of the way up, then a good bit of scrambling through the crags to get to the top, and then fire down a rocky track, across some rapid but boggy ground, up a very short climb and then down another track, back onto the road and follow the way you came on the way out back to the field.
01-06-2010, 08:56 AM
Bigfish

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

Start in same field as 3 ppp's, then up walkers route (right hand side of PYG) have a look ont map for down. Good race mate, enjoy:)
http://www.settleharriers.org/penyghent_map.pdf

Thanks for race map, looks a good race/route. I'll be tackling this one for the first time.
01-06-2010, 11:29 AM
Alf

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Originally Posted by merrylegs

Start in same field as 3 ppp's, then up walkers route (right hand side of PYG) have a look ont map for down. Good race mate, enjoy:)
http://www.settleharriers.org/penyghent_map.pdf

That's interesting I didn't realise there was a route choice?
01-06-2010, 11:39 AM
Stolly

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Originally Posted by Alf

That's interesting I didn't realise there was a route choice?

Broadly speaking by the looks of things the top route follows the 3 peaks walkers track a while longer, the bottom route follows the Pennine Way a while longerand the middle line follows 'my preferred route of descent from Pen y Ghent' which they really ought to be paying me some kind of a royalty on :D. I suspect they're all good and bad in their own ways though although I'd choose the middle
01-06-2010, 11:43 AM
wharfeego

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beware the long section o'tarmac to begin wi'..very unpleasant forranowdbuggalikeme!
01-06-2010, 12:59 PM
Man from Del Monte

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i will be marshalling on this again so any bribes etc will be gratefully received
01-06-2010, 05:32 PM
Ady In Accy

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It's Gala day as well! Face painting anyone?
01-06-2010, 06:59 PM
mudlugger

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Hey Stolly, you mending ok, aint seen you in ages? :confused:
01-06-2010, 11:33 PM
Stolly

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Originally Posted by mudlugger

Hey Stolly, you mending ok, aint seen you in ages? :confused:

I'm currently not broken and (in my opinion anyway) not in need of mending ML... probably because I've not been doing any races other than long stuff (which probably doesn't count)
02-06-2010, 10:27 AM
Alf

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Originally Posted by Man from Del Monte

i will be marshalling on this again so any bribes etc will be gratefully received

Well if you can direct the first 100 runners via Stainforth then it could be my day (and there should be plenty of room at the bar afterwards to buy you a pint ) :rolleyes::D
03-06-2010, 05:23 PM
Man from Del Monte

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Originally Posted by Alf

Well if you can direct the first 100 runners via Stainforth then it could be my day (and there should be plenty of room at the bar afterwards to buy you a pint ) :rolleyes::D

it will warrant more than a pint
highest bidder please
04-06-2010, 03:14 PM
Trog

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We are booked into the local campsite for the weekend, and will be setting off as soon as the other half comes in from work.
04-06-2010, 05:01 PM
simgreen78

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Originally Posted by Trog

We are booked into the local campsite for the weekend, and will be setting off as soon as the other half comes in from work.

Well hopefully the group of beered up p*ssheads that were there last weekend yelling to each other from tent to tent at four in the morning will have gone by now!! :mad:

Still, an otherwise lovely few days... :D
05-06-2010, 06:22 PM
Ady In Accy

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Not much beats a sunny day out in the glorious Yorkshire Dales. I was far from in the mood for racing today, just had no drive at all to run up a hill, perhaps it was the sunny weather or the fact I have eaten/drunk far too much this week, not sure. Anyway, I got there, signed on and set off which is quite often the hardest bit. Nice and easy on the road to Brackenbottom and steady away up the climb. Came to by the rocks and felt good to the trig but didn't enjoy the line I took down to the stile - not a fan of tussocks on a descent. It was here that Mapper came past me who I went past mid way up the climb but he usually comes down better than me and I think I finished 30 seconds or so behind him in perhaps a smidge under 62 minutes. I thought the Horton Gala was lacking a little compared to other Yorkshire shows and galas and a few people I spoke to were a little underwhelmed. Pint of OP at the Crown and then a sit in the sun at the Helwith Bridge before heading home. Good to see some familiar faces and also the not oft seen ones! Hope to be cycling through the Dales again in the morning - love it up there.
05-06-2010, 06:28 PM
Ady In Accy

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Thanks to Settle Harriers for putting on the race and providing all the marshals - very friendly marshal by the Crown - good work.
05-06-2010, 07:50 PM
vburke

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Hey Ady - were off up the Dales tom too! But MTB not roads just deciding where i will keep an eye out for you! Will you be wearing clothes for this one?!:D
05-06-2010, 07:52 PM
Ady In Accy

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Originally Posted by vburke

Hey Ady - were off up the Dales tom too! But MTB not roads just deciding where i will keep an eye out for you! Will you be wearing clothes for this one?!:D

Yes but not many! Check out route from Ribblehead round to Dent for MTB. Tarmac for me!! Enjoy.
06-06-2010, 12:49 PM
mapper

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

.....didn't enjoy the line I took down to the stile - not a fan of tussocks on a descent. It was here that Mapper came past me who I went past mid way up the climb but he usually comes down better than me and I think I finished 30 seconds or so behind him in perhaps a smidge under 62 minutes.

Got past you and about 3 others on that bit Ady :D. Whilst the line could have been better, at least it took us directly to the stile and the CP at Hull Pot, and missed out the curvy loop to the right. I thought it was ok. You were well under 62 mins. Mine was 60.24 and I think you were 30 secs behind.
I can't believe I've done it before in 55 mins ~ must've been when mi legs were a bit newer !
06-06-2010, 04:23 PM
Trog

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We have just got back to a very damp Yorkshire coast after weekend in Horton.

I wouldn’t recommend the campsite to anyone; it has poor facilities and was very over crowded. Despite having pre-booked we only just managed to get our van in. The road outside was lined with cars all of which had £30 tickets on midway through Saturday morning.

It was the first time that I had raced in the area. As already mentioned it was very hot for the race, certainly too hot for me. Almost as soon as we left the road I lost the will to run although I was certainly competitive on the decent gaining back several places.

Thanks to the organisers and the friendly marshals for their sterling work, I suspect that I will be back next year looking to knock a few minutes off to break the hour mark.
06-06-2010, 04:33 PM
Ady In Accy

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Originally Posted by Trog

We have just got back to a very damp Yorkshire coast after weekend in Horton.

I wouldn’t recommend the campsite to anyone; it has poor facilities and was very over crowded. Despite having pre-booked we only just managed to get our van in.

A fraction over 2 miles down the road at Helwith Bridge is a better camping spot, 20 Yards from the pub as well! Also the YSS hostel in Helwith, again, around 50 yards from the pub.
06-06-2010, 04:51 PM
Trog

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Thanks
06-06-2010, 08:01 PM
wharfeego

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Originally Posted by mapper

...I can't believe I've done it before in 55 mins...

That could've been the old route mapper?

I wasn't far off you approaching the summit but you must've steamed down to Hull Pot coz I ended up 2 'n 'alf mins plus behind by th'end. You did 60.23 actually..so not as slow as you thought! Ady did 60.58 and I was exactly 2 mins after Ady. Good race apart from that long section of road at the start..that's where I lost all my time on you. I can't stand runnin' on tarmac.
06-06-2010, 08:19 PM
mapper

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Originally Posted by wharfeego

That could've been the old route mapper?

I wasn't far off you approaching the summit but you must've steamed down to Hull Pot coz I ended up 2 'n 'alf mins plus behind by th'end. You did 60.23 actually..so not as slow as you thought! Ady did 60.58 and I was exactly 2 mins after Ady. Good race apart from that long section of road at the start..that's where I lost all my time on you. I can't stand runnin' on tarmac.

You had a good one Wharfee ~ you must have done some training lad !

My time of 54.51 was in 2000 so I think it was the same course as this year's, but can't be sure. My best ever is 51.33 in 1996 so I think that must have been the shorter course.

Tried to get a pint in the Golden Lion afterwards, but there was only one barmaid doing her stuff (and not that fast either!) and there were at least 15 folk waiting so we decided to visit the Black Horse at Giggleswick instead. Nice pint of TT Landlord in the beer garden.:cool:
06-06-2010, 08:26 PM
Ady In Accy

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Where you getting all the time stats from Wharfee? Not seen any results as yet....................
06-06-2010, 08:37 PM
wharfeego

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Originally Posted by mapper

You had a good one Wharfee ~ you must have done some training lad !
My time of 54.51 was in 2000 so I think it was the same course as this year's, but can't be sure. My best ever is 51.33 in 1996 so I think that must have been the shorter course...

All on the push bike lad. Tha's ganna be a tough'un to beat..especially forranowdbuggalikeme!
Always 'ard to imagine how much faster we used to be many years ago. You can feel to have a really good run then you look at old race results and realise tha's not as young as you was!
06-06-2010, 08:40 PM
wharfeego

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Where you getting all the time stats from Wharfee? Not seen any results as yet....................

I snapped photos of the results wi' our Lynn's phone. Sent them to the Wharfee webmaster so they might be on sooner than Settle 'arriers can put 'em up.
06-06-2010, 08:42 PM
mapper

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Originally Posted by wharfeego

All on the push bike lad. Tha's ganna be a tough'un to beat..especially forranowdbuggalikeme!

I think I'm even owder than you.............. ~ and I hate tarmac too.
06-06-2010, 09:03 PM
wharfeego

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there tha gus Ady...
06-06-2010, 09:07 PM
Chocolate_Chops

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Just had a look and results are up

http://www.wharfedaleharriers.org.uk...-y-ghent10.pdf
06-06-2010, 09:18 PM
Ady In Accy

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Thought I saw Johnny Bownlee at the start and finish....................? Perhaps I was seeing things.
06-06-2010, 10:43 PM
Also Ran

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Originally Posted by Chocolate_Chops

Just had a look and results are up

http://www.wharfedaleharriers.org.uk...-y-ghent10.pdf

I can see why you were keen to see them results CC. I note you beat Topman as well as AD - what special training have you been on? I'll have to stop this watching lark and get me self sorted
06-06-2010, 10:49 PM
Ady In Accy

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Anyone know who the photog was on the rocky path off the hill?
07-06-2010, 08:45 AM
Trog

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The official results are now on the Settle website:

My time of 38 seconds over the minute has become .4

As .4 of a minute is 24 seconds, metrification has improved my time by 14 seconds :cool:
07-06-2010, 09:31 AM
wharfeego

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Originally Posted by Chocolate_Chops

Just had a look and results are up

http://www.wharfedaleharriers.org.uk...-y-ghent10.pdf

I've noticed quite a few spelling mistakes of the names of runners in the results..it wasn't the Wharfedale webmaster that typed 'em up!
07-06-2010, 09:32 AM
wharfeego

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Anyone know who the photog was on the rocky path off the hill?

Woodentops!
07-06-2010, 09:57 AM
Ady In Accy

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Originally Posted by wharfeego

Woodentops!

Cheers.

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