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Presume that we aren't at the Pub!
I heard this is one of the oldest races in the callendar? Cant make it, but did it a couple of years ago, great slog up then good run down.. awesome!
I'll be in the New Inn, afterwards :D
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Originally Posted by wycoller
That's the one run from the village show field, mid-summer I think.
I think this Lothersdale race had been held for 15 or 20 years
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Originally Posted by mudlugger
thanks bret, av a good run.Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
Or Cyclocross - Yorkshire summer series Oakbank school, Keighley 7.30pm start same day.Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
Come and do this instead, you know Brett doesn't like people spoiling his races by turning up and running them.
Is the Lothersdale fell race a tough race, are there many steep hills.
There's a short steepish section near the start but other than that it is fairly easy angled. When I say short I mean in the order of ten yards or so.
Any race is as tough as you want it to be :p
:)Has anyone done this race before, has anyone got any training tips for the race. Is it a hard course, anyone know any short cuts and routes.
Thanks.:)
Not really a need for short cuts. Start is relatively steep then steady uphill. Beware fast downhillers nearer the top (am not fast runner). Turn at top and shoot downhill, last descent is quite a giggle, fast and bit uneven but easily runnable. No real issues.
Used by Brett and others as a night 'timed event', lst time I did it, it was snowing heavily!!!
Good event as all of Bretts are.
It's an out and back course, no real short cuts as the race takes the best line. Steepest climb to start, then a short descent on a concrete :eek: track leads to an easier descent down to a beck. Then it's a long steady pull for about a mile until just short of the summit where it levels off for about 400 yards before the last short climb. Then just do it in reverse. Only likely to be two boggy bits, one just after the start and one about 600 yards from the summit.Quote:
Originally Posted by richardbriscoe
Just hope it's not as wild as tonight was.
You having a run out tomorrow night Bob? :)
Richard only has road running trainers....i think we should introduce him to the falling over thread. :D
Road shoes would have been fine, last week ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Fowler
Not sure, might nip along anyway. Given the amount of rain we had yesterday, expect a mud fest:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
and the bad news is...
there is no central heating on in the village hall.
Wrap up warm :D
You're really pushing this one aren't you Brett? Well myself and Woger are coming along just to annoy you!
Well, at least you won't feel the cold :D
Great news!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pudgy
Another race where you tell me how you're unfit and just here for a jog, then finish five minutes in front of me!
Unfit, fat, jogging, and got manflu! See you there Dave :D
See you there; bringing two of my boys for their first ever FR!
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Originally Posted by Pudgy
take it you are speaking for vrat frat Vrabbit!
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Originally Posted by brett
i would love to know how many rain dances you did for tonights forcast, flipping frozen all day, vret thru.. now i could well have penguin flu.. :)
Just about to set off for a bit of marshaling. If you see a baldie-headed fella freezing in a down jacket say hello, it'll be me ;)
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Originally Posted by Penguin
Arrh but, Penguin flu is safe!!! :cool:
Good luck everyone that goes to this tonight, wrap up warmly, and have a wicked night in the pub!:D
Seem to remember there being a bit of a scare over bird flu!:rolleyes::DQuote:
Originally Posted by NirvanaBliss
Oy, you leave Penguin alone, Penguins are cute!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Cheers Brett for a well organised event for both juniors and seniors.
My lad had a decent run, but i might as well have started my race from the trig, the amount of walking i did.
The roads to the race were fantastic too.
Long live ColinMcrae!
New tyres please.:D
Cracking photos DB
Brilliant photos David.
Yes, I liked them.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
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Originally Posted by David Brett
Hey - that one's got my little lad in !!! (Well he's taller than me now, but never mind). Great photo.
Good race too. Amazing how much quicker it is in the daylight!
And Brett - those truffles were just divine. (and I do mean were - none left now!) Gorgeous! Thanks
Wicked Photos, love how you fazed the background out, what camera lens do you use for that?
Bloody brilliant photos....god i miss fell running.:(
Any chance your going belmont winter hill this sunday hint hint wink wink :P
Great race. Cheers Brett:D
It's called "depth of field" and is basically a relationship between the focal length of the lens and the aperture used. Often referred to as the area "in focus". Only one distance from the camera is truly in focus, DoF is actually those parts of the photo that are sharp enough to appear to be in focus.Quote:
Originally Posted by NirvanaBliss
Dave was using a Canon DSLR, not sure of the model - I was trying to race! A digital compact camera uses a lens with a very short focal length due to the small sensor sizes used, typically 5 - 15mm. On a 35mm SLR these would be extreme wide angles with huge depth of field so everything appears in focus. Dave would have been using a zoom around 50 - 100mm so there is less depth of field hence the background appearing fazed.
Anyway, great race. Thanks Brett. Hope the front room was as accommodating as ever :D And Thanks to the gentleman who gave me a quick lift to the end of our lane - my tea hadn't reached the burnt stage:rolleyes:
Brett, thanks for a great race: I brought two of my boys along for their first ever fell race, they loved it (George was the one helping collecting the numbers) - result, yet another bonkers activity Dad has managed to brain wash them into!
Thank you Bob much appreciated, photoshop i usually do anything like that, but it be nice to have a camera that does it for me...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
Yes, you were right Brett, miserable affair and totally shambolic organisation :D I'm not doing another Weeden production. Not even if you offer me free beer. Oh no. :rolleyes:
Well, alright, yet another fine race, as fell races should be. But don't tell everyone. Cheers, Brett, Dumbo, Derby Tup et al for your efforts. And I might turn up at the next one, if there's lots of free beer.