Blubberhouses 25

Nice, warm and sunny here today. The tops have been fairly dry. It seems the snow melted and ran off quickly while the ground was still frozen. However, there's been a couple of days of heavy rain this week to soften things up. Round Hill to Timble Ings has its own private and permanent water supply and will be shoe suckingly boggy. Recommended shoes are trail shoes for 80% of the way, fell shoes for 10% and anglers' waders for 10%.

Interesting kit list. All the usual FRA requirements plus a mug, a first aid kit, a survival bag and a torch; and there's me intending to be in the Sun Inn by lunch-time.

Just off to recce the last 15 min stretch I've not seen before.

just marking map up, cheers chris, am i being thick, are cp 4 and 5 very close together. 076 542 then 081 543.

I'm hoping to wing it with my fudged foot & tailgate all the way round !

CP 4 and 5 are very close. The self clip 4 is to make sure you use the Dales Way and not short cut up the road.

Right, there's a fresh westerly blowing today. If it's there tomorrow, you'll be pretty well sheltered up to Thruscross, into the teeth of it over Rocking Hall to the Wharfe and it'll be nicely behind you all the way from Beamsley Beacon to the finish.

There's alot of standing water, even in the intake fields around Timble.

I'm t'other side of Beacon to you BL in Addingham and will be having a run out up it later today. I might be around tomorrow on the top. If you see a baldy-headed fella up there say hello :)

I'll look out for you. The other DT of Dark Peak and Otley allotments fame said he might be there too and Mrs Brotherton Lad, if she can prise the Teenager out of bed.

I've got to behave tonight, round at the RSM's for dinner. He's an Argyll. Regimental motto " You can always tell an Argyll...but you can't tell him much"

Anybody think I'll get lost having not done a recce ? I've got my map & watered down route from BL, so am hoping I'll be fine & that there'll be enough runners to follow !!

You'd have to work hard to get lost. The only close country is near Bolton Abbey. If your ankle holds you back a bit you'll be sliding up the standard distribution curve and there'll be more runners about to guide you. Beamsley Beacon to Timble Ings will be easy nav as long as the clag doesn't come down.

Nice one BL, I'll be in your slipstream !! ;)

thinks theres about 150 pre entries according to organiser, not sure ratio runners-walkers though

Excellent, really looking forward to this one ! See you all there.

Good luck tomorrow everyone.

I'll be out and about supporting Mrs BGSec, so will see some of you I'm sure.

Good to see some old friends running today and meet some new ones :)

Great runs from Mrs BGSec and Tom Sess, who had a stormer :cool:

Well, that was a breeze. Nice to put some faces to some avatars. One in particular has a less impressive fleece than I imagined. A grand day for a run. A touch windy though, at both ends as far as I'm concerned. So Jez ought to be grateful he was several minutes behind me. Aarf, aarf. :D

Great run today. Thanks for the encouragement atop Beamsley Beacon DT ! And BL, does 3 minutes classify as several ?? ;) Cracking run mate & 3rd !! Well done.

Big, big thanks to Chris brown who took me under his wing as I had neglected to recce ! Thanks for your company & encouragement !! I reckon without me you'd have beaten Brotherton Lad !!:D

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Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell

Great run today. Thanks for the encouragement atop Beamsley Beacon DT ! And BL, does 3 minutes classify as several ?? ;) Cracking run mate & 3rd !! Well done.

Big, big thanks to Chris brown who took me under his wing as I had neglected to recce ! Thanks for your company & encouragement !! I reckon without me you'd have beaten Brotherton Lad !!:D

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Thanks, Jez, nice to meet you.

Well, it was more than two minutes, which would have been a couple.

You may well be right about Chris, we'll never know, but was he running with only one sole on his shoes? I reckon that slowed me down a bit. How the marshalls laughed at CP 8. I've posted about this on the equipment/Walshes thread.

If you'd had "modern" shoes on, I reckon you'd have won it !! You were "laughing" at CP8 ?? I was nearly crying ! Clearly not working hard enough.;)

I thought this was "only" 2800-3000 feet of climbing. I've just transferred my Garmin info to my PC & it's saying 1201 metres (3939 feet). I thought I found it harder than I was expecting ! Especially the climb up to see Derby Tup !

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Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell

If you'd had "modern" shoes on, I reckon you'd have won it !! You were "laughing" at CP8 ?? I was nearly crying ! Clearly not working hard enough.;)

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In my book 1982 is modern.
It was the marshalls who were laughing.
Told you a couple of day ago, I only wanted to bimble round in under 3.40, so I may have smiled every now and then. What was your time, by the way?

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Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell

I thought this was "only" 2800-3000 feet of climbing. I've just transferred my Garmin info to my PC & it's saying 1201 metres (3939 feet). I thought I found it harder than I was expecting ! Especially the climb up to see Derby Tup !

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Probably my fault for telling you CP 4 was on the Chevin. Soz!

3.42. But I have to admit I struggled from Round Hill to the finish !

I thought this was a nice race, enjoyed it even though i struggled all the way from beamsley :)

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Originally Posted by FellRunner1

I thought this was a nice race, enjoyed it even though i struggled all the way from beamsley :)

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What time you do then ??

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Originally Posted by scott baistow 93

What time you do then ??

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3 hours 39mins
Please with that to say i did no training

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Originally Posted by FellRunner1

3 hours 39mins
Please with that to say i did no training

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Good going !! you there tommorow think were off road again, if your legs can take it ;)

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Originally Posted by scott baistow 93

Good going !! you there tommorow think were off road again, if your legs can take it ;)

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Well im gunna try make it, see how i feel. Most likely i wont feel too good haha

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Originally Posted by FellRunner1

Well im gunna try make it, see how i feel. Most likely i wont feel too good haha

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Good we can take it easy, most will be knakerd any way running at arrant haw see you tommorow.

do the results get published somewhere?

Results will probably appear here in a few days:

http://www.ldwa.org.uk/lgt/web_page.php?c=25&p=702

Aye, with Brotherton Lad in the bronze medal position ! Rumour has it your a
2 & 1/2 hour marathon man ?

No rumour. 2;31 in Berlin 1984, 2:30 Inter-Services 1990 and again in 1992, 10 other sub 2:40s and 15 more under 3 hours. Find road running a bit boring now.

Nice one BL, very impressive stuff ! No wonder I couldn't catch you !

Thanks, those were the days. Equal 75 min splits. Just trying to age gracefully these days without getting injured.

I'm amazed you didn't get injured on Sunday wearing those antique Walshes !

did anyone else see the bloke taking photos of the women at side of river at bolton abbey changing into her high heels, all cp should be like that.

someone was taking photos (of the runners) anyone know if they are on web?

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Originally Posted by egor

did anyone else see the bloke taking photos of the women at side of river at bolton abbey changing into her high heels, all cp should be like that.

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I was at the bridge opposite the Cavendish supporting Mrs BGSec and spotted a bloke taking pictures of a blond. I recall a large camera and tripod.

Same pair?

Assumed she was someone I should know, but couldn't be bothered to stare and try and work it out.

Didn't catch too many of you as a result of another sterling run by Mrs BGSec who was 7th in 3.42.

Did have a natter with Jez, Chris and DT who I had missed at the CP under the Beacon.

Well done all, and be glad you're not running across Round Hill today. :D

Aye, I'll second that. Cracking run by Mrs BGSec. And she guided me in as I didn't know the final 3.5 miles ! Please pass on my thanks & apologies......did she mention that I got her name wrong on my Harriers "Race Report" ? Ooops.
:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell

Great run today. Thanks for the encouragement atop Beamsley Beacon DT ! And BL, does 3 minutes classify as several ?? ;) Cracking run mate & 3rd !! Well done.

Big, big thanks to Chris brown who took me under his wing as I had neglected to recce ! Thanks for your company & encouragement !! I reckon without me you'd have beaten Brotherton Lad !!:D

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You dark horse, jez you told me top of Beamsley you were weakening but i could'nt shake you off. Even when i left you (briefly) nr Timble, you (and Mrs BGSec) started making up ground on me again on the last hill. Another couple of miles both of you would have left me behind. Thanks for the company, i think the 3 of us make a good team - pulling/pushing each other on

Nice one Chris. But, I think you let us catch you up ! I hope I didn't spoil your run by tagging on ? Thanks for spurring me on to the finish, even though you wouldn't let me stop for a chat with Derby Tup at Beamsley Beacon ! ;)