It must be somewhere as all of the DP resultsabout 50! have been our site for daysQuote:
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It must be somewhere as all of the DP resultsabout 50! have been our site for daysQuote:
Originally Posted by daz h
There here.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichK
flip me - here
and have been for days :D
Anyone doing this?
Planned to do this two years ago - but got injured three days before! Surgery and a long rehab later I am ready to confront my demons and finally run it.
I'll be there. Let me know if you fancy a run round the course beforehand. Rumour has it there will be a route change right at the end of the course to avoid us coming off Houndkirk Hill onto the A625.
Regards, D'arth
Hope the rumour comes to fruition. Do you think they can avoid the same at the start? Or maybe move the start to the field where we leave the road?Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth of The Dark Side
Jon and I ran the majority of the route back in late summer one evening and almost got lost in the bracken on the way to the CP by the corner of the woods. Suspect the snow will be as deep as the bracken was up there at the moment.:rolleyes:
Cannock Trig Race this weekend for me.
Thanks darth. When are you likely to be doing a recce? Is it worth doing it while there's still snow on the ground? (if it ever goes!)
Also, the entry form mentions windproof body cover - what exactly does this mean? (novice question I know!)
Looking at your Avatar, I would have thought that you wouldn't need much. :p
Minimum requirements will be pertex body cover to be carried ie Montane Fetherlites (top and trousers). However, if conditions are deemed appropriate, the organisers (as with any FRA event) may insist upon full waterproof body cover (including hat and gloves). It's always worth having both types with you and you can make the decision when you arrive.
Looks like I'm going shopping then!
I'll need something to carry it all in too!
A lightweight nylon cag and full length lycra trousers will suffice as you're never too far from civilisation. Probably best leaving the reccy for a while. The Dark Side ran out there last night for a bit of fun, and had to resort to crawling gingerly on the snow to stop sinking in chest deep!Quote:
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Eh up folks. If there is a recce happening, I could well be interested... I'll watch this space! :)
Only if you know where your going cos I havn't got much of a clue!
What's it like? I'm not hugely familiar with the area and haven't got round to looking at the checkpoints on a map yet - is it obvious or will I be consulting my map? (I can't rely on following people, I'm generally hanging off the back of the pack....)
And is pre-entry advised or does it not generally reach the limit?
Hi Sloth, really nice route, crossing over Burbage Moor and Higger Tor,it is fairly obvious and you should be able to follow other runners, although there maybe a few different route choices. The crossing from the Ox Stones to Burbage edge could be slightly tricky in poor visability. It might be worthwhile submitting a pre-entry or get there reasonably early. Hope this helps.
Sloth (& anyone else)
I am proposing to have a shufti round the course this weekend if you want to come with me - probably 12.30 ish on Saturday.
There is a fair bit of route choice probably best summed up by if you're not familiar with the area stick to the paths or follow a Totley or DPFR vest, if you are familiar you can indulge in some heather bashing which can give you 2 or 3 shortcuts.
It never reaches the limit but I advise pre-entry to avoid the registration queue as it invariably attracts ~350.
Regards, Darth
I'm up for that Darth.
Where are you setting off from?
Not sure yet. I'm currently donning my b*****d in the black uniform, to ref a game of footy first at HSBC Dore then I'll pootle up the road to Ringinglow straight after. If the match doesn't happen, I'll be going at 11ish from my house at Ecclesall. I'll put a post up Friday when I know more.
Any room for me to tag along Darth? I could do with checking out a few bits of the route as I always tend to stick to the same trods round there....
Thanks for the replies. I'm in the Lakes this weekend but may do a walk around parts of it on the Saturday. I know the Burbage Edge and Higgar Tor areas fairly well so I'm not overly concerned about getting too lost, but it would be nice to have a better idea of the route before I set off from the start line!
If it's a similar standard of entry to the races further north I really won't have the option of following a totley vest as I'm usually right at the back, occasionally with a handful of other equally slow people who if I'm lucky will confirm I am still going the right way!
Recced some of this on Sunday and it was pretty grim. Conditions under foot ranged from ankle high freezing cold slush to shin high snow with a crusty top to knee deep snow drift. Hope it's melted a lot more for you this weekend. Those with waterproof socks seemed the happiest in the group too.
The spread of abilities is very wide in this race; I'm generally towards the back of the pack but was nearer the middle last year.
In all but the worst viz you'll have no problems following others and one of the joys of this race is the group intelligence that always seems to find a good route across Burbage; I can never find one on my own.
If you really are back of the pack, you might lose touch with the field on the route to Houndkirk Hill from the Trough - I would definitely reccy that bit if nothing else.
There looks like a new twist this year; we need to get from the top of Houndkirk Hill back to the Fell Gate, I haven't tried this before so this will be the only part I reccy this year (is there a path there?)
Following a Totley vest isn't necessarily the best idea...especially if it's mine.
They are mulling over a new finish to avoid coming onto Hathersage Rd at the corner with Sheephill Rd. They originally muted direct from Houndkirk Hill to the Fell Gate but after a reccy thankfully decided as this was all bog deep bracken & heather it was impractical.
It looks like they are going with my suggestion of dropping left off Houndkirk Hill, crossing the stream and climbing the bank on the far side, past Gods Spring coming out at the large stone bridge on the Houndkirk Bridleway. Then you pick up the path through the heather we used to use on the original course which brings you back at the Fell Gate.
Cheers RichK, that's useful info!
Plattsy - I was in the area last Friday and it was still either pretty thick snow or slush, but after the recent thaw I can't imagine there will still be any snow on the route next weekend unless it's fresh!
Was up there yesterday and there's still plenty of snow! Ringinglow Rd is shut above the Round House because of snow, as is fiddler's elbow!
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Thanks Andy I'm a bit behind on club news. Presumably this will be a comulsory marked route? (the entry form is a bit amiguous).
So who's doing it?
I'll be there with my brother!
I'll be there, either on my own or with one other.... I'll be in a somewhat battered ex postoffice van (54 plate), might see you there.
Results now up at http://www.totleyac.org.uk/2010Series/Tigger_r10.htm
Cheers for the speedy results, and thanks to all the marshalls/organisers as it ran very smoothly.
Really liked the race today, I'm just a bit fed up that I went flying by Oxstones, and spent the rest of the race with a sore right foot & knee.... big toe now looks somewhat purple.
I bet there are some excellent photos knocking about, it was a stunning day out on the moors.
My first run out of the year and it showed:( But was glad to get round,unlike the guy who fell and dislocated his ankle(if you read this i hope you are ok)I was abit dissapointed that in all the people i was running with,there was only me who stopped to try to help him,ok,its a race but this guy was hurt......Whatever,thanks to all the marshals and organisers for a great race today.
Great race today, thanks to all involved. Pleasure to be out there on such a cracking day and I must say by the end my ice skating really was coming along quite nicely! :)
I enjoyed that as always.
I'd be interested to know what everyone things of the new route from Houndkirk Hill. I liked it, a better end to the race than that boring plunge straight to the road.
I think I'd have preferred it if we'd still gone to Over Owler Tor though - the clocked distance on my (possibly inaccurate) Garmin was still less than 9 miles.
I also liked the end bit, particularly the drop to the stone bridge and the traverse from there to the main track....Quote:
Originally Posted by RichK
I got 14.3km on my GPS (although I did take a straight line from the stone trough to the corner of the outdoor centre, cutting a bit of distance compared with the path) so 9 miles sounds about right.
Glad you liked the ending chaps as it was my idea. Now we have access to the farmers field that cuts out most of Hathersage Road it made no sense running half a mile along Sheephill Rd to get to it.
An excellent race, thoroughly enjoyable and very well organised. I wished I'd picked a better line or two in places and not slipped quite as much. More trod practice before next years me thinks. Echo the thoughts about piccies, seemed like a good number of cameras out there. :)
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Some controversy about this atm.Quote:
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Go on...Quote:
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I've uploaded some photo's from the race here:
http://www.photoshelter.com/gallery/...00EuUqtsAO1GQ/
Some awesome pics there NickH - I particularly appreciate the one where I appear to be in freefall... (odd camera angle!)
Cheers Nick - some excellent photos there, and I'm glad you didn't get me on the second lot as I think that's pretty much where I blew up!