Henderson's End

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Originally Posted by Latege

Er, the race isn't till Thurs.

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really?
I thought it was last week.

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Originally Posted by NotOnYourTelly

really?
I thought it was last week.

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http://fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=2319

Come on NotOnYourTelly get it together people might think it's me being a dodo :)

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Originally Posted by hopey

UU don't want anyone running on certain parts of Winter Hill, a lot of races on winter hill are going through the same thing, the FRA are aware of it and hopefully will be trying to sort things out.

Next weeks race is going ahead, but there's a route change and it's likely to be the last Hendersons End fell race.

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I think it is crazy that United Utilities can ride roughshod over everything. Originally the hills were privately owned but were bought by the government through nationalisation of the waterworks to be then sold off and the land with it. What also irks me is the land is mostly open access land. What are 3 maybe 4 races a year on Winter Hill going to do compared to the many thousands of people who walk/cycle and ride over it every year. They also forget that winter hill was an industrial landscape up and till as late as the 60's in places and still has an active quarry.

I hope the FRA can sort it. I wonder if lobbying the local MP's would help. I doubt it as they probably have shares in UU

quite looking forward to this one, what can I expect?

Really enjoyed this one: I'd do that course again, even though it was changed from the usual, so don't make this one the last one!

Yes, still a good, friendly race. Thanks to organisers and marshals for taking the trouble.

I'm going to raise this with my local MP regarding UU. Winter Hill, Belmont and the original Henderson's end are all cracking races and it would be great shame to see the demise of all these races. Is my understanding correct in that under the Right to Roam anybody can walk, run or bike on UUs land but if its an organised event the Right to Roam contains a clause that enables UU the right to refuse having organised events on there land?
I fully enjoyed the route tonight but seemed to find it harder then the original!a
Thanks to the race organisers and marshalls for putting the race on.
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could you not make an official route that goes outside the UU controlled bits and then offer runners a 'route choice' that is basically the original route? if asked, runners just say they're deviating from the official course. i dunno. seems like an arse law.

Thanks to organisers and helpers for tonight's race. I asked a few runners who were wearing a Garmin what distance they recorded.....7 miles, so definitely a longer route than the orginal. Was it just me or was anybody else gobsmacked with the speed of Darren Kay, he was flying.

Yeah, Darren passed me at the cattle grid on his way back from Two Lads as I was chugging toward it, outstanding stuff. He romped it at Mearley Clough recently too, I hope he doesn't attend every single one of our club challenge events!

Just a couple of pictures here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7736642...7633992463226/

Official results: http://www.lostockac.co.uk/wp-conten...13-Results.pdf

Many thanks to everyone involved with the 2014 race.

Good new route made it well worth doing.

Brill.

felly.

Thanks to Lostock AC for last night's race. The rain through the day helped improve the section between 2 Lads and the mast. Never feels quite right finishing a race with clean legs

Didn't do it last year so new route for me too. This one seems far tougher -was not expecting a 2nd climb up the pike! Thanks to all the marshals for braving them blasted midges :)

Thursday June 4th 2015 7:30pm, Rivington Upper Barn, nr. Bolton GR SD634145
Kindly sponsored by inov-8, a pair of shoes for first male and first female. All profits going to charity.
http://www.lostockac.co.uk/hendersons-end/

It's in our club champs again Hopey, so we should have a few there.
Looking forward to it - enjoyed it last year, except the midges :-o

Hoping to be there for this one, possibly a few more Dashers too

Any results knocking about for this one?

Thanks to all runners all 104 of you for turning out at the Hendersons End fell race Thursday 4th June, it was a great night.
Special thanks to Adrian Hope for his help, to inov8 for their very kind sponsorship and to Bolton Mountain Rescue who were on station for the duration of the race.
All proceeds will be donated to charity including Bolton Mountain Rescue.
Results are on the lostock ac website at
http://www.lostockac.co.uk/news/hend...june-4th-2015/

Thanks mate. Terrific race, the second visit to the Pike is a killer!

Be back next year & will endeavour to make sure more Dashers are too

The ladies who did the race registration and results last night deserve praise for their valiant efforts. The midges were wreaking havoc as we hastily filled in the race forms and all the while the ladies remained totally unfazed...many thanks.

I’m in the car getting changed and I have a brainwave. I know it’s the female midges that do the biting and I’ve no midge repellent but I do have some Old Spice deodorant and that always seems to repel the ladies where I’m concerned. After spraying myself from head to toe, I must’ve smelled like a right bobby-dazzler, I then venture outside and see if the ‘Spice’ works its magic.

Come on midges do your worst....aaaaaargh, the little sods love it.

Only thing for it is to keep moving and during an enforced warmup I spot one of my teammates, Ste Baker.....then I swallowed a fly, not a midge, a fly and a big one at that. I coughed it back up and without thinking I proudly show it off to Ste. I can’t tell whether he’s impressed or repulsed as I can’t see his face for the midges. I don’t hear a gag reflex so I’m presuming he’s impressed...I know I’d have been impressed if Ste had done the same.

At the startline I’m listening to Mark’s race briefing but I’m also thinking about the coughed up fly....what if I’d swallowed it? We start racing and all I can think of is the rhyme about the old lady who swallowed a fly and what could’ve been my outcome if I’d done the same.

We’re running up the track towards the Pigeon Tower and I’m digging in whilst watching out for the rocks and find myself comfortably in the top ten. Then I’m thinking, “what did she swallow after the fly?”. I remember....after the fly, it was the spider, that wriggling and jiggled and tickled inside her.

I’m running well and then I almost blurted out, “bird”...after the spider came the bird...how absurd.

We’ve arrived at the steps leading up to the Pike and my legs start to feel heavy but I get a spring in my step when I remembered the cat...imagine that she swallowed a cat. It’s all coming back...fly...spider...bird...cat...what’s next?

It’s going well...both the race and my recollection of a rhyme that I haven’t heard in years. Now there’s only one thing that can follow a cat and that’s a dog...what a hog!

Then it starts to fall apart, my legs are feeling really tired during the uphill running towards the pile of rocks that is Two Lads and I can’t remember what followed the dog. At this point Horwich’s Mark Walsh runs alongside me and I’m tempted to ask him, “what did the old lady swallow after the dog?”. Thinking this a strange question, especially during a fell race, I keep my thoughts to myself and try keeping with Mark.

For the life of me I can’t think what she swallowed after the dog....I keep thinking horse but know there’s something else. The horse was definitely the last thing she swallowed....swallowed a horse, she’s dead of course!

Back to the race and I’m getting a second wind and start pulling away and finish well inside the top ten...but what came between the dog and horse?

After the race l tell a few about my predicament and they look at me like I’m not wired up right. Calvin says he’ll google it but I don’t hang around as the midges have taken a proper liking to my Old Spice. Once home I google it myself....she opened her throat and swallowed a goat, then she swallowed a cow, I don’t know how she swallowed a cow....how could I have forgotten those two?

Most of you probably swallow a fly and think nothing of it.....now where’s the fun in that?

Thanks to Mark and all his Lostock AC helpers....as for the midges, I’m bringing Brut next time and I’m going to “splash it all over”...midges you’ve been warned.

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Originally Posted by Tindersticks

The ladies who did the race registration and results last night deserve praise for their valiant efforts. The midges were bwreaking havoc as we hastily filled in the race forms and all the while the ladies remained totally unfazed...many thanks.

I’m in the car getting changed and I have a brainwave. I know it’s the female midges that do the biting and I’ve no midge repellent but I do have some Old Spice deodorant and that always seems to repel the ladies where I’m concerned. After spraying myself from head to toe, I must’ve smelled like a right bobby-dazzler, I then venture outside and see if the ‘Spice’ works its magic.

Come on midges do your worst....aaaaaargh, the little sods love it.

Only thing for it is to keep moving and during an enforced warmup I spot one of my teammates, Ste Baker.....then I swallowed a fly, not a midge, a fly and a big one at that. I coughed it back up and without thinking I proudly show it off to Ste. I can’t tell whether he’s impressed or repulsed as I can’t see his face for the midges. I don’t hear a gag reflex so I’m presuming he’s impressed...I know I’d have been impressed if Ste had done the same.

At the startline I’m listening to Mark’s race briefing but I’m also thinking about the coughed up fly....what if I’d swallowed it? We start racing and all I can think of is the rhyme about the old lady who swallowed a fly and what could’ve been my outcome if I’d done the same.

We’re running up the track towards the Pigeon Tower and I’m digging in whilst watching out for the rocks and find myself comfortably in the top ten. Then I’m thinking, “what did she swallow after the fly?”. I remember....after the fly, it was the spider, that wriggling and jiggled and tickled inside her.

I’m running well and then I almost blurted out, “bird”...after the spider came the bird...how absurd.

We’ve arrived at the steps leading up to the Pike and my legs start to feel heavy but I get a spring in my step when I remembered the cat...imagine that she swallowed a cat. It’s all coming back...fly...spider...bird...cat...what’s next?

It’s going well...both the race and my recollection of a rhyme that I haven’t heard in years. Now there’s only one thing that can follow a cat and that’s a dog...what a hog!

Then it starts to fall apart, my legs are feeling really tired during the uphill running towards the pile of rocks that is Two Lads and I can’t remember what followed the dog. At this point Horwich’s Mark Walsh runs alongside me and I’m tempted to ask him, “what did the old lady swallow after the dog?”. Thinking this a strange question, especially during a fell race, I keep my thoughts to myself and try keeping with Mark.

For the life of me I can’t think what she swallowed after the dog....I keep thinking horse but know there’s something else. The horse was definitely the last thing she swallowed....swallowed a horse, she’s dead of course!

Back to the race and I’m getting a second wind and start pulling away and finish well inside the top ten...but what came between the dog and horse?

After the race l tell a few about my predicament and they look at me like I’m not wired up right. Calvin says he’ll google it but I don’t hang around as the midges have taken a proper liking to my Old Spice. Once home I google it myself....she opened her throat and swallowed a goat, then she swallowed a cow, I don’t know how she swallowed a cow....how could I have forgotten those two?

Most of you probably swallow a fly and think nothing of it.....now where’s the fun in that?

Thanks to Mark and all his Lostock AC helpers....as for the midges, I’m bringing Brut next time and I’m going to “splash it all over”...midges you’ve been warned.

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We love your race reports. Who keeps posting (wasting) them on farce book? They do deserve a wider audience but the disciples should have to come to the forum to read them. 😉

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Originally Posted by millipede

We love your race reports. Who keeps posting (wasting) them on farce book? They do deserve a wider audience but the disciples should have to come to the forum to read them. 😉

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One of my Chorley teammates put them on. I don't mind, I often tell him when I've done one...it's only a bit of fun. I don't use Facebook myself, I much prefer the forum.

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Originally Posted by Tindersticks

One of my Chorley teammates put them on. I don't mind, I often tell him when I've done one...it's only a bit of fun. I don't use Facebook myself, I much prefer the forum.

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Well it’s nice to see them getting the appreciation they deserve. 😀😀

just bumping this up as I'm thinking about trecking up and running it!
Now the Leo Pollard Memorial Race, details and map here:
https://www.lostockac.co.uk/hendersons-end/
Thursday 6th June at 7:30pm from Rivington Upper Barn, nr. Bolton GR SD634145. EOD only, £4