Listen, I'm getting so slow over that course that I need anything I can to blame it on rather than decrepitude!:p
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Listen, I'm getting so slow over that course that I need anything I can to blame it on rather than decrepitude!:p
Found this in Morrisons today:
"Mug Shot" creamy cheese pasta snack. Put in mug, add boiling water, stand 5 minutes (so no further cooking and wasting gas). Dry weight 68gr, 300cals :D. Looks a very promising 'hot drink' as a starter. Other spicy flavours available but not so nutritious.
Looks like he did! Well done Simon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
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He's walking & smiling, no effort in that :p :p.
The Mug Shot sounds like a candidate.
I found that I simply could not face porridge yesterday morning on the RAB. I set off having had no breakfast - not something I would normally do as Splatcher knows.
I think I will take either cous cous or noodles for the OMM Sun morning breakfast.
Maybe - gulp - I have simply got fed up of porridge.
Still not convinced about the dodgy custard pies though.
Porridge needs a big spoonfull of honey.
I have cous cous for dinner (Ainsleys roasted veg is tasty). I can't stomach breakfast either (have tried various things) but I've found I can get most of a a mug of hot custard down. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyke
I eat the instant sachet 'porridge with syrup', which is quick easy and has the sugar boost first thing. 2 sachets per person.
Had one of the 'mug shots' at weekend, a spicy flavour one (can't remember what) and actually very good - in terms of easy to get down and palatable. I think they will definately replace my instant noodles on occasion.
Missus and I are now official 'helpers' on the OMM. Hope we get a good remote checkpoint somewhere - bacon sarnie anyone .......:p
Thats no smile, thats a rictus of pain. And I wasn't walking, I was merely employing Ruddles Rule!:p The mistake I made was not to Ruddles Rule it from the start. Expended WAY too much energy in the first half of the race and fell back from 34th to 59th on the trudge up Pen Y Gadair. Thought I'd never get to the top of the effin thing!:mad: Thats when the pack really makes its presence felt. BUT I was quite pleased. Managed to get the entire kit to 6kg and it slowed me by 45 mins compared to last years time.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
It was a real mind of matter issue to finish, specially when I saw Falling Stone in bits at the second Grwyne crossing...Mind won!:)
I caught you up on Pen-y-Gadair last year and that means something, as I am SLOW!!! It really seems to get at you, that hill...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
I always employ Ruddles Rule on long distance stuff... But may I point out to you that where you are, it is no longer an uphill struggle? More or less undulating downhill to Bal Mawr ;)
No, it was DEFINATELY UP! at that point!!:D
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Originally Posted by Wheeze
Pardon my ignorance but what is Ruddles Rule?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
‘Ruddles Rule’ named after long distance guru Ray Ruddle who maintains that success on such events depends on walking any up gradient and only running on level or down gradients.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pilgrim
Sorry to hear you are not doing our local event Moley.
I have to join you on the non starters line. Achilles prob like you as well as knackered knee from impact with the ground. Completely gutted as I'll never get an OMM so close to home again. If it was in Cape Wrath I might not have minded so much! My partner has now got a "lady" to replace me.... he won't want me back again!
I've known it was here in the Elan for over 2 years, and it has been difficult keeping that under wraps!
How many crocked locals are there, failing to make the start? Anyone else? We could do our own straight line event, see if we can get from the start to the finish in the 2 days!
Yes, gutted, it was to be the Missus first event (and probably only MM) as well. But physio knows best and after 4 months of rehab I'm not going to blow it all now with a walk over the Elan that I've done 50 times before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spadge
We contacted Jen and are helping marshall.
Missus and I are on the early registration from 2 - 7ish Friday evening, not sure where after that (pub). Look us up anyone arriving then.
I'm helping too, but haven't heard from Jen yet:confused:
The postbox at the end of the lane was infested with snails. I hope she got my letter....
I'm hoping that the ligaments in my shoulder will heal up in time.
We are only on those duties because we said we could be there early if needed - they are short staffed for that first shift before all the main helpers arrive in the evening. No idea what happens after that (other than pub) :D.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silly Big Fella
not heard from paul, is he back from his hols ?Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Yes he's back. Spoke to him Tuesday and he'll be in touch with you. Coming over to me to check some kit out next week, think he needs to know what you have etc. then he may be able to borrow some from me.Quote:
Originally Posted by owmeknee
Think he ran Arenig on Sunday after his hols and went pretty well :).
That's all change, not on registration now. Unsure sure what we are doing but be somewhere. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Will you be my cuban mule??;)
Well that's my OMM packing finished, & I shall be heading off south on Wednesday night. A week camping and birdwatching on Lundy, with the odd training run thrown in, then straight to Builth. The weather's looking good this week, as least. See you all there :)
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Originally Posted by Splatcher
Just lulling us into a false sense of security:)
If you weren't carrying so many cigars and single malts, you'd have your pack weight down to 5kg's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
Yes I will carry the Cubans - they will be safe with me :rolleyes:.
Sounds different - not sure where you're going to find a fresh lime in the howling wastes of Elan!
Cuban Mule Bacardi with fresh Lime, a dash of Angostura bitters and topped with Ginger Ale
I'm doing the omm for the first time this year (done others but not this one) what I don't understand is that the info says that they give you a map that already has the checkpoints and the straight line course marked on it, but then it talks about marking up your map - what's to mark up? And what happens on Sunday? Do you get the checkpoint grid refs on a bit of paper like in the lamm?
I have my little bag all packed too - no cigars or cocktails though!
Not sure what the 'marking up' bit is - there's nothing to mark up. You get a second map on the Sunday, also pre-printed with the controls.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jane
Thanks, I can now jettison the map pen for a tiny pencil stub
First one to touch PBITMON is the winner!!:D
I now have a marshalling sticker .... looking forward to being a grumpy bugger in a tent shouting at weirdos in tights .... and wishing I was one of them!
See you there then. I'll be looking after the soup, and swearing at people trying to park their cars
We may as well join in the grumpy swearing, make up for not being able to run.
Save us a decent parking place Pudgy ;).
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Originally Posted by Wheeze
Brilliant... should I go and spend the weekend there as checkpoint marshall? Might have to make my own car sticker!!
Just got my balloon bed , this will be a right laugh to sort out when your fingers are cold and its blowing a gale!!!!!
It's easy enough. Tent up, in your pit, brew up, eat, lie around for a bit, eat some more, yawn, then blow up the balloons. You should be warm enough by then, unless you've left the down out of your pit to save weight (see SLMM 2009 disqualification saga). Blow them up first & you'll be bursting them before bedtime. I've only had one balloon burst in 3 MMs, & that was before I'd settled down to sleep.Quote:
Originally Posted by owmeknee
it said ten minutes on instructions, didnt manage to do it as quick as that ,only burst three ballons trying so qiute chuffed with my first attempt...
I found the key was to tie the knot round two fingers, holding the air out of the way, then get fingers out of the knot & tighten it. Easy after a couple of practice goes, but not something you want to do for the first time at the halfway camp.Quote:
Originally Posted by owmeknee
That's somewhere I haven't been for a while. Back in my youth (a full quarter of a century ago) we tried to see how many people we could fit in it. Felt a bit silly when someone came along wanting to use it. I'm far more sensible now (in which case, why am I doing the OMM?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
Lovely day over the Elan today, 3 hours walking about up there - my longest day out in 4 months, and I managed a very little jog :). But came out the house this morning and it was -3c at 8.30am, wonder what it was earlier? Pack warm kit if the high pressure persists ;).