If it's dry and you have a good navigator for the night section you should do it easy;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Donkarlo
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If it's dry and you have a good navigator for the night section you should do it easy;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Donkarlo
I should be okay for the navigation on the night section and i was brushing up last week whilst I was up on the route just making note of certain landmarks that will be easy to see in the dark just in case my lethargy dulls my map reading. Do you still have the details of the detour round Fleet Moss that I followed you on last year, don't fancy bog trotting ?:) Karl (no.111)
Sent you a PM with the route notes onQuote:
Originally Posted by Donkarlo
Good luck
IDP
NIce one Ian many thanks.
Good luck all you doing the Fellsman this year. It certainly looks like the weather will be good for once. I'm almost wishing I was joining you now, but I opted out this year, in favour of a Yoredale 100 recce instead. Sun cream at the ready!
Not a good day for me. I couldn't keep any food down and pulled out at Fleet Moss.
I'll be back next year.
Think I may have seen you there, about 7 ? I was feeling to hot at Stonehouse and was ready to throw the towel in but I managed to finish, not a great time but okay considering just how hot it was.
Hell it was hot! finished slowly in 22:42 but managed to finish it for the first time of entering and not a blister in sight!
I don't think it was me. I got there at 4.50. By the time the limo turned up at around 6 ish to whisk us back to HQ there were 4 of us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donkarlo
That was my first dnf since 1988. I'm not nearly as disappointed as I thought I might be, but obviously I hope not to make a habit of it:)
I was impressed with the course. The helpers were all excellent. A great event. I can see why people come back year after year.
Feeling quite jealous. Was wanting to do this all year but wasn't sure if I had the miles in my legs after injury.
Ran up Dodd fell in your trod and down onto the Pennine way on Sunday. Also went up Gt Knoutberry before you on the Saturday.
Was bloody hot out there. How was Fleet moss?
Oh and more importantly who won? Did Mark Hartell make the record?
edit: found he did on Grough Pictures already up as well
Fleet Moss was surprisingly dry, I was going to go round but I decided to go for it across the moss and it was quite solid and dry really.
I had overheated badly by the time I got to Stonehouse so I slowed the pace down and doused myself in water and tried to re hydrate (think I must have drunk about 10 litres of fluid on Saturday) Felt pretty alright by the time I got to Dodd Fell and took it steady to the finish. About 18 and half hours.
But I was definintely exhausted by the end
had a great day out, thanks to everyone involved in the organisation, did more walking than I'd have expected to but it was pretty hot!
I've done slightly longer races but nothing with this kind of terrain for as long,
sorry to be a pest but I've a couple of questions for those that have done this before, did the weather make this harder or easier than usual? as I expect the ground would be a fair bit more boggy usually?
and how does this compare in terms of toughness to other ultras around the UK?
cheers
Donkarlo
I am an idiot. The heat must of scrambled my brain. i got to Fleet Moss at 6 not 5, so it probably was me you saw with my feet up.
Well done to everybody that finished.
From what I've read it was harder, the heat is always the killer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rab Lee
How were the directions over Fleet Moss?
[QUOTE=swimmingdunce;129313]Donkarlo
I am an idiot. The heat must of scrambled my brain. i got to Fleet Moss at 6 not 5, so it probably was me you saw with my feet up.
No probs, it was the comment about you not being able to keep food down that made me think it was you, did you have a t-shirt with an england rose on it ?
cheers IDP, the route was spot on, it was particularly easy going over Fleet moss a lot easier than was expected which was nice,
this race was so hard but so good at the same :)
thanks again for the tips
Fantastic event - extremely well organised - a big thank you to everyone involved. Does anyone have access to results yet? When do they normally appear on the Fellsman site?
Thanks
BG
Took a few days last year.
Does completing a Fellsman give you any idea of how you would fare with a BG round?? A few of us a are thinking of having a go at the BG next year. We finished the Fellsman in about 17hrs. All of us were in reasonable good shape at the end.
Yes I would say you are well on the way to having the ability to do a BGR but see comments on the other thread comparing the two.
Hi Centaur,Quote:
Originally Posted by The Centaur
I did the fellsman this year and I'm also thinking of a BG next year if you fancy any recces etc in the coming months give me a shout if you're short of someone to run with.
Results are up !
Can't believe the amount of retirements. I know it was a warm day, but it wasn't a heatwave. Were people just completely unprepared physically to walk/run 61 miles, or didn't they look after their bodily needs by taking on sufficient fluid and just ran themselves into the ground.
With long events such as this, it is vitally important to take on food/drink at every major checkpoint, and except for Hill Inn, I usually spent 10-15 minutes at each doing just that, and still managed 17.5 hours.
Retirements can always be expected for injury or illness, but not this many. I was walking with someone between Dent & Stonehouses who seemed to be going very well, only for them to walk into Stonehouses and retire - still looking very fresh. I think some people just don't fancy it.
It would be interesting to hear of people's reasons for retiring ?
DB
I stopped at Fleet Moss just after swimmingdunce. At the time I was with people who did sub 15 hours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dog Breath
I had been drinking throughout, downing 1/2 litre at every refreshment checkpoint and at least 1/2l between every refreshment checkpoint plus extra on some legs when I found streams to top up my water bottle. With hindsight, I suspect that this wasn't enough and was the primary contributor to my eventual retiral.
I was feeling rough on the climb up Knoutberry but I was still able to drink and nibble at the food I was carrying. At Redshaw I had a cup of weak tea (half tea half cold water) and this made me throw up. I then carried on slowly from Redshaw to Fleet Moss nibbling at food and drinking fluids. I threw up a couple of times because my digestion had stopped accepting input. Probable reason - it was under stress due to not getting enough fluid.
When I've been in this situation before I've eased right off and ticked along slowly waiting for my body to recover which is what I was doing between Redshaw and Fleet Moss. I could have carried on to finish but I could see signs of deterioration due to the lack of food and drink since Redshaw. It would have been slow but I've gone further at the end of events when feeling far worse.
The difference this time is that I'm doing the 100 and didn't want to trash myself ahead of that. To carry on would have put more strain on my body and endangered the 100. As it was, I was out on the road bike for 2 hours on the Monday evening with only minor aches in my legs and one small blister on the end of a toe. For me, on this occasion, it was the right decision.
Very interesting Headless. I would certainly put you in the category of being too ill to continue. No good if you can't keep anything down, and sensible to retire.
Good luck on the 100 (is it your first ?) and keep eating & drinking.
DB
Too ill to continue at a competitive pace but without the 100 approaching I would have continued and finished albeit rather slower than I had been going.
I've done plenty of ultras and multi-day events but this will be my first continuous 100.
That was my first dnf in any race of any sort since 1988 and I've done 100 milers, Ironman triathlons, 200 mile bike rides.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dog Breath
I probably could have finished by walking (my stomach wouldn't let me run :( ), but it would have been a joyless plod. Is that a good enough reason to stop? I have completed races in a worse state, but on this occasion it seemed pointless and unnecessary. May be I should have pushed on, but its too late now to worry about it.
My next race is a 100k in Cumbria, and I'll make sure I finish (don't want to start forming bad habits ;) )
Colm
Results are now on the website at
http://www.fellsman.org.uk/doku.php?id=results:2008
Well done to all finishers
Entries open Jan 1st. I've been running scared for several years :eek: but will be there this year :)
Me too mate, got my entry form ready;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
ML & DT.........Team Follicly challenged??
You two running it together??? Fancy a 3rd team mate:eek:
I'll pretend to ignore your crude attempt at baldist humour Steampig :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
I'm running with my mate Dave and I believe Merry is running with a lady :cool:
Morning DT,
I'll take that as a NO then shall I??.......Only joking.:p
To be perfectly honest there is no way I could get round the Fellsman unless i start to get serious with the training! Need to get off this bl**dy forum and out on the moor!
:) Now then Steamy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
There's no reason you couldn't do the Fellsman. You've done a couple of Hobbles and if you can
run that far you could do a 60+. It's more and more a mental exercise the further you go ;) Getting up t' moor for some training would be a good idea too mind :p
SSSSSSSSTRIKKKE!!!!!!!!!!..........
Ooopps that's torn it, wrong forum
Make that a double strike, still being absolutely panned by my seven year old daughter on the Wii!!!!:o
:D:D Al Fowler would like that one Steampig;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Steampig
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Originally Posted by Steampig
wait till you get pro status and get a shiney ball:o
Safety pins, why do you need to check them, how many do you need?
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Originally Posted by NirvanaBliss
At least 4 is best ...check them for signs of wear and tear...last thing you need is a safety pin breaking on you in your hour of need on Fleet Moss !:)