Just posted entry off bring on the cramp
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Just posted entry off bring on the cramp
You're a brave man mapper, it was my first proper fell race last year and managed 2.40. I'm looking forward to spectating this year and having a nice jog around the various vantage points this year and will be handing out water and maybe a few jelly babies
That way I can enjoy the painful expressions on peoples faces. ;-)
Anyone know of good cheap accommodation nearby? only thing I can find after a quick internet search is the Pendle Inn. bunkhouse or hostel would do, or a bargain B&B. could camp at a push if in Barley so walking distance to pub/start.
not sure of cost but it's walking distance
Roughlee - Thorney Farm CottageGeorgian farmhouse in a lovely country setting with luxurious accommodation on the ground floor. Close to Pendle Hill and on the Pendle Way, with a Pendle Way drop off and pick up service.
Barley New Road, Roughlee, Burnley, BB12 9LH Phone: 01282 612452
thanks, I'll investigateQuote:
Originally Posted by Martins Mrs
I'd take the Pendle in option, great little place to kip.Quote:
Originally Posted by cyclops
Ticks every box
Just looking at previous entries. It seems that cramp could be a factor here. As a relative novice to AL races does anyone have any nutritional tips that might help avoid the dreaded 'C' word? - many thanks
Take a bullet and bite it....it will happen. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bushbabydixson
Climbing is the killer on this race, don't go too fast and eat and drink.
The last two climbs are HORRIBLE(ly good) :)
Nuun tablets are great - I suck them and they really work for me to stop crampQuote:
Originally Posted by bushbabydixson
thanks both - bullets and Nuun tablets it is then....
I am on the list but alas injury ensures I will not be able to attend, pity I was looking forward to this, I will e-mail Mr Carr and let him know.
Peanuts. They also get rid of the taste of jelly babies which you're sick of by the time you reach the bottom of the Big EndQuote:
Originally Posted by bushbabydixson
gonna camp in my van overnight on car park......dont get slamming your car doors now ZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
If you had mentioned it 2 days ago I would have got some training in and fancied a go at this one.
Get well soon old boy.
Pennine are doing a minibus from Hayfield if anyone needs a lift - leave your name on the blog here or PM me to arrange. cheers
penninefellrunners.co.uk/wordpress/?p=3486
Is there an updated entry list anywhere?
Thanks.
cheers ba-ba - they will be going in the bumbagQuote:
Originally Posted by ba-ba
The Final List is on the website, if there is anyone who is on the list & unable to run can we ask they get in touch & cancel as we still have people on a reserve list wishing to run!
Cancellations will be accepted until 22:00 on Friday!
Huh, I read that Nuun tablets were 'good for cramp' so I took some and they gave me cramp. Chucked 'em away after that and not had cramp since. Eat, hydrate and stretch is the best way to stop the onset of cramp. And if you're tired (as you will be on the last couple of climbs) don't suddenly try any acrobatics to get over stiles etc. Best of luck for Saturday.
Let's hope the clag is down to the chimney pots..........hee hee ;-)
pickle vinegar cures cramp instantly.....give it a go
Ketchup works a treat (burger king sachets I always grap a hand full when there)Quote:
Originally Posted by JanSoLo
Ketchup works a treat (burger king sachets I always grap a hand full when there)Quote:
Originally Posted by JanSoLo
I once ran an ultra alongside a woman who carried, and regularly swigged from, a bottle of sauerkraut. She said it was brilliant. To me, it bore too close a resemblance to fresh vomit.
Just starting to get my bag sorted for tomorrow, & then I thought ... are there water stations at any of the CPs? Or is it forage from streams/carry your own water? It's too far to want to go round without water.
No formal drinks stations - there are a few of streams if you are happy to drink from them (I have always been happy to do so with no ill effects). One at CP3 before you start the climb - the one you cross after Geronimo, another before the climb up Pendle Moor to Judith and Alans cairn, one at the bottom of the "big dipper". I will be on CP 10 at the Trig and will have a limited supply - but beware it will have come from the well just to the right of the route most people take up the last climb.
I've been to Tesco's and will also have a supply of flapjack and jelly babies - but it will probably be too late by the time you get to me!
Have a good run everyone - weathers looking good so navigation should not be an issue (sorry Mapper)
Would it be frowned upon to get my Mrs to meet me at the bottom of Geronimo with a drink?
Thanks AR. Streams it is. As for Geronimo, Judith & Alan's cairn & the big dipper, I suppose I'll recognise them when I get there. Actually I'm pretty sure where you mean by looking at the map - I take it Geronimo is the steep descent to CP4, & the cairn is either the one before CP6 or the one at CP8. I first climbed Pendle over 50 years ago, but this is the first time I've raced on it.
Graeme - I dont see why anybody would object to your wife handing you a drink, I dont think it is against the rules!
Splatcher - you are correct re Geronimo Judith and Alans cairn is just before CP6 (the one that has moved this year), & big dipper is the drop down to CP7 & climb to CP8 - you will certainly see why it's called that within CLEM.
Unfortunately I've been hit by some weird 'flu virus and can't make it tomorrow, am highly pissed-off. I'll get in touch with Kieran right now, that'll be one more person on the reserve list happy.
p.s. on the subject of cramp, I was reading a thread the other day on some cycling forum and the guy swore by indigestion tablets like Tums or Rennies to keep cramp at bay, apparently it really works.
Don't understand that ....
maybe he has a calcium deficiency?Quote:
Originally Posted by Martyn P
First time today, absolutely blooming marvellous, and that includes hitting the wall after 12 miles and having a sit down on the way up Mearley Clough, tripping and going into cramp. Fantastic day out. Thanks to every one who put on such a cracking day out.
My first time too - a great day. Weather was perfect, although it did take a couple of hours before feeling came back to all my toes. And a t-shirt as well.
It's a full-on AL race isn't it? I think the only other AL I've done is the Edale Skyline, & Pendle felt a lot harder. All 6 climbs are really steep b*ggers, & most of them are pretty long too.
Thanks to all the organising team - a great race.
Once again a fantastically organised event by Kieran and his ever cheerful helpers, thank you one and all. We even got treated to a technical t-shirt this year, Kieran you're spoiling us, but I'm not complaining, thank you again. Belting weather and good underfoot (for pendle) which is shown in the fast times for most. I however had a nightmare and was slower than last year.... I think my legs need a rest from racing. Oh well Dave staff tomorrow?
Blimmin brilliant race, unfortunately no photos from my end, but there is, as ever, a hastily crafted and most probably overly wordy blog.
http://testedtodestruction.blogspot....of-pendle.html
Let me know if you have any decent photos that you don't mind being published and I'll put them up.
Thanks muchly to the organisers and the supporters. A great day out for my first Long tour.
what a fantasticly organised event. A tech t-shirt too for a £7 race......congrats to kieron and the marshalls
Made me smile cos I've been there, done that - just not wearing the T Shirt this year as I went with the kids to Liverpool Cross Challenge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme78
It's a great race though and I'd a loved it up there today. Hope to be back next year.
is a ****er of a race that brings out the cramp monster ! I though managed to escape some how. I picked up some new mudclaws from Blands van thanfully there not BRIGHT yellow any more ! really worked a treat forgot how grippy new ones areQuote:
Originally Posted by Graeme78
You do some racing Daz !Quote:
Originally Posted by Tindersticks
I've never done this event but it sounds from folks' reactions again that it is another example of a well organised and great value day out. Isn't it wonderful that in an era when £50 can be charged for a trail event in a field we can can have a proper hard run out for seven quid?