What ever happened to fell running?
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What ever happened to fell running?
I ran Hameldon on Sunday. Probably 10 minutes slower than I would have been 10 years ago, but I was about 4 minutes faster than last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by brett
I must have been bad last year :D
Nice day for it. Clear on top, cool for the time of year but light wind and decent underfoot.
Notable for the appearance of Ben Fish in his first fell race away from Darwen Tower. Managed to take a wrong turn when in lead and come in just outside the top 20.
I'm still waiting for his Strava upload - I can't imagine where you'd lose 6+ minutes :)
Well done for getting out Witton
Oracle, how’s your leg?
Muddy do you run?
Stagger? Getting out?
Yes but not as much as I would like or used to do. It’s more than two years since I did a fell race - Auld Lang Syne at the end of 2016.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
After that I decided to do Manchester marathon and I think the heavy training miles took their toll. A couple of weeks after the race I sustained a knee injury. I had an operation about six months later and was just starting to get back into things this time last year.
But since last autumn I have been having persistent problems with my hip. I generally run once a week - twice if it’s not flared up. I make the difference up by cycling a lot. That’s good but it doesn’t quite hit the spot that running does.
I used to do so much cycling and loved it. But I suppose since I discovered running off in the hills with the only sound being the wind and bird song, roads and traffic just has no appeal to me at all now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
Would mountain biking be a compromise?
I did some fairly serious mountain biking before I ran in the falls. It is great cross-training for running and in my opinion / experience much nearer to fellrunning in ‘feel’ than road cycling
The roads do worry me at times. I've had a few close shaves with thoughtless motorists over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
When I first started cycling regularly it was on a mountain bike. I assumed that because I liked off-road running it would be the same with cycling. But I soon graduated to the road - I loved the speed of it :). Although, it's not the same as running up a fell, we do have some pretty decent hills to cycle up in Yorkshire and of course come down.
I have an old mountain bike. A few years ago having encountered many bikers up around Darwen Tower and Roddlesworth I thought I'd give it a try.
Never again :D
Pedalling up a heavily eroded incline is not my idea of fun!
I used to run past them wondering who was the biggest nutter, but I now know. Fells are for feet, keep the tyres on the road :)
Hey what’s going on?! Forumites discussing cycling and running? This is a political forum we’ll have none of that outdoorsy exercise talk here
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Despite our differences, there is still something very important that unites us on 'ere.
Where I live south east of manchester, it is a right mecca for mountainbikes. Loads of bridle ways with challanging but not impossible hills for them to tackle. When running on my own in the dark it is nice to have the quick hello as they pass.
Agreed. A few years back I was running up a steepish track near Rylstone in the Dales. I passed some mountain bikers struggling up the same path who looked at me in amazement. I've also done the same on Mastilles Lane near Kilnsey Cragg. It's not that I was a particularly good runner - I was only ever average at best. It's just that taking a big heavy mountain bike up a rough off-road hill is not easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
Sorry DT, back to politics soon.
Maybe try a post a day on a running specific thread Muddy? Think of it as a ‘gateway’ post . . .
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...thed-rant.html
This is good. I only went on to look for the new royal’s name . . .
Maybe DT. But would feel more confident about doing so if I was actually running myself more consistently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Few months ago I was chasing down a few mountain bikers on a long steady climb but they got though a gate just before me. I went though and turned right as they continued straight. I hear one of them say "glad he went that way" His mates had a good laugh.
Was ambling along the ridge between Pen Trimau and Waun fach last summer...one of the best spots in south wales. I spotted a gaggle of mountain bikers approaching from below. And Fast!! They came zooming up the incline like supermen....except they were ladies. As they flashed past all became clear. Electric MTBs!! Way to go!
I have heard it said that the EU is set to ban electric MTBs! (dons helmet and ducks!!););)
Over the weekend a guy flashed past me on a MTB he seem to be going pretty quick in the early stages of the climb. I noticed that the "box" around the peddle axle was massive, I wondered if there was an electric motor in there. What's the point of that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
Dunno - but why didn't you stop day dreaming, dig in, catch him up and ask?:)Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
Come on guys this is the Brexit thread not Graham Breeze's 'how to ride a Bianchi in Yorkshire.'
Pat...you need to have a go. Best fun with your trousers on I've ever had!
Feeling squeamish there thinking what you were doing in my trousers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
Had to scroll up to the earlier posts to find out what the hell you were on about.
Which reminds me - the Giro starts on Saturday.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by CL
The best stage race by aQuote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
country mile.
I hate to admit this (hoping Wheeze doesn't see it) but I am actually enjoying riding my off road bike, being long term niggle injured and no running for months I am up and down hills near every day on the cross bike, hard work but getting better. I hate road biking.
Anyway, back to Brexit.......
Which TV channel is it on please?Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Eurosport I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
ITV4 don't tend to show the Giro, which is a pity.
You can buy online subscription to Eurosport by the month.
Sad Bernal is out
Is it dumoulins year?
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Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Who? It has to be the Sicilian.
Roglic - looks in very good nick.
Fancy Brexit coming round to cycling!It's the Fred Whitton this Sunday, 2500 cyclists can't be wrong, can they?
Question Time should be worth watching tonight. Nigel Farage versus Anna Soubry could be a vert feisty encounter. Incredibly it looks like they are going to have another leave supporter on the panel - businessman John Mills. So it will only be a 3:2 Remain bias instead of the usual 4:1. What's going on at the BBC, somebody has clearly cocked up. Heads will roll for this I would imagine.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004xb1
Same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago on a Thursday night from Hayfield. Oh, it was Nick Craig!!Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
Ah, that is how he does it then:)Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoffB
Well when someone goes past you on a serious road e-bike like a Focus Paralane2 9.8 or a Wilier Cento1HY Ultegra D12 at least you can comfort yourself by thinking how much these bikes have cost (£6300+ and £5200 respectively) and if you identify the bike as a Ribble Endurance SLe it might even be Sean Yates on top.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
As the Brexit thread now seems to be a general politics/cycling/argument thread...
Danny Baker sacked from BBC after 'racist tweet'
Whatever the rights and wrongs of this one (and I happen to take his side as he seems a top bloke, despite it appearing to be pretty stupid and obvious what the reaction would be)……… that's probably the best radio show on the air, now gone.
One would expect somebody in his line of work to be more aware of the implications of anything he does.
I heard his defence that the monkey represented the whole royal family rather than the sprog in question, I have no opinion on whether he is lying or not, because I could not care less.
It's a totally ridiculous overreaction from the BBC to sack him, but sadly not at all surprising. Some people took offence at the tweet so he apologised and deleted it. In a sane world that would have been the end of it. But these days once the social media lynch mob get going, keen to signal their virtue you've had it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Yes, I feel a bit sorry for him. Tweets are so easy to misinterpret, and there are so many who either take offence easily or are led by others to do so.
When my broadcasting career takes off, I will ban myself from tweeting.
In this respect though any of the possible interpretations were pretty shitty.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel