C'mon forumites, as mapper says lets get an update on the list of runners and riders!!!
Only 5 months to go, scary !!!!
Are you all training hard?
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C'mon forumites, as mapper says lets get an update on the list of runners and riders!!!
Only 5 months to go, scary !!!!
Are you all training hard?
Heard nothing yet, presume I am still 15th reserve. Still waiting and hoping!
sorry for late reply but only just re registered and yes i did get the dvd watched it and passed it round the club (CVFR) cheers mad mick beer on me after this years race:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Madmick
Time to bring the thread back to the top.
What training would you recommend to bring my time from 2:10 to under 2:00 other than just getting out and running harder?
Find a steep sided quarry and practise running down it at speed...:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
im just gonna keep the mileage up , have a good taper before the race instead of like a 12 mile one day before a fell race
mostly i want to do well but enjoy it
Daz with this event I'm really not sure thats possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
I reckon about 6 pints of Ben Race ale in the Grog & Gruel on the Friday night should do it !Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
A yard of Ale the night before should do the trick!!!!
I'm sure you suggested this earlier in the thread - dont want other runners trying to get my share of the Ben Race Ale. It normally sells out on the Friday night already. It might get like the race itself - numbers will be limited and we will have to get pre-ordered supplies a year before the night!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mapper
As of last week no real change, but still early days....Quote:
Originally Posted by mapper
At this rate I could be fit come race day so may just run trot around the ben anyway - is that allowed?
Hey Up Timo'Quote:
Originally Posted by Timo Austino
Missed seeing you doin' the trotting bit in the Mourne....! (How are the pic's?)
If you end up not-trotting again, can I try and trot in your very esteeeeeeemed place!?
PS: I've not seen any barriers on the Ben (for trotters & non-t's).... so far!
Ahem.......Timo, I think you know the rules!Quote:
Originally Posted by Timo Austino
Oops, this thread's slipping down the rankings again. Any reserves been offered an entry?
Well rescued Marvin, just over 4 months to go. Is all the training going well. If not Panic !!!!
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Originally Posted by Luv Shack
Ayup - sorry for the late reply, but you certainly can try trottin' in my place. I hope to be fit not fat by the Ben, but it depends on the next couple of months!
Pics are sittin' somewhere on the memory card but have been filtered for the next FRA mag - i hope i don't let the cat out the bag about you and Wendy Dodds!!
Be good and I'll see you tomoz, i hope.
Timo
Ahem Mapper, the only rule is....... there are no rules!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mapper
The first rule of Fell Club :cool: .Quote:
Originally Posted by Timo Austino
........then what's all that gobbledegook in half of the pages in the FRA calendar !Quote:
Originally Posted by Timo Austino
There is always a rule. Even if you say there are no rules, then that alone is a rule isn't it?
On a plate.....pure genius!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fellrunner
Having read of many Forum reccys of various races - how come nobody wants to reccy this one? Recognise there is not much route choice, but if you get the zig-zags wrong you can lose time - you dont want to zagging when you should be zigging!!:D
Tomsk - I've got it back on the first page for you.
Well done Alsoran, good to see it back at the top of the leader board.Quote:
Originally Posted by Also Ran
See you made it back to Horton on Sunday!! Hope you are injury free.
Only 124 days to go !!!
Ahem.........I think the 750 mile round trip and 'stud whittling' of a new pair of Walshies would put most people off !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Also Ran
Besides, this is my year out for Grisedale.
We're passing through Fort William on our way to and from the Hebrides at Whitsun, but I'm struggling to work out how to get a pass-out for a run on The Ben. I'd love to take the opportunity.Quote:
Originally Posted by mapper
I think a car breakdown would be in order - you could fill up with the wrong fuel on purpose at the service station on the Inverness Rd. Should take more than a couple of hours for a garage to sort it out - no point hanging about whilst they fix it. Wife could browse the shops on the high st whilst you put your walshies to good use!
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Mapper did you have a senior moment here!!! Forgot to put your thoughts down? Anyway, it got the BN Thread back to the top of the leader board. How was Coniston?
If anyone is looking for entries there is an alternative race on 23/9.
Ok ok, the cost is £75 and you do have to do a bit of a Loch swim and a bike ride 1st, but finishes with a quick run up/down the Ben.
Website
http://www.nofussevents.co.uk/The%20...athlon/Map.htm
See y'all there (1st and/or 23rd)
No, I just wanted to get the thread back to the top but had nothing to say !Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomsk
Coniston was good, but ask me tonight after Mearley ~ my thighs might pay for it on that descent.
I like the idea, but somehow have to fit in with the ferry times as well. I'll have to keep thinking about this!Quote:
Originally Posted by Also Ran
I've booked into the YH in Glen Nevis for the nights before & after the race. Anyone else from the forum going to be there??
I have just bought another book which contains a chapter about the history of this race.
The book contains one of the best histories of this mountain.
The definitive history of this race is:Quote:
Ben Nevis. Britain's Highest Mountain
by Ken Crocket. Published by Scottish Mountaineering Trust, 1986
ISBN 0907521169
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The Ben Race: The Supreme Test of Athletic Fitness
by H. D MacLennan
Publisher: Ben Nevis Race Association (1994)
ISBN-10: 0952445328
...theory - has anyone trained for the Ben by coming off a hard hill descent and doing 10 minutes hard on the road? I lost too much time last year with ma jelly legs.:rolleyes:
Don't worry...I think everyone does! (Don't they...?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Goat
Mind...if I were you I'd try that your training plan on, say, the Thursday before the race...;)
Time to start the serious Ben training now I think. I note that the current King of the Mountains completed the Old County Tops this weekend in just over 10 hours - now that's some serious training!!
I'll have to beat him by more than 15 secs this year.
Same here so I'll see you there!Quote:
Originally Posted by slowcoach
Fantastic. Thought I was gonna be the only forumite there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clive
Was going to bring the family but the hostel's 4 bed room was already taken when I booked.
my other half is also coming (but not running) but I just know that I will be putting back all those calories in the Grog n Grewl or whatever it's called! A nice stagger back to the hostel then?
Are you running Helvellyn this Sunday?
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Originally Posted by slowcoach
Is anyone staying in a camper at the sports centre?
No, taking it easy this weekend after running the Windermere marathon. My wifes running Hutton Roof, so I'll be supporting and eating lots of cakes. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clive
Are you doing Helvellyn?