Rob, I've nailed the Baildon Trig to Golcar section. Found us the fastest descent ! Reluctantly doing a recce of Burley Woodhead to the finish this afternoon. Not a fan of the menston road section.
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Rob, I've nailed the Baildon Trig to Golcar section. Found us the fastest descent ! Reluctantly doing a recce of Burley Woodhead to the finish this afternoon. Not a fan of the menston road section.
Geez all this recceing going on. Whats wrong with turning up, not knowing nothing and just seeing what happens :). Thats my tactics anyway
That's what I did at The Rosedale 40. No map, no clue. You're right Stolly, it adds an exciting element of risk. Mind you, it's my back yard, I shouldn't need a recce !
...and to be fair those of us on here who have been recceing would ordinarily train on Rombalds, Baildon Moor or Chevin (as our local 'fells') to a greater or lesser extent so recceing just adds a bit of adventure of training (and for me an excuse to go even slower!).
Quite right Multi. However, we open ourselves up to ridicule if we do go wrong ! I think most people will be slow looking at the bogs over the last 3 days !
And also , I get a better response at home if I say "I need to recce the intricate parts of a race route this weekend" rather than "I'd like to go and amble around on Ilkley Moor for 4 hours. Can you look after the kids for the morning?"
I may extend this approach to trips to the pub as well.