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Shoe choice for leg 6. Your Walshes won't last long on the roads towards the end of this stage. I wore Mizuno Wave Harriers last year: they provided enough grip everywhere except the descent down the field to the footbridge by the waterfall (132280).
OK this is a first for me and got leg 5. any advice please? thinking of going to recce it on Sunday
Today 04:30 PM
Leg5 can be tricky,
starts on sloppy fell,muddy fields/path,muddy climb,good grass
descent,tarmac climb,tricky following of way through yards/gardens/paths
with loose dogs,tracks to muddy fields,tarmac descent,cobbled big climb,muddy slippy track descent,muddy climb,fast track running,
muddy fields then about mile and half tarmac undulating finishing with a narrow ginnel to finish,you do not exchange a batton at finish.
hope that helps,you need to recce as its easy to get lost.
crikey, after printing maps etc i am doing leg 3 now so back to the bloomin drawing board. sorry to those that i agreed to recce leg 5 with on Sunday. now got to recce leg 3 on Sunday now
hee, hee, i'm glad other clubs do that to their runners as well!Quote:
Originally Posted by Man from Del Monte
I'm down for leg 6, am doing a group reccie on sunday but i don't doubt that it'll change on the day. I was down for this leg last year and ended up being swapped to Leg 2 with less than 24h notice. If that weren't bad enough, i was also promoted to the A-team:eek:
From what i remember of Leg 6, it's mostly good going but there are a couple of really sludgy bits near to field/stile corners. I'm wearing Mudclaws, but then they don't really bother me to run on tarmac in.
Thanks for the advice on Leg 6 guys - I think I'll go with worn down Mudclaws...
Unfortunately as we're coming over 200 miles to the event it means a recce on Saturday afternoon followed by the race on Sunday:eek:
At least I get a lie-in:)
MH
I'm doing a recce of leg 5 on Sunday. No doubt come race day I'll have been switched to another leg too ! :mad:
Just reccied that this morning. It was very muddy and slippery in parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeds Rhino
you could say that about any leg in Calderdale at any time of the year:rolleyes::DQuote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
True.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
It just seemed more so than what I remember of last year
More than last year? When I reccied leg 6 on the Saturday last year parts of it were under water (literally in the case of the footbridge just before Thornhill Beck Road at 152240). I'm doing leg 1 this year. Any comments on that leg?