Carl Bell was leading at the bottom of Lose Hill.
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Carl Bell was leading at the bottom of Lose Hill.
Yeah he won easily, got some snaps of the first 15 or so and the first lady. Very hot day out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
A few photos I took here :
http://sh.digitalvault.bt.com/invite...4&r=mg&lang=en
Many thanks to all at Dark Peak for laying on another great Skyline race.
Thanks also to #675 for kindly showing me the racing line round the woolpacks:thumbup: good on ya fella!
Afew photos here https://picasaweb.google.com/sbrt144...eat=directlink feel free to help yourselves.
Brilliant day today, a massive thanks to Dark Peak for putting on such a great event. It can't be hard arranging an event as big as the skyline so lots of credit as everything ran very smoothly (to my knowledge at least!).
Personally I'm chuffed to have finally completed the skyline after looking my keys in the car moments before the start last year. It was the first race I ever saw and it inspired me to take up fell running, so it will always be a bit of a special race for me.
Lovely and sunny, although not too sunny I didn't think and it was as big a problem as I thought it might be before we started.
Once again, massive thanks to everyone that helped out!
Results here
had an OK run today, really need to spend time knowing the right lines on the second half though. Looking like a boiled lobster at the mo and glowing like Sellafield
me too, though only on one side! Fairly amusing. Cheers DPFR for a great race as usual, I was a lot slower than last year but was happy just to get round given the heat and a last-minute bout of illness(food poisoning....), but then I think it's only the hardcore ones who can stay on their feet for five hours, none of this namby under 3 hours nonsense! :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by john doe
Cracking day for it, the views were fantastic. Thanks to the organizers, all the marshalls, and St Johns Ambulance who patched me up after a trip with 4 to go left me with a hole in my elbow and a decent amount of blood down my arm. Still had a good run, 3hrs 23 which I'm pretty happy with. Always forget how hard the 2nd half is, and the last bit Grindslow Knoll to Ringing Roger seems to take forever...
Well done everyone. I call up on the bike, while doing a few more miles, after my bike ride with the TNT & had a brew & a bun. Was hoping to catch some of you :thumbup:
you definitly got more value to your pound Rach :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RachFR
IanF and I finally left around 5.30, pretty tired, it was a hot old day but perfect for the marshalls, Things seemed to go really well. even on the race although I still ended up with cramp, it seems to me it's the only race I get cramp in. may be it's because it's the DP blue ribbon event and I push a bit harder than I should, still a PB for me. :)
Well done to all those who ran dry underfoot but hot above.
Kitcheck went well.
however skinz stretchtights are not windproof and a google earth map will not pass as you can't navigate with it :closed:
and a big thanks to all those out supporting on the route
Yeah, excellent race and a great day for it, even if my face is now somewhat warm to the touch!
Well done to everyone involved in organising. I particularly appreciated the large number of marshals around the course (great encouragement from all of you thanks) and the beans at the end!
I DNF'd last year with a pulled calf so it was pretty satisfying to get round in good order even if I was completely spent at the end. Now to see about coming back stronger and getting under the 4 hr mark.
Jim
Fantastic run from daz h. Well done mate! :thumbup:
Ditto that dispite wearing a hat all day and plastering myself with baby suntan cream! From a personal point of view very happy with how it went, last year was my first Skyline and I blew it in the first half by going too fast and had nothing left for the second half. Paced my self much better today and ended up knocking 35 minutes off last year's time. I will echo the previous comment, it is a hell of a long way around the edge to Ringing Rodger, I can see why pople are attracted by the down-and-up!Quote:
Originally Posted by jtinnion
I should apologise to Ms Thornburgh, I wanted to put on a show (because I was not dying like last year) down the last hill and she was the poor victim I overtook 50 metres from the finish
As every a pleasure to meet you Ian - I am happily enloying the well earned bottle of Rescue Ale at the moment!
Was that you by the gate early in the race? you did indeed seem busy:)Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulE
That was me, what number were you and I'll see if I got you in a photoQuote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
523 but you were busy so I would not think you got one of me.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulE
On that note, I was surprised at how many people were wearing skinz or similar leggings - they must've been boiling!Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Thought the kit check worked really well, glad only windproofs were required in the end.
Absolutely fantastic race. Many thanks to Dark Peak and all the Marshals, especially the extra water ladies drafted in at Mam Nick. I must have drunk at least 2 litres all told. Some great support on the way round, particularly enjoyed the cow bells! Was a real mental battle for me in the heat, especially the first half but started to feel good in the second half and really pleased to finish. Well done all :thumbup:
Well the answer turned out to be 1.75 litres in my rucksack bladder and probably 7 odd cups from a couple of water stations. I emptied the bladder!Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
Good to meet you OEW.Quote:
Originally Posted by One-eyed Wonder
Just checked the results, 30 DNF, due the heat? and injury.
Also Lost property...not much this year but If you can tell me what running shoes were left behind and what was in them we'll see what we can do, also a base layer same applies.
I suspect they belong to a DPer due to where they were left?
I do not know if I could have done another lapQuote:
Originally Posted by One-eyed Wonder
Great day out, thanks indeed to all involved.
Just finished the inevitable race report, I hope this one makes sense...
http://testedtodestruction.blogspot....ce-report.html
Apologies... I have now re-updated it with the "idp deliverance" photo. How I missed it the first time, I don't know.
Cycle Cross BikeQuote:
Originally Posted by zephr
No.... thats just the disguise to make it *seem* legit....Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
I did wonder...:)Quote:
Originally Posted by zephr
I'm looking for a new avatar....what do you think...?
Indeed, but really made me speed up at the end, you could hear them right at the top of RR!Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPatrickBarry
And you IDP. The Rescue ale gave it away! Much welcomed on the train home I might say. The 30 DNFs don't surprise me at all, I would much prefer it a little chillier this time of year as I'm sure must would, although it was absolutely beautiful up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
We had a great day yesterday :-). Too hot for our Lab though. She is spending today throwing herself in the river Derwent fetching sticks. Well done to all the runners. Everyone was in great spirits and seemed to be thoroughly enjoying the pain. Really looking forward to next year :-) :-) :-)
Great day out round the tops. Views were amazing. Heat is my kryptonite though so good 20 mins slower than usual. Brown Knoll was less boggier than a couple of weeks ago. Put my leg in a bog on way back, it got very stuck, felt like the devil himself wanted my invo8s! Thanks to DP and all for putting on a great event.
My first skyline. Absolutely great day out. Very many thanks to all the DP lads and lasses for organising such a great race, and all the marshals out on the course. Loved the cow bells, could hear them from miles away. 3.31 at the end - absolutely chuffed with that :thumbup:. Re: sun cream, P20 is the way to go imo. Not cheap, but it goes a long way and more importantly it does not either run into your eyes or 'wash' off with sweat.
Many thanks to DPFR for a great day out and the many supporters along the route - the cow bells were great. My first Skyline and it wont be the last, expecting to be away next year so 2014 I will aim to return and better my time - fingers crossed.
Found it very hot and I suffer in the heat at the best of the times and the last 4 miles I found my legs very heavy. Next time I will take it a little easier at the start. The views were fantastic.
The 3 hour drive up from London was well worth it. Many thanks guys.
Thanks the DPFR for a cracker. My fifth skyline and at last, great weather. The lack of training opportunities did for me and the wheels departed leaving a desperate final five miles. Still, satisfying stiff legs today after four hours hard labour. Miles away from my pb but who cares - a glorious day out. Same next year please!
Starting to wish I'd put sun cream on now my sunburn is very painful. As one of my team mates put it: "I wasn't sure if I was on Brown Knowl or in Death Valley....
A great day out - so good to be running in sunshine instead of sleet! It really is a tremendous route for good weather - the geography is so good, with the ridges running pretty much all the way round the valley, that the views are great. And of course when you've finished you can just look back up at everything you've just done. One of my favourite races, and thanks to DPFR for immaculate organisation & the friendly feel of the whole event. The heat didn't bother me much, although I imagine I lost a few minutes due to it all the same. I drank only at Hope & Mam Nick, & didn't seem to be too dehydrated at the end. Seven minutes slower than last year, but I was still under 4 hours, and was 123rd - a better placing than last year, so I'd guess most people were a bit slower this year due to the heat. We certainly can't blame conditions underfoot!
DNF for me, i developed a throat/nose infection on Wednesday and still wasn't 100% so called it a day at Mam Nick.
a cracking morning's running, although with the heat it felt like running into a brick wall - when i got a cold sweat i thought it best to knock things on the head!
thanks to DPFR for a great event.
You weren't the guy that was just in front of me that actually had his shoe taken off by a bog in the last few miles and had to hop to safety to put it back on were you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barbieken
Water-wise, I had 330ml with me and had two cups at Hope and Mam Nick and that seemed to be plenty enough. I had been drinking water solidly the day before to make sure I was as hydrated as possible though.
A truly amazing day to be running in such a wonderful part of the world.
Good work the Seipp family for the smashing cow bell action:thumbup:. I could hear them coming off Lose Hill!
Basically ditto to all the above reference tghe support and organisation - I think the fact that the results were out the same day says a lot for Ian Fitz and all who supported him on such a big task.
Heat always does me in so I was slower than normal (by about 10 mins - 4 30) but also still learning and probably didn't take on enough fluid in the first half.
But a great day out - even enjoyed being left for dead by the aforementioned lad with the cowbells on the run down the final field.
Thought I had a pretty good run for most of it - seemed to be absolutely flying over Brown Knoll relative to everyone else around me. My knee decided it had had enough by Grindslow Knoll though, so I had to hobble into the finish from there which put a bit of a downer on my day. 3hours 45, which is a bit slower than I was aiming for, but it was my first (racing) Skyline and I never seem to cope very well with heat anyway so not too bothered.
I'll echo everyone else about organisation/marshalling/support - absolutely superb!
Another bunch of photos here (assuming I've got the facebook privacy settings in proper order):
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...1&l=ccbc7514ef
A good day to be out with the camera - probably better than running! Any way yet more photos, this time from near the top of Chapel Gate.
https://picasaweb.google.com/ShaunP050
Shaun
I forgot to add that I will upload more later tonight.