Iain,
You should put those comments in the European Races section, they may be of interest to other people.
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Iain,
You should put those comments in the European Races section, they may be of interest to other people.
MWIS forecast for Friday love to have that!
Chance of cloud free Summits?
80%
But most mountain areas will be dry and increasingly warm, with winds falling light across Wales.
forecast for Saturday looks pretty good
but Snowdonia manufactures it's own weather - my prediction is that clouds will stack up over the course, so it'll be claggy/drizzly... which are my fave conditions! :thumbup:
oh, and does anyone know if water is supplied at PyP?
did most of my packing last night
kit, maps, food - check!
looking forward to this now :D
(Fell Ponies vest will be classic black/white for this one...)
Apparently it is a Pennine Championship Race so there will be a few of us down. This is going to be, by far, my toughest race, plus the fact I have been struggling with an IT band injury for the last month so have not really done the climbing I would have liked, but still really looking forward to it. I just love Snowdonia!
Get the map out tonight and start jotting down the necessary compass settings for all those sneaky short cuts :)
the descent off Glyder Fawr should be "interesting" for anyone with ITB probs... :w00t:
Where is the split in Snowdonia - will we be East or West?
Chance of cloud free Summits?
20% west to 70% east
In case anybody is not aware this is a little slide show of the later section of the race
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqBbOQEnxPc
What an amazing race it has a bit of everything, with the never ending climb through the quarries, the rocky section over the Glyders the mild scrambling over Lliwedd and then the grass slog up and over Moel Cynghorion. I took 5 1/2 hrs but could have done it faster just held too much back on the first half to Penny Pass, and from looking at my satellite trace some of the "sneaky" shortcuts did not work quite as well as planned. I will know better in future!
This has got to be on your "got to do this before you die" list. OK you may die on it but it will have been worth it:)
A good first half. Found the climb up to Lliwedd and Snowdon HARD. Then, STUPIDLY, got over cocky running down rangers path and thought I would cut the corner. Went too far left and found myself trying to contour the most ridiculessly steep scree slope to get back on the path. I think it cost me in the region of twenty five minutes. Really annoying as I think I know the route well and should have stuck to the path considering the weather. DOH!!!!!!
Still, love/hate the race.
However, I preferred it when Mike gave the mugs out at the end of the race instead of at start. What's the incentive? In 2010 the thought of the mug was what dragged me round. Last year my mate (who will remain nameless (ALEX);-)got his mug at the start and ducked out a penny pass. Cheat!!!
Well done all. Especially Alex for knocking 30 mins off his 2010 time.
how quick/where do the results tend to come out?
Patrick.. regarding the split.. always considered Snowdon, Moelwyns, nantlle, Mynydd Mawr, Hebog and the western glyders etc to be west, with the east being the east part of the glyders, Carneddau and Siabod.. So Llyn y cwn, devils kitchen being the centre..
well done today, if its cloudy it can cost you a few moments, many of the short cuts aren't worth the risk as they are minor time savings in such weather..
On the Eryri site.. not quick at all normally.. its all done by hand..
A few photos from today https://picasaweb.google.com/sbrt144...CPySw5i9t8jxHQ Went all mardy after
Y Lliwedd and couldn't manage take any more.
Great day out. Many thanks to all those who made it happen :thumbup: Thanks also to Ian and Stefan for dragging me round.
That felt really tough I felt completely spent at the Pen y Pass thanks to Mike for organising a super race and to all
The volunteers who sit on the exposed mountain tops
Few pics of the race on the blog: http://sarzmountainrun.blogspot.co.u...tling-for.html
Perfect conditions
Great Photo's Steve and really good to meet you. I don't know who was dragging who round on the second half of the race.
It really is a race to two half's. I think the second half would be a tough race on it's own, let alone hitting it after 9 miles and 4,000ft plus.
Great race and great organisation, thanks to all the marshals and the RO. That soup at the end was just what the doctor ordered.
Wow!!
enjoyed that
went off on the early start again, and although I reached PyP in 2:44, was glad I had cos it helps make you feel part of the race as the full starters overtake/catch up
chatted with loads of people, particularly glad to see the Pennine Massive in attendance flying the flag for the Peak District
well impressed with sbrt's pics, as a few of them have me in! ;)
the lack of steep hill reps in recent training told though, as started to cramp up after Y Lliwedd
having now completed the full course, I can officially rate this as my joint-favourite race along with Wasdale - both brutal monsters of courses, but must-dos every year so long as fitnes allows...
Many Thanks to Mike Blake and his band of ultra-efficient marshals for putting on this most classic of races :thumbup:
(only criticism would be the typo on the mug for the second year in a row - it seems I am the proud completer of the Peris Horsehoe ;))
I was an early starter as well, great idea, got to pen y pass in 2:30. like daz then I had company up the east ridge. would not have done that on my own. great race for water, loads of streams.
Alastair has some photos on his site.
http://www.fellrunningpictures.co.uk...eshoe2012.html
I don't wish anyone unwell, but, PLEASE tell me you are all finding walking as hard as me. John Wayne style is all I can manage. I can't believe I scaled 8500ft yesterday and today getting out of a chair and walking up one flight of stairs is so difficult.
i spent 2 hrs cutting the grass this morning it actually done me some good :)
Results
http://www.eryriharriers.org.uk/docu...7-dab6bdcc4d53
I came 20th best results ever at a Cat A Long Fell Race. :w00t:
Dan
Pretty happy too, without some of the navigation cock ups I could probably have finished a few places higher, but that is part of the challenge of this race!!
Well Done guys http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...rty_smiley.gif
I finished next to last (not counting the DNF's), but, according to my idiosyncratic method of working out how well I did, it was my second best ever performance on an AL (bettered only at Wasdale last year, which I did off the back of BG training) so gotta be pleased :thumbup:
Doh... cheers buddy