Welcome to the mad, mad world of Pendle Hill and the most convoluted race route in the world. Six 'bastard' climbs altogether :)Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
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Welcome to the mad, mad world of Pendle Hill and the most convoluted race route in the world. Six 'bastard' climbs altogether :)Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
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err, whose times and heart rate are on the graph?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Draw a six sided star over Pendle? You must be joking - you never know who that might conjure up :eek::eek::eek::eek:
Not mine thats for sure - last year my heart stopped completely half way up Stile.Quote:
Originally Posted by mudlugger
Might be reasonably worn, but I wouldn't do it without a map and compass when the clag is down.
I'll be there, kicking the bastard cramp into touch on the last climb.
Is there the star of david over that route map?
All sorts goes on on the top of pendle at halloween:eek:
But it's going to be sunny and dry right??! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by wycoller
I hope the clag is down and it's snowing :) Makes for a fun filled morning out.
So do i, it will make it harder for Amex to hit me with a boiled sweetQuote:
Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
;)
Thought I'd better start a thread with it happening this sat eh.
Looks like weather forecast is typical for this race.
Is it just me or has anyone else started to get aches and pains just thinking about it? Argh!!
well, i'm aching, and thats before i start thinking about it!
Thread here Mudlugger. ;)
It hadn't been fallen back onto page 2 though. :)
who knocked me thread back to page 2?! :rolleyes:
All ready and eagerly anticipating saturday? Having nightmares about chuffing big end already - that and I don't burn the cakes :rolleyes:
Hopefulyy make it round this year without rendering myself out of action for a while :(
Who else is going to be there ?? Do say hellooooo and save me some sarnies this year :D
I may be there but my legs have seized up after the Roaches:(.
3 miles tonight was agony
Hope to see you there Emm, Ady, I hope the clag is down, but snow no thanks, this race could be 4 miles to far for me:(
I'll be there (honest) and will need some cake too ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Compass
hmmmm! Now where have I heard that one before Mr feral ;):DQuote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
I will be there, looking forward to it :D First AL since I had a slow trot round Duddon at the end of May.
CAKE!Yes please, emmi:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Recce... er schmecce (as my jewish grandfather if I had one would I'm sure say). This though is the real thing :DQuote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
There will be some wonderful cakes for sale in the village hall, home baked by the lovely ladies of Barley!
I'll be there entry posted. I had a recce on Friday, missed the last two climbs though, I've done them enough recently, and had to do the shopping before going to a bonfire.
See you there;):D
Missed out last year Kath after your Martin helped me limp back - shuffled off head hung low.....:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Martins Mrs
Save me some carrot cake or lemon drizzle, in fact I'm sure there was as AWESOME orange cake someone made if I can cast my mind back or was that at Bolton by Bowland :confused: Anyway, that's a recipe I really DO want.
there's gonna be loadsa cake then
so, i assume the weather's going to be clear bright sunshine with a slight breeze and slight cold nip:)
The BBC weather forecast for Saturday for the Pendle neck of the woods is heavy rain, a medium sized 17 mile per hour wind from the west and a maximum temperature of 11 degrees................
So on the top expect horizontal driving rain and a minus 10 windchill :rolleyes:
would not have it any other wayQuote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
It's gonna be cracking the flags............................................. ......with concrete rain:eek:
Don't tell Mark Weir !!!
Think I best get some new socks?
That's nothing unusual for Pendle, just pack your waterproofs and you'll be reet:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Ady....when was it when we were there and it snowed on your shorts?!
Yep can get mighty cold up there but from previous experience there are a helpful couple of chaps at the trig point only too willing to help you on with your waterproof trousers! :rolleyes:;):p:D
Men are just so shallow - 'helpful' indeed :D.........Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
All the same give us a shout if you need help this year Em :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by Stolly
Stolly....as it's you....;):D
Hi,
I'm trying to work out how tight the cut-off is and whether I'd be way out of my depth with this. I'd fully anticipate being right at the back but not sure whether the gap between me and the next person would be embarrassingly large. Cut-off is 2 hours after start at CP4, by my reckoning that's about 14k/8.5m and 800m/2600ft, does that sound right?
Only distance/height I've checked that I run (I do run longer distances but haven't checked the height gain) is 5.5m/900ft in just under an hour.
Brutal honesty appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
sounds like my pace and I've reached the cut-off after 1:30 hrs for the last two years. I think you'll be ok providing no mishaps eh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeno
hope that helps zeno.
Zeno,
The 1st half is a lot easier than the 2nd. Most of the ascent is the 2nd half. The cut off is quite generous really BUT it is advisable not to go flat out to get there as quick as you can as all your energy will be needed for the much tougher (IMO) second half.
You have said you run the distance in an hour - is that fell, road, trails, flat or???? you haven't mentioned your experience or fitness levels for anyone indeed to be 'brutally honest' :)
I'm assuming you are considering it on the basis that you are invisaging you are more than capable of doing the distance if that is the case then I'd re-iterate that the cut off isn't a particularly 'tight' one, but a steady approach will pay dividends for the course. :D
Zeno you'll reach the cut off no sweat................ but will soon begin to wish that you hadn't :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Zeno
Thanks mudlugger and Emmilou.
Further info, furthest I've run is about 12 miles, so this will be a considerable step up, but at the end of that sort of distance I feel fine to carry on. I'd certainly be comfortable walking the distance and height gain of the full tour, but appreciate that running the distance is a different matter, my thought is that I'd be struggling in the latter half of the race but would be able to complete albeit in a slow time.
Re fitness not sure how to say more other than the time I do for the 5.5mile (it's over moorland, similar terrain to Pendle but less steep), I guess I wouldn't be throwing up at the end of it and could comfortably carry on, but by fell running standards I'm well at the bottom of the table.
Experience is just a about a year of fell running but not any races, say about 3 times a week. Plenty of experience hill walking and happy to navigate in anything other than a full whiteout.
Given the route I guess there's plenty of places where I can head back from if things are going badly.
Cheers Stolly, I think that was encouragement!