What a fantastic picture! Selwyn def needs to write his book now!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by PeeJay
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What a fantastic picture! Selwyn def needs to write his book now!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by PeeJay
Does anyone know if it's on or not?
It's al'as on mr b. Tha's gettin' a bit keen tha nus :DQuote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
That's what she said.Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Think you need to run it off at Dunnerdale ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Does anybody know if this race is on this year
Just read it on the Fra Facebook page that Ambleside AC have announced that it's on the Sunday 28th with registration at the Rugby club. This would be a departure from the norm as it's usually the day after Boxing Day. I'm just glad it's on whatever day it is.
Hi Lefty, it was on the 28th last year after the original date of the 27th being cancelled due to dangerously high winds. Like you say it's good that the race is on, love this race and Ambleside is beltin for some post Christmas walking gear purchases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lefty
Thanks Darren, I remember it being put off last year until the next day due to the high winds. Good call by the organisers but good to see its on this year.
Great news !Quote:
Originally Posted by Lefty
It's also on the official FRA site for those that don't do facebook (that includes me:p)
http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=4033
Just scrolling through old posts about the race PeeKay and saw this. Its a fabulous picture and zi would love a copy or the original if possible. We would use it on our website to advertise the race or even a certificate. My email ad is [email protected]
Cheers :)
Yes well done guys for spotting it Wansfell 2014 is definitely ON ( weather permitting). I can confirm that it is on Sunday 28th December with registration,some parking,toilets,showers,refreshments,bar and prizegiving at Ambleside rugby club.12 noon start from the back of the Salutation hotel.The old Kelsick school has now been sold and therefore we had no parking up there and we felt the time had probably come to offer a few more luxuries ( like toilets!!!) and give everyone some refreshments afterwards. The entry fee has gone up to £5 to reflect this ( apologies to all you purists who preferred £1 , changing in car and weeing behind a tree). A day later will suit some but not others but hey...The sales will be on and the good shop keepers of Ambleside will gladly take your money as you wander through town back to the club. Looking forward to seeing you there at possibly the 41st running of the race. Cheers. Maggie. Ps Santa hats,tinsel and inflatable suits not compulsory but encouraged MM
Please spread the word: Registration for the Wansfell Race will close at 11.40am prompt at Ambleside Rugby Club in order to give all competitors sufficient time to get to the start (10-15 min walk) and to enable race organisers to do a head count at the start at approx. 11.55. Please don't leave it too late-you will be denied entry.
Compulsory for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggie May
Are we still ok for tomorrow with the weather?
Hi Trevor, currently up here in Ambleside for a couple of days and there isn't a drop of snow on the roads or pavements. And by the looks of it when we arrived mid afternoon there's very little up wansfell.
Thanks Darren.
3 inch of the white stuff and only main bus routes cleared around here so I just need a little re assurance.
Its beautiful! A nice sprinkling of snow on the summit and quite a bit on the tops all around. Sunshine today and apart from a tad slippery on the descent the conditions were pretty perfect. Its going to freeze tonight so fingers crossed for a dry, bright day :)
If it snows heavily overnight and we have to change thing I will post here before 9 am. At the moment the biggest hazard is the traffic in Ambleside!!
Thanks to Cath and her team of helper for putting on this little beauty of a race.
Will be back to have a proper crack when I'm a better descender.
Cheers-a fab day!. Spoilt slightly by the group of lads who, having finished the race insisted in standing, talking on the road in front of the finish funnel, obscuring the view of the finish marshalls and of the later, slower competitors (several of whom missed the funnel). Despite being asked nicely 3 times to move 1 bloke eventually gave the finish marshalls a mouthful saying he wasn't in the way, they could stand where they wanted and he "refused to be manhandled off the road!!!" ( Didn't recognise them but they had Lancashire accents!) I had gently put my arm round 1 man and asked him again if he could please not stand in the road. He was quite aggressive and rude to both finish marshalls who were still in the middle of timing.
They didnt seem to understand that safety and efficient number collecting at the end of the race are so important and in such a short race when a lot of runners finish close together good, early visibility of numbers is really important.
Sadly next year we will have to have a whole section of the race taped off and many more road marshalls in order to keep the course clear.
Apart from that a brill day which was only made possible by the amazing team of Ambleside AC members who worked hard to put it on. Thanks to them for giving up their day
Cheers everyone and see you next year :) C
Numpties. Name and shame I say!Quote:
Originally Posted by Maggie May
Don't know their names , but hopefully they will read this and BE ashamed!
hope they dont turn up at mine
Thanks to Cath and everyone for putting the race on. It was beautiful today on the summit and I've never seen so many people on the top for the race. I remember years when there's been no one up there. The views were tremendous and yes I did take time to have a look around. The bum slide was fun but bloody cold on the backside and King Kenny's 30 years old record remains intact.
wasn't there rumour a while back that the race back then started further up the hill?
This was also a problem at the Langdale Horseshoe but no-one was rude when asked to clear the line of sight. It just seemed to be a lack of understanding. Shame on anyone being rude to hardworking marshals!Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Ill be there! The soberest person in Windermere tonight!! My kids are going to make up for it though-scary thought-see you tom :)
Given that I now run on the fells 3 - 4 days a week I was surprised to have sore quads after the Wansfell Pike race - but chatting to others at the first race in the Kendal Winter League series it would seem I was not the only one, and that, despite being so short, the race has quite a reputation for doing this. Presumably it is a consequence of continual braking on the steep descent.
I don't know what the cause is. I only know that I couldn't walk downstairs for three daysQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Braking - whats that??
I had stiff quads too - but I really went for it on the downhill!!
Acceleration due to gravity varies with the sine of the angle of the slope - from my GPS data the average angle on the fell is about 18 degrees - sine is 0.3, so acceleration would be about 3 metres per second every second - you would be going jolly fast at the bottom of the slope if you were not braking!Quote:
Originally Posted by Also Ran
The action of running downhill involves eccentric muscle contractions in your quads. These cause much more stiffness and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness than concentric contractions. The cause is microscopic damage to the muscle cells. It's nothing to do with lactic acid or lactate build up. I don't suppose knowing the cause makes much difference as there's not a lot you can do to avoid it, other than running downhill more often! Recreating the eccentric contractions with weights may have some benefits.Quote:
Originally Posted by mykind
I'm going tommorrow, but staying up to watch Beetlejuice tonight so might not have my a-game with me.
What a difference in 24 hrs!
Yesterday a few of us had a run(swim) around the cancelled Whinberry Naze course and it was a real eye opener....the power of Mother Nature is incredible.
Today up in Lakeland (which has had a terrible few weeks) it's gorgeous. The sky is clear, there's no wind and it's vest weather...very strange indeed.
Even though it's by far the mildest Wansfell race I've done, climate wise, it was still up there with the snowy ones for slip-sliding descending. The fell was sodden and keeping upright was a real challenge, in fact it was almost impossible...bum slides aplenty.
Before we reach the fell, we've the short road section to contend with first....blimey all them Christmas goodies made this harder than it should've been. I honestly thought I was gonna collapse at the cattle grid, note to self- don't be such a greedy sod next year!
Some great performances by some of the younger runners today but the master that is Rob Jebb came out on top...crikey, he can climb!
Thanks to all involved at Ambleside and fingers crossed that the weather starts to give you guys a break.
Cheers to all the Ambleside AC team for another good day. This is one race you shouldn't do on an easy training pattern, i reached the summit with bad jelly legs and was still waiting for them to wake up as i stumbled gingerly over the cattle grid. It's a descent that suits my style, but every year i'm off the big climbs through injury and not able to put in a good account, i had enough on just trying not to fall over or give up entirely. You need to be racing solidly on big hills in the lead-up to this really, it's worse that Bofra Sedbergh Gala for exposing any chink in your armour.
Happy birthday for tommorrow Tindersticks, and i think a shout for Kirsty Hall who came in 1st LV40 very soon after having her knee put back together after a skiing accident, stoic stuff there.
Phew my legs hurt a bit, looks like i was a whole 10mins slower than Kenny Stuart.
Anyone seen any results up for this? I know they tend to go to twitter or somewhere these days.
Is this race confirmed? It's on the Ambleside website, but not the FRA calendar. Cheers.
It is on, i've been told.