Any news on the early leaders ?
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Any news on the early leaders ?
From Daleside's latest tweet:
Leg 3: 1 dark peak; 2 shettleston; 3 B'dale; 4 p&b; 5 calder; 6 Mercia; 7 B'dale vets; 8 dark peak B; 9 helm hill; 10 bingley...
any up date?Quote:
Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
Sounds like DP are the relay champs http://www.mudsweatandtears.co.uk/20...in-fra-relays/
Britta
whoop whoop!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by britta
Just heard DP results from another sourceQuote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Senior Men - 1st : "B" Team - 8th : Vets - 2nd : Ladies - 4th : Vet 50's - 1st.
Nearly a clean sweep in the mens. well done guys
Anyone know how Pennine did?Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Top 10 from Daleside's latest tweet:
1 dark peak; 2 B'dale; 3 Shettleston; 4 Mercia; 5 P&B; 6 Calder; 7 B'dale vets; 8 dark peak b; 9 bingley; 10 Hunters Bog Trotters
Senior men 21st overallQuote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
V40 6th
V50 3rd !!!
Ladies 9th
Cracking effort by the V50s!! Nice one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pink Panter
Great day out today in a glorious part of the world. Good to see a lot of familiar faces. Couple of pics below of the runners at the elite end of the field, pics from all legs on the sportsunday site.
http://adyinaccy.smugmug.com/Other/M...X2/Ady1-X2.jpg
http://adyinaccy.smugmug.com/Other/M...X2/Ady2-X2.jpg
Today's photography efforts not worth uploading, especially next to Addy's pics. I think I got about 3 shots in focus. Humph! Shame, since the light and the weather was amazing. In fact, a great day all round and family jellybaby had a great time today. Nevermind the achievements of all the runners, the organisation today was amazing. Well done to Bingley for such a mammoth feat, hope you're having a well deserved beer to celebrate.
Still buzzing from it! A real red letter day. I was running navigation leg 3 senior B for Wharfedale, I was hoping for a standard fellrace checkpoint setup but as soon as I got the map (I was navigator) I realised it was a proper orienteering setup. I had about 2 mins to study the map before we had to make a deviation from Dowber Gill to CP1. I make the mistake of assuming that the CP would be easily visible and chose not to use footpaths or set my compass for it, but instead to set my compass for CP2 in advance and use a wall on the opposite side as a reference point for locating CP1. After a few tense minutes of scouring the fellside we finally found the marshal laid out in the bottom of a shake hole with the dibbing point next to him; you could have passed 10m away on either side and not seen him!
The majority of the checkpoints were scattered randomly about the bogs below Great Whernside, most hidden in gills but some visible, with two on the ridge around Sweet Hill. The terrain was incredibly tough for a high pressure situation; I frequently tripped over tussocks whilst double checking our course and went into a bog half way up my thighs at one point. This resulted in me crawling on all fours over the sodden vegetation and knocking the compass bezel with my thumb, thereby losing the bearing. My partner was much stronger than me altogether and I had to really push it, but managed to make all the right navigational decisions with the exception of CP1 despite the handicap of being constantly on the brink of collapse!
With CP6 out of the way we picked up two or three places on the way to Hag Dike, due to me being better down than up, but the positions lost on the way around and up had made a big dent in our performance. I advised that we shouldn't take a straight line off CP6 because the gills on the way would slow us up, but the topography of the land was clearly visible with it being such a fantastic day and you'd have to be very unlucky to find trouble.
After dibbing at Hag Dike it was a clear run in to Kettlewell, everyone was picking up speed and I felt a bonk coming on, that feeling of exhaustedness and hunger telling you to either stop or eat something. I'd chosen to eat a gel before the race to save messing around on the fell, and had misjudged the course demands. To add to the complications I don't like the run down from Hag Dike, it's contoured and it's too full of mole hills and rabbit holes- especially for someone in the early stages of jellylegs. I managed to keep up with my partner and we passed two or three runners before fording the beck and turning left past the water works. I was now in a situation where I had to hold my position on the last little climb and stay focused on not giving up. I've never fought against a bonk before, I’ve just always accepted the inevitability of it, and unless I’m mistaken I’ve never had it so hard in an event before. The last steep run in off the field was just like a slow motion dream; I’d kept the guys behind me behind me and managed to find a sprint to fight off a late challenge in the last 10yds. I forgot to tag the leg 4 runner and then had to have a bit of a lie down because my legs wouldn't support me! I'd do it all again next week.
Cheers to Bingley and the marshals; I don't know about the other 3 legs, but leg 3 was conceived masterfully.
Leg 3 looked tough with conditions very soft on the tops and the CP's well concealed. There were a wide variety of lines, somthing akin to an etch-a-sketch going on up there! Last pic from me, you'll have to visit the gallery if you want more. This one of forum stalwart Daz H returning from leg 4:
http://adyinaccy.smugmug.com/Other/M...X2/Ady3-X2.jpg
Fantastic day. Massive thanks to the organisers from all at Darwen Dashers. Superb location, superb weather.
Cheers to Ady and Wharfee for their photography today. Didn't even notice you Ady, but there again i was running for my life!
http://www.sportident.co.uk/results/...ishFellRelays/
Results are all here!!!
Denbigh Harriers did great 109th at the first attempt! Shame about the rugby!
Fantastic pic Addy, I can only dream that one day you'll get a shot of me in full flight..
It sounds like you enjoyed it Mr. B. Good to see you at the start. It was a hard leg; we took a straight line from 6 to Hag Dike and actually made time (despite lots of falling down holes) on two teams that looped round right.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
A fantastically well organised day. I thought it would be carnage in the middle of Kettlewell but the traffic and the runners were so well managed. I was very impressed. And the weather was absolutely glorious too.
Good to see you too Ali. It looked a bit touch and go on the map whether a straight line would take you into the gills or not, i decided to take us right a bit just in case and we came down on Hag Dike late. I played it safe and maybe took a hit or two.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
Hursty- nice to meet you mate ;)
Here's our route...Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/121694261
I made a cockup dropping into CP4 too low, but apart from that our route choice was good.
I notice you swept out right after CP3 which presumably was to avoid the climb over the bogs and follow the contours. I took us straight/slightly left deliberately to bring us into the gill high. I tried to drop us into CP3 dead on target but it didn't work and we ended up climbing back up a little way, so with CP4 i went high. Infuriatingly, the direct line would have dropped us in right on top of the marshal!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
It's revealing looking at the results, how much my lack of pace and strength slowed us down.
Looking at my route now, we were right on top of the marshall at CP4 before dropping down the stream. Must have lost 2 minutes deciding I was too low. Hey ho.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Yeah, we lost about that much trying to find CP1. Really should have gone to the gill fork and backtracked up the trod that heads up to Hag Dike. As you adequately put it- hey-ho :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
ooo Wharfee - Can I please have that pic of C & Q for our Bowland blog?Quote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Fab day out, great to get a Bowlands women team together, really enjoyed it, organisation was great, very efficient - Cheers Bingley. Congrats to all who took part, it makes the fell running calendar to be able to run for your club, no matter how knackered you are!
A BIG well done to Bingley and Kettlewell.
What a cracking event.
Not a wrong word about owt by anyone.
Bloody marvellous
All the clubs did well, proud to be a fell runner.
Interestingly, every leg was won by orienteers
Great day out - big thanks to Bingley et al. Loved returning to the fells after a bit of time away (work, baby, injury!) and enjoyed a well designed nav leg. The battles for places was intruiging, but equally, my club (humble little Tattenhall) put out it's usual mens tean but also a ladies team for the first time with 4 fell novices from 6 (i'm sure they wouldn't mind me saying) and they loved it - every moment. If you can cater for the elites and the many handy runners that were there without alientating beginners like our girls, you've done well and have a brilliant event. Thanks again ROs
ST
Many thanks to Bingley Harriers for organising a fantastic Fell Relay Championship this year, the whole thing was very well done. Weather was amazing too!
Some photos from Leg 2
https://picasaweb.google.com/1139701...ettlewell2011#
Well done Luke a great run and nice to see your injury problems behind you. You were only a second behind your A team nav pair. Was looking out for you but did not have the pleasure. What a day out in a great part of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Just one thing that my junior mind could not resist. The lesson of your post seems to suggest you should fight against a good bonk, no matter how hard. Growing up in Essex I was taught otherwise :w00t:
Surely there has very rarely been a fell event as good as this yesterday. I thought it was so well organised with a supurb atmosphere and respect amongst competitors. From the silence and clap for Bill Smith before I went on leg one to clapping the very last team in before prize giving, all excellent. Nice one Bingley.
Cheers Roy. Being a mere second behind Ted Mason is an accolade i can't accept i'm afraid, i think Chris Newman had some sort of sickness problem which looks to have lost them quite a lot of time. As for my injury problems, i'm afraid they're still with me too. The ITBS will allow me about 7m before starting up, and ever since i spazzed my ankle on Little Whernside early last year it keeps on going; always the RHS outside, and only when it rolls inwards which defies convention. If i went to the right physio with the right experience they might get rid of one or both, but i'd suffer mentally from not running. So i have to choose between pain in my leg, or pain in my head- leg every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Scott
Hear, hear! Couldn't express it any better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
thank you.
we have some lost property,or has it been dumped?
pm me and i will sort.
A Few More Pics To Celebrate The Magnificently Organised Event
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That was a fine day out in the hills. I was the weakest leg of our team, but still had a good run and a lovely day out. Well done to all concerned.
Amazing day out. Fantastic event. Great running. Loved it :)