Print outs are fine. If not just end up trying to spot runners on the far horizon and follow them instead!Quote:
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Print outs are fine. If not just end up trying to spot runners on the far horizon and follow them instead!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Hardy
back off me hols - rested/uninjured/tapering nicely, and didn't even put on any weight :thumbup:
I have a cunningly fashioned 13:30 schedule and a good feeling about this one
so looking forward to Saturday...http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...hot_smiley.gif
Early forecast looks promising...
http://uk.weather.com/weather/dailyD...X0092?dayNum=6
13.30 Daz!! Hopefully I'll see you there and out on the course! Its around there I'm looking at!!
Kennedr: That weather is looking spot on, a bit hot if anything!!
Quite excited now, as is the missus! :thumbup:
Iain - excellent! see you in Devonshire Park for the striking of the anvil!Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
anybody else want to join the 13:30 Machine...?
Would love to but think I'm looking at catching the 18:00 Express! :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Will have to have pleasantries at the start as I'm walking it with a friend and will still be on trail when you lot are back home in bed. Hope to say hi to a formulates at start :-D
Good luck all you Bullock Smithy(ers), have fun :thumbup:
Andy.
Thanks Andy :)
Met Office forecast for Peak District:
Saturday
A mostly dry day with some decent sunny spells likely. Any early low cloud, hill fog and drizzle across western slopes should soon clear. Fresh, west or southwest winds.
oh
yeah
:thumbup:
Daz - that sounds a perfect forecast, I'd be quite happy if it was like the LTOB but a bit cooler. I've invested in a lovely OMM smock though just in case of rain. I'm sure you will be well on course for your target time. Are you and Ruth still running together?
I'm having huge pre-race jitters and my whole body is shutting down - remind me, why are we doing this?
I've not run up anything more challenging than a curb since June, this promises to be interesting.
So - There will be loads of people to follow for the first few miles - I hope they all go the same way, I find it terribly confusing and distressing when I have to choose which people to follow.
I've reccied: Walker Barn to the end.
Earl Sterndale to just short of Cumberland Cott
CP1 to 2
I'll take the road from Millers Dale and avoid the steep track.
Any other top route choice tips?
Looking forward to this now!! Need to just mark up the map!! :thumbup:
You lucky people... sounds like a treat in store.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
I am working, but still not really recovered from the Campylobacter that thwarted my BG hopes in May... hence not getting there this year.
Mark, I am sure you'll be fine and have a great day out... all was going well for us til we got lost :o in the dark round the back of Three Shires Head, but if you've recce'd that section you ought to be fine. It's a great event and hopefully I'll get the chance to get stuck in next year
Sarah - don't worry, if you go as well as you did on LTOB you will get very close to 12 hours :thumbup:
I think Ruth will be starting a bit more conservatively than me, although I'm sure she underestimates herself and I wouldn't be surprised if she overtakes me in the later stages...
Mark - you're going to be distressed right from the off then, as some people go out of the back of the park onto the residential road and some go out the front onto the main road!
I'll be going up the track from Miller's Dale, cos there's a pub where you cross the A6 and I might pop in for a swift half! (seriously)
I have had nightmares about the beginning as I have only done recees from Peak Forest, I was sure I knew the other bits and now they merge into one. I will be terribly confused about the beginning when everyone goes off in different directions! I tried to walk Furness to Big Stone but the cows chasing my dogs put paid to that plan so I will just have to trust my memory now!
I'm going to follow the track at Millers Dale as well to get the short sharp climb out of the way :thumbup:
ah the dreaded cow-field
it is possible to miss it out with a relatively short road diversion, but hopefully either the farmer will take the cows out for the day, or they'll get bored after chasing the first couple of dozen runners :wink:
Did the Pamplona Bull run earlier this summer, didn't think the practice would come in handy for this!Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Oh nooooooo!Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Which is the quickest way?
Mark - As crow flies the most direct route to first checkpoint is with the hikers but the more runable route is out of the park, down past Brookside Garden Centre, sharp left,up stony road, left through hedges across fields, into and across Davenport Golf Club then out up roads past Boars Head cross over canal then up up into back of Lyme Park - cross fields up into woods, out the other end and then rocky track up to Bowstones.
Sarah - don't worry there will be others (me included) who will be taking it uber slow at the start so you will have others to walk/jog with and follow.
Mark - I've done both routes from the start in previous years (yes and I still don't know where I'm going!) and there wasn't much in it for both of them as I got to the checkpoints at the same time. There are people to follow, but I did feel sheer panic when they all went different ways!!
Just follow George Matuszewski. His number is 1Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarah B
He has run it 37 times:confused:, including a double run one year.:closed:
I believe he has never followed the same route twice!:w00t:
My main problem is going to be Earl Sterndale to Brand Top, then Brand Top to Cumberland Cottage. Luckily last year I got paired with a very helpful couple (Plod Queen and her partner) who guided me thru' these sections in the dark. I've attempted to draw it up onto my map using the BS supplied route, but it is tricky. Hopefully at least some of this will be in the light, or half-light this year. If push comes to shove I'll follow the road thru' Hollinsclough I guess, then slightly double back to pick up Brand Top. Then its kind of road/track to Cumberland. Having put it all on my map, big chunks are coming back to me so hopefully I'll recognise large tracts. Certainly when we went up to recce last week I recognised big parts.
Iain - stick with me kid!
'course that means you'll have to bimble along at my pace ;)
13:30 schedule should have it going dark on us somewhere between ES and BT
but I've recced this to destruction over the last 2 1/2 years, so nothing can go wrong :w00t:
fell guy
from earl sterndal straight down road to crossroad,staright across up a slight hill on road till you come to footpath/track on left follow sign to you get to dowell dale. Up road for approx 1/2 mile left on footpath/track and then bear right follow path to farm with MyCOCKs cemet mixers . cross field over stile just before farm and across fields with apond on right x straem (right and then cross agin left. you should be at gate at bottom of hill very muddy with farm with barking dog follow track as is turns right at top and then all way to brand top.
hope this makes sense
whats the grub at check points like ? is it well stocked ? or should we carry plenty ? looking forward to a wander out now havent done this one before . good luck to all and see you there :thumbup:
Plenty of food and drink at the checkpoints (none at Edale Cross). Apparently there are hot dogs somewhere near Brand Top...
So you won't starve but maybe take a few favourites for in between bits.
cheers kenndre , i always carry something to nibble on and like the sound of hotdogs :) is the parking far from start and how long a walk is it
The checkpoint food is great! Fruit salad in rice pudding, oranges, soup, hot dogs, golden syrup cake, jam doughnuts, crisps - have to say the penguin biscuits made me heave last year and I have not eaten them since! I carried a large bottle which I kept refilling with water at each checkpoint. You have to take your own cup with you if you want a cup of tea/soup if I recall - I bought a collapsible cup which was very handy.
There is parking near the start however it feels like miles away when you have to walk back to the car after the finish!
thanks sarah sounds we'll be well fed then and im sure it'll be a long walk back to car alright :thumbup:
I'm not sure there's any "official" parking, but plenty of local residential roads (obviously need to park considerately)
mmm... rice pudding/fruit salad at Edale, and doughnuts at Chelmorton are my faves :p
Best of luck everyone, have a great weekend.
Daz - take it steady and pace it well and you should achieve your 13:30 goal. Most importantly, enjoy yourself!
Thanks Linda! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Stagger
I will definitely enjoy it - the route/organisation/people/atmosphere are too good to allow anything else :thumbup:
off home to finish packing now...
Good luck to everyone tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Every year I keep looking at this race then chicken out.
The jam doughnuts might swing it for me next year.:thumbup:
Hello,
Does anybody know if you can get maps on the day? :)
Thanks
Matt
phew- we are back from France and I have even had time for a shower as well as a chance to pack and read the maps. Not the best preparation and an awful drive from Dover but at least it is not an early start. See you all at the Scout hut. I'll be the one looking brown, cold and slightly confused...... what day is it, which way do I go, I'm cold so perhaps I really should carry all this gear???? Look forward to catching to with people
Does anyone have a post code for the scout hq or anywhere near for the sat nav. Please
sk7 6bdQuote:
Originally Posted by old un
Av a good un all you Bullock Smithy ers:thumbup:
Thanks for that daz :thumbup: and have a day everyone see you there