Stagger's wife:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
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Stagger's wife:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
idiot. No her real name :D. How did you do
Dimwit, i didn't do Wasdale, couldn't you tell that from the times of my posts today:pQuote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
I'll wait for Stagger to let me know................
To be honest i dont read the times im not a post pervert
Whereas no doubt you are happy reading the Sun or rather looking at the picturesQuote:
Originally Posted by TurboTom
lol. No i do the crossword avidly though. Im more a guardian man my self. slightly lefty with good in depth articlesQuote:
Originally Posted by Clash City Rocker
Mrs Stagger didn't do very well today, I was timed out at Pillar! I started off ok and got a bit of time in hand but just seemed to get slower and slower.Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I need to do some longer stuff again and then maybe I'll give it a go next year. Fantastic route and brilliant weather, clouded over at about 4ish but no rain.
Thanks for asking Merry.
Not to worry, least you had a go, understand its a tough race, might give it a go next year myself;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mrs Stagger
I think the trick to it, is a bit like a BGR, get the climb in. The rest of it's easy then :p
Listen to the Pudgemeister, he did it last year:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pudgy
Listen to pudgy. So pudgy how do you train to beat me on saturday
Some photos from start, wind gap and finish.
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/ianweetman/Wasdale09JPGs#
Anymore news on results coming through
Ay'up Ian...would you mind if I used a few of your pics in my video?
I know what the top few ladies results were:Quote:
Originally Posted by Clash City Rocker
1. Pippa Jackson
2. Jane Reedy
3. Anne Johnson
4. Helen Fines
5. Mary Gillie
:)
does anyone know what the winning time was?
dont know what the winning time was but on the pics looks like rob jebb won itQuote:
Originally Posted by backofthepack
Some fab pics there, made me quite jealous! Wish I'd been up to scratch as it looked like a cracking day. Like the way some of the snaps make it look a bit like a 'walk in the park' for the lead runners. Tom Brunt is positively floating along. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by IanW
I think it was 3.47 by Rob Jebb? Not 100% sure as I had lost interest in fell running by that point.Quote:
Originally Posted by scott baistow 93
Was very hot out there! A fair few drop outs and the passes looked like a battlefield, people dropping all over the place.
Took me over an hour longer than last year to do the race. Lack of training, too much heat and also ripping a pair of inov8s (and in turn my feet) to shreds all put together made for a rubbish race. Just happy to have finished though as I was sure half way up gable I was quitting at styhead pass.
A very honest summary of your race AJF, well done for finishing and keeping the quit demons at bay;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AJF
An honest summary has a lot more expletives in it! Although the reasons are in order of importance. Winging Wasdale isn't easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I finished seven minutes down on my time last year, but suffered badly from cramp from Sty Head onwards:(. Comparing last year's splits with this year, I was faster as far as Pillar, but at the top of Gable the times were identical and then I started to drop back from last year's time. As AJF says it was very hot, and there was certainly a high rate of attrition. At least with such good visibility navigation wasn't a problem
[QUOTE=AJF;238412]I think it was 3.47 by Rob Jebb? Not 100% sure as I had lost interest in fell running by that point.
Thanks for the time, just trying to work out points for classics.with any luck I might have some.
What a fantastic day! Views were amazing, but it was a bit hot!
I was about 14 minutes down on my only previous attempt - 2006, but really pleased with my result (4hrs 44min).
There were some very impressive runs, though. Such as Mark Palmer, who fractured his leg 12 weeks ago, had the plaster off 6 weeks ago and was 2nd Vet 45 (I think), then Mike Johnson, fresh from his 17hr xxmins BG last weekend, finishing very strongly a few minutes ahead of me.
Thanks very much to Richard Eastman and his team of helpers for a wonderful day out.
Cant think why you have an interest in those results. Wow for Anne!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BillJ
Looks like you'll all have to wait patiently for the full results!!
http://www.richardeastman.co.uk/cfra/Wasdale2009.pdf
Aye great run by Mark 'I'll jog round at the back' Palmer...he looked very strong at the end, very impressive come back.
My most difficult fell race since Peris 2006 I reckon. Cramp set in after 2 hrs ish and just couldn't descend. Really enjoyed the weekend, I could have quit a few times and almost threw the towel in after falling on the summit of Scafell but then realised the stupidity of that one..
Must say I found this a significant step harder than Jura and Peris. Just a different class of difficulty.
From memory, possibly slightly out...
1. Rob Jebb 3.46
2. Simon Bailey 3.56
3. Pete Vale 3.56
4. Simon Booth 4.01
5. Lloyd Taggart
6. John Hunt 4.10
7. Jim Davies 4.11
8. Ed Tres. 4.12
9. Ben Abdelnoor 4.16
10. Steve Birkinshaw 4.18
I was 17 minutes down on last year, struggled from start to finish and never felt good. Didn't enjoy it - too hot, went too fast at the start. Didn't suffer the cramp I've done in other races but it wasn't comfortable. So, in summary, can't wait to come back and give it another go!
pretty impressive lead there by jebby he must have been flyingQuote:
Originally Posted by theNoor
I'd agree with your first sentence 110% Iain, Peris 2006 was a mother. All to play for in the British, nd high 20s, no wind and no cloud.Quote:
Originally Posted by IainR
Wasdale's certainly harder than Jura, streets apart. But Peris? Not so sure - a bit longer and a bit more climbing, but apart from Pen Y Pass hardly any water en route (loads of streams yesterday esp between the road and Gable) and from Y Lliwedd to the finish is probaly the harding bit of fell racing I've done :eek:.
I was talking to a few others, most agreed but some had the same view as you. I think I find the Peris quite easy because it's my local, I live in the centre of the race. Maybe being so familiar it just makes it seem much smaller. On the Peris I find that getting to Lliwedd is the key, and quite enjoy the last bit. Wasdale has lots of gradual up hill running, that god awful meadow at the top of seatallan (which is probably a lovely spot outside of the race), the long traverse after the descent of seatallan, and the climb to eskhaus and ill crag which is what I struggle on. In Peris an Jura it's all big steep climbs, good old walking hills. On the gradual hills the better runners just leave for dead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tin Ribs
Come off it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tin Ribs
Records:
Peris: 3.02 Gavin Bland 1994
Wasdale: 3.25 Billy Bland 1982 which is around 20 minutes faster than Rob Jebb managed yesterday in an English Championship counter, "loads of streams", or not.
The differnce is 5 miles and 1000ft. So if you work it out as a percentage i.e. bring them on par then wasdale would be 16 miles with around 6750ft of ascent so more than 1000ft less.
well said graham :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GrahamB
so on a distance ascent comparison Peris is harder. The hills are slightly more runnable (i have done a bit round there) and i think that on certain parts the running will be naturally a lot quicker
Hmm, not convinced Lliwedd, Glyder Fawr, Snowdon or even Cyngorion are particually runable, whereas it's only really Great Gable you have to walk up on Wasdale.
And I'm not convinced that the difficulty of a race is related to its course record. Does that make the Yorkshire Offroad Marathan harder than Peris or Wasdale?
Both are grand days out, but I'd give Peris the edge. Wasdale certainly has it's moments though :cool:
Snowdon is runnable
and cyngorian
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Originally Posted by Pudgy
Just so I am clear "you run up all Scafell Pike on Wasdale and your finishing time was..?