Good to hear that you're back out on the hills.... hopefully both bug-free as well!
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Good to hear that you're back out on the hills.... hopefully both bug-free as well!
Great to hear you're back on the hill Moley. And a lovely venue, indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Yes, a great morning out for a supposedly 2/3hr walk!! Sorry;). Didn't dare run too much as the missus would have killed us both if i'd have had you running aswell and then injured yourself:eek: It was really nice to be out about with you both. It's been far too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
Just wondering if you are going for it this weekend Rob?
If you are I don't think my legs will be up to it after Scotland (unless you are desperate for support). I feel a bit beat up at the moment. Especially when considering how tough I found the support last time.
Alan.
Alan - nope not this weekend. Sorry, thought I emailed you.
Sounds like you had a good Fling :D
O.K Rob good luck with your original date. Hope the weather gods are kind to you, if they aren't I will definitely help on your fall back date. Best of British with it.:cool:
The Highland Fling was a bit of a disappointment, I set off a bit quick and tried desperately to hang on. Pretty pleased with the placing though. Sub 9 hours next year.:rolleyes:
Thanks Alan. Nice avatar !
Not heard different, so I'm assuming Rob is going for it starting midnightish tonight...
Good Luck Rob! http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...ile_smiley.gif
He better not be as I'm at work :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Its in two weeks ;)
Rob hasn't missed much, a fairly grotty day up here. Cold, some drizzle (not heavy) and strong wind - would not be pleasant to run into.
Is it this weekend for Rob's " wee Welsh round" (as he once referred to it)?
It is and after weeks of recceing in knee deep snow over the winter looks like we're going to have a heatwave :DQuote:
Originally Posted by IWCharters
Enjoy it Rob!
Enjoy (-:
Very best of luck, Rob.
Thanks Chaps. Sunhat at the ready ....
Good luck Rob, I will be with you ...in spirit all round the hot Counties Tops.
Yiannis
Good luck Rob, I'll join Yiannis in thinking about you as we sweat across the lakes dodging the lightning!
I'll be trailing round behind these two (four, presumably) and thinking about you. All the very best, Rob.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Best Wishes Rob; I'll be with you in spirit, whilst sweltering in my best bib & tucker at the nephew's wedding!!
All the best to the support crew
"I'd sooner be having breakfast on the Roman Steps!!"
good luck rob. enjoy your day. :cool:
I hope all goes well Rob. Have a great day out!
Just adding to the pressure by wishing you good luck - should be just about warm enough.
Good luck on the first 2 sections. I look forward to joining you at Llyn Trawsfynydd dam, road shoes in hand.
Wynn told me that the high temperature defeated Rob's attempt. It certainly was hot in the Old Counties Tops. Lots of retirements.
Next time Rob.
Yiannis
Bad luck Rob. At times it was like being in an oven, especially on the climbs that were leeward of any breeze. It was attritional weather for such a tough round.
Good effort. Wishing you better conditions next time.
Hard luck Rob. Sorry to hear you didn't get round. To echo Yiannis and Alan: next time!
Bad luck, Rob. Very tough conditions indeed.
Next year Rob :)
A group of us did section 5 after Rod retired at a leisurely pace, stopping for photos etc, the sweat was pouring out of us, to think that Rob had been in it all day as he retired around 18:00. Very difficult conditions to do a round especially one as hard as this.
Tough luck Rob, Clear yes but the heat and humidity made it very hard yesterday, Good luck on your next attempt.
Rob 7th May 2011.... 23:30 start....;):rolleyes:
Leave me alone, my quads are still hurting ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
Well, serves me right to attempt it without you there, Yiannis. Well done to you and Ray for completing the OCT.
Fantastic support, guys and girls, some doing several sections in tough conditions. Thanks you sooo much. Sorry it didn't work out.
Some memories and tales from the day:
0100 near the end of the Cader section, orange half-moon, already too warm in shortsleeved base layer.
0500, Y Llethr, first light, looking across to Rhinog Fach with Llyn Hywel at his feet; mist lying in the valleys. Fantastic.
0830, northern Rhinog, Caz dunks his sunhat in a bog pool and puts it on my head. This happens at successive pools and bogs throughout the day. Without it, heatstroke would have been a cert.
0930, Trawsfynydd, Alan Duncan coats my legs in half a bottle of factor 50.
1030 Dolgellau, Wynn walks into the Meirionnydd Hotel with a coolbox - how much to fill this with ice? Errr ... 3 quid?
1200ish, Dr Sam Smith diagnoses Neil Shepherd as having housemaids knee.
1300, before section 4, Wynn packs ice under the sunhat, some more down my neck and sends me off with a wet tea towel round my shoulders.
1330, Arenig Fawr, Kat discoursing on the Daddy Longlegs' life cycle.
1400, great descent off Arenig, then my quads start hurting. (Reading Yiannis's 1998 report, he completed with sore quads...)
1500, limp down to the road, looking for a quick escape. Alan Duncan coats my quads with half a tube of Voltarol, says if I want to bail out here I'll have to walk; he and Neil Talbott massage my legs and point me at Dduallt - looks a hellishly long distance away.
1644 Dduallt, quads and feet increasingly sore, a hour behind schedule, beeline for the road and an early dinner.
1900, corned beef hash; me trying to talk to the team but falling asleep mid sentence, so I'm told....
Considering the temps were high 20s (Wynn says the car gauge registered 30C at one point) I was lucky to stave off cramp, apart from 2 brief bouts in a calf and eventually the quads, thanks to Nuun tabs, Diarolyte and assorted elecrolytes. I don't remember such hot conditions in Wales since my Paddy Buckley!
Like I said, my quads are still hurting ! And I feel sure I'm peak bagging somewhere that week ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by wynn
Rob,
I have pencilled in the 7th May 2011 but even I can't change the weather:(
Yiannis
I've got leg 5 sussed now, Lawrie showed us a fantastic line off Glasgwm, much quicker than the way you and Yiannis go ;) you'll have to let me take you on it next year :DQuote:
Originally Posted by RobW
Bad luck Rob, when I sore the forecast I didn't fancy anyone's chances this weekend. It's just so hard in the heat, and the early season warm days seem to take their toll because we just aren't acclimatised to the heat yet.
There was a group of Scottish based runners doing the Paddy Buckley, anyone know how they got on?
That sounds interesting! I assume you mean from Glasgwm to Pen y Brynfforchog?Quote:
Originally Posted by Baggins
Yiannis
Thats the one.Quote:
Originally Posted by ydt
Two of us went over the fence and the other two followed Lawrie along the fence then down a re-entrant, they got a long way ahead of us, didn't catch them until just before top of Pen y Brynfforchog! and we had been moving a lot faster than them up to then, having to wait quite a few times. :eek:
Good Effort Rob - sounds like you/your support gave it your best shot, but how unlucky for such freakish heat on they day? http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/...ted_smiley.gif
I'm assuming you can't try later in the year cos of the bracken, is that it?
i.e. May most sensible month to attempt?
Terrific effort Rob, great experience and motivation for the next attempt. Superb stuff
ST
Yes in Meirionnydd for less than 24 hours.;) By then you may have even more expertise of the round by the looks of things.:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by RobW
Thanks everyone.
Well it would do any harm to do a bit more reccying I suppose :rolleyes::) ... As Lawrie has another improvement up his sleeve :).