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WED.AUG 22. WORMSTONES FELL RACE (R). BS. 7.30 p.m. 4m/650' from Glossop Fire Station (GR 034929), Whitfield Park, Glossop. £3 on day. Teams free. LK.PM. Over 14. New event. Junior race incorporated in main race. Prizes for all categories. All proceeds to Fire Service Benevolent Fund. Details: Des Gibbons, 20 Queens Drive, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 8RB. Tel: 01457 864376. Email: [email protected]
I see this is a new event, but does anybody know what the route is going to be...?
This is straight from the horse's mouth:-Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Sounds like a little cracker to me - see you at the Fire Station.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheHorsesMouth
this means bugger all to me but i hope to be there :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GeoffB
Thanks GeoffB and HorsesMouth - looks like a great little route
Fire Station here I come...
If anyone is interested, I'm going along to watch tonight, nice evening 'an all. Traveling from Crewe, so if anyone who's racing, or watching, wants a lift I'm happy to drive. :cool:
Why not watch whilst racing, thats what lots of us do!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Titch
It's a short blast this one, pain should be short lived...
Weather over here right now is perfect...
Heather looks totally magnificent..
I'll probably be wearing my usual top..
Which is far from sightly..
cant make this one now but i will be at the royal tommorow night for my 1st outing with the pennine crew
hopefully they dont bite
Pity, I'm sure you’d enjoy Des G's little cracker!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Means you’ll have fresh legs on Thursday eve too....:(
Bit of biting should slow you down a bit!!:D
I'm not fast enough to race, it would be dark by the time I got back, but fast enough to get to the bar after... Haven't had chance to get hold of your mate Dan yet. Will look out for your "usual top" (not got a clue what it looks like....):confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luv Shack
I hope to be there tonight, watch out for the Dark Peak vest, It's not as pretty as Luv shacks but there's more of it....
Wormstones is a stunning location, both up and down routes are options on the 15 trigs.
Ian
I should be there tonight all being well.
can I have a ride in the fire engine?
Just got to decide if to run to the race or drive. Does seem a shame to drive to it with it being so close.
Get on yer' Bike RR!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadrunner
I've got to peddle over Chunal (& back!)...:eek:
Will there be somewhere to store my bike? I haven't got a bike lock!
Great Stuff Tonight!!!
Well done Des & the massed ranks of Glossop Fire & Rescue Service...
Plus the other usual suspects, drafted for the night.. superb marshalling..
Excellent course... magical weather..
Blooming heather to die for (and I did!)..
And Simon Bailey enjoying the whole show with babe in arms..
At the very classy Sharp End were...
Blokes...
1. Andie Jones
2. Lloyd Taggart
3. John Brown
Lassies...
1. Jackie Lee
2. Lisa Lacon
3. Katherine Harvey...
Unfortunately Mark S tackled Derbyshire Grit fingers first and was whisked off by men in Green Uniforms... hopefully not too fractured...
What a superb race - and what a quality field. It's not every day that you turn up for a little local race and see Road Runner, Lloyd, John Brown, Si Bailey... You should've seen the look on Phil W's face - I think he was ready to turn round & go home!
It'll probably be a few years before that record's broken. Top quality field & perfect running conditions made for a very fast race (not for me, though).
Thanks to Des & his merry team.
Just hope Mark's fingers make a speedy recovery (1 broken & 1 dislocated, I think).
So in the end I drove to the race, but did have to call at Tescos at way home for food!
What a perfect night for a nice short fell race. Bloody good field assembled for the first runnng of the event which will hopefully grow bigger and beter over time.
Great little race :-) Especially enjoyed the steep little descent near the start - then later the dawning realisation that we had to go back up it! I'll have to do a walk round there with the family - never actually been to the wormstones and Harry Hut before.
I make it about 350m ascent (1150') - don't tell anyone it was over 4 miles though, otherwise the juniors wouldn't have been able to run.
Just had an email from Mark Smith - he dislocated his little finger and he has a hairline fracture in his ring finger. But they're all back in position, now.
Fantastic race, thoroughly enjoyed it! :D
Those lovely purple hills in the evening sunshine are not quite so cuddly when you get close-up to them, are they? :eek:
Many thanks to Des and everyone else involved in the organisation.
Does anybody where/when the results might appear on t'internet...?
Reading this thread makes me a little homesick but alas. I remember as a school kid tramping off up to wormstones and rockclimbing with the scouts. Worn rope and a scout leader who you assumed knew what he was doing - not.
Ran up there many times and well done to Des for getting a fell race going around that route.
Sounds like a great field assembled - RR you normally go to the chippy after these short races. Tescos for food??! - you on a healthy eating plan?;)
No need to go to the chippy - Dougie's burger van was set up in the Fire Station yard selling lots of healthy food!Quote:
Originally Posted by ajohns352000
And I only had a can of Pepsi from him.Quote:
Originally Posted by GeoffB
With luck.... the very dependably slick Steve T, will post the results here www.cs.man.ac.uk/~temples/hc/
Lantern Pike 15th Sept' 2007..... coming very soon, (Ricky's Record!) oldest Fell Record in the FRA Calender..... going to be a very very special race this year.... BE THERE IF YOU CAN...
Results now posted...Quote:
Originally Posted by Luv Shack
Cheers, Steve
Thanks for slick results service Steve. Don't know how we managed without you in the 'old days'.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveT
Thanks Steve for prompt results - much appreciated.
8 from the back again - same as at Tegg's Nose - enjoyed this one more though :)
Got a flat road half-mara coming up (booooo!), but should deffo be at Lantern Pike...
(might even make Blackshaw Head next Saturday... <hmmmmm>)
Blackshaw Head Fete got blown away last year. Strong winds and rain. The fell race went on though!Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Looking to do this one as it's a club counter for us. Details seem a bit sketchy though? Anyone can tell me where registration will be or which club is organising it, or a more specific link to details? Thanks in advance
As usual details are in the FRA calander. It starts at 11am from Glossop Fire Station. Get to main lights in Glossop Town centre and turn right if coming from Manchester or left if coming from Snake Pass or even straight on if coming from Glossop Old Road direction. Its 5m/650' and £4 on the day. Proceeds to Fire Service Benevolent Fund. Organised by Des Gibbons 07904439241
i should be there
thanks for that Andi, all I found was a phone number!
Should be at least four or five Helsby runners there
Its raining hard here and has been all morning. Going to be wet in places.
Great little race. Thanks to Des and all at the fire station.
aye i'l second that,my best ever posistion in a race that,was up with the first 3 until my legs kindley informed me that they were not happy with the paceQuote:
Originally Posted by gyppo
thought that was a great race, enjoyed the run out, thanks to all who helped organise, sorry I didn't get to say hello fleeter, spoke to wily vet though!
really enjoyed this one (probably a first) running into a fire station to finnish was a bit surreal though. well flagged and a really good mixture of terrain , deserves more numbers , please try to do this next year if you can.
Was that you in 7th harrymoon?Quote:
Originally Posted by harrymoon
aye it was, although i'm Adain on the results!
anyone know if there is a link to official results anywhere?
Has anyone got a copy of the results from this race that they can email to me? I've asked Des, and he says that he's sent them to Brett, but no sign on the results page of the FRA website.
Alternatively, if anyone has a paper copy that they can send to me, I can scan it.