John Kelly
https://randomforestrunner.com/2020/...-hartley-slam/
https://live.opentracking.co.uk/johnpennine20/
Printable View
Not sure if they've been scientifically measured, but I think he must have the largest balls ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
For his 'Grand Round', I wonder if he's still going for 100hrs? I recall after his first attempt he said he thought that might not be possible, but 120 could be.
I will be watching with interest and I love John Kelly`s tribute to Mike Hartley by naming the attempt the HARTLEY SLAM,Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
Good Luck John
Just been into the village (Lothersdale) to see him pass through. 75mins or so up on schedule. Didn't look particularly tired.
Iirc the schedule shown isn't an actual schedule, more an average pace needed to be maintained to reach the finish his goal time, which appears to be 2 days 12h 22 minutes.
Looks like he maybe had a rest at Hardraw. He'll be fairly close to 'schedule' when he hits Thwaite by the looks of it. Interesting tactics, guessing he wants to make sure they're serving when he gets to Tan Hill.
He took a 20 minute nap at Hardraw
https://twitter.com/SFMFilms/status/...646249984?s=20
He's going well then. Think the tracker lost connection above Thwaite as all of a sudden he's popped up well out the other side. Must still be 30 minutes up, probably more. Comfortably past 100 miles within 24hrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by r0bh
Some photos from Lothersdale.
https://i.imgur.com/4VoP8de.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/8V0nTyW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/OfztEjc.jpg
I hope he didn't run off until the green light was showing. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
The local village community FB group ticketed him for jumping the red light :rolleyes:
So he's just got to Tan Hill in 25 hours - bloody hell!
Getting interesting now. Looks to be around 3hrs down on his projected times for a 2d12h finish, but that means he's still got about 2hrs in the bank for the record. Not the greatest weather right now, but should improve through the day. Apparently he was suffering a lot with his stomach yesterday.
Edit: he's maybe going to claw back about 20 mins on this leg, so about 2h40m down.
Slipped to nearly 4hrs off his projected pace now. 0320 tomorrow morning is what needs for the record. If he can get to Byrness for 1830ish he'll have maintained that 4hr deficit and have the best part of 9hrs for the Cheviots. Took him just less than 10hrs on The Spine (though minus The Cheviot itself). Close, and a long night ahead!
Going to be close me thinks
in 40mins ahead of the record.
He's finished and it's a new record: 2 days 16 hours and 46 minutes
Martin Stone is going to have a difficult job working out what is the most meritorious long-distance achievement of 2020!
Very impressive. A good warm-up for his Grand Round!
Great stuff. Well done John
Another brilliant effort from the ‘summer of challenges’ I really like how much of an all round nice guy he seems
John's record might not last long! Damien Hall is having a crack too:
https://www.inov-8.com/blog/pennine-...2kdc1TLIty4KhI
Impressive. I notice he's doing it carbon negative, picking up litter while simultaneously being an ambassador for a sports shoes company. That's some multi-tasking. Good luck to him.
like it Noel!Quote:
Originally Posted by noel
Damian Halll: not just a fell runner, but the saviour of the planet!. I trust he has forbidden anyone to travel by internal combustion engine power to support him on the route, and that all of his food and drink are carbon neutral, plastic free and made without use of pesticides.
OMG i've just read the inov8 blog and he REALLY IS BEING THAT WOKE! bow down, Damian HAll is going to save the planet while running a long way. what would we do without him?Quote:
Originally Posted by benshep
Yeah all that rubbish about allowing for car journeys in his "carbon budget" is utter claptrap... it's obvious car journeys are required, i don't think anyone is going to criticise him for that and certainly doesn't need justifying...
I had a guy on facebook berate me for travelling from the midlands regularly for fell races, and suggested that there should be a geographical limit on participants. As if i would just be sitting at home doing nothing if i wasn't out on the fells... i'd probably be doing something else, probably more polluting...
I then looked him up and spotted he was from Harrogate and was entered in the Long Mynd Valleys race, the hypocritical bugger...
Ah well, that's Harrogate for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
It's good to raise awareness but I do find some ways of doing it a bit wareing. But for some things one begets the other.
He seems to have been good to his word with bio-degradable packaging and fueling. Naturally support vehicles/supporters/film crew is a different kettle of fish.
Can we keep this thread to discussion of the attempt? You can trash having a cause, wokeness, climate emergency, Inov8's marketing department etc. in the 'down the pub section' where I refuse to venture nowadays.
I'm presuming North to South is easier, since he'll be going downhill all the way.
But seriously, it's probably harder since we normally get south-westerly winds. Fingers crossed for nothing more than a light breeze.
150m extra climb going N-S apparently, based on spot heights.
The main thing from a running perspective is stuff like steep downhill from Cross /Dun Fell into Dufton, instead of a nice gentle descent from High Cup Nick, and the gradient of rocky sections - e.g. the section around MiT, past the Forces and Cauldron Snout is (according the JK's blog) rough and rocky so I'd rather go up that than down it. Likewise I'd rather go up the S ascent of PyG rather than down it.
I'm not sure if anything like this evens out going N-S.
Getting over the rocky W edge of kinder after 2.5 days on the go could be fun, especially if it's nip-and-tuck on the record. The rock hopping is irritating enough on the HPM and Trigger (though memory may be clouded by snow and ice from those)
Climbing Cross Fell in the dark. Last week it was Cross Fell in the dark where John Kelly started to slow down noticeably . . .
He seems to be shifting, 24h in, 4-5h up on schedule. It all depends when the crash hits and how hard!
This morning he was ~4h up on schedule at points. This is now down to just under 3h.
The schedule has a 42min buffer over JK's time from last week.
Not sure whether the schedule is accurate or an average pace as JOhn's was last week.
Looks like Damien's going to be the new record holder he is still over two hours up on his schedule.
He's looking pretty good, but still 16h/25% of the challenge left for a mega-bonk, definitely not in the bag.
No not in the bag a lot can happen between now and the finish time will tellQuote:
Originally Posted by ba-ba
He seems to be picking up time on the schedule and in a better state than JK was at this point in time.
He's about three hours up on schedule now. Only about 6 hours to go.
It's getting to the point where I can think "If I were completely fresh, I could do this last bit"
Maybe another two hours yet.
It sounds less impressive: beating a record that's lasted for 8 days (or whatever it was). 30 years is a better story.
Well he's got four hours to go over Mill Hill and Kinder, 12km or so. Impressive stuff.
Finished in 61hrs40mins :cool: