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Bet that got your attention. ;)
I am really happy to be able to report that Headless (Eddie Winslow) of Ilkley Harriers succesfully completed his debut BG tonight in 23.56.
Absolutely outstanding Eddie, what a brilliant effort in the circumstances.
What a man!
:D:D:D
Well done Eddie!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
Top effort Ed congratulations on your round.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
Welcome to the club...:o
Absolutley bloody well done, what a man indeed:)Quote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
Ed I was out with Stu and Debs midweek. Were they supporting or was it just Ilkley.
Either way well done to all for keeping you going.
Well done Ed. That must have been an awesome effort in the conditions :eek:
Now savour the moment :D
He's earned a relaxing Happy Christmas:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Baggins
Well done cracking effort ;)
Wow!!!
Well done that man.:)
Remarkable achievement - well done that man
Really well done
What brilliant news! :) Looking forward to reading all about it :cool:
IanQuote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Stu Pitches did Legs 2 and 3 (3 with me and Roy Ruddle). Stu is an Ilkley Harrier now. :D
I think Debs did Leg 5, but can't be sure. Sadly had to rush home and missed the final stages. :(
Hopefully Headless himself will surface here at some point to tell is how he's feeling this moning. :D
Fantastic I honestly thought the conditions would have been too much.
Top Man
Well done Headless in those conditions.
Well done :)
Nice way to make your debut ;)
You must have given your pacers a very nervous time, Headless - just four minutes to spare! Can I suggest going a bit quicker next time?:D
Thank you everyone.
Two breakfasts down and I'm about to move onto lunch, which will consist of copious amounts of birthday cake; Morgan you should have eaten more cakes :).
Marvin, leaving Honister I was quite relaxed - 3'45 to go so an easy run home planned. Unfortunately the weather deteriorated rapidly, my pacers had one of those moments and all the margin was used up with a mistake between Hindscarth and Robinson which meant I had 90 minutes to get home. On the hill we knew we had enough time (just) but there were some worried people in Keswick when I failed to show when expected.
Support was mostly Ilkley Harriers with Debs and Stu from Dark Peak (there were two Stuarts)
I'm physically feeling very good - quads are stiff and one blister but I can walk down stairs forwards. I suspect tomorrow may be a different story.
Friday night conditions were more exciting than expected. I was very aware of the front going through during Friday afternoon and evening and was expecting it to clear through by midnight whilst we were still on the safer ground of Skiddaw and Calva. I had a contingency of a delayed start but the forecast was for it to deteriorate into Saturday night so there was no anticipated net improvement in the weather - sitting in the pub in Keswick having tea we were watching the christmas decorations being buffeted. At 2100 the rain stopped and at 2130 the wind died down. It picked up again as we got up Skiddaw (OMM proportions) and made the ascent of Calva easy - I just spread my arms and was blown up the hill. It then died down again as we passed Skiddaw House (I never intended to go near the Caldew even before the heavy rainfall will have swelled it further). The plan was to go with Halls Fell if the weather was calm enough or Doddick if it wasn't - on the summit it was fine so Halls Fell it was. 50 metres down the wind opened up again and we were buffeted on the rest of the descent. This continued through until 0500 before finally relenting soon after Hellvellyn.
By contrast, Saturday was then one of the best Winter days out for a long time - calm, crisp and clear.
Times like that are horrible, when you can just feel the time ebbing away and any contingency just disappears. 90 minutes from Robinson is 15 minutes inside our schedule - that's pretty quick at that stage in the round. Well done again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headless
Nice one Eddie, sounds tough going.
Congratulations and Happy Birthday :D:D
Lawrence
True enough Eddie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headless
What was wierd about Leg 3 was we didn't see a single soul between Dunmail and Wasdale, not even in the distance. Even Scafell Pike was free of people.
Did you see anyone on Legs 4 and 5?
Did you see anyone all day!? Could be some kind of record.
My back problem after Lord's Rake was odd. All that bending up the Rake seemed to trigger a strange muscle reaction and just before the top of Scafell I had to find a patch of grass and lie down and straighten my spine!!
Was desperately hoping someone would come past and find me stretched out full length on the floor!! :D
Nobody, on any leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
Well done Eddie. Top effort!! Thoroughly enjoyed supporting you on leg 1 including the memorable descent down Halls Fell - got a bit blowy at one point didn't it? Was it like that all the way down to Hellvellyn?
Again well done EddieQuote:
Originally Posted by Headless
Re your muscles, I felt fine (if tired and with sore feet) and actually felt like I could go for a recovery run, the following day I was a bit stiff, but the day after that was serious torture(could hardly walk), went to the physio who gave me a hard massage and apart from a headache felt greally good with no problems so I would get some one to work on your legs as soon as possible.
Happy Birthday as well, Headless, what a way to celebrate it:cool:
Thanks Merrylegs. Not everyone's choice of a birthday outing but it has meant that I have had no angst whatsoever about turning 40 - it's all been focused elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
I seem to remember you telling me you fancied it for your 40th 2-3 years ago whilst we ran round the Trollers Trot together.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headless
I can't think of a better present.
Expect lots of congratulations of the coming weeks and every one asking you whats next? :rolleyes:
When I finally get my a**e in gear in the New Year and start to gather info for a "conditions" column in my winter completions listings I must ask whether any else had a "human" free Round.Quote:
Originally Posted by Headless
Just bizarre - it wasn't that bad a day really, not in the daylight hours.
Perhaps Friday's weather scared everyone off. :D
Or perhaps they all went shopping.............:eek:
Sounds like a brilliant day out.Quote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
I'm interested to know where you all were when it got light and when it got dark. I imagine the plan was to do most of legs 3 & 4 in daylight.
MarvinQuote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
Eddie set of at 10.00 pm clockwise, so he was at Dunmail for a little after 6.30. It got properly light around Sergeant Man (which we did before High Raise) and we were in Wasdale around 1.15 pm. I guess it got proper dark again around Kirkfell but hopefully Eddie can confirm when he gets a minute.
Great End across to Scafell was pretty interesting as was Lord's Rake. hadn't been in there for about 23 years or so. It hasn't improved much. :eek:
Well done Headless!
We put the torches back on on the summit of Kirkfell. They could have gone on a few minutes earlier but that's the first time anyone needed them to read the map by.Quote:
Originally Posted by BGSec
Timings were dictated by wanting to be on the back end of leg 3 in daylight. That and getting back before the pubs shut ;)
It has been a long time in gestation. I first came across the BG in 1994 when I spent many weekends in the Lakes reccieing with and then supporting Mark Hawker's successful round. Some planning went on over the next couple of years but it wan't high enough on my priority list so didn't happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
I started contemplating the idea of a Winter round about 3 years ago when I noted my 40th was on a Saturday. Just a vague notion at the time. I had a chat with Martin Stone about it and he thought I had it in me. I then spent a year playing with it in my own mind before deciding that I was mad enough. My conversation with you was during this phase.
I have been doing more ultra over the last year. I've been doing the Lakeland classics for many years but this year have done 4 events over 30 miles, 2 50 milers and 1 100 mile event plus many days (and nights) out on the hills.
I put an article in the Ilkley Harriers newsletter in the Summer and received plenty of volunteers.
As for what's next, I have an idea but I'm going to keep quiet about it.
July the 14th 2012 is a saturday - and my birthday ....there we go...thats my BG attempt date set!!!!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Headless
Well done Eddie and welcome to both clubs - the BG and the Vets brigade:D
Surprising where time can go following even a small slip up on that last leg even though it's the shortest fell section.