Does anyone have an entry for Borrowdale they do not want as I have missed the dead line? Can only enter by substitution now.
Thank you.
Alison, Ilkley Harriers
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Does anyone have an entry for Borrowdale they do not want as I have missed the dead line? Can only enter by substitution now.
Thank you.
Alison, Ilkley Harriers
Same goes for me. Been asking on the Borrowdale page but no luck so far.
There are some out there as i started asking round yesterday and I've just got an entry:DQuote:
Originally Posted by whome
See you there.
Carshare Jodg?
I believe the "Master" on Fell pony thread may not be doing it, not sure if his entry has been taken but its worth a try.Quote:
Originally Posted by westona
Sent Whome a PM this morning but no response as yet so its still going spare if anyone wants itQuote:
Originally Posted by Ambrosia Kid
Just sent you a pmQuote:
Originally Posted by The Master
Going....going....gone:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by FellShoeShuffler
Heck
Didn't realise it was pre-entry.
Another spare please?
Thanks
Mary
Does anybody have a place going spare please?
cheers
Iain
I've got one I can't use - PM me
Dave
Darn! I was looking forward to meeting the Head pony.
aye me too, has anyone got a spare entry pleasE?
Stop right there mate, you'll give him a big head!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by skennaugh
Besides, you'll meet far prettier ponies than him at Borrowdale, Ambrosia Kid for one, he's a reet bonny lad:D
When all the earlier requests are sorted if there is still anybody who has an entry they can't now use I'd be very pleased to take it off your hands (it's a club champs counter and I need the points!)
there is a spare entry for borrowdale on the wharfedale site http://www.wharfedaleharriers.org.uk/
reluctantly I am gonna have to offer up my entry. The evil plantar fasciitis has struck.
message me if interested.
Thanks for the offer. I'm sorted now.Quote:
Originally Posted by cockermouth?
aye nae bother. someone else has got in there.
can I ask whats the gen? how do you xfer an entry?
Another plea for a Borrowdale entry - if you have one, or hear of someone offering one elsewhere please PM me.
[This race was enter-on-the-day last time I did it!]
Im not needing an entry any more thanks :) best of luck Saturday all, Im running round on the friday instead then cheering on a friend competing in the Lakes 100 - GO SHELF!
No longer required, I have an entry :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sid Laws
Might be a bit late, but I got an entry going begging now. PM Me for details.
I'm not sure about all this.
The entry form for Borrowdale requires you to quote previous races of relevent standard.
i.e. they vett entries, the organiser requires you to have suficient experience before letting you run,
This is not to say that you guys don't have the relevent experience but
if you are picking up someone else's entry then its not you that has been vetted, so the organiser hasn't been able to verify your experience.
When you turn up on Saturday they could tell you to go away.
So - it might be worth clearing your substitution with the organiser before then.
Not if you fib ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by andy k
Not that entering Borrowdale without some long, crippling steep fell race experience is at all a smart thing to do :D
And providing you don't die, get seriously injured or cause an emergency call out cos your exhausted costing a fortune, potentially jeopardising fellow runners and damaging the reputation of the sport.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
And the required experience?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sid Laws
Hurts me to say it.................But Antisally is right, don't fib, get vetted and enjoy;)
And don't upset Scoffer, he's a big chap!
Perhaps they could both disqualify the person who has taken the the number and ban the person giving away the number from the race in question in the future if they have breached the organisers rules?Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylegs
StollyQuote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Given your advice to lie about running experience, does that mean we should treat "Stolly's running adventures" as a work of fiction?
I'm not trying to disagree with your strongly held views, and this is just me being cheekily contrary, but being experienced in fell races has never seemed much help in protecting me from serious injury. The dying bit could equally happen on a long solo run too, so you could argue running in a race is safer. And you can reasonably expect to become exhausted one way or the other ;) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Antisocial
Enid Blyton at her best :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Antisocial
Is there not a reserve list for Borrowdale like Ben Nevis, i had to pull out of that, contacted the organiser and my place was passed on to someone on that list who met the entry requirements, seems the best way to do things right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antisocial
So you are saying that experience (such as judging a line over rough terrain, descending on scree etc) doesn't count for anything at all then. So anyone can just turn up, run a race and have the same chances at success or injury as everyone else, sounds a bit naive to me?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Pictures are better in EB and there is a plot and girls , even if in the famous 5 one of them wants to be a boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Haha :DQuote:
Originally Posted by antisocial
No - my side of the argument isn't really sensible at all. But there again running in the fells, especially over the crap that Borrowdale drags you over, isn't meant to be sensible (is it?).Quote:
Originally Posted by Antisocial
My first ever fell race was the 3 peaks in 2004 I think. My experience at the time was that I'd run the route (very very badly) on my own a few months previously. On the day I didn't even realise that the race route went straight up Whernside! And yes it was a stupid thing to do and I was a train wreck at the end :D
Still, glad that I did it (and no at the time I did not lie to the race organisers).
How did you meet the entry criteria, or did they bring it in because of people like you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stolly
Good point. Its almost certainly all my fault.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antisocial
At the time the race qualification criteria weren't so stringent as it happens. I actually emailed and then called one of the race organisers, told them that I'd run the route before (but was economic with the truth as to quite how I fared) and that I felt I'd be able to run a 4:30 ish time - had I not collapsed from heat exhaustion and raging thirst about half a mile from the end in the race, I would have probably actually done a 4:40 so it wasn't an incredibly bad exaggeration as things turned out. I eventually crawled across the line in 4:54 or something I think. They let me run, that was the main thing.
Nowadays the long races are to an extent going over the top in the race experience stuff I think. Yes its better to have run other suitable races, especially in the Lakes where the ground is terrifying at times and yes mountain experience really helps. Sooner or later though you have to get that experience one way or the other.
If i get an entry, i plan to email the organiser with my experience. If they say no, then fair enough. Don't plan to cheat or be dishonest. Never done borrowdale tho so not too sure how i'll do over this distance. Also will there be refreshments halfway round?
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Originally Posted by Bobert
Plenty of streams to fill up on