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Hi, before I get toooo old. After one failed attempt, 2 years of Achilles problems, next year is the year. If anyone is mulling over the prospect of a 2019 attempt and fancy joining me in the hills for fitness and navigational recces then please shout!
Best Phil
Good luck Phil. We’ll be needing a Class of 2019 thread soon 👍🏻
Yes all the best with training and planning Phil. My Round is this weekend and I'm also getting too old for this kind of fun!
Just recovered from a broken foot but nowhere near as your Achilles playing up. Count me in on any recces but give me a month to get a bit of fitness back.
And good luck to knightrunner hope all goes well
Phil A
Well...I'm hard at it so lets get 2019 on the radar for attemptees ( thats a word now ):rolleyes:
All the very best. I'm down to do leg 3 this Sunday so if I find you in a ditch... I'll pick you up. BUT sure that won't be necessary !
Best, Phil
Phil, hope the foot gets back to 100%. Please drop me a note when you feel suitably fit and recovered and we'll get out there.
Best, Phil
Hello guys.
I am hoping to have a go next year myself. Its been a long time coming with a couple of attempts being put off due to a couple of reasons. 2014 i was planning on having a go but then discoverd my wife was pregnant with our second so that was that .
2016 i spent the summer on the route with a view to have an attemt 2017. Unfortuanlty in September 2016 i started with Peroneal tendonitis which has been with me since. The rehab is going well and im back running . It maybe optimistic as the ankle only feels 95% to the good and still getting twinges but im hoping things will be ok. I will be 42 next year so it feels only right that i should have a go. If all goes to plan with my training, 24 hrs will still be a very optimistic target but i need to give it a crack before the zimmer comes out!
Anyway ,i live in Mersyside so only a short trip up the M6. I'd be happy to join in on any recce days if the pace permits .
Regards
Karl
Good luck Karl
I’m up for some recces too. Been injured for a couple of years now but back to it. Father Time is catching up so must crack on
Hiya, Father time is sitting on my lap but running well after on off Achilles issues. I'm up in Cheshire so give me a shout if you fancy getting up there.
Best, Phil ( [email protected] )
Hi Karl... you're just a youngster. I'm in Cheshire so if you fancy getting up there to train and recce, give me a shout. [email protected],
Best, Phil
Hi Karl
I’ll be up for a recce or two in about 6 weeks time.
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Hello Phil. Hope you are well. BoTh of us had an injury nightmare Hopefully I’ll be up in about 6 weeks
Do you still use Malvern ?
Hi Spen
Yes still use Malvern but go from side to side now. Found it replicates the lakes terrain better. I should be ready for a jog out on it in 2-3 weeks time if you fancy joining me
Yes Phil definitely. I only really know the way up north hill then along the top
Send me an email on the address above and I’ll send you a picture of the route
The first time i went up the Malverns on my own i went direct up North Hill, straight from the car park at the bottom, rather than following the path which zigzags up the eastern flank.
It was tough. Probably not even relevant to a BG round as i don't think there's anything that slow-going and rough on the BG.... but there is certainly a direct way up that way if you don't mind very rough ground, rocks and thorns.
Not recommended!
Hello, I am new to this forum, but have been considering the BG for a few years. Like a few others, time's passing and I need to crack on. Living just north of London is not ideal, but there you go.
I have some week days free the weeks commencing 10th and 24th September, if anyone is looking to go then am happy to fit in around plans. Ideally it's to see where I am fitness wise and what my potential is. I've done some long distance mountain stuff but it would be good to meet up with those with more experience than me (everyone).
Travs. That’s the way i tent to go up. Quite a tough little climb
Phil. Sent you an email
Any news on Knightrunners round?
When do you fancy a jog out phil ?
Cheers folks . Im planning a run / walk ( more walk then run ) on Thursday 27th Sept. testing out the ankle more than anything . Possibly doing the latter part of leg two. Coming up from Stick Pass and finishing off the leg retuning to the car Via the paths / road . .
Im currently build upto an hour running on mainly flat having had two years of tendonitis so im neing extremely cautious at this stage . If anyone fancies a slow one on the 27th let me know .
Karl
My email- [email protected]
All gone quiet in here! Everyone changed their mind?
I’m hoping for a 2019 run. Had a few recces over the summer, and I’m taking one last look at Bowfell to Scafell this week before daylight starts to get scarce. Not sure how I’m going to keep busy over winter – hill reps on the Cheviot or something.
Hi all,
I am up for an attempt in summer 2019 and possibly a race around Easter . I am a reasonable pace.
I'm also hoping to have a stab to mark my 50th. I'm a long way from the Lakes tho (Nr Southampton) so limited to a few visits in the first half of 2019 and then a mid to end of June attempt possibly. Will keep an eye on this thread/forum as it would be good to team up and do some practice runs with others...
Good luck locky. My wife was living in Southampton when I met her and used to train in the stair-well of a multi-storey office block
Hi all , I am up for supporting next year on one or two legs. I know the lakes a bit and am a reasonable pace. Think this would help me to have a go in the future. Can go up around Easter and summer too
Hi Locky if you are driving up the m40 and want some company I would be interested in joining. A couple of (Southern, not as Southern as you though) club members are also having a crack so might be able to lift share or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by locky
Hi, I’m planning to make an attempt in June, so it would be good to link up with anyone doing similar for recces. Planning to get up there as much as possible between now and then, mostly on Saturdays. I’m based in the Wigan area, so can either share lifts or meet up there.
Cheers, Tim
I’m looking to make an attempt this year and I could do with maybe going up with someone. I’m in Blackburn so not far from Wigan
That would be good, i’m trying to go up regularly, so I can let you know when I go next, which is likely to be next week at some point.
Start the year the way you mean to go on – I did a little recce from Honister to Pillar at the crack of dawn New Year’s Day, beautiful part of the route, beautiful weather. Good luck to anyone building up to an attempt this year. 💪
Good style. Is your log-on a reference to Skipton Chris or are you going Double Dutch style (as well as presumably ACW)?
The real hero was the owner of the torch I could see near the top of Fleetwith Pike when my brother dropped me off at at 7AM!
Nah my name’s just a reference to the fact that I skip a bit when I walk. Let’s just claim it’s supremely biomechanically efficient, and doesn’t just make me look a bit daft.
ACW is an interesting one. I just did that direction because it was easier to recce like that, but I have been tempted. Mainly, if I’m honest, because it’s the unfashionable choice. It would probably depend on my pace – Not sure I’d fancy the swamps of Skiddaw in the dark, but if I could get <20h, then it would be interesting.
Do some more recces and see what suits. You’ll meet fellow ‘enthusiasts’ out and about for sure at all hours
Lovely recce of Threlkeld -> Dunmail this morning. Went really well, although I needed GPS to get me round the Dodds whilst maintaining an acceptable pace.
A moment’s madness in the clag led to me blasting off the top of Dollywaggon in completely the wrong direction, but I managed to recover, and made it to Dunmail without keeping my ‘taxi’ waiting too long.
I’m excited to actually attempt the BGR, but in honesty, i could sack it off and i’d still have these lovely pre-dawn training runs for the rest of my life.
After having to cancel last year due to a pulled hamstring in the months before which totally put me out of action, I'm going for an attempt starting Fri 17th May at 7pm. I supported a few rounds last year so now have a good idea of what to expect but I still have a few sections I need to recce properly (have had a lot of bad weather meaning I couldn't see much!). Currently getting over a slight sprained ankle from going over on microspikes a few weeks ago but I managed to recce Edale Skyline last Friday and it was fine apart from being quite swollen for a day but the physio doesn't seem too concerned :-)
I have the beginnings of a team and think I have all legs covered but am struggling with road support so if anyone will be recovering/tapering that weekend then please let me know. I still have some time and a few more options to try but it is a busy weekend for races unfortunately!
Feeling very overwhelmed by all the logistics and the chance of bad weather (given that I had hail, persistent rain and galeforce winds mid June last year whilst racing in the lakes!), probably more so than the running part at the moment as I can only do what I can do on the day.