He had it on his cap and definitely ran the whole race.
He had it on his cap and definitely ran the whole race.
He came 46th
I'm practising DaftasaBrush, I'm practisingOriginally Posted by Daftasabrush
Need to cultivate this very desirable "girlie girl" image!!!
By the way, Dafty, am I right in thinking you ran on the Saturday at Titterstone Clee as well? And that. so far at least(!), you've been modest about your achievements?!?
Does anyone know anything about this race? 11.5 m 4500' is it as tough as it sounds!?
My first thread!
In a word........YES!!!
The big thing about this race is that the tough climbs all come at the end.....so plenty of people go flying off at speed and then find they have nothing left in the tank for the last 3 hills.
Get yourself over and have a recce if you can. If you want any navigational tips, feel free to ask. it's a great race, you really must do it!
I'm not doing itTrogging and Winter Hilling this weekend instead.
Cheers for the response
Winter hill was the other race i was thinking of but long Mynd it will be!
No chance of getting over for a reccee before so am going to have to hope its an easy enough route to follow on the day unfortunatley.
Are there many route variations or is it quite simple? Quite new to fell running and dont have the best sense of direction!
It's tough! I would echo what Mr1470 has said about saving something for the three climbs at the end. It's often said that the race begins at checkpoint 5. There are one or two historical threads on Long Mynd from a couple of years ago which have some good tips on them. Assuming you have the positions of the checkpoints, most of the course is reasonably straightforward. There is some debate about when to drop off the ridge before checkpoint 1 (Jonathon's Hollow 447964). When you get up onto the plateau after this it's a bit featureless but there's usually a procession of runners. Going down to checkpoint 4 (Minton Batch 409918) needs care to avoid coming out too far down and missing it. The last climb, up Yearlet (checkpoint 7 437935), gives rise to much debate. Diagonally from the bottom? Up the valley then turn right? Some people have even suggested going straight up the front, which is pretty steep but the shortest distance climb (?) Finally there are about three ways down off Yearlet. The whole thing might be very interesting this year if there's snow...
Easily the most enjoyable route i have EVER run.
It's a fairly complicated route but basically strings together a series of good paths, with just an occasional short pathless interlude. I heard about all the route choices before I did it but in the end everyone where I was in the field (about 2:30) seemed to go the same way so there was no confusion.
As has been said, the tough bit is near the end (just when you are starting to fade a bit!). It's a great race though.
Yes: I forgot to say that it is a terrific race.
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