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    Ben.....I’m sticking with Geordie.

    Futureheads and Toy Dolls definitely Mackems.

    Chris and Ed....Always a pleasure running with you.
    Darren Fishwick, Chorley.

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    OK Darren, I know when I'm beaten by you and I'll accept defeat on this occasion (not the first and won't be the last) even though Paul Smith is in fact a Smoggie.
    Quote Originally Posted by Tindersticks View Post
    Ben.....I’m sticking with Geordie.

    Futureheads and Toy Dolls definitely Mackems.

    Chris and Ed....Always a pleasure running with you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Athers View Post
    First scoot around Buttermere Horseshoe and what an absolute beauty she is. Everytime i race in the lakes, i think i'm going to struggle to top that for a true fell route but they just seem to get better each time. Had a decent...ish enough race. 5.07, i think sub 5 is easily achievable with a recce. Plan was to start very steady and then try and finish strong...which i kind of did. A few issues didnt help along the way but generally a grand old day out.

    For some reason i decided to add Red Pike summit just because im a bit stupid like that sometimes when my head is down and then took the worst line possible through the woods heading to the very bottom of Melbreak. Did run a few sections with Mr Fishwick himself but with some fancy line choices being taken he slipped my grasp. :-) See you next year! I'll be back for more of that thank you. The support on the hill was superb. I even managed to get a massage off a club mate on a cramping right quad in honister. Way too early for those type of shennanigans to be setting in but it certainly set me up for a decent second half.

    You can truly see why they are know as the classics when they are this good. Oh and Carl Bell...well the mind boggles.
    My old man told me afterwards how he had watched him RUN up Melbreak. What an animal.
    With you on the quality of the route. Prior to this, Borrowdale was my favourite race in the Lakes (it helped that I had a good un back in 2016, including a good battle with the venerable Mr Fishwick for much of the way). Langdale is also a cracker, though it’s kicked my backside both times I’ve done it. However, despite having fallen off the back of the race early on, I am in awe of what a fantastic race it is. I went with a group up the steepest part of Robinson, with terrain that felt nothing like any other race I’d done. It’d be an interesting race in the clag with its more modestly sized field in a non-champs year!

    Carl Bell clearly had a fantastic race but I think Jasmin Paris might take run of the day - smashing her own record by some way. Add to that having a baby under 1, that’s some effort (& puts my own excuses, about being a dad of twins of a similar age, to shame!)

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    In some ways it seems a long time since last weekend...….

    However I have uploaded an excel file of the all of the cumulative and split times to each checkpoint.

    You can now admire the leg times of the top runners.

    I suspect that Carl didn't get the fastest time on each leg, but I'll leave it to you to check - got to be better than watching the world cup?

    File attached on the CFR website


    http://www.c-f-r.org.uk/

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    Entries are now open for the Darren Holloway Buttermere Horseshoe, and the accompanying "short" race.
    Counter in the Lakeland classics.
    Please note the change of date to the 22nd of June.
    Please really note the request for car sharing - there may be a parking issue.


    https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.ph...&event_id=5577

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    Results from yesterday’s Darren Holloway Buttermere race are now on the CFR website

    http://c-f-r.org.uk/pages/

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    Entries close for the Darren Holloway Buttermere Horseshoe races on Tuesday the 20th of June, with race day on Saturday the 24th of June.
    Full details on the CFR website https://c-f-r.org.uk/pages/cfr_races.html
    with entries through the SportIdent entries https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.ph...event_id=11493
    Last edited by Andrew B; 15-06-2023 at 12:01 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew B View Post
    Entries close for the Darren Holloway Buttermere Horseshoe races on Tuesday the 20th of June, with race day on Saturday the 24th of June.
    Full details on the CFR website https://c-f-r.org.uk/pages/cfr_races.html
    with entries through the SportIdent entries https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.ph...event_id=11493
    So looking forward to this. Thanks everyone who’s prepping it!

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    And, Gordouli, we are looking forward to seeing you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andrew B View Post
    And, Gordouli, we are looking forward to seeing you.
    Worth recording that this race is FANTASTIC. It was a little cloudy and mizzly and I think just under 80 runners started the long race. But despite some wet in the clouds on the tops it was warm enough in a vest all the way round. So many highlights on this route: the long high ridge to Hopegill Head; the knot of runners in the clag at the hause after Grasmoor seeing who would take a lead on which path to follow to Whiteless Pike; the long descent down past Red Pike; the little trod off Mellbreak - even here the running is tricksy with slanted juniper roots and angled gravel. I also ended up in chest high heather for some time...

    The Aladdin's cave of chilli, local beer and cake in the back room of the village hall was a sight to behold.

    And lying by the church in Buttermere in the evening enjoying the calm and the view of all the peaks we'd been over.

    You definitely need plenty of oomph in the legs for the long climbs up Dale Head and High Crag...

    Decisive win for Brennan T, he clearly loves this one just for its own sake.

    Thanks again for some very happy memories!

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