Hi GrahamOriginally Posted by Graham Breeze
I have not done any races in the "Covid years". I am slowly getting slower, and if I did race again I have no doubt I would be well towards the back, but at least I no longer feel tired after a 12 miler for example.
I don't know if anyone on here has visited The Royal Welsh Show, Moley no doubt has, but one of the highlights of it for me are the Axemen display and the wood chopping competitions.
Muscle, technique and a very sharp axe! Absolutely fantastic entertainment.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Indeed. I've seen lumberjack displays in Canada and I recall seeing them running up stripped vertical trees using a belt faster than I can walk on the flat!
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
Thanks Mike
I never minded moving towards the back of the field as long as nobody older
than me was upfront.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
One up on you: I am rapidly getting slower.
Hmmm . . . I remember the Mount Famine race, a month short of my 60th birthday, when Barry Blyth M70 came past me on the descent. And of course Ann-Marie Jones, a mere 5 years older than me, was well ahead of me by that point.Thanks Mike
I never minded moving towards the back of the field as long as nobody older
than me was upfront.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
Barry had class and was a nice guy. He didn't travel far to races which I thought an admirable quality because I don't recall ever beating him.One up on you: I am rapidly getting slower.
Hmmm . . . I remember the Mount Famine race, a month short of my 60th birthday, when Barry Blyth M70 came past me on the descent. And of course Ann-Marie Jones, a mere 5 years older than me, was well ahead of me by that point.
Last edited by Graham Breeze; 08-03-2022 at 09:32 AM.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
The axe men were always good viewing at the show, it was the guys who did it on the high planks that got me, no way! Where would H&S even begin with a risk assessment?
https://youtu.be/dYU0iVsKmow
Don't roll with a pig in poo. You get covered in poo and the pig likes it.
Ann-Marie is a multiple world champion, so regularly beats good younger runners. In and around my age group, I discount people with that much talent.
8.66 miles, 2,976 feet, 3 hours 4 minutes: Roman Ruins - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - Wansfell Pike from two sides, including twice down and once up the race route to/from the kissing gate. Sunshine and some high clouds; the distant high tops were partly obscured by haze. A cold wind from the south east. Terrain dry and firm with the occasional patch of ice. Traction good as long as the ice was avoided. Lots of walkers on the steps to the Pike.
I did some drills in Borrans Park - bum kicks, high knees, side to side, hopscotch, skipping, straight legs - then, rather than strides, I did 40 second efforts with 20 second or so recoveries until I had done one and a half miles. It is a lovely setting.
9.33 miles, 3,240 feet, 2 hours 51 minutes: Loughrigg trails, taking in Fishgarths Wood, Todd and Ivy Crags, Lily Tarn, Loughrigg top, down to the road at High Close, and the track past the old golf club to Miller bridge. Overcast, the clouds just catching the high tops. A strong wind from the south east. No Precipitation. Terrain dry with good traction. Lots of walkers on the main routes, and even quite a few on the minor routes - I imagine they were a mixture of the lost and the knowledgeable.
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