Gritstone Any Time Challenge

[phil the bat]

Had an outing, anti-clockwise of this one yesterday, exactly a year to the day since I did it last year (not deliberate...just odd) and trimmed eleven minutes off my time, so a still-steady 4.41. Started from Roach End with a quick up-and-down the Roaches before heading off on the long section to Axe Edge (via Gradbach and the Head of the Dane to avoid most of the road) and was surprised to find so few other people out on quite a decent day by the standards of this summer so far.

Will have to try a clockwise outing next time, and Noel's route down off Axe Edge...it looks quite quick going down-bank to me.

[geofpet]

Had my first go at this '5 trigs' on Sunday. Was knackered from long run on sat(get the excuses in early....). Went clockwise from Cat, ie Shining Tor first. Nice and steady, a few sit down rests, met John Amies mountain biking and Martin and Mandy running. Ran with Mark McDermott who has done it a couple of times before. 5hrs 2 mins. Will do it faster anti clockwise next time.......... Great route : )

[geofpet]

Did this again today, anticlockwise, Shut first, from the Cat, with Jonny W, George 'the master' Bate and Clivebaby. Great weather, 4hrs 23 dead, George and Jon could have gone faster but that was fast enough for me!

[lantern rouge]

Sounds a grand day out in good company Geoff... shame I was in Cornwall, but then, you'd have left me by Cumberland Clough anyway.

[alwaysinjured]

Interesting. Mightnhave a go.
There is (was?) an ldwa I ran that did an western loop rather than this eastern one from rushton spencer called cloud 7 - 7 tops 35 miles from rushton spencer over hen cloud, roaches, shuttlingsloe, cat and shining tor then down western ridge
Teggs nose, wincle, finally the cloud and home.

[DazTheSlug]

planning Thursday or Friday off work to go round this
start/finish from Wildboarclough and go clockwise
intending to break 5 hours...

[DazTheSlug]

bit claggy on the tops, but stayed dry, so pretty good conditions for solstice
clocked 5:03 (gaaaah!), still an improvement on my previous best of 5:16
it was very wet underfoot though, so could definitely knock a bit more off in drier conditions

[noel]

bit claggy on the tops, but stayed dry, so pretty good conditions for solstice
clocked 5:03 (gaaaah!), still an improvement on my previous best of 5:16
it was very wet underfoot though, so could definitely knock a bit more off in drier conditions

I saw you just about to head up towards Shutlingsloe. I was driving past with the kids. Nice one on beating your previous best.

[DazTheSlug]

I saw you just about to head up towards Shutlingsloe. I was driving past with the kids. Nice one on beating your previous best.

so that was you that blinded me with your headlights then nearly ran me over!?

I had a brief chat with a couple out running with their dog up at the Roaches trig, but apart from them hardly saw anyone else - just how I like it, hills to meself :thumbup:

[just worked out that the 5 Trigs has almost the exact same distance/ascent as my next big race The Hebden, so hopeful of breaking 5 hours on that!]

[Moorlander]

Its been a while since ive been round the 5 trigs, but 6 of us decided on a leisurley trot round today. 4hrs 40mins. Its always been a very enjoyable training run and today was no different. Finished at the Cat for a well earned pint.