Coledale Horseshoe

[RaceTheSweeper]

Fell and cracked two ribs yesterday on this glorious race - was going well too and reeling folk in after Sail Pass. Just got carried away when i saw i was catching some local rivals - the red mist got me good and proper. A superb race, thanks for organising ROs

Flipping heck! Hope you are ok? Wishing you a speedy return. Now not sure if I should ask this but feel I must as Fell runners are a bit nuts. So .................. did you finish?

[Mark Smith]

Flipping heck! Hope you are ok? Wishing you a speedy return. Now not sure if I should ask this but feel I must as Fell runners are a bit nuts. So .................. did you finish?

I walked the last 2 miles but yes I did

[JohnK]

Well done Mark I reckon that makes you a REAL FELLRUNNER

[Mark Smith]

Ha - I sulked all the way back so perhaps I'm not that hard?

[Rowan81]

Anybody know if results are up/going up anywhere? It seems the FRA results page is a bit behind at the moment.

[RaceTheSweeper]

I walked the last 2 miles but yes I did

Then you deserve a trophy! Get well soon Mark :-)

[CalFerguson]

Anybody know if results are up/going up anywhere? It seems the FRA results page is a bit behind at the moment.

Try this link mate - https://www.facebook.com/Mountaingoa...type=3&theater

[FellRunner09]

Loved this race when I did it in 2014. Clag was down that day though so from just before the summit at Grisedale to the descent off Sail you couldn't see a thing. Look forward to doing this on a clear day.

Mark you have my sympathy with that fall. I dislocated my shoulder just after the final checkpoint at Langdale and had to trot down the last bit through the campsite with a club mate to shepherd me home. Bloody painful!!!

[Mike T]

Perfect weather for this yesterday - thanks to the RO and the marshals.

Not entirely clear what was meant to happen on/around Sail - I was expecting a check point with marshals and a flagged descent to the left of those awful zig-zags - none of these that I could find. Most seemed to be contouring around to the left well before the top of Sail, but I went over the top - the amount of climb was trivial and it seemed shorter, and traversing on steep slopes is never much fun.

[Trimm Trab]

Perfect weather for this yesterday - thanks to the RO and the marshals.

Not entirely clear what was meant to happen on/around Sail - I was expecting a check point with marshals and a flagged descent to the left of those awful zig-zags - none of these that I could find.

That confused me a bit too - I just followed everyone else there and went round the side but did wonder if that was right. This was the first proper Lakes race I've done for a few years; that combined with not being fully recovered from a recent bout of illness (which became painfully apparent halfway up Grisedale), meant I struggled badly, but still a great day out. Thanks to all the marshals and organisers.