Good shout, I will do.
Thanks Noel
Good shout, I will do.
Thanks Noel
Unfortunately I don't think it does the down and up from Edale Cross through the Upper Sett Valley any more.Originally Posted by noel
I think you will be taking the left hand line from Kinder Low to the top of Jacobs Ladder and round the flagstones past Brown Knoll.
That was the only "fell" section of the course so it's a shame.
But if you are just doing it as a day out then I'd recommend doing the route Noel sent out.
My second time on the Trog yesterday, the first one was in 2018 when it dropped into the Upper Sett valley as mentioned above. Now there are two, mile long sections of flagstones which are horrid. As the ground has dried out a little, fortunately I opted for Scott RC's rather that proper fell shoes and my choice made the slabs more bearable.
Ninety-two entrants this year which included nine from CVFR who had made the race one of their club championship counters. A cool, breezy and overcast day made for perfect race conditions but the initial toil up to Lantern Pike still induced a dab on. Fast running to the Hayfield/Glossop road crossing and then over a mile of runnable slabs to Mill Hill. Once on the Edge full concentration is required around to the Downfall and on to Kinder Low as a fall here will almost certainly result in a nasty gritstone abrasion. Down to Edale Cross and then the second mile long stretch of slabs which for the most part are downhill and were causing my calf a bit of jip. I lost a lot of time on these, as I was taking it steady, so when I looked behind at the South Head checkpoint there was a train of about eight starting the climb to the top. I legged it down the other side, on softer ground, to the Hayfield/Chinley road crossing. I was not looking forward to the climb up to the Big Stone but I managed to run it all apart from the last few feet to the checkpoint. I think I had bad memories on my mind from 2018 when it was roasting hot. I picked up a few places and never saw those behind again. As I reached the end of the walled bridleway from New Allotments I was catching a runner. I was about 20 yards behind him as he went though the gate but he stopped and politely held it for me. There is a path junction immediately after the gate and I realised that he didn't have a clue which way to go!
I said thanks and overtook him and within a few yards fell flat on my face in a dampish peaty puddle. I felt a pain in my leg and could see that my right calf had cramped up solid. This other runner stopped and asked if I was OK which I said I was and he set off. I rubbed/massaged my calf and waggled my foot for about 30 seconds which loosened it off and then gingerly got to my feet finding that it was working OK so carried on. I caught this other runner up again as we dropped into Foxholes Clough and he was slowing me up but as we ran across the final fields to Hayfield I didn't have the heart to overtake him as he had lost time stopping to see if I was OK and he was at least 20 years younger than me so no category threat! When we hit that steep concrete road down into Hayfield I eased off fully to protect the calf.
The race was won by Harry Holmes of Matlock AC in a new course record of 1:49:12 breaking Joe Oldfield's time by over 10 minutes! The first lady was Emily Cowper-Coles of Dark Peak, 7th overall, in 2:04:04 also a new course record smashing Imogen Jones time by over 22 minutes!
I broke no records but finished 26th overall, 1st M60 in 2:33:23 and 4 minutes slower than in 2018. Another well organised Hayfield event with sandwiches and tea included in the £8 entry fee . What's not to like, oh yes, those bloody flagstones!
Last edited by Llani Boy; 01-07-2024 at 09:14 PM.
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Nice one Llani.
Chris Jackson of Glossopdale was also racing... he did the Snowdon Uphill as well on friday... a tough weekend.
Kinder Trog was my third ever fell race way back in 2015... and my first "long"
He told me that he was chatting to you. He reckoned you set off like a scalded cat!
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