Just back from marshalling top of Jacobs Ladder prov results here
http://www.dpfr.org.uk/index.php?p=n...ovisional.html
Just back from marshalling top of Jacobs Ladder prov results here
http://www.dpfr.org.uk/index.php?p=n...ovisional.html
had my eyes on a 3hr 15 time and was on course until i decided to jump off the end of grindslow ignoring earlier advice from messers briggs and howie.
but it had to be done
i wouldnt recommend it though , i reckon i lost a few minutes and the climb is horrendous, but i managed to hit the checkpoint bang on, i felt on top of the world when alan yates said hats off to ya young lad for trying that as i scrambled up towards him.
a great day out and thanks to all who helped out
sight of the day must have been ian dark peaks mudclaws
OMG i cant describe them, ha ha![]()
i stashed some liquid en route which certainly helped.
good turn out from the pennine runners.
great weather, nice to see you again dom , hope you recover soon.
again noticeable how quickly briggs hit the flapjack
just taking the dog for a quick 2 miles![]()
Daz - that was some run for someone taking it easy!! Well done. Wouldn't listen about the down & up, though, would you?
Just seen the results. I'm a bit miffed - looks like I was first vet 45, but they gave the prize to some bloke who finished 5 minutes after me. Oh well, next year I'll be a vet 50, so I'll just have to try again I suppose!!
Thanks to all the marshals, organisers & everyone else involved. It was a fantastic day to be out on the hills. Not forgetting Bertie Bassett at the bottom of Lose Hill - I thought I was halucinating.
That wasn't you between RR and Crookstone Knoll was it?
An easy dayHa! good effort though to run, Al is character and tough as boots. May be the boots will be seen again!!!
I missed Dom, although he may have shouted at meI also missed him in the hall afterwards and I still owe him a beer...
That was Darth of the Darkside I sense a new Avatar coming along.
I was surprised how many people didn't know the race lines.
Feel very tired tonight
I'm not so sure Daz - I know who you are now and I had a bit of a gap in front of you when you must have gone down and up. You only finished a minute behind me and I was feeling pretty good at the end so I wasn't hanging around (in fact one of the marshalls at Ringing Roger said I hadn't been trying hard enough...) When the splits come out you might find you actually saved a bit of time. I would have had a go myself, but I hadn't recced it and went for the safer option. Quite pleased with the run, though 7 mins slower than 2006, still it was much boggier today (and windier in places.)
Cheers,
Last edited by crowhill; 30-03-2008 at 09:09 PM.
No, but it may have happened on the bit of a descent from Crookstone Knoll. I noticed it as I reached Win Hill. It then hurt like buggery descending to Hope but I bashed on up Lose Hill. Unfortunately on the descent after the ladder over the fence it was stabbingly painful - I ended up hobbling through the woods and then walking to Mam Tor.
A shame really as I'd been going well at the start, reaching Win Hill in 1 hr and two minutes or so.