Oh Craig - gutted for you! Was just about to text you to ask how it went.....
We were up Penyghent today - was awful!!! Bet yesterday was fairly similar.
Hope the bike is ok by the way and hope keno wasnt attached to it!
Vicci x
Oh Craig - gutted for you! Was just about to text you to ask how it went.....
We were up Penyghent today - was awful!!! Bet yesterday was fairly similar.
Hope the bike is ok by the way and hope keno wasnt attached to it!
Vicci x
I got the results sheet emailed to me today as well. Winner was really going some wasn't he? I heard the result on the day but thought I'd misheard. Average of just over 7min/miling in that sort of terrain/weather is nothing short of amazing.
Cheers Paul. Some very impressive Ilkley results !
Anyone would think they were racing in their own back yardOriginally Posted by Jez Hellewell
I can't believe people ran round that course in less than three hours - amazing!
Did people get a certificate at the end, or did I dream that bit, about all finishers getting a certificate? Not that it matters, but all I could see at the finish was a scout selling mugs and lots of steaming muddy shoes and sweaty bodies. I didn't see any pie and peas...
something else to look out for next year, when I'll definitely be doing it again. And trying to finish in under 5 hours...
Plodding Bear, there were certificates and a mini LED torch/key ring for everyone. Plus pie, peas, potatoes, gravy, tea, rice pudding, and peaches.
Hallucination is common on long events; perhaps you imagined the scout.
Missed out on that lot, then! Hey Ho!
There are some amazing times being mentioned here. A sub-4 finish is already impressive but sub-3 is unimaginable. The winning time leaves me open-mouthed in incredulity with "How?" rattling around the brain cell.
I really like this event. It's one of the many I use to test myself (in this case every year since 2000). As I was feeling strong in the week leading up to it I was fondly imagining a first sub-4 finish for the new route. It was not to be. 4:19 turned out to be a new-route personal worst instead. I managed to avoid all the bogs and only sank a couple of inches at most, but the constant hopping and dancing from side to side while trying to sustain forward momentum across the moors into a headwind tends to take it out of you. The up side was being able to keep up a relatively strong pace to the finish and overtake quite a few later on. The one exception was Socks, who came steaming past me on the final descent to the finish. Well done Socks!
In Menston a couple of runners in front of me overshot the left turn just past Fairfax Gardens. I called them back then overtook another runner who had been reduced to a walk and had to step aside to let me overtake. He didn't look too clever. I hope you're OK, whoever you are.
It may have been swilling underfoot but at least it wasn't pouring from above. We got off lightly. Conditions further west were far worse all day. I soon hit the deluge again on the drive home.
It was good chatting to the Fellponies (Tussockface and SteveS) beforehand, although the colour clash did make my eyes ache.
Here's to 2012 and another sub-4 attempt. It will need to be frozen.
Good post BritNick, especially if you reckon sub 4 is impressive (I'll take that)
If you would like further impressiveness then who came in at 4:01 to win the Vets prize but my clubmate Kevin Watson at 67years old!
Rob ! You've changed your name !!
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