Dilemma time...
Contemplated entering when entries originally opened but decided against it. I e-mailed the organiser today who has said he has a spare place. Is it totally crazy to take the place 3 days beforehand without any reccing of the infamous Fleetmoss section??? Genuine replies only please!!
I know the Ingleborough, Whernside,Dent, Blea, Arten Gill to Dodd Fell bit and then the Cray to finish bit. Really really not sure what to do...
I did it in 2009 without any reccies, my mate who ran with me had done the first 30m and reccied the end bit, fleet moss we followed a pack of runners through. You've more idea of the area than i did and your fit enough to do it, so i'd say go for it Twinkletoes and good luck if you doOriginally Posted by Twinkletoes
go for it twinkletoes , i know very little of the route and have done no recces. if you can read a map you should be right. im not the fastest but will have a good day out as im sure you would too :thumbup:
cheers karen i didnt realise and remember what a difference a day makes
Oh Steve and Old Un thank you - scary as I hate been unprepared! Just printed off the cps and refreshment list so will study and then ring the organiser tomorrow morning. The roadside refreshments look fairly substantial, so apart from the 300g emergency food that we aren't allowed to touch, did you carry much yourselves previously?
i havnt done it before so in at the deep end for me too tt but lifes for living :thumbup: i'll be carrying a few mini mars bars and a bag of haribos and the such, i usually fill the pouch on my hip belt but arnt shy of eating free cp food. you can always tag on to someone for a chat and company i usually do
Just carried 300g of mars bars taped together and a 1 litre bottle topped up at checkpoints, the food at checkpoints was enough to get me round. I'd only ever ran 40m before and that was only once. The atmosphere and camaraderie of the day did the rest. It's a great event, enjoy:wink:
Car for me Fri night and possibly even an hour or two before shooting off early Sun morning
i got a room skipton travel lodge i think it is £25 then sun morn see where i fall down afterwards then find a cafe on way home and empty the place of food !
twinkletoes
I did it in 2010 with no recees but a bit of map gazing beforehand. It was good weather but I do not think I was more than 30 mins out of sight of other runners in the whole thing. I'd go for it.
If I make it I won't be as fast as I had hoped so might run some of i with you, if I can keep up. Can now put full weight on L foot and sort of go up on toes on that foot!
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