Rombalds Stride

[Rob Furness]

Well done Rob, was good to meet you yesterday. Someone mentioned to me over pie, a different route to the right of the wall which they said was faster than both the left route and the cowpers cross route. I'll do a recce and post my findings.

Happy with my time of 3:00:45, would have been nice to get under 3 but still a big PB. There's always next year!

Nice to meet you too, finishing a paltry amount over 3hrs is known in Horsforth Harriers patois as "doing a Raby" after one erstwhile club mate who completed London in 3hrs 6seconds! At least your certificate will say 3hrs though

The Rombalds Stride is an LDWA Challenge Event in which walkers and runners are invited to complete a 23 mile route in anything up to 10 hours. It's not a race.

For the record, I race it too as do most fell runners I know (although not all). Although for me the challenge is the time more than the position. There's no need to split hairs, it is what it is. We all get out of it what we want.

Thanks Mr W! Try harder next time!

Them Adidas didn't slow you down much then? What was your finish time?

Could have told you LHS of wall was definitely quicker from reccies (and from looking at a map....)!

On a map it looks straightforward but the ground is saturated at the top whereas the cowpers cross route is a decent fast path. Although clearly not fast enough!