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Thread: Three Peaks Fell Race

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    Re: Three Peaks 2008

    anyone know if theres any telly footage around? there seemed to be a few film cameras around but i cant seem to find owt, apart from a couple of clips of the front runners on pyg and whernside on youtube.

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    Re: Three Peaks 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by BritNick View Post
    Nice pictures Clarky (but still none of me either).
    There's one of you in the Grough/photobox series referenced by MG:
    http://www.photoboxgallery.com/bobsmith/8095615
    You're on threepeaks08-10-1-203

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    An interesteing link here to a norwegian website with some cracking pictures.
    The link was emailed to me (and the rest of the 3 Peaks committee) from the photographer who says he enjoyed walking the whole route with two cameras. Now, it might be me, but wouldn't he have had to be in front of Jethro Lennox to get all thest shots from the start, PenYGhent AND Whernside summits and finish ???!!

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    http://www.kondis.no/

    ps, egor, the race was on TV on Friday (preview) and Monday's Calendar programme on ITV and also BBC's Look North. It was filmed, partly from the helicopter, by Goodwood Productions who will hopefully be compiling a DVD of the event. I'll let you know when I get to know more.

    Goodwood Productions is headed by Roger Greenwood, a former Calendar News presenter, who ran in the race* for a film documentary in 1976. There already exists a DVD of that year, as well as the 1993 race (in appallingly wet conditions with footage of runners almost being swept away by the swollen river Ribble before the climb of Whernside), and of course, the 50th race four years ago.

    *n.b. Roger clocked 4 hours 9 min, running for Halifax Harriers
    Last edited by stringman; 01-05-2008 at 10:11 PM.

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    Have a look at this - the preview

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvtqQQl6zE

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    Re: Three Peaks 2008

    Have you seen the article in Athletics Weekly - 3 pages, loads of photos and the editorial is on the 3 peaks?

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    Re: Three Peaks 2008

    In common with many of us I guess, when I got into work on Monday morning this week, a couple of the guys I work with asked what I did at the weekend. A sort of doomed if you do and doomed if you don't question really but I mentioned that I'd run the 3 peaks. One of these guys lives in Leeds and the other in York and neither knew what the 3 peaks was but, still showing a little interest, asked how far it was and how long it had taken me. When I said 4 hours 22 they were impressed that I could run for that amount of time but gave me one of those 'well you can't be good at everything' looks before going on to discuss how many pints of Stella they'd downed on Saturday night. I'd lost the moment and frankly couldn't be arsed to explain anymore anyway

    But it did make me think of how best to explain a fell run next time - from Naismith I'd reckon that the 3 peaks is what 20% to 25% longer than the London Marathon. If so I could then translate my time as being the equivalent of running the London Marathon in what 3:20 or 3:30? I really have no inclination of actually running a marathon but I would like to be able to translate a fell run into laymans terms. What do you think?
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    Re: Three Peaks 2008

    Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
    If so I could then translate my time as being the equivalent of running the London Marathon in what 3:20 or 3:30? I really have no inclination of actually running a marathon but I would like to be able to translate a fell run into laymans terms. What do you think?
    I'd say you're about right there Stolly, though obviously it depends on how you train for both. You and I are a similar level I think (we came in at about the same time at last year's shortened Borrowdale). I ran the 3 Peaks in 4.15 a couple of years ago and did a road marathon in 3.22 last year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Feet in the Cowclaps View Post
    I'd say you're about right there Stolly, though obviously it depends on how you train for both. You and I are a similar level I think (we came in at about the same time at last year's shortened Borrowdale). I ran the 3 Peaks in 4.15 a couple of years ago and did a road marathon in 3.22 last year.
    I work on the 'rule of thumb' that for each 500ft of climb add another flat mile. In that case the 3P's is 23.5 falt miles plus 5500ft climb or another 11 miles. All in all that would be 34.5 flat miles. Ave pace of 7:30's or 8 miles an hour gives 4 hours 20 mins roughly, which is what I did last year. Works for other races too. Wuthering hike, 31 flat miles plus 4500ft = 40 miles at 8 miles an hour = 5 hours (did 4:52).

    You just need to find your flat pace ?

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    Re: Three Peaks 2008

    Stolly - I did London marathon 2 weeks before 3 Peaks in 3:11. 3 peaks I did in 4:13 so I reckon you can take an hour or so off your time as a comparison.

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    Last year I ran 3:56 for the Three Peaks and was on for 2:56 for a Marthon till 20 miles last year till I finished in 3:14

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