Blackshaw Head Fete Fell Race

[Joliver Jim]

I blame Chris.

Sorry JJ. We had no problem. As you said it was well marked. I bet it was the rabbit's fault anyway!

[Joliver Jim]

That's the easy way out.

Learn to embrace that you are always late. It worked for me.

[dominion]

If you'd carried a map swoop you'd have known the way anyway! Blummin' roadrunners who come out to fell races....

[BillJ]

Good to see JJ (behind a camera lens!), Swoop, Dom, GrahamB, et al

Thanks to Tod - well organised and marshalled (despite the mickey taking ) and a very enjoyable race today, even though I felt terrible on the climb back to the gala field!
Shame about the stile after barely half a mile, where we all seemed to have to wait for ages for Graham to get over it before we could start running again...

[BillJ]

I've learned to take that route now and again too.

Take it easy, take it easy
don't let the sound of your own
wheels make you crazy

Does that mean you went as the Eagles fly rather than following the twists and turns on the ground?

[Saints Lad]

Great race. I was nearly 4 minutes faster than last year thanks to the better conditions.
Highlight was the Three Musketeers unsuccessfully trying to get to their marshalling point
before all the runners had gone through.
Luckily I had recced the course an hour earlier so knew where to turn sharp left on to Edge Lane.
A few minutes later Saints Lad came haring down the road from the opposite direction followed
a short while later by Roger Rabbit, grinning as usual, and JJ carrying her first aid kit! Classic.

Swoop glad you were 4 mins faster, we were given bum info on the marshalling point hence the reason we passed it twice but i got there to see half the field pass us !!!!!!

Then we relaxed & enjoyed the bulmers

[parky]

Results now online here.

Keith.

[stevefoster]

Anyone doing this on Saturday, not Sunday
http://www.todharriers.co.uk/blackshaw_head.htm
I should have been trotting up Snowdon with a set of ballbags, but Mr Boss said nay, you must work friday night
So i'll do this instead and no thanks Mr Boss, i don't want to work Saturday

[Multiterrainer]

Anyone doing this on Saturday, not Sunday
http://www.todharriers.co.uk/blackshaw_head.htm
I should have been trotting up Snowdon with a set of ballbags, but Mr Boss said nay, you must work friday night
So i'll do this instead and no thanks Mr Boss, i don't want to work Saturday

Oops I woud've missed it if you hadn't resurrected this thread ML.

Tempted to finally run my first FRA race of the year esp as nowt else planned for the w/e (that's another story).

Also like the idea of an uphill finish -might gain a few places back on all those who pass me between Mount Pleasant and Colden Clough

Now club vest or Pony vest?!

[Multiterrainer]

Anyone else popping along?