Beginners' Meets?

[NirvanaBliss]

Bliss you are thinking of the Edale Skyline, which I am not though that is my porksportsplan for 2010 having walked the route many times.
No just based at the village of Edale. Many possibilities for routes.
My suggestion for an opener would be
Paths/track to Nether Booth, along road to track cross jaggers clough, then gate near Hope Cross, then up via that lone tree to just sw of Crookstone Knoll then along the edge to Ringer Rog and down. Nothing too steep up, interesting descent from Rog for those of us who find going down the tricky bit, easy to escape if it all goes horribly wrong, easy to extend if it all goes horribly right.
Get the dark peak OL1 map and pop out there for a walk beforehand would be my suggestion

Piglet, it give me 4 months to get fit, so i shall pencil it in for May! and go with the flow until i colapse in exhaustion! x

[The Piglit]

I'll take that as a yes then!

Meanwhile I have posted a polite enquiry on the coaching thread to see if anyone from there would be interested in assisting/participating.

If Stolly turned up as well we could enjoy both the casual and the planned approach to participation and development!

[Pilgrim]

I'm a definite maybe!
Hoping to do the Fellsman the week after... thing is, I normally have the kids at weekend. Don't want to start any arguments!

[The Piglit]

May okay, but where is Edale? i cannot read a map to save my life!

You may find some of the free stuff done by Peak Rangers useful. And buy that OL1 map that's an order!

http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ranger-walks.htm

Also why not get it all rolling by driving yer car up to top of Snake Pass above Glossop and going for short flat run up towards Bleaklow along Pennine way. On a clear day you could do half a mile out and half a mile back and never lose sight of the car.

The journey of a thousand miles and all that.

[NirvanaBliss]

You may find some of the free stuff done by Peak Rangers useful. And buy that OL1 map that's an order!

http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ranger-walks.htm

Also why not get it all rolling by driving yer car up to top of Snake Pass above Glossop and going for short flat run up towards Bleaklow along Pennine way. On a clear day you could do half a mile out and half a mile back and never lose sight of the car.

The journey of a thousand miles and all that.

And meet the mountain rescue team, because i got lost up there! i shall look into getting that map! x

[The Piglit]

Before this thread sinks here's what I propose given that there is some level of interest...

I'll crank this thread up again nearer the proposed date and see if we can get something together.

OK that's enough for now.

[parajon]

Full body cramps, knife stabbingly horrendous cramp in your calves, dehydration, legs collapsing underneath you, not being able to move at all at the end but just lying there groaning, taking 20 minutes to bend your body sufficiently to get in your car to go home, hypothermia, double vision, full frontal body grazes, chaffage above and beyond human endurance, bleeding nipples, falls on rocks, falls in bogs, falls in rivers, crashes descending, mud up to your neck, twisted ankles, frozen hands, hit by falling rubble, near misses from dislodged boulders............ (and so on and so on).

And I think I did them all in one race once

One of the funniest things I've ever read

I'm up for this depending on date. Saturdays are best for me personally.

[NirvanaBliss]

Originally Posted by Stolly
Full body cramps, knife stabbingly horrendous cramp in your calves, dehydration, legs collapsing underneath you, not being able to move at all at the end but just lying there groaning, taking 20 minutes to bend your body sufficiently to get in your car to go home, hypothermia, double vision, full frontal body grazes, chaffage above and beyond human endurance, bleeding nipples, falls on rocks, falls in bogs, falls in rivers, crashes descending, mud up to your neck, twisted ankles, frozen hands, hit by falling rubble, near misses from dislodged boulders............ (and so on and so on).

And I think I did them all in one race once

I kind of get the gist of things but that really scares me!

[Stolly]

I kind of get the gist of things but that really scares me!

I think bleeding nipples is more of a man problem to be honest - I'm not saying I particularly look at women's nipples at the end of races (honest) but I've only ever noticed men suffering from this. A well attended road race of say half marathon distance or longer is best, especially among the contingent that are running the distance for the first time.

Anyway vaseline is the solution and I absolutely plaster 'various bits' of my body in it before long runs.

A quick google and I found this

[The Piglit]

I'm not saying I particularly look at women's nipples at the end of races (honest) but I've only ever noticed men suffering from this

Hmmmm so your looking at MENs nipples. Nothing wrong with that in modern liberal society