10 am start for runners
According to website a more detailed route description and map will be available soon
10 am start for runners
According to website a more detailed route description and map will be available soon
I did this a few years ago and am doing this year.
The climb from the old Station in Bakewell is very muddy/slippy and steep. I agree with comments re egdes, save energy to climb onto them. Good food stops if needed .Can enter online too. Parking can be difficult:meaning long walk to start so factor that in for travelling.
I've decided to have another go at this.
Alf's right - the run to the start (before the race) and the stagger back to the car (at the end) feel like a long way! Parking is by the station.
I've done this 4 or 5 times and really enjoy the route, thing is I also enjoy the Trollers Trot which I've not done so often so will be going up for that instead this year.
I might have a map on my home computer, I'll try to remember to check.
I find it's a pretty easy route to follow. It's mostly fast runnable terrain on good tracks, and I agree you can make up a lot of time on others if you have something left for the good running through Chatsworth and along the Edges. The railway stretch is quite dull and you often have walkers + poles 4 abreast to deal with, but if like me you're carp on hills it's nice to make up some time.
A quick start is needed to prevent getting held up through the first few hand gates. There's only 4 climbs, the first not long after the start between Froggat and Eyam which gets muddy at the top through scrub. Longstone Moor is a very gradual ascent and even if it's been wet is usually okay. The climb after you leave the old railway and go through the old golf course can be very muddy, but isn't that long. The final climb is tarmac or good track out the back of Baslow and seems to go for ever at that stage but isn't too bad. There's a slight rise just after Curbar Gap which wouldn't normally be that noticeable but is if you've overcooked it earlier.
Food is good at the end, though I think they had to start rationing it to one cake per person in the last couple of years
If the field's wet parking is a problem. I've parked in the pub on the road to Hathersage before, there's a ginnel that runs straight down to the event centre. It's private land obviously, but if you're going for a few pints afterwards I don't think they'd mind.
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Oooh! Battle of the Piglets then
Its a lovey pictursque run and easy to follow as theres loads of people about as others have pointed out.
Dont worry - you'll beat me easy
See you there JaneOriginally Posted by piglet
Oooh! Battle of the Piglets then
Its a lovey pictursque run and easy to follow as theres loads of people about as others have pointed out.
Dont worry - you'll beat me easy
will Bob be out on route on his bike supporting again this year
As long as there's no heffalumps about I'll be happy. And er it's been said ere before YOU WILL BEAT ME EASY
Is there a different start time for walkers then? If you started out walking and then when warmed up started running would you be in trouble?
It was the possibilty of doing both over a distance of which I am capable but would be a push plus the train access which made this attractive!!
Tiddly pom......
does anybody else turn into a fish while climbing....this could be a health and safety issue
Going on previous years, walkers set out when they like. Runners have had Sportident dibbers the last few times, so if you are entered as a runner and set off early don't dib anywhere otherwise you'll mess up the results and the organiser had a bit of a rant about this a couple of years back.
He also had a go at people for not dibbing at a checkpoint that was a hundred metres or so before it used to be. It had supposedly been moved to the correct gridref that had always been given out with the description but it still wasn't right... of course nothing was said about it moving at the start.
If you're entered as a walker I don't see they'd be any problem with running some of it, in this kind of event I often find the first 'walkers' have been running parts and only catch them up near the end, whilst the back end of the runners are slower than the quickers walkers. I guess it's pride which category you enter as
This is a great event. I've done it many times and wish I could this year but it clashes with Wuthering Hike, unfortunately. Lots of excellent advice has already been offered. Navigation should not be a problem. I used to go on the rolling walkers' start and there was no problem jogging a bit. My main advice would be to feed well to keep the energy levels up and save something for the final run along the edge and down to the finish. It took me years to learn how to do that and move from being the overtaken to the overtaker.
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