Three Peaks Fell Race

[stevefoster]

5 hours 19 mins and 2 seconds! 574th next year might do the half manx mountain marathon come back and have another go

Well done skennaugh

[skennaugh]

Thank you very much!

[owmeknee]

Think that was me that gave you the drink on top of Ingelbugger Raymond. You looked to be in a bit of pain! Get some Nuuns tablets fr next time. They are excellent at stopping cramp (that's what you drank) just add one to 500ml of water.

Did my best time of Inglebugger yesterday 42 mins !! Must have been tossing it off for the rest of it.!!

denzil ,you are soft and i beat you and i drank more than you last night

[Manhar]

Well done everybody yesterday. Was good to see some impressive performances (In particular & I'm not just saying this - as a 1st timer - Merrylegs, in a time I aspire to) & I know it's a cliche but it's gotta be said- by getting round you'll have done better than the public at large.

Sorry to hear of your fall Disco - was wondering where you'd got to & sorry to see Stolly having to hop back down Pyg lane with me.

Terrific run by local Anna L to take the women's race.

Thank you to Pilgrim for driving - hope I didn't bore you too much having to listen to me telling everyone I passed how I managed to get my foot caught in some brambles............blah,blah,blah.

[stevefoster]

The camera couldn't handle Merrylegs' dayglo vest though, at the finish.

It is rather dazzling isn't it, washed and hung out to dry, keeps neighbour's cats out of the garden

[stevefoster]

(In particular & I'm not just saying this - as a 1st timer - Merrylegs, in a time I aspire to)

Don't worry mate, once your fit, you'll be leaving me behind again

[Man from Del Monte]

5 hours 19 mins and 2 seconds! 574th next year might do the half manx mountain marathon come back and have another go

well done

[mudlugger]

I am off into town (skipton) to try and find some nuun tablets cos my useless mate hasnt got any here and i left mine in the iom

Try them but remember... they dont work for everyone, especially me! Training, diet etc also play a part eh.... and i cant work out just what the ratio should be for me?? boo hoo!

[Guick Dotto]

Thanks to everybody who encouraged me to have a go. Awesome experience! My target was to beat the cut offs with a dream scenario of getting in under 5 hours. 4.55.01 Hurray!
The cramp was a surprise. From the top of Whernside it was real dig down deep inside yourself territory. I had a chance to get some salt tablets but forgot till it was too late but I did get plenty to eat. I couldn't get any steam up from Inglebugger. Everytime I tried to open up the crampy tendrils started to tighten on my legs. People kept pulling up all along the trail but somehow I kept going by maintaining a jogging pace. Just before Sulber Nick I took a massive p*sser but luckily it was a gravelly bit of path so only sustained a livid graze on my shoulder which is what I landed on. (How good did it look?) I passed the sign which said 1 mile to Horton then saw the marquees and screamed inside but it's miles away I'm not going to make it... I made it.
My wife said I looked much worse than anybody else crossing the line. Apparently my head was caked in salt so I looked like one of Davy Jones' crew in Pirates of the Carribean.
Thanks again for all the encouragement back in January. A lifetime's ambition achieved. And who knows... 4.40 next year?

[Derby Tup]

Thanks to everybody who encouraged me to have a go. Awesome experience! My target was to beat the cut offs with a dream scenario of getting in under 5 hours. 4.55.01 Hurray!
The cramp was a surprise. From the top of Whernside it was real dig down deep inside yourself territory. I had a chance to get some salt tablets but forgot till it was too late but I did get plenty to eat. I couldn't get any steam up from Inglebugger. Everytime I tried to open up the crampy tendrils started to tighten on my legs. People kept pulling up all along the trail but somehow I kept going by maintaining a jogging pace. Just before Sulber Nick I took a massive p*sser but luckily it was a gravelly bit of path so only sustained a livid graze on my shoulder which is what I landed on. (How good did it look?) I passed the sign which said 1 mile to Horton then saw the marquees and screamed inside but it's miles away I'm not going to make it... I made it.
My wife said I looked much worse than anybody else crossing the line. Apparently my head was caked in salt so I looked like one of Davy Jones' crew in Pirates of the Carribean.
Thanks again for all the encouragement back in January. A lifetime's ambition achieved. And who knows... 4.40 next year?

Well done GD! Wondered how you'd gotten on