UKA Relays

[morning glory]

there was a path!?!!

I followed the stream gully (just below cp2) down into the wood and found no sign of a path so decided to keep following the stream - i'm still picking various pieces of foliage out of my gruffnuts now!

I enjoyed the leg and just wish i'd had the courage of my convictions between cp1 and 2 as i lost a couple of minutes fannying around when i had the right line all along (more luck than judgement i should add!)

Good day out so thanks to the organisers - M6 home was a nightmare though!

And well done to CVFR good to see the chaps medalling.

There was a wee path to the left (as you descended) of the stream gully that led through the trees. Looking at the split times, it appears most found it! Either that or I was going even slower than I thought along that track and up the final climb!!!

[Hanneke]

Apologies again Hanneke!!! Did a lot of leg 4 runners come thundering past on that same path?
We managed to sneak into top 15 teams, so well chuffed, especially with some of our better runners unavailable!
Also, given the disqualifications, does this mean I technically beat the world triathlon champion! Ha!

A few, but only one nearly killed me so that must have been you! Apologies accepted, off course

[brett]

He certainly was

off course

[Nee Bother]

He certainly was

Beat me to it (no pun )

[Stagger]

Did they announce next year's venue?

Dundee has be mentioned tonight????

[TheReverand]

my 4th venture to the fra relays, and yesterday was atleast as good as the previous, thankyou to all involved in making the day happen. Shame about the low cloud, put a bit of a dampner on precedings! i'd sooner have the veiws than this 'true test in the clag' malarkey. The team i was running for ended up being a man short on the day, so i did leg 1 and 3. Leg 1 I thought was great, leg 3 was horrendous ha that heather bashing is tough going on empty legs, navigation was proper hard and we lost loads of time having to go back to dib checkpoint 5 when almost at 6, this was after making loads of places upto checkpoint 4, with the benefit of hindsight i cant believe we went wrong here as it was almost straight line running between 4 and 5 :/ most respect to those men and women at the front of the race who made it all look easy.
Once again, thankyou to all involved in making the day happen :-)

[Forden Fell Runner]

Even though we (Mercia) got disqualified on the day, we still got a t-shirt for quickest leg (3) - surely that's not right?

Surely its all or nothing?!!!

[Antisocial]

For what its worth, good testing races and well organised.

agree leg 1 was trail race like - but that's what made it hard for me - too much flat out running, no chance to get my breath back on the climbs - I was 94th, terrible.

Each leg should test different people depending on their strengths and abilities and from talking to my teamates they did.

We had 4 teams, though the ladies team was dqd for wearing the wrong lippy or some such, which is a shame given the effort they put in.

However if you miss a checkpoint you should be dqd.

and we even got a coaster with the right date on (take note Ian Hodgeson organisers).

Well done CFR.

Re: Daz's missing kit - I know how you feel, my mobile was dropped near the sign on at the 3px, no one handed it in and it when I cancelled it a few days later the phone company found that it had been used regularly since it was lost - the likelihood is that someone connected to the race had it, which knocks your faith a bit.

[Swoop]

Even though we (Mercia) got disqualified on the day, we still got a t-shirt for quickest leg (3) - surely that's not right?
Surely its all or nothing?!!!

Seems the correct decision to me. I don't see why it should be "all or nothing".
You were fastest on leg 3 and hadn't gone wrong at that stage so you win that prize.

[Witton Park]

Dundee has be mentioned tonight????

Isn't that in ref to the "A Quiz" thread?

I'd heard Scotland on the day, but I'm not sure if that was on hard evidence or just on the assumption that it must be Scotland next.

I would have thought you would have to be a few miles outside of Dundee to get the right terrain.
But it should be good - I've seen plenty of the Scottish Highlands recently but never run up a hill there.