High Peak Marathon

[daz h]

Many thanks to the organisers for another great night out. Emmilou made the difficult decision to drop out at Moscar with a stomach bug so we (the rest of the Pussycat Trolls) carried on as a threesome to finish in 12.10.

It was a pretty night on the moors and conditions underfoot weren't as bad as I'd been expecting after last week's arctic recce. The marshalls were all brilliant, really cheery. I'm definitely going to take rucksack fairy lights again as they were much admired by the other teams (or possibly laughed at ) Thanks to Dave who left us a fantastic present of some chocolate at Bleaklow Stones which picked us up nicely - I've been trying to figure out which dave you are but don't know!

Cheers all,
Clare

Were they golden ones

Well done ladies
Hard luck Emma, you will be back for sure

[daz h]

On another note
does anyone have the winning times from
1999
2000
2001 was this cancelled foot and mouth
2002
I want to do a mean time of the winning times and see what it comes out at
I have all the others

Thanks
Any times appreciated

[Stolly]

How did Sir Ranulph do?

[Grouse]

Daz you have too much time on your hands. Go for a run. That's where I'mgoing now.

(Won't be a very fast one though).

[daz h]

Daz you have too much time on your hands. Go for a run. That's where I'mgoing now.

(Won't be a very fast one though).

Dont forget your buffalo gloves
Im running after watching the cycling. Im just going to clean my fellrunning van out now.

[ydt]

How did Sir Ranulph do?

Sir Ranulph had a steady, well paced race. We finished in 12:22, and picked up the vets handicap trophy.
Yiannis

[IanDarkpeak]

Oh and can you ask Margarine if she has any remedies for 2 x missing toenails.
God they look like Geoffs toes

Groin, Toes, is there any part of you that didn't get injured...?

Nice to meet Margerine although what she was doing in the Gents totally stumped me.

I forgot to say well done to the Woodhead Team Plumbum, Brent, Keith and Steve the farmer I'm not sure of their time but it was up there in top 15 I think.

[daz h]

Sir Ranulph had a steady, well paced race. We finished in 12:22, and picked up the vets handicap trophy.
Yiannis

but what about the socks yiannis

[ydt]

but what about the socks yiannis

I assume you are referring to the neoprene socks. I would have been better off with ordinary socks. It was not cold enough and my feet overheated some times. As for the neoprene gloves, I never put them on! It was one of the mildest HPMs I have ever done, opposite to what I had expected it to be.
Yiannis

[southernsoftie]

Okay, bit of time to post properly, so here goes.

What a brilliant event. Hat's off to the guys that first dreamt it up, and a really big thanks to the team that made it possible this time, great organisation.

I went through a bad patch from half an hour in ( don't ask) to Moscar, Youngfeller's dad saw me through it. By the time we hit Cutthroat Bridge I was feeling much better and running quite strongly. This carried on all the way to the top of Kinder when my ITB went, after which every step, particularly the downhill bits, was agony.

Still, made it to the end in a respectable time (though Kev and Andy could've done much quicker if not for Stolly and me). Walking was fun afterwards: knee wouldn't bend, thighs fragged, and it felt like someone'd taken a baseball bat to the soles of my feet. Moving's better today. Knee's still sore, but at least it's moving. A couple of days of stretching ahead before a couple of small, slow runs.

Well done to everyone else who made it round and good to put faces to a couple more forumites.