High Peak Marathon

[Dr H Tool]

I knew we would get back to some serious shit on this thread.

Anyway for all you overweight fellrunners here is some proof on the dangers of........ well we've just been through all that

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8549619.stm

I trying to shift a bad cold hence the mauvais humour

[philt1]

well the last few days of posts have been interesting reading and i will opt to stay clear of that debate.

thanks to the organisers for a great race, it was my first HPM and i thoroughly enjoyed it. The marshalls at the checkpoints were a welcome site and always had words of encouragement.

Thanks to IDP for helping finding us a stand in runner, who turned out to be a machine, he only seemed to know one pace never slower and never faster but very constant.

hopefully we will be back next year, if the HPM will have us as im sure we could go a lot faster..

we finished 19th in 12hrs 14minutes

[southernsoftie]

Anyone else still hungry and tired after this? I've not stopped eating since. Or yawning.

[Grouse]

Put on half a stone as usual.

[Grouse]

Unlike Marg who lost half a stone with his unscheduled stops en route...

[Luv Shack]

You will have to get Mrs Second to Last to organise your backpacks next year, you have probably never noticed on the club runs but she always has at least 2 packets of tissues packed in her bum bag. I think she considers them mandatory FRA kit - but I wouldn't want to open a can of worms on that one. Although I imagine worms is possible outcome of moss and/or bracken.

Surely that should be Brat' Packs...

We had a slow one too...
(Hmmmmmmm?!)
But, daft to the core..
I'm sure we will...
Be back....

And, of course a very very very big thank-you indeed to Sheff' Uni HPC & their Crazy Daft Mad Mates & truly ace Long Term Supporters... who make the DW/HPM one of the best Night & Days' Out...with wilderness to die for.....when you get a moment (next year!) to look around.
Real Kracker this year, plenty of superb vistas (clear & murky!), all deeply etched inside for a long time to come, we are of course very lucky...I know we know...

[IanDarkpeak]

Unlike Marg who lost half a stone with his unscheduled stops en route...

You'll have to get him to carry some of your kit to lighten your load. It makes sense to me

[ydt]

HPM 4/5 March 2011: Entries close next Tuesday. I wonder if lots of people have sent in entries.
ydt

[socks]

Presume they have (isn't it always oversubscribed?) but not me this year :w00t:

[Grouse]

Always seems like a good idea in November haha.