Herod Farm Hill race

[Duncan]

Here's my photos - http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/GeoffB.../HerodFarm2010# - sorry if I missed you, the battery went flat! But that wasn't as bad as getting back to my bike to discover that the batteries in my front light were flat! Luckily a good chunk of my route home was off-road.

I could hear you cursing about your camera battery just as I went past but I was being deafened by the blood rush as I crested the second rise.

A top race and thanks very much to our Glossop pals for organising it. Sorry I couldn't stay and enjoy the convivialities of the Drovers' :-(

....and didn't our new Pennine tops look nice!!!!!!!

[uphill struggler]

well run race. good supportive marshalls thought my lungs were going to explode at the top of the nab, reckon there was three still to finish after me!!!!!!!!!

[IanDarkpeak]

32.50 for me in 2008

but looking for 29.30 ish tonight Might be a good run in Tom

A long stretch of the final run in has been re-surfaced since last year so that run in should be even faster.

...and so it was, 27.40 by my Watch!!

I forgot about the track at the start but apart from that what a top race. That last climb was a killer and despite trying to Pysche Grouse out by shouting to Geoff that he was fading fast he still got away on the last descent. Fleeter was also off in front and was untouchable.

Excellent race Thanks to all.

Also good to meet Simon at last and beer afterwards at ladybowyer

[Grouse]

Luckily I didn't hear you.

[noel]

Here's my photos - http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/GeoffB.../HerodFarm2010# - sorry if I missed you, the battery went flat! But that wasn't as bad as getting back to my bike to discover that the batteries in my front light were flat! Luckily a good chunk of my route home was off-road.

Good photos as always Geoff.

We had the same problem. Mrs Noel came home with impressive blood-smeared slashes to her ankle after overtaking through some brambles. I wanted to get a photo before she washed it and they turned into innocuous-looking scratches. But when I got the camera out - "recharge battery pack"

[simgreen78]

Loved it! Great course, organisation and marshalling. Lots of friendly smiling (knackered) faces and good to identify some forumites.

Where was the second climb then?

I too had an impressive splurge of blood covering one shin courtesy of a nest of brambles, nice eight inch gouge down the front of my leg after showering it down!

Great pics Geoff, I make a fleeting appearance in one looking very serious...

Great way to cap the evening off in the Ladybower with Ian and meeting the rest of the DPFR warts.

Good times

Results up http://www.glossopdale.org.uk/races/...010Results.xls

[Rudolph Hooker]

I think those results need checking. Looking at the Pennine runners, we seemed to have gained an extra Elaine Rose and an extra Frank Fielding in the race, and lost poor old Neil Goldsmith!

And what happened to Margerine????? I only saw Grouse!!

[second to last]

I spotted this earlier when Charlie emailed the club and have let him know, so the revised version should be out soon.

[not mad enough]

Sorry about that. Results all sorted now.

Rudolph - is the comment about Margarine anything to do with the results? (I don't know who Margarine is!)

[second to last]

Sorry about that. Results all sorted now.

Rudolph - is the comment about Margarine anything to do with the results? (I don't know who Margarine is!)

Margarine is on the results - a Glossopdale runner unless I'm mistaken