Fellsman

[Mossy]

Great event and glad to get round in just under 20 _ apologies for moaning and holding back our group with my aching knee/feet. Big thanks to all the organisers and helpers who were fantastic.

[sore legs]

Well a big thank you to the organisers of this event - Excellent event and well organised - Thanks.

My first Fellsman and it certainly will not be my last. Great weather and views throughout - what a cracking day.

Suffered (no energy in my legs) after Kingsdale unitl Dent, then refound the energy. Disappointed not to get past Cray before grouping but fairly happy overall with my first event timing - 16:05, aim for sub 15 next year.

Legs slightly stiff at the moment with the big toes feeling like they have been hit with a sledge hammer - hope this subsides before Saturday.

Well done to all those that took part, whether you finished or not.

[LM]

Well that was fun - I even enjoyed lots of it at the time, which wasn't in the plan at all!
My aims were to get to Fleet Moss before grouping - succeeded by 10 minutes - and to finish in under 20 hours - succeeded by about half an hour
Would have been an hour or so faster if it weren't for a minor navigational error on the way to Hell Gap - typically, the one section of the route that we'd recce'd beforehand. The BMC Harveys map only shows one fence line, and I turned my brain off, saw never noticed the fence junction and we swung south instead of NE. Oops.
Was worried in advance about being grouped with some numpties, having heard horror stories. Luckily we ended up grouping with 5 others who we'd been passing/passed by for most of the day and it seemed to work well (they're probably complained about the 2 numpties who joined them at Cray).

When do entries open for next year?!

You sound like the man with the walking pole and girlfriend who joined our group of 5 at Cray! I was in the red jacket handing out wine gums. Sorry about the vertical climb up Great Whernside but it got us there. It was a long drag in at the end but we made it eventually. You were still smiling at breakfast on Sunday morning so it must have been ok. Good luck if you decide to do it again. Linda

[Toreador]

You sound like the man with the walking pole and girlfriend who joined our group of 5 at Cray! I was in the red jacket handing out wine gums. Sorry about the vertical climb up Great Whernside but it got us there. It was a long drag in at the end but we made it eventually. You were still smiling at breakfast on Sunday morning so it must have been ok. Good luck if you decide to do it again. Linda

That was us - hello and thanks for the wine gum :-)
I thought the way we took up Great Whernside was OK - steep but got the pain out the way in one go - presumably all those other groups following us agreed!

[MOUNTAIN MAN]

First time for me, a real buss for completing in 16.5hrs. Not my usual race though; cramps, feeling sick, despair, feeling good/high/euphoric camaraderie etc, etc (is all this normal?) . Nice bit was top of Buckden feeling, I’m going to make it!

Great first time that Chris - no doubt the experience will have encouraged you to give up the summer sailing and dedicate the rest of your life to ultra-running

[karen nash]

Thanks to all the marshalls.
Had a great day out despite very little sleep FRi night and the **** who turned on the hall lights at 4.30am ( next time I will camp).
Was not at my best with stomach cramps early in the day but the pasta and hot dogs seemed to settle things down.
Had great company for lots of the day- especially after Dent when it started to matter.
Thanks to Oz for his navigating and to Colin and Mick for their good humour and company.
We managed to avoid getting properly grouped until Park Rash but by then had already sort of pledged to stick together ( it was as Stolly says very draighty in that tent, felt sorry for the marshalls) Two extras got added but that was OK- thanks for the GPS - was it Nigel or Neil??
We made a couple of minor errors which meant we didn't quite break the 15 hours but all 6 of us were happily running through Grassington as the church bells struck midnight and all finished together. 15 hr 04 we think.
Was a bit of a zonbie on Sunday but nobody at work today seemed to think I was any different to normal so I must have been walking OK and awake enough.

[BillJ]

Thanks to all the marshalls.
Had a great day out despite very little sleep FRi night and the **** who turned on the hall lights at 4.30am ( next time I will camp).
Was not at my best with stomach cramps early in the day but the pasta and hot dogs seemed to settle things down.
Had great company for lots of the day- especially after Dent when it started to matter.
Thanks to Oz for his navigating and to Colin and Mick for their good humour and company.
We managed to avoid getting properly grouped until Park Rash but by then had already sort of pledged to stick together ( it was as Stolly says very draighty in that tent, felt sorry for the marshalls) Two extras got added but that was OK- thanks for the GPS - was it Nigel or Neil??
We made a couple of minor errors which meant we didn't quite break the 15 hours but all 6 of us were happily running through Grassington as the church bells struck midnight and all finished together. 15 hr 04 we think.
Was a bit of a zonbie on Sunday but nobody at work today seemed to think I was any different to normal so I must have been walking OK and awake enough.

Well done Karen. You did seem to be suffering with stomach cramps early on.

I was feeling lousy with tightness in my chest (probably part of the hay fever I get?) and eventually stopped at Cray. I hated having to give up, but I didn't feel I could carry on.

[Jenkins]

My first Fellsman as well - and an amazing experience. I finished in 17'45" (ish) thanks to the brilliant navigation of my running club colleague Paul. (THANKS PAUL!!!)

As per so many of the messages above, a HUGE thanks to all of the hardy marhsalls who were camped out in some truly wild and exposed locations.

LOST AND FOUND: COMPASS
I found a compass somewhere along the route. It was in the first half of the course, but I can't remember where - it's all one big blur. It looks well used and as such I'd like to re-unite it with its rightful owner. If you think it might be yours, reply to this post with a description. If it matches I'll happily post it to you so that you can add a few more miles to it.

[Stolly]

My first Fellsman as well - and an amazing experience. I finished in 17'45" (ish) thanks to the brilliant navigation of my running club colleague Paul. (THANKS PAUL!!!)

As per so many of the messages above, a HUGE thanks to all of the hardy marhsalls who were camped out in some truly wild and exposed locations.

LOST AND FOUND: COMPASS
I found a compass somewhere along the route. It was in the first half of the course, but I can't remember where - it's all one big blur. It looks well used and as such I'd like to re-unite it with its rightful owner. If you think it might be yours, reply to this post with a description. If it matches I'll happily post it to you so that you can add a few more miles to it.

Hey Jenkins, I lost my compass; it had a see through plastic base and a red north pointing arrow if thats any help . I had it attached to my map case but the first time I went to try and use it, to get a line off of Dodd Fell, it wasn't there. (And I had to try and use my running partners crap one instead).

I also finished in 17:45 (well 17:45 on my watch anyway - the time was 02:49 at the school) so I'm sure we will have passed each other a few times on the way round. I suspect my description of the compass is pretty crap but I will pm you my address once you're sure its mine

[Jenkins]

Hi Stolly,

If you can tell me colour of the piece of cord that is connected to the compass it's all yours!

By the way, were you one of the "Trotters"? If so I was in the group that set off just behind you going up Gt Whernside.