on club newsOriginally Posted by scott baistow 93
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Thats quick!
Worst conditions Ive ever raced in (admittedly I dont 'do' fellracing much though)
Also my best result (position, obv' not time as it was shortened)- at this rate of annual improvement i will probably win this race in about 2035
link here.
Really enjoyed this race today (honest)! - the fourth in my illustrious career, and my last before joining exalted ranks of the V40 later this month. The weather was pretty bad, but not too bad - I was quite comfortable in vest + shorts but then I generate so much heat when I run I could probably keep the other runners around me warm too. I understand why it was shortened - I guess it would have been pretty exposed in the summit. Probably more for the marshal's benefit than ours. I was however more than happy to be turned around at that point!
Cos of the weather I ended up wearing x-talons rather than roclites + was glad I did. I missed the flagged section for a while then spotted more runners off to the right out of the corner of my eye, momentarily thought 'what are those nutters doing??' then realised and veered off to join them for a very short distance, followed by a few who seemed to be following meManaged to overtake a few on the steepest bit of the descent, and then lost a couple of places again once it had leveled out a bit. Even managed a bit of a sprint finish at the end but didn't quite manage to catch the guy I was chasing. Made it in 1:24:21, so I reckon I would have been around 1:45 on the full course?
Last edited by Skids; 05-07-2010 at 07:22 AM. Reason: error
Nice one. Thanks for braving the weather. You can almost see me behind Emmilou.
A day of the good,the bad,and the useless.
Firstly the good. The event itself was excellent. Well organised,friendly organisers,brave marshalls in the weather (correct decision to shorten-fine for runners but would never expect marshalls to stand out in that),cake selection afterwards,showers,the route and blow me over the results were up before i got out the shower ! ;-)
The bad. The weather was pretty poor. Not cold but heavy rain with some hail near the top and tremendous gusts. It blew you up the climbs mind but coming back was tough with sight and even breathing difficult !
The useless. Yep that's me. I started ok,had a bit of a stitch (probably caused from eating breakfast and getting straight in the car for 3hrs) but this went once by the stile about a third of the way up. Climbed well after that,running all the way. Got to the top on my own in 5th. Now the disaster,started the descent very strong,passed the Nightingale with a a shout of encouragement,then got to the flagged section .... the section was by a cairn and next to this were two flagged stakes which i now realise told you were you could start using the grass section PARALLEL to the track. In amongst the squall that hit me as i got to the cairn i stupidly thought the two stakes were positioned in such a way that they pointed you in the direction you should be running(about 60deg to the track). Which just so happened to be down a valley of scree and thich heather. I wandered round for a while,sat down for a study of the map to realise the short cut was not anywhere near the short cut i'd imagined. After some fern wrestling back up i emerged by the gate before the only climb on the way back !
Gutted. Nice to meet Nightingale. Great run by the greatest Wanderer. Good day,thanks Keswick AC.
Re: Skiddaw
Eh?? you must have shot passed at some point? flippin eck when will my legs get back to normal???
I'm blaming Yiannis for finishing me off at the LAMM!
Stu - lovely to see youand thanks for the photo's stirling effort in that weather.
Thanks to all that organised it and to the Marshalls especially, got completley blown off my feet at one point even yelped!!
Great fun though, agree it wasn't cold, lovely summer rain, massive drops that got in the eyes but wouldn't have wanted to hang about at the top for long.
Wrong shoe choice for me too - went with the wave harriers as don't want to chop the heel of the mudclaws and these are the only pair I was prepared to sacrifice in order to be able to run!
Nice to see the fellow BG ladeez Kate and Lyndsay
You went past me on the way up. I went past you at the pile of stones ;-)Eh?? you must have shot passed at some point? flippin eck when will my legs get back to normal???
DUDE ! Just looked at the results and I wandered what happened to you. I hope you see the funny side of it. I think maybe a Shropshire navigation course maybe in order
Last edited by nightingale; 05-07-2010 at 09:49 AM.
DUDE ! Just looked at the results and I wandered what happened to you. I hope you see the funny side of it. I think maybe a Shropshire navigation course naybe in order
I reckon i lost 15 mins !! Oh well my fault. That's twice in 3 weeks. I wouldn't mind but my nav is pretty good. It's when you don't expect to use it when you start guessing things go all wrong. It's good enough to get me back on track which is the important thing ;-)
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