Long Tour of Bradwell

[DazTheSlug]

BritNick - I think we chatted at the Wizard trail race - I was with your fellow SHACs Lee & James...? ringing any bells?
oh, and btw, do you still want rid of those Walsh Spirits? I could try them on if you bring them tomoz...?

[BritNick]

Sorry Daz, Wizard trail race isn't ringing any bells with me. Do you mean Whaley Waltz?

I'll bring the Walsh's along tomorrow.

[philt1]

This is my first time also on the Long Tour Of Bradwell... though my first long race i chose to do was the High Peak Marathon this year.. also me and the team are regular adventure racers.. unfortunately only me coming from the team tomorrow.. i will be the one with he NHS Hull logo on my T Shirt, look forward to seeing you all tomorrow...

[DronfieldRunner]

rugsack packed, porrage ready to be made, now in black helly hanson, Blacks had a sale tdy......good excuse for yet some more clothes

[DazTheSlug]

BritNick - yep, me getting confused - I knew it had a W and a Z in it

seesyall at registration :thumbup:

[Fat Bloke]

You may have noticed me and t'lad in Pindale, Cave Dale and the descent off Lose Hill.

Here's a link to the Lose Hill photos (he took 'em, not me) :-

http://s790.photobucket.com/albums/y...of%20Bradwell/

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[GreenFlash]

Cooler (but muggy) conditions and some small improvements to the route - great descent off Kinder via Rowland Cote Moor and an alternative way up to Dennis Knoll via Bamford which cut out some of the tarmac from Ladybower - made for generally quicker times and an even better day out than last year. Well chuffed to knock 50 mins off my time, though the last four mile pull up to Abney Moor found me out once again.

[Nick Smith]

Oh boy, that was so utterly hard! I felt pretty good until Hope, and then just got slower, and slower, and ... so pleased with myself for managing to complete it. A big thank you to the organisers and all the marshals, and the friendly runners who gave me good advice and encouraged me to keep going! I hope I'll be a bit better prepared for my second ultra, whatever it turns out to be. I was idly considering the Round Rotherham 50 milers, but perhaps it should wait until next year... Many thanks

[Fly]

Oh boy, that was so utterly hard!

Your not wrong there Nick. I've got to say thats the worst I've felt in any ultra so far. I got everything wrong. Shoes were sliding around and didn't stop to do the laces up - sore feet. Didn't account for there only being water and biccies at the aid station. Could have done with a pork pie or something salty to stop the cramping up. Ran out of nuun tablets the other week and didn't bother to get any more. Big mistake.

Just enter the round Rotherham Nick. Remember the elevation and the terrain ain't as bad as today. Plus its in October so you won't have the heat to deal with.

Great event though and will definitley do it again. A surprisingly small field of runners for a runfurther series race but there did seem to be a lot of experience there.
Thanks to Nick Ham who I desperately tried to keep up with but only managed up to about mile 20 when the heat got to me.

[Tussockface]

Definitely a toughie. Lack of water at CPs 9 and 12 made it even harder (and made a mockery of the organiser's exhortations at the start to keep well hydrated.) The marshal at CP9 told us to there'd be water at CP12 but that was an hour and a half away and the other side of Stanage. Even more crucially, it turned out not to be the case (though a marshal there had sped off to try to buy a few bottles.) I finished up having to buy water from the ice cream van. On the up side, I also got a cider ice lolly, which was nice, though it did provoke some odd looks from passing walkers.

I was delighted to finish just inside 9 hours despite an involuntary detour between CPs 8 and 9 which involved a couple of hundred feet of additional climb that I really didn't need.

Thanks to Daz the Slug for his company and route-finding over the first 4 hours and to Socks for the last 2 hours, and to a whole group of folk who kept me going during the 3 equally painful hours in between.

Some good photos there, FB. Looking forward to seeing the rest. Thanks for not taking pictures in the later stages.