okay my personal experiences areOriginally Posted by picador
there isnt a grassy line like your probably thinking. you can leave the marshal and basically if you stray either to far in either direction you will be off line. my time was up so i decided to drop down the main path. I now believe if you can descend quickly on rock there aint much in it. Bearing wise well id PM Mr rudolph hooker who frequents this forum. Hes THE MAN on gable.
Ive heard one or two strayed into ennerdale
Another thank you to Scoffer and the team. A great day.
I did the sportive the next day. Not sure if its going to become a regular event, but it was a great leg loosener!
Not seen any results but shall enquire!
Hey, Daz, you know that I use a thumb compass, so I use the map, rather than a numbered bearing!
Anyway it's the same line you'd use on a clockwise BG - 36 degrees according to my mate Lee - but it's not really a straight line, just a pointer to make sure you're heading in the correct direction when you're heading down from the summit.
North-East would do just as well - and far easier to remember.
Does anyone know if the fella in five fingers made it round?
Nearly. We were running round together. We missed the cut off by a few minutes. He could have made it but was bogged down waiting for me and I had a terrible race. His account of the race and choice of foot wear is on his blog http://trainnowlivelater.blogspot.co...ale-beast.html
"Methuselah" occasionally posts on here.
'I realised it was time to accept that in their current form, Vibram Five Finger Flow Treks are not suitable for fell running on steep, grassy terrain.'
thank christ someone's seen sense
it gets better, pure fellrunning gold:
http://trainnowlivelater.blogspot.co...ale-beast.html
can I suggest the reason why the runner in question missed the reasonably generous cut-off times at borrowdale was that he was wearing a pair of crappy moccasins, flogged to gullible consumers on the basis that they are somehow 'natural'?
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You could suggest that Zoot but it wouldn't be entirely true. As I suggested in my previous post I was the main reason he didn't make the cut off. He is still very much a fan of Five Fingers but has conceded he would be better off doing some races in studs.
He fell over in front of me while i was chatting about his footwear choice! Good effort, though.
I find it quite interesting that people can be disqualified from a fell race for not carrying waterproof trousers which they will never ever wear, whilst people are allowed to run in footwear that is entirely unsuitable to the terrain and the conditions, to the point of being dangerous.
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