Good effort Adair! You'll have to have another go though. We can't let Chris get complacent can we? Come to that, I hope to have another go myself soon. I'm pretty sure I can get under 6 hours at least.
Good effort Adair! You'll have to have another go though. We can't let Chris get complacent can we? Come to that, I hope to have another go myself soon. I'm pretty sure I can get under 6 hours at least.
Well done Adair! :thumbup:
Our times are so close I wonder what would have happened if we were there to spur each other on! :w00t: I think it's easy to drift on such a long distance and dwell on the exhaustion - definately believe that the longer the distance, the more important the mindset. Totally agree that it should be easier now you know you can do it as I know I went into survival mode early, but in contrast I got a boost from passing delemere as I knew I had enough to finish then.
You are so right about Mario - just a spectacular time; Robbie reckons that the ground was a lot rougher then too, but they had more stiles than kissing gates. I too take my hat off to you Andy doing the long distances so regularly. I'm going to sign up to all your long distnace trail races next year though; my plan is to do them and the fells.
Have decided to put in a long weekend run again now in prep for my next sandstone trail attempt. This could be a great one to chip away at with a couple of attempts next year. Are there any rule about "support"? I did mine unsupported, although I did get half a litre of tap water from a cafe just before delemere... was that cheating? Are we saying it is ok to have a friend meet you with refills for water bottles?
Great run Adair!
Chris
PS - the seconds for my time were a rather rounded 30, so my time was 5:29:30 - when I saw it on my watch I thought nobody would believe me because of the suspiciously round figure
No need for rules for support in my opinion. I generally run these things unsupported unless it's an organised event, just because it's easier, but I've got no problems with supported running. And foraging for your own water is essential on longer unsupported runs - 2 litres got us along the Sandstone Trail, but I wouldn't want to carry more than that. So in hot weather or on longer runs you have to find water elsewhere. I'm hoping to have another go myself in November.
I'm starting to look into the possibility of reviving the full Sandstone Trail event for 2011, as a walkers' event supporting runners rather than a race (i.e. similar to the fire service event, but from Whitchurch). Probably nothing will come of it, but I'll post here if it looks a goer. I'll try to get in touch with the previous organisers, and I've sent off for the LDWA guidelines on organising events. I'll be talking to Geoff Shaw too, who organises the shorter Sandstone Trail races.
Sounds like a great idea to me Andy. I'm be more than willing to help organise - if we do it along the lines of the current sandstone trail races with a couple of water stations and a few signs in the less obvious places then I think it would be a goer. permission will be the interesting part.
Thanks Chris: I'll probably take you up on the offer. I think permission will probably be OK, since it will all be on a recognised route & it's been done before. It'll all need following up though. We'll have to find a hall or somewhere close to the traffic lights in Frodsham, which could be tricky. There'll be options within half a mile I should think, but really we want somewhere close to the traffic lights on the south side of the A56.Originally Posted by Cheenis
Why not use the Bear's Paw? Big beer garden and lots of room in the pub itself. They have some market stalls there every now and then & it is the end of the trail itself. We could discuss it with the land lord they might be really keen on it. Natrually we'd need to do it at the righ ttime of year so we have a chance of it not raining.
I thought of that originally but I don't think it's practical. Have you ever seen the Bear's Paw on a Saturday night? I think we're better keeping clear of Frodsham centre. I'm talking to Frodsham Community Centre in Fluin Lane, which should make a good place for the finish. A slight diversion from the Trail at the end but the same distance, & no need to cross the A56. How do 14th or 21st May sound?
I think it would be terrific if you got this off the ground. I was just revving up for a go at the Fire Service event when it disappeared. It's always been kind of on my horizon and I'm sure you'd get others interested. Cheshire West would give it a boost I'd assume - it's probably in their remit to promote use of the trail. What about the Church Hall on Church Street just back from the lights?
I reckon Chris and Adair should do a paired run ...and sprint it out at the end
Plenty more to come from both I think.
I to discovered the Fire Service event and started training for it only to find out the last running was the "last" running, So I ran a marathon pb instead, at least all training wasn't wasted
There is Frodsham Parish Hall on Church Street 150 m from the Bear's Paw next to Costa coffee and there is a Penn Griff Hall on Greenfield Lane behind the Bear's Paw, no idea what it is just found it with google?
14th or 21st May are ok with me.
LOL - How about we do a three legged race? I reckon there would be a genuine record in it for usI reckon Chris and Adair should do a paired run ...and sprint it out at the end
Dates are all good, lets make it happen! As a personal preference I'd say the Church Hall should be the final collection point. It would mean that we could actually run to the real finish and not have too far to walk back; but either end point sound good to me. Both are within a few hundred metres of my house so I'll not have far to walk afterwards :wink:
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