Full Tour of Pendle

[IanDarkpeak]

Please tell me this race and the Roaches are on different dates next year....please

[Tractorboy]

I last did this in 2006 and remember getting very wet and it having 3 pretty big climbs in the second half. Have planned to do it last 2 years but always seem to get some kind of horrendous cold the week before. BUT this year I've got a cold now so that gives me 3 whole weeks to recover! Looking forward to it. Was vaguely wondering about going for the early start option mentioned on the CLEM website? Anyone else got any thoughts on that? One upside I suppose is you'll get overtaken by the leaders at some point
Get your entrance fees in to avoid a £10 increase on the day and no guaranteed entry!!

[Jez Hellewell]

Normal start for me Tractorboy ! Looking forward to this one.

[threerock]

Are there water points on the race, or is it self-sufficiency all the way?

[God's oddment]

Self-sufficiency 3rock.
Water at Ashendean Clough seems clean enough. I've drunk from here with no ill effects.
Stream at the bottom of Geronimo is brackish so I've steered clear.

[threerock]

Thanks for that.

[Tussockface]

Stream at the bottom of Geronimo is brackish

...and on race day, contaminated with the bodies of fallen runners!

[stevefoster]

...and on race day, contaminated with the bodies of fallen runners!

And with some folk sliding down on their backsides (why is it called a backside, there's nowt side about it?) god knows what else

[XRunner]

(why is it called a backside, there's nowt side about it?)

Do you really mean backslide? )

[Will.Race]

Right I'm in for the FTOP. I blame AndyA from the 3 Peaks thread for this.

So what have I let myself in for ?

Toughest I've done so far is the Hope Moors and Tors 20. FTOP I think has another 1000 ft climbing but is 3 or 4 miles shorter. Not sure if that makes it harder or not ?