First time for me tomorrow. How's the going underfoot? Hard paths or mostly open moorland? I'm currently favouring mudclaws but would like to get away with my talons. Any advice?
First time for me tomorrow. How's the going underfoot? Hard paths or mostly open moorland? I'm currently favouring mudclaws but would like to get away with my talons. Any advice?
Xtalons would be my choice definitely.
Don' think there's any real need for Mudclaw soles except the steepest, slippiest races e.g. Wansfell, where I inflicted my derriere to a fearsome torture! aaah...memories.
Ski Sunday maybe, but there is a path over to the right if you know it!
Never worn my Talons over 5 miles, so it's Roclite 312's for me. They were bob on for The 3 P's this year ! I'll be wearing a red & green Ilkley Harriers vest with an army green Helly underneath. If it's raining, a light blue RAB. It would be nice to put names to faces !
Good luck one & all.
Jez, I wore Talons for the first time in last year's FTOP, straight out of the box, and they were perfect. I would agree that Roclites or similar would be correct for 3Ps - but FTOP, apart from the start and finish, tends to be a) soggy, b) steep, or c) both.
Cheers Tussock, I'll pop 'em in the car now !
See you tomorrow. Are you travelling with Tony Romulus?
(Sorry: that makes him sound like one of The Sopranos!)
You mean Toni Melechi ? If so, he's not race fit, so it's just me & Jack Jones !! See you tomorrow.
CP1
This was moved last year from it's original position (where it is still indicated on the map from CLEM) just past the trig, to a new location. Although the grid ref 795417 corrsponds with a ladder stile, it wasn't actually there at all but about 300m SE along that wall at a gate (normally wired shut but opened for the race). From here you could angle down to ogden clough and pick up the path, or follow the wall down; up to you. I suspect CP1 will be there again, but if it is at the ladder stile then it opens up some options! The running is fairly open but wet and a bit boggy (like all of pendle!) so a straight line to pick up the path at 789405 is definitely an option for the faster runners wishing to avoid the single track that is ogden clough. The wall marked at this point is largely non-existent.
Opinion in 2009 was that the diversion added around 2-3mins to the course.
Shoe Choice
This is proper boggy stuff, not like 3P. I'd use walsh/mudclaw/talon/mudroc but nothing less aggressive. Not sure about roclite but if you have a better option for steep wet grass and mud then i'd wear them. The geronimo descent would be very hairy in anything resembling a trail shoe!!
The weather is predicted cold and wet (surprisingly). It's always colder and wetter up on pendle than in barley (oncoming weather comes from behind pendle and surprises you when you get up there!) so be careful what you wear. They say;
"If you can't see Pendle, it's raining up there"
"If you can see Pendle, it's going to rain up there"
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