That's disgraceful. A dog on Pendle needs more layers than that.Originally Posted by simgreen78
That's disgraceful. A dog on Pendle needs more layers than that.
Wait 'till Longdogs here's about this - that Stolly will be in for it!
Enjoyed 12 mile of this race then got cramp and had to walk for 4.5 mile, disappointing!!!!:thunbdown:Oh well thanks to the organisers it is a tough but great race.
WOW! That was tough. First time for me and thought it was tougher than 3 Peaks. Reiterate thanks to Keiran and all marshalls. People do need to be a bit more responsible with their gel wrappers. There really is no excuse. Stolly; I was the fat lad who shouted" Alreet "down towards Ogden Clough. (No 141, when pix come out). Mega cramp when got back to car.
Re: Full Tour of Pendle
First attempt at the race today - justifiably a classic as someone has said. Climbs were fine until the last but glad I jogged the first 45 mins - unlike some. I'll be back. The xtalons held out and my feet only started hurting once we reached the road section!
Marshalls were great and the course worked really well. Bit hard to work out where you were in the race with all the early starters. I ended up 9th but thought I was about 20th!
Some problems with results? Looked like a combination of two starts (10:00am and 10:30am) and no tags for 40 runners? Can't see the point of the tags if everyone doesn't have them! Sportident would be an ideal solution for a race like this.
Great day all the same.
It does seem a little odd that not everyone had tags, though glitches happen. It was definitely an advantage not to have tags; at one late checkpoint, I dithered for ages trying to remove my tag with frozen fingers and sodden, icy gloves, whilst the three other runners who'd arrived just behind me simply shouted "No tags!" and shot through. They gained about 50m at that tag point alone. Glad I wasn't battling them for anything important!
Having said that, I was applauding the 'low key' nature of the FTOP earlier, and a part of me really likes the old-school simplicity of stringing bits of plastic on a glorified hair bobble.
Well done everyone - it was good old dependable Pendle weather today for sure. I spotted some sleety snow at one point. I got to Barley a couple of minutes after the main race had started so I decided to trundle up Ogden Clough and then run the first part of the race backwards. Somebody mentioned they saw me and Harry 'walking' between CP1 and CP2 but I was of course running, albeit on the tussocks adjacent to the race trod, stopping to admire you lot from time to time as you came past.
Will there be an entry in Stolly Hill Runs 2010 for today ?
Glad to see everyone had a good (tough) day, especially Tussockface, well done mate. Another race i'd pre-entered and never got there, story of my year. Set off late due to an emergency with mother in laws dogs, got as far as Burnley only for my own dog to empty the contents of its stomach all over me and the car, by the time i'd found a shop and some wet wipes figured i'd be late for the start and with the pooch in a sorry state, turned round for home. She's been off her food all day and now my lad's poorly as well. Think i might get hammered tonight so as the litre of nuun's water i'd made for the race doesn't go to waste, it'll sort the hangover tomorrow
Well done one and all:thumbup:
Tough luck Steve, wondered why I'd not spotted you.
Wasn't it WC FIelds who said "Never work with children or animals"?
As for your creative solution to the surplus of Nuun , I can't help feeling that planning to inflict a hangover on yourself is marginally more extreme than tipping it down the plughole sans vomit.
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