Three Peaks Fell Race

[geronimo]

Pics were finished uploading late last night - my PG & Ing pics are together in 1 gallery. They have been out all day so anyone expecting a pic will get it tonight I would have thought.
Anyway, for those too far back to see them here are the 1st Female & Male overall winners:

Hi Ady
nice to see you yesterday. have ordered 3 pics off your website
cheers
Ade

[Ady In Accy]

Hi Ady
nice to see you yesterday. have ordered 3 pics off your website
cheers
Ade

Well done on the PB

[stevefoster]

Interesting reading back through this thread and noting folk saying the race starts at Hill Inn. Looking at my progress on the SI page i was 470th at Hill Inn, 411th on Ingleborough and finished 365th overall. 105 places up from Hill Inn to finish. Not really my tactics, tend to run how i feel, but set off steady, felt good at Hill Inn and pushed it from there. Ingleborough to finish was hard into that wind though and took a tumble near Sulber Nick, no cuts but a nice big bruise on my back today and my legs snapped together when i landed crushing my you know whats!
Hes's stats will be the same as she caught me at Hill Inn and was a second behind me at the finish, don't think she fell though and if she did she wouldn't have crush injuries!

[Witton Park]

Sorry to be pedantic but ........... Since the 3P has been Categorised as an AL event no one (not the runner, the race organiser or anyone else) has discretion to waive any of the mandatory kit requirements. I would have hoped that everyone entering Cat A events would have been aware of this.

9 EQUIPMENT
Competitors should arrive at races prepared to carry any or all of the following equipment:-
Windproof whole body cover
other body cover appropriate for the weather conditions.
Map and compass suitable for navigating the course.
Whistle
Emergency food (long races)

This is what is mandatory in AL and AM and I don't think most runners would class hat and gloves in with full body cover - if that is what the FRA intend, then they should clarify that. I have also assumed that a jacket with a hood is covering the head for example.
If it was mandatory then the organisers wouldn't be asking for it would they as additional items - so clearly the race organiser doesn't see hat and gloves as mandatory for an A category.
The athletes didn't either, hence Pete Blands sold out of hats and gloves on a Sunny Spring day.

1 SENIOR EVENTS
The general philosophy behind the following requirements is that the COMPETITOR should take primary
responsibility for his/her own safety on the fells

Now I run most XC races in hat and gloves, so it's not that I am averse to them - but surely this places the ultimate responsibility on the athlete?

[stevefoster]

Surely the easy way round all this is to carry hat and gloves all the time, they pack up small and weigh nothing and wouldn't slow the slowest of runners down in any way. I keep them in my bumbag all the time if i'm not wearing them.

[Rob Furness]

9 EQUIPMENT
Competitors should arrive at races prepared to carry any or all of the following equipment:-
Windproof whole body cover
other body cover appropriate for the weather conditions.
Map and compass suitable for navigating the course.
Whistle
Emergency food (long races)

This is what is mandatory in AL and AM and I don't think most runners would class hat and gloves in with full body cover - if that is what the FRA intend, then they should clarify that. I have also assumed that a jacket with a hood is covering the head for example.
If it was mandatory then the organisers wouldn't be asking for it would they as additional items - so clearly the race organiser doesn't see hat and gloves as mandatory for an A category.
The athletes didn't either, hence Pete Blands sold out of hats and gloves on a Sunny Spring day.

1 SENIOR EVENTS
The general philosophy behind the following requirements is that the COMPETITOR should take primary
responsibility for his/her own safety on the fells

Now I run most XC races in hat and gloves, so it's not that I am averse to them - but surely this places the ultimate responsibility on the athlete?

I agree, Graham earlier said he was fed up of people mentioning this but it would be pretty easy to stop it happening if the kit requirements were clarified slightly to make it clear (I'm not having a dig at you Graham by the way).

[Graham Breeze]

I agree, Graham earlier said he was fed up of people mentioning this but it would be pretty easy to stop it happening if the kit requirements were clarified slightly to make it clear (I'm not having a dig at you Graham by the way).

This is a true story.

I used to be very involved in a multi-terrain race and one year a guy turned up to compete in a wheel chair + his "pusher". He was adamant that he be allowed to enter. Now it was impossible for him to complete the course without a lot of man-handling assistance etc etc.

I have not checked but I don't think it says in the FRA Rules etc that you cannot compete in fell races in a wheel chair...but I am sure you catch my drift?

[Mark L]

A great race, a great event, a great occasion - let's celebrate with a little whine!


But seriously:
This was my first three peaks, and I thought it was hard as nails. My target was to break four hours and I crested that final rise to see the whole of the finish area below me just as my watch bleeped four hours - final result 4:03:04.
I will be back next year after an early spring beasting myself on the climbs.

I don't normally hang around for awards ceremonies as I never win anything, but I'm glad I stayed for this one. It was inspiring and moving by turns and made me proud to be a part of this sport and this tradition.

I'm looking forward to doing the 60th 3 Peaks.

Cheers.

[Stagger]

Surely the easy way round all this is to carry hat and gloves all the time, they pack up small and weigh nothing and wouldn't slow the slowest of runners down in any way. I keep them in my bumbag all the time if i'm not wearing them.

I'm with you Steve, below is what lives in my bum bag.
Full body cover + Buff and gloves, compass and whistle along with 2 compeed plasters, 2 anti inflams, 2 pain killers, small amount of Vas, 5m bandage, 2 KFC salt bags & 1 energy gel.
All that plus 500ml and 300ml went up Coniston Old Man just to watch a race, and it and me all returned safely, except the water. I had the 300 and I shared the 500 with the runners.

[Mountain Goatess]

You do not need to start again MG -you are already there, just pick another event and show others and yourself what you have got. So you did not make this target next time you will still be so much fitter than you were after working towards it - use this towards your next target.

Thanks AS! Wise words and I will take them onboard! :thumbup:
And thanks to everyone else for your well wishes and messages xxx

One good thing...I didn't expect to be walking like a normal person today! :wink: