Fellsman

[egor]

shame about the clash, 3 peaks was a good last long run before fellsman, still prefer fellsman for next year

[Dixie]

At last a date to work towards. Time to wear out some shoes.

[sore legs]

At last a date to work towards. Time to wear out some shoes.

Bugger not only a 3P clash, which I was aiming to do this year but also a clash with my daughters first birthday !! This will have to be managed very carefully !!

[DazTheSlug]

hmmm... I've got 4 Inns at end of March, and OCT 3rd week of May, so this could be my year for the Fellsman! :w00t:

[ukhursty]

Work depending I'm going to aim to enter this.

[Muddy Retriever]

since my inaugural Fellsman last year I have been really looking forward to my next attempt, especially with the added bonus of it being the 50th year. My crossing of fingers has only slightly paid off as the date doesn't clash directly with the London Marathon (hush roads...) for which I have been (un)fortunate enough to secure a place. Is it folly to attempt the Fellsman only 6 days later or if following a 3 week taper to the LM does it sound feasible?

Sounds like folly to me.

I've done the Fellsman two weeks after the 3 Peaks but I wouldn't do it six days after a marathon. I suppose it depends to some extent on how fast you intend doing London.

[Toreador]

Sounds like folly to me.

I've done the Fellsman two weeks after the 3 Peaks but I wouldn't do it six days after a marathon. I suppose it depends to some extent on how fast you intend doing London.

Folly indeed, but probably feasible. I'm pretty unfit as far as ultra-marathon runners go, but a couple of years ago did the High Peak Marathon, and then a week later the Wuthering Hike, which I finished in a respectable time (faster than the previous time I did it).

[Muddy Retriever]

Folly indeed, but probably feasible. I'm pretty unfit as far as ultra-marathon runners go, but a couple of years ago did the High Peak Marathon, and then a week later the Wuthering Hike, which I finished in a respectable time (faster than the previous time I did it).

I guess you are probably right. It depends on the individual's power of recovery. I remember a couple of years ago somebody doing the 3 Peaks and then London the day after so these things are certainly possible for some people. Not for me though. I did Amsterdam Marathon 3 days ago and if you were to tell me now that I had to do the Fellsman this Saturday I would recoil in terror.

[superflyguy]

Folly.
I have accessed my options sensibly and it appears that for the first quarter of 2012 I will be a roadie! I want to do the Fellsman but wouldn't be anything like able to give it 100%, so my place is better taken by someone that can. I have also knocked the HPM and 4 inns on the head for 2012.
Let's hope i manage to raise a decent amount of sponsorship (something else I don't usually do, as I don't agree with giving other people money to do things they enjoy!)

excuse me while i have a little cry

[DinoF]

I did the London Marathon in 2007 and am thinking of doing the Fellsman in 2012. I am also worried I haven't left enough time for recovery, and may give it another 5 years.