Borrowdale Fell Race

[Tractorboy]

I know we've all been here before but can someone recommend a good campsite for myself and the family. If not in Rosthwaite, then somewhere not too far away?
Daleside - what was your finishing time last year (re. you meeting the Honister cut off by a few minutes)?

[Daleside]

Stop Press! Split times for the slowers members of the fell running community!

Here are the long awaited split times - guaranteed to get you round in time for the cut off (pending no unexpected happenings!) memorise these numbers - repeat them as a mantra every day between now and 4 Aug!

BB - 50
EH - 1:48
SP - 2:22
SH - 2:57
GG - 3:32
HP - 4:19 (thats 11 minutes to spare)
DH - 4:53
Finish - 5:37

Narrative - Last year I was never more than 5 mins either side of these times (even though I was trying to run faster) and finished in 5:39. I took these splits with me on the day (in my head!) I had worked them out as percentages of Huwski's 2005 race times. I based them on a safe margin of ten minutes before the Honister Pass cut off (4 hours and 30 mins) - I had hoped to be ahead of them but I was bang on or behind at nearly every check point. I was quite surprised to look back at them last week and realise how close the estimated finish time was to real finish time!

[emmilou]

Thanks Daleside

think it will be black marker pen on the back of the hand as oppose to commiting to 'memory'

[Mr1470]

Don't think we ever inked ourselves in.....childcare all sorted, we'll be there

Emmilou
Daz H
Moo
Sunnysideup
Grit Britain
Graeme
Calf
The Juicer
Mr1470


Off up to the Lakes this weekend as well :-) Nice little trot from Dunmail Raise to Scafell planned for Saturday. Hope the weather's ok.

[hopey]

I walked over most of the course earlier in the week, I don't there will be any problem finding the route, the runners path is well warn in!!

[Graeme]

Cool, I might have a jog round most of the course, be missing out the pike though.

[emmilou]

Next saturday - 21st.

10am for a half 10 start in the scarfell hotel carpark (£3 all day parking)

Any more for any more??

(banana cake for all finishers! )

[alwaysinjured]

Next saturday - 21st.

10am for a half 10 start in the scarfell hotel carpark (£3 all day parking)

Any more for any more??

(banana cake for all finishers! )

Youve got competition emmi:
Daleside was spotted today going up great gable as we were coming down from the wasdale race.

[Daleside]

shhhshhh! no is was just doing a backwards wasdale recce - late!

as you know and I have stated on here I'm not doing the borrowdale race and I'm definatly not doing the dalehead section today either!

AND I'm not competition for emmi - we are just one big happy family and its not a race! (Ps may see you next week at the 'scafell hotel', please note spelling - just incase anyone is trying to look it up in thier sat nav!!!)

[emmilou]

shhhshhh! no is was just doing a backwards wasdale recce - late!

as you know and I have stated on here I'm not doing the borrowdale race and I'm definatly not doing the dalehead section today either!

AND I'm not competition for emmi - we are just one big happy family and its not a race! (Ps may see you next week at the 'scafell hotel', please note spelling - just incase anyone is trying to look it up in thier sat nav!!!)

so will we be in disguise then??

are you coming next week? yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee