LOL - that would have been for my group of scouts - we were last ones to finish (10 hrs 24) and hit the top of the Chevin at 6.55. Nowhere near my youthful best of 3 hrs 40 but I have a bunch of very happy scouts with a massive sense of achievement (they are from Essex!)Originally Posted by fozzy
I think I was one of the lucky ones who finished strong and took places back up and down The Chevin.
I mustve got you and MrMooseHead right near the end there. Thanks to which ever one of you it might have been who gave me the final directions, I was able to take off and chance making a break.
Maybe it was you Rob that I was following (I was in red) before the Pipers Crag? moved checkpoint, lost you when I twisted my dodgy ankle a tad. And had to drop back to the another group (thanks Jim R and Neil R +1) and almost lost them too after another double ankle twist before Burley Woodhead but just managed to reconnect and keep em in sight before the elastic snapped.
One last fast downhill surge to catch up with another fella just b4 the school to give me joint 11th in 3h17, pleased with that on my first attempt and openly parasited my way round not having a clue where to go. I was desperately trying to keep leading lady Jo in my sites but she was just too strong, fair play, and lost her before West Buck Stone outcrops (i think) but luckily it may have been Rob? who caught me up again here.
Fabulous day for it, perfect conditions, just cold enough it was frozen n not boggy, superb sunny day, just a cool wind. Wish I'd worn shorts now, was too hot on the latter half with the backwind. Will definitely do this race again.
Many thanks to Linda M for transferring her place (must pay you!) and to FLopsy ditto for Jon S's place. :thumbup:
Think it was me. I have recollections of rattling off the directions to someone on the climb, but my head was a bit out there at the time.
Calf muscles still really sore and tight. So why am I thinking of where I could have done better and how much time I could shave off next year?
yup cheers Moosey, it was great to finish on a high, made my race ta :thumbup:
Just been looking at my splits for the past for 3 years I've done this, and I know they're pretty meaningless in terms of absolute values (i.e. exactly how many m/m etc), but interestingly, the big difference in time for me, apart from the out and back to the Piper's Crag CP and walking a bit more on the Chevin, was between the Moorside CP and Lanshaw Lad. I pretty much lost most of the time on that section.
I remember that it was frozen underfoot, but I can't remember how more or less runnable this section was last year?
The reason I ask is that I am a lot less fit than I was last year, but it seems as though I did lose the time from getting tired (apart from up the Chevin), but much earlier in the race.
You think about it too much. Different day, different race.
True, but analysis and logical reasoning is the way forward in all things.
I see you've changed your mind and entered 3P!
I dithered all day but, as has been mentioned already on this thread, runners have short memories. The worst case scenario is the bus of shame, but the hope is that I'll get a time to aim to improve on and the self-confidence to know I can do it. I'm still very apprehensive though.
Correct! that was me. I was planning on running round with Jo but let her go when it became obvious she was much fitter than she had thought. You went past me at the top of the chevin just before the last cp when I was having problems.
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