Borrowdale Fell Race

[hotdog]

Id really like to do the Lingmell Dash you see which is on saturday afternoon. i suppose I could start the race then from the top of lingmell - trot down to the coll, then across to the corridor route down to sty head and back down to wasdale by the stream there just in time for prize giving, thereby doing a race and a recce on the same day............i believe thats how we are racing these days...............

You mean you'll be passing a stream and you havn't scheduled a swim!

[Daleside]

You mean you'll be passing a stream and you havn't scheduled a swim!

i see you have edited out the golfing socks comment! You and Baggins are just jealous - I bet you would love to look like you are sponsered by OXFAM and still get it recorded for ever in fellrunner magazine.

[Graeme]

I won't be there.

[Calf]

Dropping owt....what up wi ya man!!!!!

[emmilou]

Dropping owt....what up wi ya man!!!!!

oh no - less people to follow
more beer to drink

[daz h]

hopefully amanda will give me another pass out for saturday
i think she thinks borrowdale is my mistress

how long are we planning for the recce, cant do 7 hrs like last time cos i will miss the pub

emmi are you going to write down all the bearings and cut off times
keep your packsack light, dont bother with a drink or owt , water on the way and stuff.

[emmilou]

hopefully amanda will give me another pass out for saturday
i think she thinks borrowdale is my mistress

how long are we planning for the recce, cant do 7 hrs like last time cos i will miss the pub

emmi are you going to write down all the bearings and cut off times
keep your packsack light, dont bother with a drink or owt , water on the way and stuff.

Yes - will write down all the spilt times from DS - have my garmin route and will scribble bearings on something too!!

Hopefully not 7 hours Daz no - but if you want to we can drive to Honister leave your pick up there and you can shoot off from the quarry if you like and miss dalehead out if we/you are pushed for time??

I'm not a time restraint sat night as noone is home so will stay in Keswick for tea I think?? although still don't want to be out running as long as last time

I'm just taking some gels and half the water Daz as yes will fill up on route and hardly think it will be el scorchio!

I'm hoping the enforced week off running will help not hinder as I was going great guns up until the sodding school holidays!! hoefully my legs will be all fresh and springy like???

Have you thought about camping on the friday night? Is that possible?

will you be ok to get there for 10 - still not sure how many are coming

EVERYONE..............where are you

[Mr1470]

EVERYONE..............where are you

Here!!

Right, got to decide our plan but reckon we might drive up early Saturday, meet at 10ish, do the run, then head off to stay in/near Keswick for the night.

Good idea about the car at Honister...I think Juicer might like the idea of a get-out option there which doesn't involve running along roads!

Options for Sunday - it's the Coniston Fair!! Includes a race up and down....be rude not to!!

[daz h]

Yes - will write down all the spilt times from DS - have my garmin route and will scribble bearings on something too!!

Hopefully not 7 hours Daz no - but if you want to we can drive to Honister leave your pick up there and you can shoot off from the quarry if you like and miss dalehead out if we/you are pushed for time??

I'm not a time restraint sat night as noone is home so will stay in Keswick for tea I think?? although still don't want to be out running as long as last time

I'm just taking some gels and half the water Daz as yes will fill up on route and hardly think it will be el scorchio!

I'm hoping the enforced week off running will help not hinder as I was going great guns up until the sodding school holidays!! hoefully my legs will be all fresh and springy like???

Have you thought about camping on the friday night? Is that possible?

will you be ok to get there for 10 - still not sure how many are coming

EVERYONE..............where are you

havent seen dalesides splits
how close was she to cut off, we really need to factor in some leeway to get you to honister
could do with daleside giving us some feedback on this

[emmilou]

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!

here it is!