Great stuff. Looking forward to it, but not the early start !
Originally Posted by manothemoors
Great stuff. Looking forward to it, but not the early start !
I'm a late replacement entry for my club's relay team and will be running leg 6. Could you please let me know what conditions are underfoot? I am planning to run in comfortable trail shoes (Puma Trailfox 4), but on a recent Yorkshire three peaks run, I found them a bit low on grip on the steeper and muddy downhill sections. Are there any steep muddy downhills expected? What fraction of leg 6 are on tarmac / farm track / grass / mud? Also, will there be any bogs, in which case I would wear waterproof socks?
Many thanks, and have a good run!
Can't say I've run the whole of leg 6 (cos I'm doing leg 2:wink, but I do train along some bits of 6. Would say it's mainly a mix of field and woodland paths, so no mega slippy descents. I'd have thought something like the Trailfoxes would strike about the right balance, as there are a couple of mile-long sections of tarmac. Wouldn't think it'll be mega-boggy, you're not up on the moors on this section. Other opinions from more recent recces will hopefully be along shortly... Enjoy!
Ran Leg 6 as a recce on Sunday and your Trailfox should suit fine.....it's more of a trail/roadrace there. No bogs but puddles on the canalpath to jump in if you still want to wear your socks
Last edited by Jonesy; 16-05-2013 at 12:42 PM.
Are you male, just been out on leg 3 this evening ( about 7pm above todmorden) recceing, been on your own and asked two women runners where the calderdale way went? They will have seemed very definite about where to go and sent you on your way with some directions. Well if that's you you need to go out and recce it again, my wife has just come back from a run and she's sent you the wrong way. You should have continued downhill.
Sorry about that, I promise to not let her give directions in future.
He should have come on the group recce with me last week. There are 2 or 3 places on leg3 where it is very easy to go wrong. I can confirm that leg 6 is probably the least "fell" type leg...lots of trail and a fair bit of tarmac.
Last edited by manothemoors; 16-05-2013 at 09:10 PM.
I'm doing leg 3 ,hopefully remember it from last time I ran it. Once you have done the climbing,gone around the farm, you run over Tod.golf course I seem to remember, then deviate away from the official CW route and take the road up to and turn right in to Blackshawhead. Then we will,like most leg 3 runners do, jog back along the route to Tod sports centre for shower, coffee and maybe even a beer !
You climb 650 feet to the rocks, then drop back across the stones and down a gravel track (300 ft of descent). You then run up through the pig field to the golf course. Left at the road and right at the Elephant and Gorilla (AKA shoot the horse farm). Through there and traverse for about a mile until you go through a stream. Then sharp left (an easy turn to miss) up around another farm .... through the junk...then a stiffish climb back up to the next bit of road. Left and right on tarmac to the big rock, then left across the moor. Drop down about 150 feet and then back up to Blackshaw head on the tarmac. Total climb about 1150 feet. Net climb about 650 ft. Record....about 32 minutes (just short of 5 miles).
Big thank you to Halifax Harriers. Cracking organisation for such a big event today. Not happy about my 4.30 a.m alarm however. Thoroughly enjoyed the run once I got going & came back, a little slower than last year, in 1.28. Not so sure about the "duckers" of the tape right at the start mind. Then the aggressive lady shouting at a poor chap to "go on then" when queueing at a stile. Then her team mate attempted to queue jump at the next one to catch her up ! Never mind, it must mean more to some people than others.
Thanks again H.H.
Thanks to Halifax from me as well for their impeccable organisation. I always enjoy these relays and today I was running with someone of very similar ability so it was even more enjoyable as we took turns with the lead. It was warm going today on Leg 4 but once we were up on the moor it felt a bit cooler. Definitely my favourite Leg that :thumbup:
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