Calderdale Way Relay

[AndyA]

Who forms the group?

Can you take this somewhere else Richard? This is a race thread.

[Witton Park]

Can you take this somewhere else Richard? This is a race thread.

Sorry Mr Moderator

[AndyA]

Sorry Mr Moderator

No worries, don't do it again.

[Chewbacca]

I thought that Barlick had a cracking race for a first time up. I know that we are a fairly big club and we had all kinds of trouble getting a first team together....they all got injured in the last few weeks.
So which brother are you...the one that finished first or just behind?

I was the one who died on the floor at the end, just behind.

[manothemoors]

Well, I thought it was most ungallant of your brother to surge away, leaving you in his wake.

[Jez Hellewell]

Sounds interesting ! Spill the beans so I can run faster next year !

It's the Race Director who makes the call. He has very little option to be honest and even though the kit list might seem a bit over the top on a day like Sunday, the only fair thing to do is apply it without fear or favour.
There are a few photos of you and your partner on our flickr page this time Jez. I think I know why you were slower despite taking the correct course this time.

[manothemoors]

You set off near the back of the field. Although capable of running close to the pace of the front runners, your early pace was limited by the runners around you. It's very very hard to make that up, even over 10 miles as you naturally tend to run either just fast enough to keep pace with the runners in front...or just quickly enough to pick them off steadily. This is especially true up the hills and where tracks are narrow. By the time you left Clay House you were a couple of hundred metres down.
On that course, if you are in the first 5 at the top of the hill on Norland Moor, you will not lose many places by Crag Vale even if you are knackered. There was very little difference between the pace of the 5th pair and the pace of the 50th pair as the got to the moor.

[Jez Hellewell]

You're dead right. My team mate had just flown back from from America & was pretty jet-lagged. So we made (a wrong decision) to start at the back & take it steady. As you say, this was a wrong choice as you spend the first mile or 2 trying to weave in & out of people on narrow tracks. We reckon we lost a good few minutes. We were considerably faster last year, having run an extra mile, so, lesson learnt ! But it still didn't detract from a great morning out. Thanks again & also for the photos.

You set off near the back of the field. Although capable of running close to the pace of the front runners, your early pace was limited by the runners around you. It's very very hard to make that up, even over 10 miles as you naturally tend to run either just fast enough to keep pace with the runners in front...or just quickly enough to pick them off steadily. This is especially true up the hills and where tracks are narrow. By the time you left Clay House you were a couple of hundred metres down.
On that course, if you are in the first 5 at the top of the hill on Norland Moor, you will not lose many places by Crag Vale even if you are knackered. There was very little difference between the pace of the 5th pair and the pace of the 50th pair as the got to the moor.

[Brad Foot]

Apologies if this is asking a bit much as we're in disgrace! I'm guessing there are still official times somewhere for the disqualified teams. Is there any chance they could be posted somewhere or added to the bottom end of the results? For anyone like me who's too tight to buy a watch, just want to know how we went on compared to everyone else!

[Chewbacca]

Well, I thought it was most ungallant of your brother to surge away, leaving you in his wake.

I'd have done the same to him haha! Brotherly love and all that!