Midsummer Madness

[johnraho]

And Harold Wyber from Springfield Striders (Essex) was in the lead all the way round, only to drop 10 places from the final checkpoint to the finish.

I was stood next to Harold, with Joe and Sean approximately 200m from the finish trying to work out where we we're! I was cursing my next choice of route but Harold must be livid! He was a good distance ahead up to cp4.

[Trig]

This is all fantastic publicity - I can't wait for Tom Tittiman tomorrow - who in their right minds won't be there as Mid Summer Madness goes mental

It was indeed a classic Bogs, which I watched unfold ahead of me, having cunningly stashed myself in a comfortable last place by CP4. (This was thanks in part to a deliberate but rashly inventive route choice to CP3.)
Having been all alone bar the sweeper for some time, I was surprised to come across a number of runners between CPs 5 and 6, all of whom were travelling in different and highly improbable directions. I even saw runners pass each other on the same path, going in opposite ways to get to the same checkpoint!
Reservoir Bogs is always fun, and today's did not disappoint.

[BillJ]

I was stood next to Harold, with Joe and Sean approximately 200m from the finish trying to work out where we we're! I was cursing my next choice of route but Harold must be livid! He was a good distance ahead up to cp4.

In corrected results, Harold's fall from grace was not quite so bad. Just the 7 places dropped!

[Trig]

Hi Bill - this might be good point to remind everyone on the details of tomorrow's race - I'm definitely not going to miss it

[BillJ]

Hi Bill - this might be good point to remind everyone on the details of tomorrow's race - I'm definitely not going to miss it

Tom Tittiman: 4 miles / 700'
Midday start. Hare and Hounds Pub, Chiserley near Hebden Bridge. HX7 8TN.

All flagged. :wink:

Prizes donated by Timothy Taylors.
Records 27:02 (James Logue) and 31:58 (Jo Buckley). Only one other woman (AnneJ) has got anywhere near Jo's time.

[Trig]

So we get a lie in. Marvellous. See you there.

Tom Tittiman: 4 miles / 700'
Midday start. Hare and Hounds Pub, Chiserley near Hebden Bridge. HX7 8TN.

All flagged. :wink:

Prizes donated by Timothy Taylors.
Records 27:02 (James Logue) and 31:58 (Jo Buckley). Only one other woman (AnneJ) has got anywhere near Jo's time.

[richsund]

A couple of snaps of the start here (don't need a facebook account to view them)

[boghobbit]

My beardy mate is delighted at finishing in the top 5 so if someone who was disqualified would like to buy him pint tomorrow in lieu of the prize they received he'd be even happier. His delight will be even greater when he gets the Hebden bridge times to print Tod harriers as 1st team in a cvfr race.

[boghobbit]

And to add to the confusion, there'll be 500 orienteers roaming around the moor too as the northern champs takes place at Castle Carr.

[BillJ]

Series positions after 2 races are on a link from this page: http://www.cvfr.co.uk/races/midsummer-madness/

It's a close battle for the first vet, with Boghobbit's beardy mate in with a good shout.