Heptonstall Fell Race

[Seymour Hills]

Congrats to race winners Adam Osborne & Jo Buckley today, plus Steve & his RO team, 3 sets of pics up on http://www.woodentops.org.uk/ enjoy seeing the pain of some runners climbing to the finish.

[anonymouse]

That's all that in the menu when you hover over the tab. But if you actually click on the tab do you get the 2013 results? I do.

That worked. Thanks.

[Pete F]

Provisional results are up at last: http://heptonstallfellrace.wordpress.com/results-2014/
Sorry to keep you waiting so long. As always let us know if you spot owt amiss

Pete

[Trig]

great photos from Dave and Eileen - http://woodentops.org.uk

[Bog Beast]

Loved the race yesterday, cracking day for it too. Many thanks to all involved & see you next year!

[Trig]

It was our great pleasure Bog Beast. We were very pleased you and the other runners gave us the race we were hoping for - we were particularly pleased to see Adam Osbourne return to defend and retain his title, breaking the course record in the process. Awesome running.
There were some top class visitors this year - so much so that the local lads (CVFR) went home empty handed.
Bit of a shame about the flag being moved in the first mile - heard you were all running round the woods for a while!
What happened to you down there?

[Toreador]

Splendid race. Entered on a whim as I had nothing better to do - hope to be back next year for more of the same! Thanks to all involved.

[Trig]

Looks like we had quite a few entries from further afield this year Toreador thanks to you and the other far flung runners for making the journey to sunny Heptonstall

How did you find the route / flagging?

[Toreador]

I found the flagging was fine, but the advantage of being a back runner is that it's pretty obvious where everyone else has been, especially in muddy conditions! There could perhaps have been more flags on the final descent to Crimsworth Dean (after CP7), where it cuts off the final corner. There seemed to be a long gap without any markers - though I may have gone slightly wrong as the footprints disappeared half way down the field!

[Trig]

I found the flagging was fine, but the advantage of being a back runner is that it's pretty obvious where everyone else has been, especially in muddy conditions! There could perhaps have been more flags on the final descent to Crimsworth Dean (after CP7), where it cuts off the final corner. There seemed to be a long gap without any markers - though I may have gone slightly wrong as the footprints disappeared half way down the field!

I heard about some confusion at Crimsworth Dean - we used to have a marshal at the foot of the descent from CP7 - next year we will make the turning much clearer or put a marshal in (I heard at least one group of runners set off in the direction of Haworth!)