The Hebden

[stevefoster]

If Chris B is right with his figure of 5340ft, then the official stat ("over 4000 ft") is also correct. But it's also misleading. "Over 5000ft" would have given my legs better advance notice of what I was about to put them through.

And well done Chris for your placing! 8th!
That recce must have paid off in the end. Did you manage to get revenge on the cow that attacked you?

I'll be at the 2 crosses. It's on Sunday though not Saturday (if it helps ....)

Thats that sorted then, Tussockface. Over 5000ft it is, you must apologise to your legs as i will to mine. Thanks for that socks but lad's playing football on sunday morning, can't let him down

[Alan Greenwood]

I use Tracklogs for my mapping and carry a GPS. The ascent on Tracklogs is 4635 feet on the long route and 2711 on the short route. I think the GPS is a bit unreliable because it is counting every little up and down such as stiles and jumping over bogs!! I have never registered over 5000 feet and our intention in stating over 4000 feet was not to put too many people off particularly runners. I think it worked but now the cat is out of the bag. It might well have felt like over 5000 feet but that is another matter.
A word of thanks to all you runners who entered. You bring a real buzz to the event as does your forum. It is truly amazing to us walkers how quickly you get round. Of course you are all LDWA members in the making when you reach the third age or possibly sooner so keep coming back but please try and get your entries in sooner.

[lawless]

Thanks to all who helped with the organisation of this fun and very friendly event.

Loved the check points with food and the veggie stew and crumble and custard at end was yummy!!

Really enjoyed myself even though the mud did get a bit much in places. This was my first LDWA event and will be the first of many.

I decided to do these to train for ultra in May (grand union canal 145miles!) and have discovered how much fun they are.

Thanks again for great day out.

[Tussockface]

Of course you are all LDWA members in the making

A fair number of us are LDWA members already!

Thanks for putting on a very enjoyable event. I'm not really bothered whether the ascent was >5000ft or merely >4500ft....
but I don't think you need worry about the amount of ascent putting runners off, as we're mostly masochists in any case.

[stevefoster]

A fair number of us are LDWA members already!

Thanks for putting on a very enjoyable event. I'm not really bothered whether the ascent was >5000ft or merely >4500ft....
but I don't think you need worry about the amount of ascent putting runners off, as we're mostly masochists in any case.

Well said Tussockface, we are indeed mad crazy masochists, well that's what everyone calls me, among other things 5000ft or 4500ft am i bovered, any part of my face bovered, ft bovered face bovered i aint bovered

[NotOnUrHelly]

Can you believe the last turn of the day (the right after the good shepherd centre and under the bridge back to the hall) I went completely wrong, went over the road. Down the side of the railway track and ended up on the main car park for the event.

I had to skirt back over the other bridge. Round the front of the main toilets on the main road and back over the other bridge into the hall. reckon that cost me 5minutes.

I would have been under 5 hours as well.

Dozey Dozey plonker

[crumblydown]

Well said Tussockface, we are indeed mad crazy masochists, well that's what everyone calls me, among other things 5000ft or 4500ft am i bovered, any part of my face bovered, ft bovered face bovered i aint bovered

What a f**kin liberty.

[stevefoster]

What a f**kin liberty.

Drip bread, slice of bread, normal thickness, with dripping on it, this is in Yorkshire £11.20...................The dirty, dirty robbing b@st@rds Free drip bread at the Hebden

[Tussockface]

Can you believe the last turn of the day (the right after the good shepherd centre and under the bridge back to the hall) I went completely wrong, went over the road.

Mind you, the first turn of the day was pretty funny as well. Two runners missed the left after 50 yards and were set to carry on up Cragg Vale. Maybe they'd reccied it as a clockwise route?

[The Juicer]

Alan and Carole

This was the message I tried to email you. Not sure why it didn't get through:

Hi Alan and Carole

Just a quick note to thank you for the super event you organised last Saturday.
The organisation was faultless, the marshalls all lovely and friendly, the food
was delicious and the chocolate cake especially made my day :-)

You did a great job to put on a great day for such a large of people. And I
bet you were more shattered at the end than the people who participated.

Many thanks and see you next year