Borrowdale Fell Race

[Ali]

Time we had a thread devoted to the race rather than getting a number.

Weather forecast has deteriorated a bit, with heavy showers and poor visibility expected; anyone putting any money on a another shortened version this year?

Eh? Metcheck has showers and 17 degrees. Perfect! Perhaps a little warm.

See you there, Ali

[Big Compass]

Last year I was running next to some bloke with NO bad weather gear in a pair of bog standard road trainers with out the knowledge of how to use a compass nor on his admission any inclination to use it!!

Emm
Its a shame there was no shops on route you could have fooled him like you did with Chirs and me @ Kettlewell

[emmilou]

Emm
Its a shame there was no shops on route you could have fooled him like you did with Chirs and me @ Kettlewell

ha ha ha !! well yes there is that! BUT, you can rest assured I must have learnt something!! I think I was following my fell running instincts and taking the most direct route although not necessarily the quickest......sometimes you men are too speedy for your own good!

[emmilou]

Cheers Emmilou,
on the subject of kit, I'm one of the few who actually overdo it, in terms of taking plenty to eat/drink, full body cover, map compass, whistle etc. I often carry much of the food/drink over the finish line with me but I prefer to have too much eh.
Fortunately, I have not had to use my compass yet (only been lakes running for two years) but I practice before every race just to remind myself that I can do it.

Oh, boy, I'm looking forward to this race now. Having not run it before, my main concern is reaching the 3.5 hr cutoff.

well as Big Compass mentions I'm pretty good at going off the beaten track a bit!! I recce'd Borrowdale that much last year I was almost living up Great Gable!

There are plenty of places to stock up on water on route and there are always plenty of jelly babies on offer around Blea Tarn and Honister!

I'm sure you'll manage the cut off ML....think on a recce of the full route I was being paced round and made it with time to spare so there's certainly hope for everyone! Enjoy.

[Tea]

I'm pretty good at going off the beaten track a bit!

no clue whatso ever where to go.

plenty of jelly babies on offer around Blea Tarn

I couldn't possibly comment.

[emmilou]

I couldn't possibly comment.

How out of character Tea.....you feeling ok?

[mapper]

Time we had a thread devoted to the race rather than getting a number.

Weather forecast has deteriorated a bit, with heavy showers and poor visibility expected; anyone putting any money on a another shortened version this year?

Don't even go there !!

If mountain rescue get wind (no pun intended) that runners are even thinking about a shortened route then they might scupper it again and ''advise'' Scoffer as they did last year!

Lets just assume it's the full race as normal.

Period !

[Stagger]

Has anyone a list of the checkpoints or a map please?

[Stagger]

Found em

1 Bessy Boot summit 258125
2 Esk Hause shelter 235083
3 Scafell Pike summit 215072
4 Great Gable summit 211104
5 Honister Hause 225135
6 Dalehead summit 223154

[philgreen1968]

i think expect the worst the weather can throw at you on a long lakes race then prepare for it. if you carry too much gear so be it, im not going to be up with simon booth or lloyd taggart so whats the worry. get round in canny style and finish as well as i can but be prepared for sh**e weather. my mate got hypothermia on the great lakes run going over similar ground ( midsummers day)