er... BBC Travel is showing the Holme Moss road STILL SHUT DUE TO SNOW - how can this be!?
good job I've packed my headtorch
if I go over to Langsett and throw a left onto the A616, does anybody know if it's then worth taking the B6106 to cut the corner to Holmfirth, or am I just as well sticking to the A roads...?
Last edited by DazTheSlug; 07-04-2013 at 10:17 PM.
Scramble the rock face through the glare of morning sun — to run
Many Thanks to Will for his company on a fantastic day out yesterday
superb weather, generally excellent underfoot, plenty of picnic stops and kept well hydrated
completed in 11 hours exactly, so well chuffed :thumbup:
Scramble the rock face through the glare of morning sun — to run
Thanks Daz. Indeed a a fantastic day out and thanks to sensible pacing / eating and drinking we were both strong at the finish and I feel pretty ok today.
Looked at some of the 10 - 12 hour teams splits from Sat. We were right about Kinder, our sub 1 hr 15 was right up there with the best. Think we maybe lost a bit on the road to Whitehall but did pretty well on the Cat & Fiddle and Buxton bits.
Looking good for the BG
our Snake-Edale split was 1:17, which would've been top-10
I've been dying to "nail" that section for ages and think we did a good job of it
our Torside-Doctor's Gate split of 1:36 would've been top-20, which is not bad considering we "winged" a lot of it
Edale-White Hall is my worst nightmare so not surprising we lost time there
but we perked up nicely after White Hall in the pursuit of a sub-11
I also feel surprisingly well on it today - amazing what this "training" lark will do
Scramble the rock face through the glare of morning sun — to run
Ran A night Nav course last night and came across two huge drifts. One was banked out for 60ft! yes 60ft and probably 4-5m deep and went out of eye site in the dark but probably 100m long? up on Howden. could be there for weeks?
Back to the race...
Congratulations to Adam Perry, brother Chris Perry & Ian Phillips on beating Flipper's Gang's course record - 6hr 38min isn't too shabby. Keeping it in the family, dad Kev Perry's team finished second.