That Strava fly-by is just brilliant
I forgot to mention that Wendy Dodds was lost with us. I had to laugh given that I've been following her training plan for two months from the book she wrote. She left us, went AWOL and then timed out between the checkpoints I hear.
Quote from: Monolith link=topic=24552.msg516603#msg516603Take a look at the Strava flyby for extra shits and giggles! I'm taking the extra summit tick as you can see!There's a great graphic on the Fell Running Briefs twitter feed (can't get to Twitter at work, sorry) that shows all the Strava lines round CP3 and on the last descent. Some people had a long day out!
Take a look at the Strava flyby for extra shits and giggles! I'm taking the extra summit tick as you can see!
Must say, I've been pretty lame when it comes to learning nav', and have only ever followed fellow runners in races. Had I done Combes, I could have got into some real bother if I'm being brutally honest. Really need to sort this shit out, especially as one of my best mates is a trained mountain leader instructor that owes me a favour or two!!!
Dave Taylor (fell running guide) often has bits of advice on navigation which pop up on my facebook feed with links to his website. I think he runs for dark peak and does training sessions for them, I met him when he was running the recce of the UTPD and he was giving us good bits of advice then.
Yes! Wolf's Pit. What a beautiful day and superb event. My first ever race so had no expectations. Started off at the back obviously, passed lots of people on the climb, then about half a dozen folk passed me on the flat sections, held my own on the descents, then got past the half dozen folk on the final sting in the tail climb. It's clear where my strengths lie - walking uphill The final descent was just mad - I thought I was going to explode. Virtually crawled into the finishing field but mustered a vague sprint to the finish. 1hr1min which I was chuffed with as was hoping to get close to an hour. Not seen results yet but I wasn't last. My legs (and dodgy ankle) feeling surprisingly OK this morning, though overall bit of a comedown no doubt due to the huge massive endorphin spike. Psyched!
Anyone done Buttermere Sailbeck? I can get away that w/e and fancy aiming for something longer int Lakes (my mum lives in Cockermouth, so I'm not unfamiliar with the terrain).
Yes! Wolf's Pit. What a beautiful day and superb event. My first ever race so had no expectations.... ....Psyched!
I'm looking forwards to the Kinder Downfall on Sunday...
TB - Good training in the Peak for those Lakeland slogs are reps up Win Hill via Parkin Clough.
TB - Good training in the Peak for those Lakeland slogs are reps up Win Hill via Parkin Clough.Get well soon Wintermute.I've got a long weekend coming up reccing the South Downs Way 100 over 3 days. Should give me a good idea of what I've let myself in for.
Quote from: Plattsy on April 18, 2016, 03:51:29 pmTB - Good training in the Peak for those Lakeland slogs are reps up Win Hill via Parkin Clough.Get well soon Wintermute.I've got a long weekend coming up reccing the South Downs Way 100 over 3 days. Should give me a good idea of what I've let myself in for.didn't know you'd put in for that Plattsy?! Did UTPD not put you off distance running for good? Hopefully you'll not have a moment this year but given how well you train I'm sure it'll go great. Let me know if you want to do any steady long days in the Peak as planning on doing the HPM route alone/myself this summer given it was cancelled in March