Welsh 1km peaks is a good race, if brutal.
I reckon Maskell is keen...
Half a dozen MASSIVE days out in the hills, sort your nutrition and stock up on pig headedness. Bosh! I supported Leg 5 this weekend on a 22h round and was pleasantly surprised how gentle the pace was. (Leg 5 is by far the easiest leg and only has 3 tops, but you know). Just keep moving.Be interesting to find out wouldn't it?
There's a great write up of Stuart Walker attempting a winter solo round. It sounds like a proper 'adventure'.http://challengestu.blogspot.com/2018/01/tried-winter-bob-graham.html
Also supported a friend on his round, running legs 2 and 5 with him, to be honest I found supporting more fun.
That's the spirit Chris...
Something I'd love to do as a longer term project, shame it's so far away.Even Ramsay round is a long way away, shame there isn't an Eastern Scottish mountains equivalent...yet....
I failed on the BG a few years ago, so feel free to ignore this, felt really sick at the end of leg 1, threw up a few times and couldn't hold food down, got to Great end but ran out of energy. Had I been able to eat properly don't think I would have got round, hadn't done enough long runs. Also supported a friend on his round, running legs 2 and 5 with him, to be honest I found supporting more fun. My main point would be you need to really want it. It hurts. It hurts a lot. Its also a big commitment of time.Back to back 20 mile weekends are good, 20+ miles on Saturday, 20+ miles on Sunday. If you are used to running in the evening, think about an evening start, its also less disruptive of sleep/digestion etc than the traditional midnight start. That said there is a lot of running in the dark, with a Sunto and a good gpx track its not to bad, also misses the group psyche of other teams (most weekends through the summer there will be several groups out).
Might give it another go at some point but not for a couple of years. Hopefully build a base of long runs and races if I do have another go, at the minute prefer climbing and short races. As ajh said, supporting rounds is a great chance to see what it is like and learn the route.
Apparently a Ken Taylor? Of Rossendale age71 did the Bob Graham in 22 hours
Apparently a Ken Taylor? Of Rossendale age71 did the Bob Graham in 22 hours.You lot need to get your acts together