Next Tuesday I happen to have a business appointment in Workington at 2pm. I see this as a great opportunity to squeeze in a leg 1 recce in the morning and I’ll even get my petrol covered by work. Marvellous! If anyone fancies coming along let me know. I can give a lift each way, but you’d have to chill out for a bit while I do my work thing..
Any takers?
Many thanks to Dave Jones for the following report.
Senior Report
There was actually one more junior than senior finisher at yesterday’s Goldsmith Gourmet Gallop event – but that was down to Elaine’s unfortunate dog malfunction, which led to her going up Lantern Pike at least twice, briefly joining the junior race, realising she’d have to retire and finally finding the errant beast back at home !! Continue reading
All,
I am doing the Skyline recce on Saturday and have four spare seats in my car. I’ll be leaving the Devonshire Inn, Mellor at 8.15 and can, if needed, visit the Royal in Hayfield at 8.30. Please let me know if you need a lift.
Stefan.
Taken from Black Ashop Moor with Upper Red Brook, Nether Red Brook and Fairbrook Naze to the right.11th Feb 2011 at 0715 Continue reading
Kenny Stuart in full flight.
For those of you, who don’t frequent the FRA Forum, I thought I’d post this article about Kenny Stuart’s training.
It was written by a chap called Jim Johnson and goes into a lot of detail about his methods, diet and approach to racing. Continue reading
Whilst Dan and Co battled the Wadsworth Trog a few of us made the trip over to Winter Hill to do that race. Now Winter Hill is a notoriously boggy race to do. I have never done it before but I had run around there a couple of times and can vouch for someone that is only 5ft 6″ at some point you are definitely going to get stuck in a bog.
Sunday was a very different affair indeed. Hardly and snow but the recent cold snap had turned the course into a skating rink. Most of the way round the route was literally a struggle to keep upright and I doubt many runners would finish without falling over. I went down three times.
Added to the treacherous conditions is the fact that this route is not straight forward as I found out very quickly. I got lost and shamefully had to back off and wait for a Horwich runner to come along. Big thanks to Mick G.
To get round in under 2 hrs 15mins is a very good time on that race. On a day like that really needs a mention.
Claire Aspinall went round in 2 hrs 10mins. Therefore I am nominating Claire for run of the week. Not far behind Winner Helen Fines.
The other Pennine runners were Dave Soles, Paul Booth and myself.
If your good over bogs, tussocks and generally like getting caked in black mud then this is the race for you. Providing there are no frosts
Daz
A runner negotiates a frozen climb at the Wadsworth Trog…
Another weekend and another 6am alarm call to get ready for a big day out on the hill. On paper the Wadsworth Trog looked like perfect High Peak Marathon training. Twenty miles of frozen bog, who could ask for more? Continue reading
Saturday 25 February is the date of the Hope Valley Adventure Film Festival. Plenty to interest even the casual mountaineer, and more than films too – there’s BCA’s caving challenge, slack lining and even a Pie & Peas Bar.
Of particular interest to us, possibly, is Olly Stephenson’s talk on long distance running. As you may be aware, Olly is one of the few to have completed the three big rounds, and his talk is about the preparation, motivation and other training needed for these attempts.
Altho this might resemble jupiter or mars,if anyone is interested its actually a photo that the surgeon took last night of my knee joint during keyhole surgery.you can just make out the torn cartilage at the top that was causing aggravation,and just below the dark shape that looks a bit like south america is soft tissue missing that protects the bone.a strong case for arthritis 10yrs down the road he reckons.most of his patients,besides older folk are usually footballers or road runners,not so many fell runners,so can take some comfort from that.and cycling is all good thank god..even with a plastic replacement!!!
