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If my memory serves me correctly there are some pre entry requirements for the 3 Peaks, however its a good while since I did it so I stand to be corrected.
You will be required to carry full gear as its run under FRA rules. There are kit inspections before, and after. Its a grown up dragon of a race in bad weather.
As to the gradients Whernside is the kindest but also the longest, the rest range from brutal to phsycotic. The descents can be particularly nasty in the wet.
My recommendation is to spend a couple of weekends up there and do some reccon. I walked it a couple of times before doing the race.
Gnarly old slow git at the back following Frank at a distance.
Anyway Frank who says sheep are slow - you should see my b*ggers shift when the mood takes 'em
As for gnarled old goat, often feel like it whilst fell running, only less graceful.
crunchy, Rivington was also setting for last year's Commonwealth cycling events, went to a couple, it was really exciting.(Kenyans famously got intercepted by police training down the hard shoulder of the M61!) Or did you mean biking as in Devils Bridge on a Sun am?? Good luck with rest of winter league; hope to make a few of them myself. Prob. leave Walsh race on the grounds that I haven't exhausted the possibilities of getting hopelessly lost closer to home yet.
Edale race sounds fab, look forward to hearing about it.
thanks for your feedback, I'll be doing more research, meantimes thta means I now need to add gear weight etc to my training regime.
apologies for the "GOG" classification, but the reactions do seem to have reinforced the Fell runner community reputation for freindly dry humour.
Laura L, pls don't spill beans on training thread, Nav is improving but still prone to crass errors, still lots of mileage in keeping you all amiused over there.
Had a not so fantastic time at Burton yesterday (sunday) - 5 mins before the off i nipped back to dump the extra layers/hat/gloves etc to find (the bitter irony of that last word is not lost on me)that i had somehow rather spectacularly managed to loose my car key somewhere on the course. Brilliant. At that point it started to hail and rain. In buckets. On me. (only) I was impressed, but not half as impressed as the poor, but samaritanly soul who drove me back (hour and half!) after the race, dripping wet, mud spattered and frostbitten.
1 out of 10 for style.
Good luck with 3 peaks sfh legs; my lips are sealed! Recommend Lowe Alpine bum bag with exterior bottleholders each side, square shape, can't remember model. One of those 'elephant in a mini' bags; when you pull out all the crumpled contents into heap on the floor at the end of your run you won't believe it all fitted in there. V comfortable, can be adjusted rear and front to fit snugly into lower back & avoid bottle bounce which drives me nuts.
3 Peaks entry criteria: Either completing the race in the last 3 years or completeing 3 seperate M or L category fell races (run under FRA rules) in the last 3 years. LDWA events don't count. Some pretty tough cut offs as well - dunno as I'd make them these days....
BTW Tigger Tor entry details available on Totley's web site - good tough 10 mile opener to Totley's excellent series. 8th Feb 11am - see you there.....
Heck of a competitor !
It is a low key event, but it is getting bigger - there seems to be twice the competitors this year for the whole league than last year, though it has a really nice friendly family atmosphere, and is a credit to kendal ac for its organisation.
Sincere apologies to billy proctor, who i know is intrinsic in its organisation, and oddly, who i also know runs for Helm Hill runners, and yet i still got it wrong. My cross referencing skills arent what they should be.
I suspect that the hapless plodder who did a rather spectactular a-over-t was indeed yours sincerely. Wearing black (suited my performance), with bedraggled pony tail (running like a donkey). Havent got my time yet (not sure i want to - will wait till theyre posted !)
Im not able to get over to barbon - my wife is working, and i`m left with the kids. I`m planning for Birkrigg for the 15th, as although i missed it last year, its basically my back garden, so i reckon i ought to.
heres one for you - has anyone done the man versus horse race in mid wales? looking for some info on the course as may visit it in the next few weeks for a recce - i am entering it this year - my first long mountain race and becoming a tad nervous!
MvH - always fancied it but it always seems to clash with another must-do event, the Welsh Castles Relay - I'll have to check the diary for this year
Totley's excellent organisation to the fore again. Very good course, very good race.
All those orienteers running around Burbage Valley made it a bit confusing though....
I'm assuming Steve Penney and Christine Howard won as they were both there. Penney's coach told me he wasn't doing it this year - "Oh goody" thinks I "Gives the rest of us a chance". Obviously he decided he couldn't resist it.....
Decided to pull out on Sat night, due to the torrential sleet and howling gale, and went to the pub.
Changed my mind on Sun morning when I saw all the blue sky. What with the probable icy conditions, the lack of training and the efects of the night befores beer I decided to 'treat it as a training run' and 'enjoy the views/atmosphere' so I ended up 3 minutes slower than last year.
Very pleasant way to spend a Feb morning!
:-)))