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Bryan. I'll be starting this one with Hippo, if she posts the form! You should have got my entry some time ago. I think i put it would take me 12 hours to complete.
Its valentines day
now i hopw people dont all drop out again this year
this isnt onei want to do alone again
Watch this space...
thats where we stayed
Hippo - You lost your sense of distance after last attempt. Vane House only a mile from start.
Duck Girl - I'll be going back through York on way home. Will have one spare seat if you can't arrange anything before the event. Don't go to Ruswarp. If you want a train attempt to get to Scarborough for return journey. Plenty of people going that way. Ruswarp well off beaten track.
Elephant Feet - No doubt we have your application but doubt very much if that's your real name.
I will have some space in my car, so if anyone wants to arrange transport, i don't mind leaving mine at the finish, if someone can give me lift to the start, and then I'll run them back to their car(s) or vice verse.
Seem to remember that there was a York Forum social on the friday last year, wonder if we can arrange that again, dossed down on someone's floor (yes, I do remember whose floor it was, but names witheld to protect the guilty)
But I could be persuaded ...
If I remember correctly last year the real runners were wearing considerable less than Lycra - there was at least one young lady who we thought would have an interesting sun-burn pattern.
See you there.
But I will be doing next year's. And I will complete it.
I'd already decided it will be my 'big race' for 2007, and a weekend out in the wilds of Wales has reminded me how wonderful it is to push yourself over inhospitable terrain.
Have a good 2006 race everyone, and see you next year...
youd better still be up for this cos i have now entered
<touches wood>
<wibbles>
noooooooooooooooooo
(are you stalking me)
G & T yuk.
Make mine a pint of lager please, ta :-)
A packet of salt n vinegar McCoys would go down nicely too!
Does anyone have any thoughts on specific training for this? I was thinking over working my way up to 35 mile training waddles over Rombald's moor/Ilkley/Rivock Edge/Otley Chevin. Will this recapitulate the mud and climbs?
After an unsuccessful attempt at tackling the route last year (had to stop shortly after the Blue Man-i-th'-Moss due to an ankle injury) I was thinking of giving this a go this year. Unfortunately I'm not the fastest person in the world. Do people think it's possible to complete in the time if you do it at a fairly brisk walk/run?
Cheers
V
V, i think Hippo and i will be doing a walk/run if you want to join us and if she has posted the form! I am sure there will be much more walking than running, on my part anyway! I don't think we are too bothered about finishing in the time though.
Received an entry form from a Ruth of Stourbridge.
Velouria
Theoretically it is possible to walk it. 42 miles in 12 hours = 3.5mph average. Hippo is going to complete this year start with her at 04:00 and, barring accidents you will both finish.
Elephant feet - thanks for the offer, that's really kind of you. Walking most of it with a run here and there sounds like something I could cope with! But I'd be worried about holding you back - have you guys done a lot of races like this?
nope
thats not my name
and where the h*ll is Stourbridge
Now then Velouria
I dont think i ran ENOUGH last year-cos im so scared of the downhills it slows me up
so this year-i will be running as much a poss at the beginning-and especially on that rail track
running-well-I plod actually
and no, i havent done many races like this
just didnt finish this 2 years ago
would you like to read my rpeort
(mwhahahahahahahahahaha)
V, i have done something similar but that was more of a hike and i just ran bits of it on the flat and gentle downhills.
Hippo on the other hand is always doing these mad things :-)
BTW, how slow is your slow? I suspect you might be faster than me.
Haggis and I weren't hanging around, and if we hadn't stopped early we'd have taken 13.5-14 hours to complete.
I'm not doing Trailwalker now. Tempted by this, very tempted. Wibble!
it is more like 2 mph terrain
or 1mph if you are a scaredy hippo going downhill
The old railway bit is definitely runnable, but that's where I had my "WTF am I doing here?" moment and couldn't get my head in gear for running.