Blackamoor – results.
BOFRA Beamsley Beacon – up our way. Another soaking, but only a short time up on the hilltop. And the luxury of a bridge over the Wharfe. I retrieved the foil blanket which Jon Coe had given to an injured runner last Saturday. Something I’d never considered owning, to my shame. But it’s lesson learnt, and I’ll have one with me on any future AL serious race like last Saturday. …
Gosforth 10 mile Race:- (whenever it was…) up in Cumbria, somewhere. But Carshare’s roving reporter was there, and spotted Steve Storey , from Penistone AC, but in his Dark Peak vest and quoted as saying, "I was visiting the area and hadn’t realised there was a race on until I saw someone putting out mile markers earlier in the day". Finishing 3rd, in 64.16.
Three Lakes Classic:- Steve Matthews sends:-“Andy Moore & me were at this local 15 mile trail race, based at Rother Valley, results.”
Gt Lakes Run. English Championship (3) . 13.9 miles, 7900 ft….results . splits some photos – wet going up Bowfell…
Nasty conditions, any combination of incessant rain, clag, wind, wet rocks and three swollen river crossings.
Too dangerous?
I’m just hoping that nobody got into serious trouble, and everyone is back safely. Many people wandering all over. Runners still out when we left.
Lloyd was 3rd, 1st V40. Rhys – 5th. Mick got a prize for something : DT was 2nd V65, 3rd V60.
. 2nd Men’s team (if I heard rightly) –but with their 3 to count….- , but superb Ladies results, 1st Team, which must mean 1st Vets Team. As for MV40 and MV50, we’ll have to wait.
Forgot to mention that Judith and Liz were in the prizes also.
And from Rachel:- “I took 6 hours 51 to finish, and I won’t say I enjoyed every minute (because that would be massively lying), but looking back I’m so glad I didn’t drop out (I was sorely tempted to, even after making it through the cut off by 5mins). I spent at least two thirds of the race on my own, starting at Bowfell where people were going in all directions! Was glad of my navigation "abilities" then… and from Slight Side until Blisco I didn’t see anyone! The rivers were pretty scary, so I did lots of extra running upstream to find somewhere safe to cross on my own! My garmin died unfortunately, so I don’t know how far extra I did, but I did cross the Esk by Sampson’s Stones because I couldn’t find anywhere lower down that I was happy with! On Lingcove as well I definitely added at least a mile in all finding somewhere good to cross…. but the scariness was made up for by the euphoria when I was safely done with them! Such a good feeling! Also I may have cheered quite a lot when I finally hit the path up to Blisco, and when, after turning off it on a potential trod, I found Dave’s mini-cairn – thanks Dave! After the final descent of Blisco (during which I faceplanted in a pile of sheep poo, much to the amusement of Rhys, who had been finished nearly 4 hours and was waiting for me!) the farmer’s son (I think) very kindly helped me cross the river, despite having to grab onto my poo-covered glove! “
Jon Coe’s effort:- “I had an interesting day in the company of Si Patton and Muir from Pennine. We’d heeded Barnsey’s wise words and decided to run round together, particularly as we were pretty concerned about how bad the river crossings would be. The final noteworthy event was the fantastic four or five hundred feet of fast bumsliding down the bottom of Blisco – I think many people enjoyed that treat. Won’t forget that day out in a hurry."
Carshare:- Well! Very cold and blustery wet on those high tops of Great End and across to Scafell Pike. The boulders nasty and very slippy. Our group stayed on the safe path to Mickledore and down the main gully. Foxes Gully was a waterfall, no way to avoid getting drenched. Full clag across from Scafell to Slight Side, from whence many deviations came. The two river crossings were bad, though apparently knowing a good upstream crossing would have been better. We were in a group, and all held onto each other to get across safely : anyone by themself would be in danger of getting swept off feet. The Blisco final descent was best achieved by sitting down and sledging, hoping to stop before any final rocks. Just leaving the final swollen river, where us middle-of-the-field runners again grouped together to get across safely.
Gratefully, Carshare avoided the repeat of that erstwhile Abbey Brook swim….
John Hunt’s race:- “Can’t help feeling lucky to have finished yesterday, all was well until the first full on “stream” crossing, even though I picked up Scoffer on the drop into the water and linked his arm (he’s a cracking lad). He was an unwitting volunteer and admirable life saver; I realised as I ran down to said stream I’d need more than my feeble mass to make it across alive. I got swept off my feet and banged my left leg badly, took Scoffer off his feet and ended up under water and going down stream. Happy days……. though we got out, but I than spent the next vital 15 minutes pretending I was going to run off the trashed knee, the lashed and bleeding shin was only bruising and flesh wounds. Needless to say I couldn’t run it off and dropped of the pace.
I carried on regardless as you do, dropping backwards through the field with my mind on the second and what would by now be a much bigger stream near the finish, I’d have no chance on my Jack Jones in that one as well. Thankfully, ageing though I am my eyes still work well enough and I spotted men in cags on either bank and I reckoned they had a rope between them, that’d do nicely. Sure as anything they did, ran past the man on my side saying “hold on tight” The rope had a nice slack loop in it so I knew I was in for a bit of bashing once I got swept off my feet before the slack went tight. I heard “hang on” as I went down and under, I knew he wasn’t talking to me, there was no way I was letting go otherwise it was Elterwater next stop. Quick submerged shuffle along the rope, get out pull my shorts back up ! and off we go to the finish. “
Edale:- results.
Hunshelf:-
Monday – Summer Series (6) – from Woodhead tunnel entrance.
Calton – results.
Crookstone Crashout.
Friday – Tideswell:-