Confusion -15 April 2026
The Serious Warts had decided that this week’s venue was to be Strines at 5pm but, in the meantime, we were told that DPFR were reviving the Way Out West race as part of the Read more
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It is a more difficult race than you would think. All of the hard climbs are at the end after a lot of fast running. This year, the strong wind and sleet made the running hard work. Mark Hayman used his orienteering skills to good effect spotting that the usual route to the last checkpoint was not the fastest, saving himself a climb and an awkward descent. This also improved his position and he finished 3rd. If only I\'d had time to study the map! It is a race where you simply follow people until the last two checkpoint when they all disappear and route choice becomes important. On a good winter\'s day this would be a really good hard run with fine views over Wales.
Neil Goldsmith
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Long Mynd Valleys on Sun 18th Feb 1996
I\'ve always fancied having a go at this race and I finally got a chance when a group from Hayfield, the KFR contingent decided to go. A rather leisurely drive with a toilet stop which extended into a cup of tea and toast for Mel meant that we had a panic registration and start. The registration is not well signed and the important things like maps and details of grid references were not easy to spot. All of this took more time than expected and we were desperately trying to copy down grid references, change and get to the start. The start is nearly a mile away, not the 500m claimed in the race details. The result was that the faster ones in our party arrived as the race was starting and the slower were still running up the road.It is a more difficult race than you would think. All of the hard climbs are at the end after a lot of fast running. This year, the strong wind and sleet made the running hard work. Mark Hayman used his orienteering skills to good effect spotting that the usual route to the last checkpoint was not the fastest, saving himself a climb and an awkward descent. This also improved his position and he finished 3rd. If only I\'d had time to study the map! It is a race where you simply follow people until the last two checkpoint when they all disappear and route choice becomes important. On a good winter\'s day this would be a really good hard run with fine views over Wales.
Neil Goldsmith
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| Position | Name | Club | Class | Time | Comment | Bonus | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Kinch | 01:41:30 | Men | ||||
| 3 | M. Hayman | 01:52:57 | Men | ||||
| 74 | N.Goldsmith | 02:19:43 | Men | ||||
| 87 | P. Wheatcroft | 02:22:24 | Men | ||||
| 120 | R. Caves | 02:34:49 | Men | ||||
| 1 | Tricia Sloan(Salford) | 02:06:44 | Women | ||||
| 12 | G. Goldsmith | 03:10:30 | Women |