A handful of non Triggerers descended on Hathersage for unofficial running of the new Hathersage Hibernator route. The MapRun app was embraced with warm disgruntlement by most but a few Luddites decided to go it alone. Near perfect running conditions meant for fast times with 4 of the group breaking 2 hours. Toms won most categories with Saville getting the senior and Brunt the first wrinkly. Rachel Rose got the women’s result. Tom S's time is likely to be the course record for the run next year (however still 2 weeks for someone to beat it). Lisa Watson is currently the fastest woman on the app, having run round earlier in the month. There were a lot of other people running the route at the same time which allowed for a few spontaneous chats on the way round. The general view was it’s a great route that should make a good mass start race next January. Unfortunately, quite a few ended up disqualified on the app due to missing checkpoints but they'll probably be allowed through by the RO. Hopefully an alternative timing method will be found for the real race. I asked everyone to put an estimated time which are in the comments, Tom B gets the prize (nothing) for the closest estimate. Well done! Tea and scran in the outside cafe afterwards but no hats as promised.
Tim Rutter
| Position | Name | Club | Class | Time | Comment | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Saville | Dark Peak | MSEN | 01:48:46 | Course record | |
| 2 | Tom Brunt | Dark Peak | M50 | 01:58:45 | 02:00:00 Closest estimate and first vet | |
| 3 | Tim Rutter | Dark Peak | M40 | 01:59:24 | 02:15:00 | |
| 4 | Jon Coe | Dark Peak | M45 | 01:59:55 | 02:45:00 most time knocked off estimate | |
| 5 | Mike Nolan | Dark Peak | M55 | 02:19:00 | 02:16:00 | |
| 6 | Rachel Rose | Dark Peak | W40 | 02:47:34 | 03:30:00 First woman | |
| 7 | Andy Barnett | Dark Peak | M60 | 02:56:13 | 02:45:00 | |
| 8 | Dominic Watts | Dark Peak | M50 | 03:35:00 | 03:35:00 | |
| 9 | Heather Jones | F40 | 03:35:00 | 03:35:00 | ||
| 10 | James Thompson | Dark Peak | M45 | 99:59:59 | Had to miss the last few cps due to injury |