Badger Run 10/1/12

The second of the badger runs was on Tuesday 10th jan from white coppice. The night was quite still and mild with temperatures of around 10 degrees.Visibility was fine except for a very slight misting on the very summit of great hill.Pete McDermott enjoyed his first run with the clan, being confident of the  route set off well in front of the chasing pack.A trend appears to be developing where Mick Mac turns up, says he is not getting any younger, and is running slow, then puts in a good time…….he will have to be watched carefully and monitored closely.

Results.

John Griffiths       1.03.17

Alan Martin          1.03.17

Mick Mac               1.07.30

Pete Carter             1.08.27

Jim D                      1.09.28

John Bradley         1.14.03

Pete McDermott    1.23.29

Special thanks to time keeper Roy and dog who came to keep the wolves at bay.

There will be another run in early Feb, with the final at the very end Feb/early March.

 

A couple of runners of navigational tendencies participated in the dark and white mini mountain marathon challenge at the weekend and so were running on quite tired legs. A 3 hour score event in the peak district, visiting as many controls as possible in the time allowed. On footpaths and bridleways only. A brilliant low key event and well worth the 10 pounds entry fee. Excellent training for Saunders and Rab type events.Both Pete and Jim didn’t let the club down and both finished in very respectable positions…..pete in front by 5 points.

Jim D

Pennine Bridleway 2012

Open Team
Leg 1 Rob Affleck David Rigby
Leg 2 Jon Green Gethin Butler
Leg 3 Dave Partington Tony Livesey
Leg 4 Chris Livesey Lee King
Leg 5 Willie Garner Mark Lee
Vets Team
Leg 1 Alan Appleby Steve Mort
Leg 2 John Rainford Phil Walsh
Leg 3 Roy Parkinson Dave Large
Leg 4 Steve Jackson Emma Essex-Crosby
Leg 5 John Griffiths Dave Muncaster
Ladies Team
Leg 1 Charlotte Rawcliffe Dolly Capstick
Leg 2 Carla Dawson Anna Moir
Leg 3 Karlyn Forrest Ruth Schofield
Leg 4 Melanie Haworth Beverley Flood
Leg 5 Claire McDermott Roisin Turner

Badger Runs

Next Badger Run is on Tuesday 10th January at 7.00pm at White Coppice.

Here are the results of the first of the badger runs held on tuesday 22nd november.

Roy Parkinson             1.01.55         

Alan Martin                   1.04.00

John Bradley                  1.05.11

Pete Carter                     1.06.00

Jim Doherty                    1.06.45

Mick McLoughlin           1.09.00

Rachael Syned                1.10.00

The night was very cold but clear (3 degrees at white coppice).

Some badgers turned up late which delayed the start somewhat.

No penalty points will be deducted this time, but please be aware and take this as a gentle warning for future.Work must not come in the way of pleasure….especially fellrunning,oh,and maybe beer too.A slightly staggered start with the fast runners off last (I was just being polite and went off midway)helped for an incredibly close finish at the end with all runners being within a couple of minutes of each other.The route is a cracking little tester with the first half being 30 minutes all uphill slog, with no real chance of getting lost.Even Alan Martin managed to stay on route, although he did hire a million candle powered torch from machine mart with a battery pack the size of battersea power station.The next night run (apart from the solstice) will probably be early January.Hopefully we may get more nocturnals out then.

Jim Doherty

Christmas Eve Run

This may of interest to those who attended the White Coppice run Christmas eve,provided by a friend of Mark Birbeck.

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Interclub fell races 2012

Sun 6^th May. Great Hameldon. BS.

Thur 21^st Jun. Aggie’s Staircase. AS.

Thur 12^th Jul. Bull Hill. BS.

Sat 25^th Aug. Chipping Show. BM.

Robyn’s Ramblings

26 October 2011

Warning.Contains sexual content.

I love Bavaria. I cannot comment much on Germany itself, as we haven’t yet ventured out of our little State and all the friendly Bavarian people I have met would be very insulted if I included greater Germany in my love for Bavaria. As I have mentioned before, it is very flat, except for the Alps. I don’t like the flat, but I like the Alps. So what makes Erding so appealing? It is the people.

Info,

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Fell Running Video.

Mark Birbeck has produced a new fell running video:

 

 

 

 

 

Street Orienteering.

Link will take you to South Ribble Orienteering Clubs flyer for details.STREET LEAGUE FLYER-2011-12 (A5)-2

 

Robyn’s Ramblings.

26^th September 2011

I am again in the town square, at the little coffee/ice cream/cake and bread shop below our apartment – enjoying the last of the summer sunshine, which is due to last all week.

It has been exactly two months since I joined Roger in Germany and a lot more than the obvious has changed. Being one (as you all know), for having the knack of giving way too much information – I continue in the same vein. But besides the geographical changes, the physiological have been far more confusing.