Anniversary Waltz '09 - Runner's Eye View

Took my Box-Brownie with me on the race today (and what a day!). NOTE PICTURES IN REVERSE ORDER BOTTOM TO TOP! I'll get used to this Blog software yet!! Key:- Pic1/ Race HQ pre-start Pic2/ Startline crowd Pic3/ Stu at Startline Pic4/ Runners snake back far as eye can see (1st climb) Pic5/ Fastest lady in foreground (1st climb) Pic6/ Looking back (1st climb) Pic7/ Up in the high country (1st checkpoint) Coastline windmills just visible Pic8/ The Mighty Dalehead (just descended) Pic9/ The exhilerating descent down to Catbells.. Note:- Descent from Catbells summit to Stair village in @5minutes - extreme!

FREE food, tea and BEER, now that's a good value race in my book.

Another grand day out.

Anth.

High Cup Nick Fellrace 28th March 2009

Hi all, good to see the EdenRunners out on the first Championship run of the season despite some murky far from ideal conditions. This looks like a pretty tough event to me with cross-country, Pennine Tussocks, rocks and bridleway to contend with.

I walked the Pennine way with Lauren to spectate, and made it up to the snowline before low cloud and freezing wind thwarted my summit ambitions - so we had our picnic sheltered behind a drystone wall, made a snowman then headed into the amazing High Cup Nick glacial valley to watch the racers slogging up the gradual climb - what a sight that was! We managed to clamber back up to Pennine Way to grab a few photos of the runners heading down the final descent - here they are....

Sean running well and Stu disappearing into the distance (Stu gets 5 extra fell 'hardman' points for racing here and HHM the next day!

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