Any Runners On Here??

[MrJamie]

Yes, that's the issue, & why I bought the OROCs

Although, I ran home today, in a mixture of compacted, & powdered, snow about 90 seconds slower than normal (4 & 1/2 miles) in my Mizuno Wave-Harriers
Mine are yellow though; http://www.startfitness.co.uk/product.asp?strParents=4070,4071&CAT_ID=4077&P_ID=44916

Size 13?!?!!
they're a bit bigger fitting than normal Inov-8s (their fell-shoes anyway, can't comment on the road-shoes)

Yeah, mainly because I've got silly wide feet and a really high arch/instep so need lots of room, then I need to go up another size to 13 for running. UK retailers don't really seem to bother with width fittings either, so far only Asics and some Nike trainers even fit in that size. On the plus side I can quite often find my size left in clearance sales online

I've had 4 Asics Nimbus, 1 pair of Asics Cumulus and 1 pair of Nike Air Pegasus. In terms of robustness the Nike feel like im running in flip flops and the Asics cushioning feel amazing, but then their RRP is stupid (£130 in various shops) and theyre designed with big NFL players in mind apparently so you'd expect it. Id quite like to find some cheapy trail shoes though, if only to run on the grass beside the paths.

I've got some of those rubber straps with ice studs in them, im wondering if theyd stand up to being run in.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I am back up there again, a fortnight today!, for one of my favourite races; the 'Stanbury Splash'
it's basically the same course, until the point where the 'ALS' peels off right to follow a flag-stoned path (& loops round the Trig Point @ SD978368)

http://woodentops.org.uk/index.php?topic=stanbury&subtopic=home

Could do with the stream being a bit shallower though (time lost for most people there too) for the 'Splash' (free Malt-Loaf at this one!!)

On Saturday, a course inspection deemed it necessary to chance the route for safety, as one of the sections (contouring a deep gully/stream-bed) had far too much ice on it, so the course was reduced from 7.5 miles down to roughly 6miles


A car-full of us 'Ackworthians' went up to Haworth yesterday;
Pat Wood (spectating only - hamstring issues)
Gail Wrangles ('novice' fell-runner, but enjoys them)
David Kidd (fairly recent convert to the hills, & a member of another local club 'Pontefract AC')
Craig Tipton (usually a bit quicker than me on the fells & roads, & lives about 200 yards from me)

On arrival, the thermometer in Craigs car was showing '-3', but there was also a strong breeze, blowing over miles of snowy hill, so damned cold!!

I'd taken my new OROCs to show Gail & Pat, but was persuaded to wear them, instead of my usual Mud-Claws
http://www.sportsshoes.com/product/INO204/inov~8-oroc-340-running-shoes/ (certainly heard them later crossing a road during the early stages of the race)

It didn't get any warmer waiting for the race to begin
Nigh on 350 of us hanging about in an old quarry (best place was middle of the pack, being sheltered by other runners)

The route out was initially a farm-access track, but soon changed to a single person footpath over the Moors.
Overtaking was very awkward, as the snow had covered any holes, so it was 'trust to luck', then again, overtaking up hill was easier, as speeds were lower, so any holes didn't catch you out as much (saw people go full-length on descents)

Most of the boggy bits had semi-frozen, so it was like running on a mattress hundres of yards long!

It was quite a varied course, going from the access-tracks, to hollows, to following water-conduits for reservoirs!

Sadly, all too briefly it was over, & it was the final climb to the finish (new route too - due to ice)






Wanda will be looking at these albums & thinking that all Yorkshire runners are barmy, I certainly thought that about the ones in vest & shorts
(as I had 2 long-sleeve tshirts on, with woolly hat & gloves. And... yes... shorts)
Only two albums linked to the 'Woodentops' site yet

http://www.photos-dsb.co.uk/stanbury splash 2013/index.html

https://plus.google.com/photos/1104...7443848/albums/5835602550223695137?banner=pwa


Gail decided to dress for warmth, not speed once out there..............
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GP7a2ph-B8E/UPxHB9osxSI/AAAAAAABBIw/d1RILh0tk64/s728/DSC_0128.JPG

 

[wanda2010]

"Wanda will be looking at these albums & thinking that all Yorkshire runners are barmy, I certainly thought that about the ones in vest & shorts
(as I had 2 long-sleeve tshirts on, with woolly hat & gloves. And... yes... shorts)"


You are, of course, perfectly correct!

I enjoy looking at and walking in the snow, but there is no way I'll run in it. If there was a summer fell running season (for soft Southerners), I'd give it a go.

How did the shoes handle the snow/ice? Tell Gail warmth over speed is a good thing .

@MrJamie. Last winter I bought a pair of https://www.yaktrax.co.uk/shop/yaktrax-pro. I've not run in them yet but walking is fine.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

You are, of course, perfectly correct!

I enjoy looking at and walking in the snow, but there is no way I'll run in it. If there was a summer fell running season (for soft Southerners), I'd give it a go.

How did the shoes handle the snow/ice? Tell Gail warmth over speed is a good thing .

Gail's not too bad really, she'll wear shorts quite a lot, if the usual course had been in use, she might have worn shorts due to water crossing (she learned that lesson at the 2012 race)
Shoes were fine, they coped very well on the 'Top O Stairs' descent, a gravelled 1in-5(?) 'access-track drop off the moors, that had sheet ice for over 100 yards*


Provisionals (336 finishers)

1st = Tom Addison @ 39:01 ('Helme Hill')
2nd = Tom Adams @ 39:02 ('Ilkley Harriers')
23rd = Phil Hinchcliffe @ 42:03 ('Penistone Footpath Runners' - Phil is another very good cross rider, & has ridden the 3P CX over 15 times!!)
85th = Richard Thackray @ 49:41 ('Bingley Harriers' - The ex Pace Research sponsored/ex GB squad cross rider)
122nd = David Kidd @ 51:42 (Pontefract AC)
195th = Me @ 57:05
197th = Craig Tipton @ 57:17
235th = Martin Stacey @ 61:00 ('Vegan Runners' - he's well known to a lot of us 'Ackworthians')
305th = Gail Wrangles @1.05:38


*Not sure what the proprietors of the cafe/tea-rooms, that we stopped at for dinner on the way home, thought when I walked in clattering on their tiled floors

 

[wanda2010]

A bill for new flooring wings its way......................................

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

And to make you shiver...............

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Had a few runs this past week or so up in the woods behind the house, forestry tracks mainly, even with a bit of snow the wee stones underneath give a bit of traction on the hills. I also enjoy the woods under snow, nice and quiet, and the added smell of fresh cut logs is good too. Its a good short time alternative if a cycle cant be fitted in.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm going to try a short run on Sunday. I have trail shoes and XC shoes with spikes. Decisions. Decisions.

You have problems deciding!?!

Top-Row; More-Miles 'Cheviots' (first model)
Centre-Row; Inov-8 Roc-Lite 315 (one 'used' pair, & an almost new pair), Inov-8 OROC 340
Bottom-Row; Inov-8 Mud-Claw 330 (split rand), Inov-8 Mud-Claw 330 (only worn for one XC so far), Mizuno 'Wave-Harrier' (first fell-shoes, & damned good for the sole)

Note the solitary pair of road-shoes (NIke 'whatever'???) creeping in.
I have 2 other pairs of road-shoes, but the best of the 2 is 'mileage expired' (800miles +!!)

 

[dan_bo]

Top-Row; More-Miles 'Cheviots' (first model)
Centre-Row; Inov-8 Roc-Lite 315 (one 'used' pair, & an almost new pair), Inov-8 OROC 340
Bottom-Row; Inov-8 Mud-Claw 330 (split rand), Inov-8 Mud-Claw 330 (only worn for one XC so far), Mizuno 'Wave-Harrier' (first fell-shoes, & damned good for the sole)

Pervert.

 

[wanda2010]

Please tell me you have at least one pair of regular shoes

I have two pairs of running shoes, one xc shoes and one trail. Maybe I'm deprived?

I'm so not a winter person and the xc running is purely a way to reduce my winter blues and attendant comfort eating/snarly mood etc. Thankfully cycling is a very useful winter aid but I am much better in warmer weather.

I can't see me running until London defrosts a lot more.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Please tell me you have at least one pair of regular shoes

Yes, there's a couple of pairs of Sidi road-shoes & Diadora MTB/cross shoes (used for commuting)

And, even a pair of the old Sidi's somewhere that are the blue/black ones, with the velcro flap over the laces!

 

[wanda2010]

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

After reading an article in last months edition of 'Runners World' (I'll call it that, as the March copy's dropped through the letterbox on Friday) about Alf Tupper ; the comic charactor, I did a bit of browsing.

I remember reading it at times, but having no interest in running at School (used to avoid it to be honest, but not as much as I avoided f**tball & rugby)

So, here's a dose of nostalgia for some of you;
http://www.toughofthetrack.net/index.htm


Plus t-shirts
http://123935.spreadshirt.co.uk/men-s-classic-t-shirt-A2758629/customize/color/2


There is a compendium book out now too;
http://www.carltonbooks.co.uk/books/products/victor-the-best-of-alf-tupper-the-tough-of-the-track

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1853758612/ref=asc_df_185375861211635321?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=hydra0b-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=1853758612&hvpos=1o1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1598246126375620437&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

With regard to the snow of Friday (up here anyway)
I ran to work, on a 14:00 - 22:00, but in fell-shoes (my Mizuno Wave-Harriers), as the forecast was for snow in the evening - later confirmed by my YAS friends
Some places were awkwards, as they had frozen snow/ice that jhad to be negotiated

- my 'W-H' are yellow though; http://www.mtbe.co.uk/goto.php?wtg=...strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=31

Come 20:00, it was raining, & I was thinking it was a mistake, but by 20:30, it had started.
Cleared patches on the ambulance apron were checked to see how it was falling.

As I left at 22:15, there was possibly 4" on the ground, & a very hushed traffic-free scene it was.
I even ran down the first hill faster than 2 cars I saw attempt to drive down it
Running home was great, with silent footfalls & only another two cars seen moving in the 4 miles that I was on the road (not a single tyre-mark for almost 3 miles of the route!!)
It took me just on the nose of 30 minutes to get home, which I was happy with (4.33 miles)


Saturday 26th
(14:00 - 22:00 again!!)
Ran to work again, but it was starting to melt rapidly, so it was constant slush - shoes got soaked (Wave-Harriers again)
I even had to stuff my socks with newspaper when I got to work!! (a slowish 31:11)

Coming home, it was merely drizzling/light sleet as I left, but before the first mile was over, it was full blown torrential rain & it was like running down a stream-bed, as the combination of rain & melting snow ran off, so just treated it as a fell-race, with stream-beds to run along
Mindst you, it was nice & a good opportunity to push myself a bit, after the weeks 'laziness', & I recorded a 27:56 on arrival

 

[Part time cyclist]

Hi I am a runner just training for my first marathon up to 21.5 miles