Sunday, 13 May 2012

Dove Dallying

Ray gets his white legs out in the White Peak
 Dark and White Mini MM
Dovedale

I wasn't sure how this would turn out. Dovedale is a lovely area but being such a tourist trap with a graded path right through the midlde, would it work for an event like this. The answer is a wholehearted yes.

The course planner led us to some great running, up and down, around and dropping down into Dovedale. On top of that the weather was almost perfect with conditions underfoot just right, thankfully the notoriously slippery slimestone was dry.

This may have been the nearest it gets to a home event but it was no Sunday jolly. Our route was a mix of very runnable footpaths, which tempted us to run further than usual and short sharp climbs. 
A combination that made us work hard for our Sunday dinners.

Not a bad result for team Ibuprophen we finished 18th of 37 in the Old git class and 62nd of 131 overall.

Not as good as Lynne of Running Delights Who finished first lady and 'chicked' us by 7 points. Nice one Lynne.



Lions Head Rock

Climbers on Ilam Rock

Nice to meet you Jess

Many thanks to Dark & White for another great Mini MM


RIP
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Location: Peak District National Park, Lode Ln, Ashbourne, Staffordshire DE6, UK

9 comments:

  1. 4 Winds14 May 2012 at 08:18

    Ray's ultra-whites look to have mellowed a bit in the next photo.
    Cracking choon and sad news.

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  2. 4 Winds14 May 2012 at 08:18

    Ray's ultra-whites look to have mellowed a bit in the next photo.
    Cracking choon and sad news.

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  3. Phil Ross16 May 2012 at 12:45

    Hi Steve, looks like it was a good event. been thinking about a MM for a while now. Are these mini MM a good place to start? I notice there is one in the Dark Peak area in December, might be brave and give it a go.

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    1. sbrt16 May 2012 at 12:52

      Definitely. Another idea is to look on route gadget at old event maps. The Omm Lamm and Rad(dark and white) are on there.

      Have a go Phil you will love it.

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  4. Alfonso Caso de los Cobos Martinez16 May 2012 at 19:48

    Hola Steve, precioso recorrido la roca de escalada es impresionante.
    Saludos

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    1. sbrt21 May 2012 at 11:20

      It was good to see the climbers making the most of the dry weather

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  5. ultra collie17 May 2012 at 04:20

    trust there was a checkpoint on top of 'that rock'

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    1. sbrt21 May 2012 at 11:21

      Ha ha! we were running out of time and had to miss that one out.

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Steve

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