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Main Boards => Long Distance Walks => Topic started by: rural roamer on 10:18:26, 24/06/17
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For those of you who follow the winter one, the new summer versions have started this morning.
http://live.opentracking.co.uk/spinefusion17/
And as an added bonus, Pavel Paloncey is attempting to beat the fastest known time for the Pennine way. (he was originally going to attempt this last summer when we were walking it, but he had to pull out due to illness).
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Thanks for that.I wasn't aware that Pavel was running so it should certainly make things more interesting.Time to watch out for is the half way point at High Birk hat.Cudahy,when he became the first person to break 3 days in 1984,reached this point in around 35 hours.Its going to be a tall order breaking Mike Hartley's 1988 record,2 days 17 hours,but Pavel seems to be going some and should reach the marathon point at Standedge (26 miles) in under 3 hours. :o
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Did Pavel miss out the Hebden checkpoint? His tracking suggests so :-\
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Did Pavel miss out the Hebden checkpoint? His tracking suggests so :-\
He is making his record attempt alongside this new race.His main objective is to break the PW record and the race diversion to CP1 isn't part of the PW.Apparently he started 3 hours ahead of the field so he didn't run a sub three hour marathon on the first leg. ;)
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Was just thinking after I posted that detours to checkpoints aren't on the PW so why detour if you want to beat the record?
So, he's not actually in the race then? I had wondered why he was so far ahead so soon :D
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Pav is near Horton,92 miles in 18.5 hrs. If he keeps this pace up he should be home in around 2 days 5 hours and knock 12 hours off the record.Well at least in theory......
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Pav has reached the halfway point in a few minutes over 30hrs.Cudahy,the only person who has gone N-S in under 3 days,reached this point in 35 hours and increased his pace during the second half of the run.He has got to finish at approx 22.30hrs Monday evening to break the record.Provided he dosen't hit trouble he should finish well inside Mike Hartley's time.
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Just checked Pavel's progress and he's currently between Low and High Force. We took about 11 days to walk there,amazing to think someone can get that far in under 2! Which brings me round to something I was wondering. Why is he attempting the record at a weekend? Surely it would be less busy during the week? Won't there be lots of Sunday afternoon walkers out there and/ or ramblers groups? Especially if the weather is ok. I know we have sometimes caught a group of slow walkers up and they seem to take some time to realise you would actually like to pass them, that could add vital minutes to the record attempt. I see he was going up Pen y Ghent at night so at least he avoided the 3 peaks hordes!
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I should imagine the weekend was the best time to start as more pacers and helpers are available.It also conicided with the start of the Fission race and would allow more publicity for his sponsors.
Other walkers shouldn't be a problem,other than in Teesdale and parts of Hadrian's Wall.
His time is very impressive,far better than I expected,and if he keeps going at this pace he might beat the record.Still a long way to go though and Joss Naylor slowed during the final 10 miles on his N-S attempt in 1973 and failed to break the three day barrier.
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Pav seems slow on the approach to Knock Old Man, it's quite a slog up there so I guess he's taking it easy, but hope that's all it is.
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Pav seems slow on the approach to Knock Old Man, it's quite a slog up there so I guess he's taking it easy, but hope that's all it is.
He's probably just getting excited by now about the Corpse Road down to Garrigill coming up, probably in the dark :D
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You're probably right ;D
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Near Gregs Hut now.Probably a couple of hours away from Alston and might even reach the 200 mile point inside of 48 hours.He has got to average over 4.4 mph to break the record.Looks like things are starting to slip away as he is .07 mph behind Mike's schedule.
It was nice to see Mike Hartley (the current record holder) come out on the course to wish Pavel luck. O0
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Exactly 2 days and nights and still ploughing on.
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Weather forecast not looking too good ... Going to be wet!
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Looks like its over.He has got to average over 5.5 mph to beat the record.His average over the last 30 miles has been closer to 3mph.I am sure he will finish but he is unlikely to beat either Mike Hartley's or Mike Cudahy's times but might just dip under three days.
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It would appear that Pavel has retired in Greenhead.Great effort though and he went far better than expected. O0
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Yes,confirmation here
https://www.grough.co.uk/magazine/2017/06/26/runner-pavel-paloncy-aborts-pennine-way-attempt-as-record-stretches-beyond-reach
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The leader,Richard Lendon,has retired from the race due to hypothermia.Just shows what the PW is like in summer.
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Yep, got mild hypothermia on the Cheviots when I did it in June 2012 :)
Weathers not been in their favour over the last few days.
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Looks like Franz Meiser (Germany) will win the race as he has a 21 mile lead at Chew Green.
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Expected him to have finished overnight but unfortunately he had to retire over the Cheviots. Brutal conditions apparently, he was evacuated by mountain rescue at Cocklawfoot. Must be gutted that he was so close to the finish.
We were walkng PW this time last year and had some pretty bad weather but sounds like it's even worse.
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Great shame but yep, weather up there can be brutal O0
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Yes,it can be brutal up there at this time of the year.I have worn a Buffalo shirt in the Cheviots in these type of conditions (summer) and even then its been a struggle to keep warm.A lot of this ultra running lightweight clothing is completely inadequate in these conditions.
Gary Morrision has a bit of a lead,around a mile.I doubt if the wet weather will bother him as he is a deep sea diver!
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But I bet he's not wearing a heated dry suit!!
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It looks like number 215 Raj Mahapatra has called it a day at the road before Padon Hill. So near yet so far for quite a few for the "Summer!!" Spine. :(
Just thought there may be a diversion to join up again in the Redesdale Forest. Fingers crossed.
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It looks like number 215 Raj Mahapatra has called it a day at the road before Padon Hill. So near yet so far for quite a few for the "Summer!!" Spine. :(
Just thought there may be a diversion to join up again in the Redesdale Forest. Fingers crossed.
They might have diverted the route due to the bad conditions on Brownrigg Head.
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Amazingly it was pretty dry when I went through a few weeks ago :)
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It looks as though he is still in the race, I bet he was pleased to walk along the road for a while!
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Gary Morrision has a bit of a lead,around a mile.I doubt if the wet weather will bother him as he is a deep sea diver!
Seems to have stopped or there's an issue with his tracker, two others well ahead of him now and almost at Hen Hole hut.
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Seems to have stopped or there's an issue with his tracker, two others well ahead of him now and almost at Hen Hole hut.
I think he stopped at Hut 1 for quite a while for a rest/sleep/dry/food/feet.
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Raj is back on PW track again.
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They might have diverted the route due to the bad conditions on Brownrigg Head.
Others are now going the same way so, as you mentioned, there must be bad conditions on Brownrigg Head.
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Congratulations to the first two to finish. Perhaps they will try the winter one when the conditions won't be as bad ;) - didn't mean it, I know that is a lot harder.
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A rather dramatic race with a sprint finish.Gary Morrison looks secure in third place despite the two runners behind him closing in fast.
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It looks like Charl & Raj are`` doing the Cheviot`` I wonder if some of the rescue team in the second hut will come to get them back on track.
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No they have thought better of it and have come back, very sensible chaps save that for a day walk.
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I was volunteering for the early days of the races. Times were of course faster on average than during the Winter, due to the extra daylight hours and much lighter pack weight. Still there were some testing times during bad weather and racers with commanding leads failing to finish, whilst most were not racing but as usual just happy to finish. Pavel went very well to and beyond halfway, but his fast pace could not be maintained so retired af Greenhead, after the realisation that the record was out of reach.
I think that the Summer Spine Flare (Edale to Hawes) in particular will take off massively, they have over 200 showing an interest already for the 2018 race.