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Ridge

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #30 on: 08:51:44, 04/08/18 »
He should have been at Tan Hill an hour ago now so he is loosing even more time and his schedule only gives him an hour over the current record.

alan de enfield

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #31 on: 09:20:58, 04/08/18 »

I estimate he has probably another hour to go to Tan Hill, which will put him 2+ hours over. (Assuming the tracking times align with my watch)


Great effort and should be applauded but I don't think he will bother going much further - too much time to make up, when the trend is actually slowing down.

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #32 on: 09:26:41, 04/08/18 »
I thought he had til 10.20 on Sunday to beat the record (Or 10.19 to be safe!) which gives him quite a bit of slack if his schedule says 13.50 at Kirk Yetholm. Or am I misreading/calculating

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #33 on: 09:28:09, 04/08/18 »
Oh sorry, yes, I am misreading. Too early in the morning, didn't scroll far enough down the timings. Ignore last post!

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #34 on: 09:29:29, 04/08/18 »
Even doing the Pennine Way in my head is too exhausting, not thinking straight!

alan de enfield

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #35 on: 10:47:13, 04/08/18 »
To beat the record he must arrive in Kirk Yetholm before 22:20 Sunday.

On the 1st leg he was 24 minutes ahead of plan (Edale to Hebden)
Then down to 10 minutes ahead (Hebden to Gargrave)
Then 3 minutes ahead (Gargrave to Horton)

The 61 minutes behind schedule, Horton to Hawes
Now 2 hours 42 minutes behind schedule, Hawes to Tan Hill

After the 1st 'waypoint' time gain, he has fallen progressively further behind the planned elapsed times. He had lost his initial gain by the time of arrival at Horton and it then started to go badly wrong from there.

He is now 2 hours 42 mins behind schedule which is unlikely to be recovered, and with only a 1 hour 'window' between the record and his original planned ETA I cannot see him wanting to push himself much further.

A very good effort which I cannot imagine ever undertaking - all credit to him.
Maybe the excessive heat has taken its toll, I guess we will never know.
« Last Edit: 10:50:33, 04/08/18 by alan de enfield »

harland

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #36 on: 11:22:24, 04/08/18 »
Arrived at Tan Hill at 10.32, still there at 11.24. :(
« Last Edit: 11:28:52, 04/08/18 by harland »

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #37 on: 11:25:13, 04/08/18 »
 Pav is a great competitor in adventure type races such as the winter Spine but he is no speed merchant.All these Pennine Way records,at least those close to three days or lower,were set by fell runners who had speed in their legs built up over shorter races done at a fast pace.All great ultra distance runners have a fast 10k time,usually 30-32 minutes or lower so running a 100 miles in 14 hours isn't really a big deal for them.The guy who won the summer Spine race this year is the only current ultra runner I know of who has got this level of ability.If he decides to have a go at this record we might be in for something special.

alan de enfield

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #38 on: 11:29:47, 04/08/18 »

The tracker is showing that he has not moved from Tan Hill for the last hour. Maybe 'its all over' ?


Edit : Cross posted with Harland
« Last Edit: 11:33:40, 04/08/18 by alan de enfield »

alan de enfield

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #39 on: 11:32:19, 04/08/18 »
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harland

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #40 on: 11:37:29, 04/08/18 »
Is he on the move? Walking/Car?  Edit - walking! Well done.
« Last Edit: 11:58:24, 04/08/18 by harland »

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #42 on: 14:17:21, 04/08/18 »
Good grief!. You sure that's not a link to a zombie film trailer?.

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #43 on: 16:48:01, 04/08/18 »
Not a great recomendation fir those trail runners he is sponsored to wear.
Too little, too late, too bad......

harland

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Re: Fastest Pennine Way attempt
« Reply #44 on: 16:54:47, 04/08/18 »
What would have caused it?  He is used to wet feet doing the winter Spine race and with the weather recently I would have thought that the ground would be fairly dry in any event.  Could it be sweating that caused it but the shoes couldn't let it wick out of the membrane quick enough? Whatever it was it is no surprise that he called it a day, I am just surprised that he didn't finish earlier (but I am a wimp!).

 

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