Northern Ireland Outdoors Forum - Hiking, camping and more
Outdoor Activities => Northern Ireland Hiking, Walking, Running, Orienteering and Geocaching => Topic started by: MG1 on September 08, 2010
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Guys i know this is a bit late but the Mourne mountain marathon entries closes today 8/9/2010
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So who all is doing it?
http://www.mourne2day.com/
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me & MG1
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me and a friend.
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Me and my mate from work ('Broke Back Steve') are doing category c.
Both of us are newcomers and I am starting to dung myself.
Not about all aspects though just..
1) My inadequate fitness
2) The fact that I got blisters last weekend after about 6miles
3) Rusty navigational skills
4) and the fact that they have thrown in a few cluster points this year!
Otherwise quietly confident!
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Myself and team mate John in C class. It's going to be awesome!
Good luck all - hopefully see some of you at the overnight camp.
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Best of luck for this fellas! Hopefully bump into a few of you when we are out for a jaunt on Saturday :)
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Good luck, hope you get the weather! hope to do this myself next year
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I said that last lear ::)
Good luck, hope you get the weather! hope to do this myself next year
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I said that last lear ::)
Good luck, hope you get the weather! hope to do this myself next year
Me to... but I'm definitely doing it next year :D
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I will be there with a friend from work. I last attempted it about 10 yrs ago and had to retire. This time I will be triumphant, and finish at least (Group D, hope its not too easy :D). Hope to meet some ni-wild people at long last. Any special handshakes or just shout "free bucky here"?
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Shout free bucky and you'll be mobbed.
The official drink of NI Wild athletes ;D
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did someone say "Free Bucky"......you now have a friend for life.
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Well guys are you s all ready for tomorrow?
My packs going to weigh about 8kg don,t think i can get it any lower.
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Not unless you leave the Bucky behind
Well guys are you s all ready for tomorrow?
My packs going to weigh about 8kg don,t think i can get it any lower.
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Wouldn't leave home with out it ;D.
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WEEEEEE!!!! ;D
It's all very exciting. I hope to be < 4kg as I'll be getting 800g of team kit tomorrow.
Weather looks fair enough too - bit of everything.
Just need to find the ear plugs and a little bottle for a sniffter of port...
See you guys at camp!
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4kg - don't be overpacking.... We're day hiking tomorrow and I'll prob have about that.
WEEEEEE!!!! ;D
It's all very exciting. I hope to be < 4kg as I'll be getting 800g of team kit tomorrow.
Weather looks fair enough too - bit of everything.
Just need to find the ear plugs and a little bottle for a sniffter of port...
See you guys at camp!
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WEEEEEE!!!! ;D
It's all very exciting. I hope to be < 4kg as I'll be getting 800g of team kit tomorrow.
Weather looks fair enough too - bit of everything.
Just need to find the ear plugs and a little bottle for a sniffter of port...
See you guys at camp!
Thats light dude do you have a kit list?
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4.2kg of my stuff so will be 5 without water :)
Don't have time to type the list but will put something detailed up after.
Shower, dinner, bus, sneaky camp in Donard.
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5 kg!! You better get a good time then
;)
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and i can't get my kit below 15kg for an overnighter :'( but then again i'm not doing a marathon ;D well not this year anyway ::)
good luck, hopefully pass you tomorrow, although i wouldn't recognise you anyway, good luck
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Saturday's results have ben posted (http://www.mourne2day.com/app/webroot/files/File/results/2010/Saturday/index%281%29.html).
Guess who's #2 in the C class?
2 91 John McAleavey + Craig Lloyd M 04:55:10
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MG1 & 666_Pack are 14th and Dowser & BilliBackpack are 23rd.
Nicely done.
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Just spotted:
53 134 Brendan Mcconaghy + Stephen Lennox M 07:51:00Well done guys.
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Good goin fellas, looking forward to hearing all about it when you get back!
We met a few MMM teams on their way to a check point on the side of Binnian and then spotted a few more teams near the saddle between Binnian and 'lamagan, but apart from that barely met another soul all day!
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big well done guys
TwentyClicks finished 2nd over all (b class) Me and MG1 finished 12th over all (d class) and the two andy's 20th over all (d class)
The weather was brutal to say the least. One off the elite team had to fend off hypothermia on day one and pulled out. I skidded 30m of the summit of spelga and have a bruise on my ass the size of a side plate.......but what a few days. ;D
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Just spotted:
53 134 Brendan Mcconaghy + Stephen Lennox M 07:51:00Well done guys.
tiss a small word, was speaking to brendan today.
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Congrats to all! So whereabouts was the overnight camp spot?
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Camp was W of Hen Mountain - 235 274 to be precise :)
Great weekend! Lots of fun, lots of effort.
I have a few photos on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/twentyclicks/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/twentyclicks/)
and a write up on my gear http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=180 (http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=180)
and the race itself. http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=183 (http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=183)
Well done to all the forum lads!
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Great stuff. Can't believe you were able to stay at 5kg.
Camp was W of Hen Mountain - 235 274 to be precise :)
Great weekend! Lots of fun, lots of effort.
I have a few photos on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/twentyclicks/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/twentyclicks/)
and a write up on my gear http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=180 (http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=180)
and the race itself. http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=183 (http://www.twentyclicks.co.uk/?p=183)
Well done to all the forum lads!
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Great stuff. Can't believe you were able to stay at 5kg.
Well, the camera pushed me over in the end, but then I ate 1kg of food on Sat night ;D
My team mate was carrying just over 4kg! but he didn't eat so much and had one of those minimus down sleeping bags.
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enjoyed the write up, but be careful of your use of the word claggy, you'll only start another debate ;D
you mention taking the ibuprofen, would you only take medication when you feel you need it or would it be a good idea to pop a pill before a long walk/run, i sometimes take a paracetemol at the start of a hike if i'm still feeling the effects of the previous hike, although as i'm getting fitter i find i need these less and less
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enjoyed the write up, but be careful of your use of the word claggy, you'll only start another debate ;D
Having spent the same Saturday in the Mournes, I would concur that the weather was the very definition of claggy! And I did mention that word somewhere around the summit of Slievelamagan :D
EDIT: Nice write up Craig, cheers for posting! Unfortunately I made my post before reading your report, so was shocked to see "claggy" being used to describe chocolate! As Liam suggests, another debate may ensue ;D Well done on a great result!
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you mention taking the ibuprofen, would you only take medication when you feel you need it or would it be a good idea to pop a pill before a long walk/run, i sometimes take a paracetemol at the start of a hike if i'm still feeling the effects of the previous hike, although as i'm getting fitter i find i need these less and less
It was more to numb me a bit for sleep and maybe to help with the muscles (although they were more crampy than sore). I was told competitors often start day 2 with Lemsip as it is warm and has paracetamol in it, and I munched my daily allowance of all painkillers the first time I tried the WHW due to the pain of 25kg, but I usually never touch them unless lying sick in bed wanting to feel better. It's almost laziness.
I now take pain as a sign something needs changed and worry about masking it which may make things worse. If I'm stiff from a walk or run, usually a lighter walk or run loosens things up again. Personal preference, but does get you through in some situations: don't suffer needlessly!
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and as for "claggy" - it sounds like a made up word. To me, it derives from "lagging" like insulation and implies a coating of some sort, hence the association with the chocolate as it sticks in your mouth and throat.
I can also understand use with regards the weather as the clouds stick all over the hills and you can't quite peel them off - they smother and coat you.
great word :D
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I now take pain as a sign something needs changed and worry about masking it
i've always felt the same about painkillers, but when i have to get to a summit before dark i do like a pre-emptive strike knowing i have the night to sleep it off ;D like the lempsip idea though, if only i could be bothered carrying a stove up, although my flask is 400 grams, damn you people, you now have me weighing things on the kitchen scales >:( ;D
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A hardened hiker doesn't drink lemsip as the water's too heavy, they snort it :)
I now take pain as a sign something needs changed and worry about masking it
i've always felt the same about painkillers, but when i have to get to a summit before dark i do like a pre-emptive strike knowing i have the night to sleep it off ;D like the lempsip idea though, if only i could be bothered carrying a stove up, although my flask is 400 grams, damn you people, you now have me weighing things on the kitchen scales >:( ;D
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A hardened hiker doesn't drink lemsip as the water's too heavy, they snort it :)
I now take pain as a sign something needs changed and worry about masking it
i've always felt the same about painkillers, but when i have to get to a summit before dark i do like a pre-emptive strike knowing i have the night to sleep it off ;D like the lempsip idea though, if only i could be bothered carrying a stove up, although my flask is 400 grams, damn you people, you now have me weighing things on the kitchen scales >:( ;D
why stop there. just snort the mountain house meal too ;)