Great Langdale Christmas Pudding 10K - Events

happykat

28/09/2003 at 15:34

Hi

I'm a keen but slow 10k runner.....is there a varied field with this one?

CumbriAndy

15/10/2003 at 09:14

Probably going to do this too. I don't know the answer to your question but I can't find any evidence as to whether its actually been run before. Even the team in the local running shop (Kendal) didn't know anything about the course.

Past experience of Langdale, usually well fuelled by drink, has been of a valley where everybody will be welcomed and well supported. I doubt that you'll need to have any concerns about being slow.

Wolfy (iRunner)

15/10/2003 at 09:45

I fancy doing this one. I have done much running and walking and drinking in Great Langdale and it will be a nice hilly race I suspect...just up my street! HappyKat where will you be coming from are you local to the lakes? I'm assuming Andy is!

happykat

15/10/2003 at 15:12

hi Wolfy

I will be coming from Edinburgh (having moved from cunbria a few years back)

looking forward to it though (already been last at a 10k with 69 minutes....I could well make a habit of it!)

Wolfy (iRunner)

15/10/2003 at 15:43

oooh edinburgh, nice, did the 1999 marathon up there really enjoyed it!

I'm coming from Cheshire, think I'll do this one!!!

CumbriAndy

16/10/2003 at 08:42

Wolfy - had to find the flyer to confirm this but, believe it or not, the race is being promoted as a "Fast, slightly undulating course along the most beautiful valley in England".

If you can imagine anywhere in the valley where they could put a course fitting this description without having to do dozens of laps of the campsite then you will be doing better than either me or the staff in Pete Bland Sports.

Wolfy (iRunner)

16/10/2003 at 09:43

bloody hell CA I am very, very suprised!!!!

Fast flat course....erm don't believe it!

Hey is the finishing gift a pint in the old dungeon ghyll (spelling?)? That would be enough motivation for anyone to do this race!

CumbriAndy

16/10/2003 at 10:59

'fraid not - its a Christmas Pudding plus hot mulled wine and a mince pie in Chapel Stile Village Hall.

Thinking about possibilities for the route I suspect the hardest part may well be having to run past the ODG without stopping for a pint!

Wolfy (iRunner)

16/10/2003 at 11:00

LOL CA I'm with you on that!!!! is a defo hot mulled wine then a mad dash to ODG to try to get a seat!

happykat

16/10/2003 at 13:53

count me in for the seat!........I'll be expecting you serious runners to get them in

Wolfy (iRunner)

16/10/2003 at 14:37

tee hee happykat we'll get the seat if you get the beer in!

slyboy

16/10/2003 at 19:44

Sounds a good one to me. How do you enter. Did the 1/2 at Carlisle and found it very flat and boring.

CumbriAndy

17/10/2003 at 08:59

Contact details on the event flyer are:

Rod Berry, Far End, Endmoor, Kendal Cumbria, LA8 0EW. Tel: 015395 61798

Kat - I hope that 'serious runner' tag wasn't intended to apply to me - I'm still a novice too. That said, Wolfy's idea of cheering you home, stealing your money then going and buying you a pint with it all sounds like a plan to me.

Wolfy (iRunner)

17/10/2003 at 09:31

'seriour runner' applied to me a few years ago but work, domesticity and injury earlier in the year have taken their toll on my training!

Done quite a few of the halfs up in the Lakes and wanted to do the Great Langdale half (can't remember when it is) but this will be nice!

Yep as a manc I'm considered to be good at stealing stuff so a tenner cleverly pinched off happykat whilst running round the course for a beer for me and CA and Slyboy now shouldn't be touch much of a challenge!

Miss Busy

17/10/2003 at 16:05

Hey this sounds like a nice one, I was looking for a race with a tempting seasonal goody bag! I might enter too.

slyboy

18/10/2003 at 21:00

Thanks CA for the info.Hopefully I will get the form sent back.He said only one hill, seems hard to belive but good pubs!

happykat

28/10/2003 at 09:24

Hiya

well...having staggered around the Jedburgh half marathon in 2 hours 30 mins you should have no trouble wrestling my money off me on the promise of a seat! (ooooh, it was hilly, and tarmaccy, and I have only been running since May, and I'm nearly 42, and and, and!!!)

CumbriAndy

28/10/2003 at 14:20

And, and....... what??

Two and a half hours for a hard half marathon less than six months after taking up the sport sounds like a bloody good effort to me! Be proud of yourself. Well done - keep the legs working and see you in December.

ukresultsman

28/10/2003 at 22:50

entry form on my site, if you're interested (save the stamp getting an entry form!)

CumbriAndy

07/11/2003 at 21:02

Thought the non-'locals' among you may be amused by an article that appeared in today's Westmorland Gazette-the local paper.

Apparently the organiser for this, Rod Berry, has been searching for a supplier of Christmas puddings to give us after the event. On finding just what he wanted in a local supermarket he enquired whether he could have a bulk purchase discount. He was told:

a) No discount
b) That they wouldn't sell him 300 puddings.

Undeterred, he spent a significant amount of effort finding the manufacturer who have told him that an order of 300 is far too small to bother with but suggested an alternative supplier. 300 is too small an order for them too.

The plan now appears to be to go into the supermarket and simply buy them by the trolley full untill he has enough.

The things event organisers go through on our behalf, eh? I suggest we all be grateful in December.