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Oct 2021
8:09am, 7 Oct 2021
23 posts
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aussiescall
Newbie question alert...Anyone done the recces before? Just wondered how they worked. Park at end then bussed to start? and then is it every man for himself? Or they have groups based on speed?
RECCE DAYS 2021/22 - Dates are now available
14th November Coniston to Buttermere (100 course)
22nd January Ambleside to Coniston (night run 50 & 100 course)
20th March Buttermere to Dalemain (100 course)
19th June Dalemain to Ambleside (50 & 100 course)
Registrations will be open next week
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Oct 2021
11:07am, 7 Oct 2021
3,385 posts
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jacdaw
It always was park at the end, bus to the start, then you just get on with it. Water and biscuits at the check points. Let them know you've finished, then go home.
Don't expect anything will have changed because of Covid, but it may have done.
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Oct 2021
12:47pm, 7 Oct 2021
24 posts
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aussiescall
It always was park at the end, bus to the start, then you just get on with it. Water and biscuits at the check points. Let them know you've finished, then go home. Don't expect anything will have changed because of Covid, but it may have done.
Cheers Jacdaw. Makes sense
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Oct 2021
2:37pm, 7 Oct 2021
1,689 posts
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Gromit
Aussiecall - unless you plan on winning the race or being dead last you are unlikely to ever not be in sight of the person in front ........ its a mega popular race..... route finding wasnt' my issue ....... it was finding myself a secluded spot for a wild wee the route was that busy 
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Oct 2021
3:06pm, 7 Oct 2021
42,841 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
I'm doing the 50 for the first time and I'm not going to get near any recce days or even near any of the course beforehand. I don't use GPX or GPS for navigation and I'm kind of assuming that, with a route description, a paper map and some fellow competitors within sight, I won't go too far off course.
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Oct 2021
3:14pm, 7 Oct 2021
3,388 posts
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jacdaw
I like to have the route burned into my brain so I don't have to think on the day(s).
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Oct 2021
3:18pm, 7 Oct 2021
42,842 posts
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
That makes sense, jacdaw. In my case, although I'll obviously be a bit miffed if I go more than, say, a couple of hundred yards down the wrong path, I'm in it for the overall experience and not for position/time, so I'll be quite happy if I have to stop and ponder every now and then.
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Oct 2021
4:21pm, 7 Oct 2021
22,643 posts
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Rosehip
The road book is excellent, John K’s Youtube really helpful and there should be someone to follow - although I did recce Troutbeck to Coniston, because that’s easy to do.
Depends whether or not you want to know what’s coming up.
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Oct 2021
4:35pm, 7 Oct 2021
3,389 posts
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jacdaw
My strategy to finish within the allotted time doesn't allow for any ponder time!
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Oct 2021
4:40pm, 7 Oct 2021
15,796 posts
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NDWDave
I remember the Howtown to Haweswater section being particularly challenging from a nature wee perspective. About 1,000 people and on the top, you could see for miles
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