Saturday, 21 December 2013

Saturday 21st December - Teggs Nose Santa Special

The Start
What a great turnout for the 'Teggs Nose Santa Special' - 19 runners out today for a very tough 5k - we had mud, slippery stones, hills (up and down - about 800' of ascent!). Yet again we were so lucky with the weather - nice and cool for running and then the sun came out for our Christmas Picnic.

We are always impressed that everybody seems to be willing to give everything a try - when we look back 12 months and see what we did back then and what we can do now - AMAZING!

Who would have thought that we would attempt to run up Tegg's Nose.... and there were some very happy faces as we made the steep descent back to the car park.
The Route

Well done and a very happy Christmas to you all - let us hope for a very happy time and good luck for 2014.

Neil & Ali




Loneliness of the long distance Santa



Off we go

Knees up Mother Brown...

What is the collective name for Santas?

Nice hats...

We love mud ...

Bring on the mud...

Happy runners

Great turnout today

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Jen and Wendy

Up the path known as the Yellow Brick Road

A walk break...

Ali - slippery terrain!

Run for the camera ...

Well done Kate!

Good move - better grip off the path

Jen not trusting the shoes...

How long is this path ...

Quick pause for a Bolt-Break

Wendy losing her mojo (don't panic - it comes back)

The top!

Happy at the top..

Nina summits..

At last, the top...

Neil (rare footage)

Mojo returning ...

Good effort

At the top!

The sun is coming out ... a flat bit!

Mojo back ... the end is not too far...

Well run Bev
The group at the visitor centre... what views...


Off we go again ... one more hill

We split into two groups...

This is steep ... and the wind is blowing ...

There is the other group...

On top at last!

The view - taken at Jen's request

A Selfie...

Just before the steep descent ...

How much do we trust our balance and our shoes....

Some good descent technique...

Jo looking good....

Mass descent ..

Me Cheryl, me like downhill...

Jen still not sure about the grip on those shoes...

Leah - nice descent

Almost down ...

The sun coming out ready for a picnic...

Margaret gaining confidence...

Through the woods (no knees up here...)

Sam nearly back...

Santa plus helpers

Picnic time ... mulled wine at 10.00am

The Route and profile
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