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Bob Graham Round

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Rosehip Aug 2020 8:41pm, 15 Aug 2020 17,377 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I'd seen something about that attempt a few days ago rhb - then couldn't find anything. Glad she's still going for it So many dots to watch
flanker Aug 2020 8:42pm, 15 Aug 2020 19,353 posts	Quote Pin flanker Having pavers seems a little bit OTT. Plugging through bigs is part of the fun. With this and JK’s adventures there’ll be plenty to watch.
Dave A Aug 2020 7:42am, 16 Aug 2020 22,528 posts	Quote Pin Dave A https://live.opentracking.co.uk/grandround20/# Coming soon. Another week of dot watching.
_andy Aug 2020 8:26am, 16 Aug 2020 10,904 posts	Quote Pin _andy Looks like John is setting off soon after a nice lie-in and a good breakfast Blog post from John Kelly from a few days ago (well, I'd missed it) randomforestrunner.com And the tracker link without the silly hashtag (why does that happen?) live.opentracking.co.uk
flyingfinn Aug 2020 11:25am, 16 Aug 2020 2,116 posts	Quote Pin flyingfinn He's underway. He's gone for a standard 11am start from Capel to put him on the Snowdon leg in the dark with dawn as he climbs up onto the Elidir Fach/Fawr before he hits the Glyders. It will be interesting to see if he can restrain himself to 23.20 pace and not get carried away like last time.
flyingfinn Aug 2020 12:44pm, 16 Aug 2020 2,117 posts	Quote Pin flyingfinn Lol, so sticking to 23 hour pace didn't even last until the first summit! 47 mins to get up Moel Siabod and 24 mins gained! Next two were a little more sedate but by the third summit and 72 mins of running he is already 33 mins up. Maybe someone needs to remind him of what he wrote in his blog a few days ago! "Step 3: slow down, there’s a really long ways to go. I charged out of the gate on the Paddy Buckley last year on pace for something like a 19 hour round. I’m gonna aim for around 23 this year. Even 23:59 would do just fine."
Rosehip Aug 2020 1:20pm, 16 Aug 2020 17,384 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I was just about to say the same! he's certainly not hanging around. think I saw that there might be thunderstorms at some point overnight, I hope that doesn't make it too interesting
Garfield Aug 2020 2:05pm, 16 Aug 2020 13,733 posts	Quote Pin Garfield That was very interesting reading (blog, that is). Should be interesting to see how he fares...and how the weather behaves.
flyingfinn Aug 2020 5:54pm, 16 Aug 2020 2,119 posts	Quote Pin flyingfinn JK now an 90 mins up after 7 hours of running. So operating inside 20 hour pace. The heaviest rain seems to be forecast for between 1am and 3am tomorrow so at the current pace he will put himself right on the Glyders at that point, rather than climbing out of Llanberis and generally lower down. So going quicker than planned doesn't seem to be being driven by the weather forecast!
Derby Tup Aug 2020 6:08pm, 16 Aug 2020 45,208 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup The really rough and high ground over the Glyderau isn’t where I’d want to be at 2 o’clock of a Monday morning