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| The Glossop Five |
OB1 the glossopdale king of the park runs, 97 and counting....... suggested that a New Year park run would be a good way to start the year. Being from the wrong side of the pennines he was keen for a trip to his mother county. So a plan was hatched and myself, wilyvet, John S and Malc all set off from the spinners at 8.45am, it was a rather more leisurely than usual 10am start. Well we did eventually after realising that Sikobe had not received Malc message on yahoogroups we rang him and scooped him up.
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| Last beer of January for me |
After a straightforward and traffic free drive over Holme Moss the clouds disappeared and a sunny cloud free morning beckoned us into yorkshire. The park just west of the town centre was easily located as being glossopdale harriers we used our innate navigation skills (position of the sun, wind direction and trails of animal droppings) and had no need for recourse to an electronic muppet manipulator.
Greenhead park is situated in the more affluent end of Huddersfield and it was obvious that Kirless Council had spent a lot of money on improving the appearance and amenities within the park.
Whilst warming up the word started to spread that the run would be on the old "hillier" course due a largish puddle near the cafe although to be fair the platt field organisers wouldn't even have put on wellies. Maybe they are not so tough on other side t'hill.
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| Pass the Ambre Solaire! |
The old course is 3 laps each with a fair amount of climbing (by park run standards) in each lap with a downhill sprint to the line. This allied to blustery conditions and varying degrees of hangovers made fast times unlikely.
In the end we all performed credibly enough especially Malc who showed considerable improvement from his 10k last Thursday. Little did we realise that the real fun as OB1produced an impromptu picnic from the back of his car which the only adjective i can think of using to describe is Splendiferous.
A great way to start the year with friends and yes I do need a trim :)
Great write up Neil... I've not been to Greenhead in such a long time, I used to skateboard there as a teenager. I'll have to get over to the 'wrong side' some time soon and try this one!
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