Crowded House would have been impressed as the White Rose didnt disappoint, managing about 6 seasons in one day never mind 4. Wind, rain, mud, heavy rain rain, sun, lightning storms, mist, more mud and a then some wind didnt dampen the spirits of the Stamps, McClure (on loan) or Dawsons who camped at Pool Farm at the event centre in a really well organised area; the Craigs who camped down the road or the Yeates’s who (possibly wisely) stopped in a Premier Inn.
From a personal perspective the two days couldnt have been more different with Day 1 a fairly unispiring area ending with a run in that was about a third of the length of my course which reminded me why I dont like running green courses as they often seem to be overlooked and not always very well planned.
Day 2 on the other hand again wasnt the most brilliant of areas (but then this is the White Rose) but I thought the Green was superbly planned squeezing every ounce out of the area and giving it the feel of a middle course with constant changes of direction and skills. But then I had a much better run and following Day 1 just managed to unchick myself on the overall results so maybe Im a touch biased.
On Day 3 Claire, Iain and myself did the Harris relay although we had to have a non competitive run as theyd somehow managed to run out of maps for our course whilst having a bagful of unused maps for all the other courses. We had a fun hour only let down by my exhaustion (and Iain giving me a suspiciously longer than him route) meaning I didnt manage to get back to the pre agreed 45 minute rendevous point (thanks to Dougie’s advice on how to do a Harris relay) until the time had run out! But Iain was waiting there to pace me back in meaning we were only 3 minutes late!
I also ran the 1:1000 micro sprint in the small wood next to the camping area and Iain, Claire and Di beat Carley and I into 3rd place on the quiz by being closer to guessing the amount of paperclips in a jar.
Anyway Chasers results were
W10A Holly Craig 4th
M21L Iain Stamp 3rd
W35S Claire Stamp 2nd
W45S Tracy Craig 2nd
W45S Alison Yeates 5th
M50L Andy Yeates 8th
M50S Dougie Craig 10th
Green Kelvin Dawson 2nd
Full results page is here http://www.whiteroseweekend.org.uk/home/results-2/
Photos to follow including me stood on top of the podium claiming my father prize for winning the M60L 🙂