The Devil's Burdens Hill Relay is now confirmed for 29th January. It is 6 per team and we have 7 names. It would be nice if we coukd get enough for a second team (please use the form at the link in the initial post below if you can make it but tick anything for the now past recce dates. A second, final recce of the actual leg assigned to each team member will be carried out the weekend before the race. Day and time to be decided. Those of us who did the recce already will partner any new volunteers around their assigned leg on this recce.
Fife AC web site post here.
Alan
The Devil's Burdens Hill Relay centred around Falkland in Fife (and possibly other counties depending on navigation ability) has been a favourite adventure for the Harriers for many years. The Fife AC calendar now shows the event as taking place on 29th January. They have published the maps for the 4 legs. As this is a navigational relay over 4 legs in wild terrain, a recce in advance of the event is vital. If the event is to go ahead, it would presumably be around its normal date towards the end of January which means a recce has to be carried out fairly soon. If nothing else, the recce is a fun "day" of running in the hills.
There are 6 per team; two of the legs are solo legs and the 2 more extreme legs are to be run in pairs. We have often had multiple teams in the event. The legs proposed for 2022 are similar to those used in 2020, the last time the event was held, all starting and finishing in a field in Falkland House estate. All of the legs are quite extreme in terms of climbing and/or terrain and there are no marked routes between the check points. The distances of the legs are about 10k, 12k, 10k and 10k, although there are various routes possible between the check points. The checkpoints on each leg have to be visited in a set order in legs 1 to 3 but leg for leg 4 the checkpoints can be visited in any order. The maps are here. We definitely do not run every part of every leg during the recce but a considerable distance can be accumulated.
It is probably a good idea to do a pre-recce of most of the legs fairly soon and then do the formal recce with confirmed team members nearer the time of the event, where each person would recce the leg they would actually be running in the race, aided by one of the experienced runners who had done the pre-recce. Even if it turns out you can't do the race, the recce is a good day out and you could help show others the way during the final recce where we will need at least 4 "leaders" to take the actual runners on a recce of their assigned leg.
I would suggest a pre-recce during the holiday period Wednesday 29th December, Monday 3rd Jan, Tuesday 4th Jan or Wednesday 5th Jan. The final recce date options will be announced when we actually have a date for the race.
Leave your name here if you are available for the pre-recce and select all dates that you could manage. If none of the dates suit, please put dates you could manage in the "Other Info" box and we will see if we can come up with a solution. Note that the recce is a fairly long day out. Names for recce are here.
Alan
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