Maps and Timings 2008
| Elite | A | B | C | Long Score | Medium Score | Short Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Day 1 | Day 1 | Day 1 | Day 1 | Day 1 | Day 1 |
| Day 1 Checkpoints | Day 1 Checkpoints | Day 1 Checkpoints | Day 1 Checkpoints | Day 1 Checkpoints | Day 1 Checkpoints | Day 1 Checkpoints |
| Route Gadget | Route Gadget | Route Gadget | Route Gadget | Route Gadget | Route Gadget | Route Gadget |
| Map day 1 | Map day 1 | Map day 1 | Map day 1 | Map day 1 | Map day 1 | Map day 1 |
| Map day 2 | Map day 2 | Map day 2 | Map day 2 | Map day 2 | Map day 2 | Map day 2 |
| N.B. All maps are large hi-res images between 6.5mb and 8mb - right click to download. | ||||||
Official Reports 2008
Check here for official reports from the OMM.
Podcast 2008
OMM Event Blog
Oct 22nd 2008 - All SET TO GO for the 41st event! see OMM blog for more stories as events unfold.
PLEASE check your email and this page before you leave home Friday to check if we have posted any special info and or flood warnings.
OMM 2008 Reporting Team.
Rob Howard of Sleepmonsters plus a support team of 3 photographers will be doing the race report and posting runner's pictures for purchase. This is linked into this page. Ed Nicolas is the commentator at the finish when we have again linked the final control to the team names listing and your background info.Stuart McInnes will be taking short videos and again these will be posted here and the utube links will come up slightly later.Michael Napier is the timekeeper, using Sport Ident check point punches.First pre event reports are now up and more to follow by Friday evening.All maps & courses wil be avaiable online in the form of Route Gadget, where you can post you can post your own course after you have dried out and see choices of others.
More background stories in the OMM blog. it's about all the unwritten, unseen, unheard and sometimes amazing happenings which occur behind the scenes to make sure the event comes off without fail every year. All this is coordinated and controlled by Jen Longbottom, and she has been doing it, amazingly, since 1982.
Sleepmonsters Reports 2008
The Original Mountain Marathon - Top Bananas on the Long Score
Saturday morning arrived far too soon, and we had to get out of bed and get ready in the dark ...
The Original Mountain Marathon - Racing the OMM Elite
We approached the OMM 2009 with trepidation as we had heard horror stories about the tussocky, wet terrain that the Elan Valley has to offer ...
The Original Mountain Marathon - A Flood of Finishers
For the majority of Sunday it was a bright, sunny day - a perfect finish to the 2009 OMM ...