My pleasure. The 3 Shires was my favourite fell race.
The expression Super Long was conceived by my chum Brian Martin as a neat way of distinguishing between, say, 3 Shires with a record of 105 minutes (Gavin Bland); and Ennerdale (Kenny Stuart) and Wasdale (Billy Bland) with records of 200 and 205 minutes respectively, which incidentally have stood for 30+ years and probably with good reason.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
When all is said & done, one can only go with conditions on the day.
How many races have there been where someone was within seconds of the record and would have beaten the record if there had not been a head wind, or if conditions under foot had not been "heavy going"? Que sera sera!
I was a bit of an oddball until I was abducted by aliens; but I'm perfectly OK now!
True, but it was technically a different course
Nic Barber. Downhill Dandy
Last edited by Graham Breeze; 30-12-2015 at 05:08 PM.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
Well before I started running, just remember being told it in the pub a few years ago.
Mark Roberts was telling RhysFR (the previous year's winner in 3:45ish) that he was 4th in 3:25ish in 2000. A discussion about runner quality vs. depth of competition to push towards these record times was in the offing, but everyone was too pissed so it stopped at 'you younguns are just slow'
Nic Barber. Downhill Dandy
Last edited by Graham Breeze; 30-12-2015 at 06:02 PM.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
Simon was only seconds of the Borrowdale record about 10 years ago too.
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