Yes! I just dragged Bill Smith's SMOTS down from the top shelf:-Originally Posted by fellgazelle
That's how I remember it. I also didn't enter the event but have been up there a few times when it's been on.
I also thought the record was 7and 1/2 hours-ish, Joss Naylor was the holder and the year-1978, but his shiny new book (which I also got for christmas) lists 8 hrs 20mins, in 1970 so my famously crap memory maintains it's reputation.
Page 107, 2nd paragraph:-
"Naylor had previously set a record of 8 hours 24 minutes for the Four 3,000s course in the 1970 Ramblers Marathon, but on his run in June 1975, he lowered it to 7 hours 29 minutes. He may well have broken 7 hours had the weather not been so inclement:
'The mist was down into Keswick and the wind was gale force. I ran from Seathwaite back to Keswick with two cagoules to maintain body heat. Broadstand was like a waterfall and I had to use Lords Rake instead. From Helvellyn shelter to the cairn I had to crawl on hands and knees or be blown away. And the rain came down in stair rods all the time'."
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