Full Tour of Pendle

[Graham Breeze]

What's the story?

Year 2007 was the year there were very high winds and hail. A photograph of runners leaning into the wind to stay upright was on the cover of Ian Winterburn's first hypothermia pamphlet.

I was well dressed for it but Dave came up to me and said "whatever you think you need to wear today you should double it". So I did. I ran in two Hellys etc.

It was an English Champs so a serious field but 18% dnf (72 runners) including some astonishing top names. Most dropped out at Mam Tor although five got to Jacobs Ladder.

The last finishers came in at 5-50.

I ran round snug as a bug in a rug and was delighted with my run. As were others whom I passed Dave's advice on to.

And I remember Dave's advice so clearly because it was a good illustration that you can always take kit off but you cannot put on what you don't have with you.

Anyway I have the T-shirt!

[SteveT]

Year 2007 was the year there were very high winds and hail. A photograph of runners leaning into the wind to stay upright was on the cover of Ian Winterburn's first hypothermia pamphlet.

I was well dressed for it but Dave came up to me and said "whatever you think you need to wear today you should double it". So I did. I ran in two Hellys etc.

It was an English Champs so a serious field but 18% dnf (72 runners) including some astonishing top names. Most dropped out at Mam Tor although five got to Jacobs Ladder.

The last finishers came in at 5-50.

I ran round snug as a bug in a rug and was delighted with my run. As were others whom I passed Dave's advice on to.

And I remember Dave's advice so clearly because it was a good illustration that you can always take kit off but you cannot put on what you don't have with you.

Anyway I have the T-shirt!

A memorable race - I was pretty well wrapped up but still struggled in the later stages. There is an ancient video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfzOCq_vWE - which reflects some of the flavour, though the image quality is bad, even for 2007. The music nicely captures the relentlessness of the conditions.