Hope you find this John. It's Jon from Belmont, Bolton here. I would message you but don't know any contact details. I just wanted to let you know why I failed to turn up for the Shepherd's Skyline race last week. A few weeks ago I got struck down with Labyrinthitis, which is an acute form of vertigo. It came completely out of the blue, sat in a chair watching tv one minute then flat on the floor puking up the next.
Ended up spending 2 days in hospital and I'm still walking as though I'm drunk. My balance systems in my inner ears are damaged so my walnut sized brain has to relearn how to interpret the misleading signals that my ears are sending it. I can't even walk straight let alone run.
I went over winter hill a few days ago as I was getting stir crazy at home. I was running like the contestants in the Monty Python 'upper class twit of the year' contest.
If you want to message me then I'm on here as Comfortably_Numb.
Hope to be back soon.