Pennine Way FKT attempt

[anthonykay]

Climbing Cross Fell in the dark. Last week it was Cross Fell in the dark where John Kelly started to slow down noticeably . . .

[ba-ba]

He seems to be shifting, 24h in, 4-5h up on schedule. It all depends when the crash hits and how hard!

[ba-ba]

This morning he was ~4h up on schedule at points. This is now down to just under 3h.

The schedule has a 42min buffer over JK's time from last week.

Not sure whether the schedule is accurate or an average pace as JOhn's was last week.

[JohnK]

Looks like Damien's going to be the new record holder he is still over two hours up on his schedule.

[ba-ba]

He's looking pretty good, but still 16h/25% of the challenge left for a mega-bonk, definitely not in the bag.

[JohnK]

He's looking pretty good, but still 16h/25% of the challenge left for a mega-bonk, definitely not in the bag.

No not in the bag a lot can happen between now and the finish time will tell

[ba-ba]

He seems to be picking up time on the schedule and in a better state than JK was at this point in time.

[noel]

He's about three hours up on schedule now. Only about 6 hours to go.

It's getting to the point where I can think "If I were completely fresh, I could do this last bit"
Maybe another two hours yet.

It sounds less impressive: beating a record that's lasted for 8 days (or whatever it was). 30 years is a better story.

[Bob]

Well he's got four hours to go over Mill Hill and Kinder, 12km or so. Impressive stuff.

[Bob]

Finished in 61hrs40mins