Echo SS's comments. This is a brill race and tough cos it's just about all runnable on the stonking climb. It's worth doing for the crowds in the village alone at the finish. You can just about get away with thinking the top is the finish even though it's only half way as the descent goes on forever and gives plenty of time for recovery for the bit in the woods at the bottom. Janet McIver ran a stormer at last year's race I recall.