Quote Originally Posted by Sam Harrison View Post
Not that I was there (or even born), but my Granddad was in the '88 race and accounts for conditions being a lot worse than Saturday - i.e. 100mph winds on the summit of Snowdon.



Completely agree. Fell running is all about self-reliance and it shouldn't the ROs call as to whether everyone in the race will be able to cope - that's up to the individual. In that sense, the Welsh 1000s is safer than a lot of long races in that there are two road crossings where you can drop out should the need be.
The point I was making whilst I was sucking my pipe and shuffling my slippers is that this is NOT, historically,
a fell race and should therefore not be considered as one. I 100% agree about the self reliance thing, and as Rudolph has just said, you can always withdraw from the event to run the full course....which is what I and other OAP's did back last century!