Quote Originally Posted by andy k View Post
And several years ago I went to Borrowdale.
It was 20 degrees down in Rosthwiate, warm on the tops, lovely day.
At the top of Dale Head I was in 15th position in the race.
And then, before I could get off the summit plateau, I stopped, literally.
Flat battery, done, knackered.
It took me 1 hour and 44 minutes to make the 2 mile descent to the finish.
I stopped and sat or lay down numerous times
Below the mines I lay amongst the bracken with my waterproof top and trousers and hat and gloves all on, shivering uncontrollably in the sunshine.

eventually I recovered some strength and energy and when I did reach the finish I was fine.

Don't think that things can't go dangerously wrong, even on the finest of days.
Should you run out of energy you will be unable to keep warm.
So you wouldn't advocate any advice re overheating during a race. 20oc sounds like a normal day . I was talking about heatwave conditions that we've head, similar to the day when the two soldiers were killed yomping in south wales.