Quote Originally Posted by Mr1470 View Post
Sorry to disappoint you, no it wasn't. Although you may be forgiven for thinking so when you read some of the comments about LDWA events these days.

The Rombalds Stride is an LDWA Challenge Event in which walkers and runners are invited to complete a 23 mile route in anything up to 10 hours. It's not a race. If you complete in under 3 hours, you complete the challenge, if you complete in 9hrs 59mins, you complete the challenge (and, in fact, some would say you deserve far more respect for having been out that long).
The Rombalds is not and never has been organised by the LDWA. You can walk it if you want but there is plenty of racing going on and a table full of trophies for the fastest in various categories.