Quote Originally Posted by BGSec View Post
Although Holmesy is the Duddon record holder, those who ran in 2007 and 2008 ran a shorter course than the traditional route. Ian didn't break the existing record; he set a new one.

So the old, longer course record holder is still Billy Bland in a time for the longer course which was quicker than Ian's over the shorter course.
Yeh funny how no one ever says anything about the Borrowdale route being longer now than it was when Billy set the record. Not that it's not a great record, it is (or should I say was?) but how does anyone have a chance of breaking it now the course is longer?

Cuts both ways...