Quote Originally Posted by Stagger View Post
Just food for thought.
I have just looked on SteveT link and noticed that there are only 405 names down. I know they don't include the runners that the MRT picked up but does it imply there were still a lot of Failed to Turn up people?
I know some dropped out before Win Hill, Tim Austin for one (sorry Timo!).
I think 417 started and I'm pretty sure that when I reached the Roman Road I was last of those still going! . There was certainly nobody in view coming off the Skyline behind me and I passed 3 or 4 runners on the way up to Win Hill despite having to stop for a pee! Those in front of me ran up the "sheltered" path on the left next to the trees. I caught them by running on the fields to the right of the main path and then, where the path started to descend to a gate, cutting across diagonally to the point where those on the sheltered path had to climb a fence. The tactic used to overtake daz h & co on the forum recce!
According to Steve's table I then lost a place on the way down to Hope (402nd) but nobody passed me and Invisible has already posted that he wasn't there!
From here it appears I picked up 11 places on the climb to Lose Hill (391st) and another 7 places on the way to Mam Tor (384th). At that rate I probably would have been in the top 10 by the end!
I certainly wouldn't have been last to finish.
It's a pity that the "timing out" cannot take account of the condition of the runner or the progress being made. I do realise this would be impossible and as Stagger said "rules is rules".
Thanks to all the organisers and all the marshals who stood out there in those conditions. It was greatly appreciated. Hope to see you all next year when I come back to complete the job!
And thanks to Steve Temple for producing a very interesting table.