One thing's for sure, you certainly realise having done an event like this just how far you are capable of going if you just give it a bash. I was going to say 'push yourself' instead of going but, in all honesty although it was tough and I wouldn't necessarily have enjoyed it, I'm certain I could have still carried on at the end if I had too... so I clearly hadn't pushed myself quite hard enough to that point . For me, especially from the half way point at Stonehouse, I partitioned everything into completing the next 5 mile or 10 mile stretch in my mind and that seemed to work great. I suspect that like our group most of us ran the last what 2 mile hop from Yarnbury to Threshfield and found it (once you'd kick started your legs) 'relatively' easy to do.

Whereas prior to running the fellsman and the high peak marathon I'd have considered a Bob Graham Round as a bonkers and stupid thing to attempt, I now know that I could give a BGR a fair crack of the whip. For sure, regardless of whether I would succeed or not, I'm certain if push came to shove, I could run and yomp for 24 hours, which in itself is a major revalation. Obviously the Bob Graham is that bit longer and a huge bit higher and steeper but, on the flip side, the fellsman (and the HPM) are incredibly boggy and trackless for a lot of the time; not exactly comparible with the Lake District I know but wading through bogs feels like you are taking three or four steps where two would suffice on harder ground and includes an awful lot of climbing/dragging/crawling out the other side

So.... next year it has to be another hpm and fellsman followed by a Bob Graham I reckon