Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
Finally although the fellsman isn't stupidly high, given the distance (11,000 odd feet of ascent/descent all in) it throws half of that at you in the first 13.5 miles as you do three peaks back to back - Ingleborough, Whernside and Gragareth. I tend to find that my legs are totally shot by the time I get to Stonehouse, something like 27 miles in, but after a long and drawn out bumble up Great Knoutberry amazingly they start to recover and I can finish the race without noticeably getting to feel any worse (or noticeably any better to be fair).
This is exactly what happened to me last year! Went off too quick over the first climbs, including charging down off Ingleborough and niggling my ITB, and felt like jacking it in by the time I got to Stonehouse. In fact, I'm not sure how or why I even left Stonehouse, but I did, and the second half of the event was much more enjoyable. I'd go as far as saying that I actually felt better at 50 miles than at 20.