Quote Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell View Post
I didn't really mind having to buy some children's gloves & a balaclava. Or having a thorough kit check at the start. I had my whistle, compass, waterproof, gels, fluid etc. What irks me slightly is people being told, upon having a kit check & having some kit missing, that it was ok to race. What's the point have kit stipulations if they're not adhered to ? One rule for one etc.
The inconsitency was what (if anything) irked me slightly. I had a mad panick when registering I was told "at the full kit check we are particularly loking for hat & gloves", because I hadn't taken any. I ended up buying a pair of socks from PB for gloves and the only hat I could find was one of the big think 3P ones, somehow I fit them in me OMM bumbag as well as the other kit, gels & water. The only kit check I had was a guy at the start asking if I had everything on his list without opening the bag & it was blatantly obvious from the size of some people's bags that they did not have everything.

However, I consider arriving without hat & gloves to be me showing my fell running inexperience & it's a lesson learned for future. I can't criticise the organisers for what was a fantastic day, my first PPP and cannot wait until next year! Hopefully by then my quads will have recovered from the ascent up Ingleborough & painful descent. I struggled on to a slightly disappointing 5:04 but just to have finished feels good, worry about times next year.

Many many thanks to all involved in organising this fantastic race, and to all the supporters out on the course, without those extra sweets dished out I'm sure I wouldn't have made it!

Really looking forward to a second go at Holme Moss now, hopefully see some of you there.