Well anyway, as this thread is about a fell race it might be nice to move away from sniping and name calling for a short time...


I've seen some great photos and video from around the Peak District from over the weekend. Conditions on roads and fell both truly shocking.

I heard reports that Jude Jepson and Heather Marshal ran from the start of the route to win hill - they took 2 hours to do that! Which leads me to think that no one would have made the cut off at Mam Nic... It's almost a shame that we couldn't have had a Championship race where the ENTIRE field was timed out!

I'm currently thinking about and discussing what happens next. As you will imagine there are a lot of options and the facts will be confirmed as soon as possible.

There is a couple of things I think its worth clarifying:

1 - What ever happens there will be two long counters in the championships this year.

2 - There are a few references earlier in this thread to 'the forum' pressurising me to do X, or not to do Y. Sorry but no, I had a clear set of criteria on which to make the decision about the race going ahead or not. Some of these criteria were in the public domain, others weren't. There was obviously pressure (loads of it actually!) but it wasn't coming from here - remember ladies and gents, this forum stuff, its just opinion turned into words on a screen...



In the meantime let the conjecture and speculation commence :wink: its fun to read it!