Its fantastic to see that the ground was a bit soft and muddy for a change (judging by Hes's fell shoes anyway) and that there were lots of cramp attacks on Whernside (said he with a sadistic chortle). Every now and then this fell race takes some flack as being nothing more than a hilly 'trail' race and not worthy of its category A status (as it technically doesn't meet the ascent per mile threshold) but, pound for pound, I'd bet that this race finds more runners out than virtually any other on the calendar. I think its the combination of the long drawn out fast section from PyG to Ribblehead followed by the sharp and squidgy climb up Whernside that does it for lots of runners
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