This is a toughie. 30 miles and almost 5000 ft of very steep climbs. The South Pennines is one my favourite areas for running and walking, and this route is well planned to take advantage of every aspect of the area.
The sun shone all day and the views were breathtaking.
My only grouse with this event is the lack of checkpoint food - only one checkpoint over the whole route had anything other than water, and that was a single sandwich. Thankfully I had stuffed enough oatmeal bars in my small pack to keep me going. A couple of pounds on the entrance fee would have put basic biscuits and cakes at most of the checkpoints. There was nothing in the way of tea, toast etc at the start either, but tasty pie & peas at the end.
But, I really did enjoy the event, and I must thank everyone at the Elland Round Table for putting it on. (Garfield)
Some photos ...
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