Phil Layton wrote in message
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Ive just read that 4 participants have died in todays event, with the BBC
saying took place in 'soaring temperatures'.

Very unusual on both accounts.

Phil

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Hi, Phil,

I know the temperature wasn't too high, max in Copley just 18C so perhaps
20C in Newcastle, but it certainly felt uncomfortably warm. I have done the
run several times, but today felt really unpleasant. Perhaps it was the
following wind which was about the same speed as the runners and thus
offered little cooling. The dew point was probably around 12C.

I have never seen so many runners lying by the roadside and as you say,
there were fatalities which is so sad. The area where most were suffering is
a particularly punishing uphill section at around 10 miles.

I'll be back next year, though.


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Ken Cook
Copley (253m, 830ft) & Copley Lead Mill (218m, 715ft)
5 miles north of Barnard Castle, County Durham.
(All times GMT)
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley