Sunrise about to happen as we crossed the scar to Conistone. I missed the actual rise due to severe pain in my left knee. This was beginning to swell slightly.
Ady was feeling the pain more than anyone and bravely battled on but Skipton was looking a long way off. We also thought at this point (about 6am) that we had to be in Skipton in under 30 hours i.e. before 2pm which was going to leave us less than 7 hours from the final checkpoint. In short it was impossible.
Ady was feeling the pain more than anyone and bravely battled on but Skipton was looking a long way off. We also thought at this point (about 6am) that we had to be in Skipton in under 30 hours i.e. before 2pm which was going to leave us less than 7 hours from the final checkpoint. In short it was impossible.
As I started the most painful descent in my life down into Conistone the morning light on Kilnsey provided a bright spot!
Into Conistone and the batteries recharged and blister treatment administered to Ady and Rich we were ready to go. Ian (in red) joined us for the final stage - a 25km beast of a leg.
Unfortunately with 20km to go Ady's legs decided they could go no further and whilst we waited for the emergency crew we were met by the sweeping team - we were officially the last team out on the course (although not yet the slowest).
Into Conistone and the batteries recharged and blister treatment administered to Ady and Rich we were ready to go. Ian (in red) joined us for the final stage - a 25km beast of a leg.
Unfortunately with 20km to go Ady's legs decided they could go no further and whilst we waited for the emergency crew we were met by the sweeping team - we were officially the last team out on the course (although not yet the slowest).
Ady got picked up and we continued onto Hetton and the last waterstop. We overtook some teams on the way meaning we weren't the last here. However we did witness the dismantling of the waterstop.
After this point my camera went away - hidden behind a wall of pain. We found a spurt of pace from Flasby through to Stirton before the excruciating pain returned for the final trek into Skipton. By this point the soles of the feet were giving me grief and the left knee was visibly swollen.
We found out 3 miles from the end that the target time had changed to 32 hours (just as well) but we battled on to the end in an attempt to get there in under 30. We missed out just at 30 Hours 14 Minutes.
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Hi Joel, sounds like you are all thinking of going again next year?
Myself and team member Su also plan to try again we think if we can keep up the walking over the next year it will be much better!(just need to sort out the other 2 members of our team!)
Good Luck.
Laura and team caminata
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