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Records falling like nine pins, Summer Spine Sprint won so fast that if you blinked you missed it.

One guy was runnuling the Sprint and then getting a lift back to Edale to run the full race - wow.

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Saw the guy doing the sprint and then rushing back to do the full thing and couldn’t help but wonder why he’s bothering with the faff. Best of luck to him but it seems on the face of it quite senseless 😁

In reply to ro8x:

On the face of it many people would think that running any of the races is quite senseless.

In reply to timjones: true - it just seems to be needlessly complicated for no benefit. Doing the spine is hard enough that I doubt anyone is asking “did you do a 46 mile warm up though?”

In reply to ro8x:

He was interviewed on the Day 2 video, post-Sprint pre-Spine, and sounded like he didn't enjoy the Sprint. Must be a bogfest after recent weather.

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Chap I know is coming up to Thornton. Nice little tuck shop there, run by a farmer.

In other news Jasmin Paris, MBE!

In reply to dread-i:

Hurrah for wonderful Jasmin, great news!

In reply to BusyLizzie:

Too right. In most races you just get a t-shirt.

But in all seriousness, its an awesome achievement. "For services to Fell and Long-Distance Running".

In reply to dread-i:

Brilliant and well deserved by Jasmin. 

12 cases of hypothermia yesterday, according to one report on Facebook - I wonder how often that happens on the Summer races?

In reply to BusyLizzie:

I must admit I find it harder to get excited abut the Summer Spine Race, mainly because the conditions are usually more benign, but this year has obviously had its challenges. 

At the time of writing, the leader, Chris Cope, is within a few miles of finishing, while the second place runner is a very long way behind, just about to arrive in Bellingham. I wonder what the biggest winning margin has been? 

In reply to Harry Jarvis:

Might be Claire Bannworth last year who at one point was a whole county ahead of the second lady (but I don't have the actual statistics to hand).