just the last couple of years seemed mild, wondering if we are due a harsher one which wouldn't be good for the challenge!Every now and again the SE does get those big snow dumps from the near continent....
I think it does. If you start and finish in crappy weather it's going to be harder to make up miles at the end. You're going to have to be much more focussed on what you are doing and the odds for minor injuries are greater. If you put all of those crappy days in the middle it causes its own problems, but it allows you to start hard without as much hindrance and if you need to really push it at the end to achieve your target then again the weather is less likely to be a factor. If nothing else you end up with much more daylight and if you are pushing long days then daylight is (to most people anyway) a big factor. You get a low ebb around 3-5 am in the morning where it is tough to keep going, but once you hit dawn the burst to go on for another 4-5 hours significantly invigoured just by the presence of daylight is huge. It'll catch up with you but when it does the need to sleep for hours is less. I think it's quite an advantage despite the fact that you are always going to do all the days.
And flat too, don't forget the famous Welsh flatness
Except, won't Steve now be aiming for whatever mark Kurt sets, rather than just the Godwin record?
Oh aye, that too!
I'd expect he'd have to. Little point (and that opens up so much debate!) in aiming for second place.
?? Isn't the cut at 90 hours?
