West Pennine Moors Marathon
November 2017 : After completing a local trail marathon in 7:30hrs just a month or two after being told to "see how I go" by the doctor post ankle fracture I decided to enter the Howlers West Pennine Moors Marathon . It would be fine! I had built up some miles since being off my feet with injury and wasn't afraid of hurting my ankle now, I had started to run more trails and moors and was using my watch GPs routes and OS maps during. I got the route for the event and did bits of recces. It bragged of being tough. February: I had recently DNFd a LDWA local event due to very bad weather, I was cold to the bone and got in the van at the first checkpoint. I also hadn't learned the route and decided that I didn't want to be on unknown moors alone! I felt I had learned a lesson, and I wasn't going to be attempting this marathon alone!. I learned the middle part, and my friend [who was taking me round] came over and we learned the first part together, so jus...