At 1340 Topsham Toe in the Water reached the second of their three ports. This was great news as they needed to get before 1500 or would have to wait for the tide to come back up to get throguh the lockinto the harbor. They arrived at Whitehaven with a good turn of speed as the wind finally came up to force 2-3. They are in 16th position but the good news is that they closed up a lot on the other boats this morning so they are only 1 hour 12 minutes of 6th place so it is everything to play for once more!
This morning Patrick and Paul were desperately carbohydrate loading eating bowls of their special runners porridge. They are keen and raring to go – the long sail was frustrating but did mean they got a proper rest before the toughest land leg. They now set off to cycle the 18 miles to the foot of Scafell Pike cycle before the tough climb to the peak. They then return again by a combination of running and cycling. The total trip took the runners between 6.8 and 13.9 hours last year so it is a very tough challenge
STOP PRESS Spoke to Kate the team are in fine shape and going to have a shower and food before sleeping. The tide is now fallling and once the loch closes at 1500 it will not open again until 2030 this means the leading boats will need to wait for the tide. The super runners think they may do Scafell in 6.5hours (but it is very hot) so this means our heros have a chance to be back with the leaders. Good to have a ladder after the snakes of yesterday evening!
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Hmmm, looks like the runners may be encouraged to skip the showers for the sake of a fast turnaround. Not sure who I feel more sorry for - them or the crew!
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