Autumn Leaves Fell Race (8.5m/1700ft) Saturday 6th October

Picture the scene, approx 2 miles into race, approaching Race Marshall at NW corner of Black Moss Reservoir. Marshall gives very clear instructions to 'turn right at the end of the reservoir and follow the flags'. 100yrds in front are 2 male runners, said runners carry straight on, and don't turn right. What would you do

(a) Call them back, or
(b) Let them carry on

Full marks to anyone who answered (b)

The reasons why this is the correct answer are

1) It was a lovely day for exploring the South Pennines
2) They blatantly ignored the instructions of a Race Marshall
3) They were big, huge, enormous red flags, a blind bat could have spotted them
4) We were all given a map at registration with the route marked on it
5) Being a dentist, I like to inflict pain

A lovely race, but not one for the purists as there are lots of those stone-slab things to run on, and a long flight of steep steps to negotiate which were the wrong height/depth for my little legs to do 2 at a time, they'd be lethal when wet. Loads of free cakes at the end.

Regards,

Julie.