Record holder Tom Brunt returned for a third time to take on this race and before the off, the conjecture was whether he would finish under two hours. The conditions on the top of Pendle were cold, wet and very windy and were not ideal for record breaking times. Perhaps things might have been different had Tom been uinder pressure from the other runners. As it turned out, Tom had a comfortable win over Martin Hurst from Pudsey & Bramley who was closely followed home in third place by Max Wainwright from Helsby RC.
There was only one lady in the race this year and she was Helen Buchan of Calder Valley and she finished in 22nd place overall in a time of 3:26:38.
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