While it looked on paper to just about be manageable, in reality this was near mission impossible. Having been the first person in on Wednesday night/ Thursday morning i got the most sleep, an hour and three quarters. To then try and walk 57 miles would have taken a superhuman effort. Unfortunately my calf went about 5 miles before Aviemore which meant that getting to Aviemore was as far as i was going to get in my quest for the E2E, had i not suffered the injury i think i would reached the start of Tromie (42 miles) and called it a day, 21 miles without a get out clause would just have been too much, and i have the biggest respect for Gringo Jnr and Yompa for managing to get that far.
I think in a weird way everyone pulling out of the E2E was the best thing that could have happened, this meant we could enjoy ourselves and have some banter which is what is all about. After a 9 mile trek on Friday afternoon, we then had a few beers, a few games of darts and played cards, this brought the team closer together and come Saturday morning our aim was to get the last 22 miles into Hamilton, we arrived at Hamilton a matter of minutes before 1, exactly what we had anticipated.
Last night brought some interesting discussions regarding the future of HM, next years March will definitely be a 7 day event, there will also be a top level for End to End; any distance over 170 miles will mean no one does an End to End and it will be too much and will mean that people will be more focussed on the end to end rather than enjoying themselves which is the priority in these events