Stan Bradshaw Pendle Round aka the Half Tour of Pendle
I've yet to title a blog post after a specific race, but, I thought this one deserved it. What used to be famously and formerly known as the Half Tour of Pendle, was rightly renamed in honour of Clayton Le Moors and fell running legend Stan Bradshaw. The route was also slightly adjusted to reduce erosion, but the name of the race is the topic to start with in this post. A little about Stan... Stan sadly passed away at the age of 97 in 2010, leaving behind a wonderful legacy in the sport of fell running. He became only the second man to break the 28 year old record of Bob Graham, who in his famous "Bob Graham round", climbed 42 lakeland peaks in 24 hours. He ran his first fell race at Rivington Pike in 1930 and due to being the eldest member of the Fell Runners Assocation (FRA) he was officially the worlds oldest fell runner. To somewhat maybe top all those feats, he finished second in the inaugural Three Peaks fell race in 1954, which he went on ...