Thoughts on a Bob Graham Round

Its 20:59 9th June 2017, in one minute I’m about to start the Bob Graham Round (BGR), for just short of 18 months all my training has been focused on getting me ready to successfully complete it. The only questions that remain are have I done enough and can I beat the fabled 24 hour time limit. The BGR is a 66 mile circuit of 42 of the highest peaks in the English Lake District, it has 27,000ft ascent and descent. To become a member of the BGR club all you must do is complete it within 24 hours, just as Bob Graham, hotelier of Keswick, did in 1932. At the time, this became the Lakeland Fells 24 hour record. To get myself ready for the challenge, I'd managed to cover just short of 1,000 miles in the 6 months prior to the round, including 230,000ft of elevation gain. This had included long days up to around 7 hours on a regular basis and back to back days of 4-5 hours on each day and a couple of events between 12-15 hours.  The largest block of training was dedicated to