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Damian Hall has broken the 30-year-old Wainwright's Coast to Coast record held by Mike Hartley since 1991. According to his Open Tracking, he ran the route in a time of 39 hours 16 minutes (TBC), and 33 seconds beating Hartley's time of 39 hours, 36 minutes, and 52 seconds.

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"Alfred Wainwright created the Coast-to-Coast route in 1973 and has subsequently become one of the country's most popular long-distance trails." 

Has he really?

I'd rather have waited a day or two for a less hurriedly written and more detailed report about this incredibly impressive run; congratulations to Damian! 

Well done to both current and former record holders. It's a testament to both of them that their times are separated by just 20 minutes despite being 30 years apart. I'm not a runner so not knowledgeable about the C to C run history but have there been many attempts to better Mike Hartley's time over the decades? The PW and various other hill rounds seem to get attention more.