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| Floods strand hundreds of runners | Floods strand hundreds of runners |
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| Several hundred people taking part in a run in the Lake District near Keswick have been stranded by flooding and torrential rain. | |
| The runners are thought to have been taking part in the Original Mountain Marathon (OMM) run when they were overcome by the weather. | |
| Honister Slate Mine manager Mark Weir said he was sheltering 300 of them. | Honister Slate Mine manager Mark Weir said he was sheltering 300 of them. |
| He said ambulance crews had already taken a number of the fell runners to hospital suffering from hypothermia. | |
| Honister Slate Mine is at the top of one of England's steepest mountain passes in the Borrowdale Valley. | |
| No one from OMM has so far been available for comment but their website describes the run as being founded in 1968 and it being the "originator of the two-day mountain marathon type event". | |
| It involves teams of two, carrying all clothing, equipment, tent, sleeping bag, and their food for 36 hours, during the run. They must also navigate their own route and camp out overnight. | |
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