A woman walking 85 used to be rare

Until 15 years ago women had only completed 14 laps of the course. Now 350 laps  are credited to women.

Here are the trailblazers:

Eunice Davies	20:51:24	1963
Irene Corlett	22:51:19	1963
Heather Murphy	22:37:35	1964
Ann Sayer	17:51:17	1978
Irene Corlett	17:41:40	1980
Caroline Convery	23:36:46	1983
Jean Oldroyd	20:55:24	1989
Vivienne Hooper	23:58:28	1989
Maureen Cowbourne	23:58:28	1989
Jean Oldroyd	20:18:20	1991
Maureen Cox	22:56:44	1991
Jean Oldroyd	21:22:39	1992
Gill Green	20:29:08	1995
Winnie Callister	22:59:02	1996