In reply to Nick Smith - UKC:
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> Really? That's rather disappointing I was planning on getting a pair, because I thought they were the only proper waterproof trousers that you can actually run in.
I've got the old ones, hence I got them cheap. The new fabric (it has changed) might be better. They probably are waterproof and instead, as SFM mentions above, they're maybe not breathable. When I've actually run in them, it's been in the OMM 2008 when the weather was horrendous - I just wore them with just underpants underneath as I didn't want to get my leggings wet and was warm enough and damp, hard to tell with bare skin) and on training runs when I've felt damp at the end of the run.
They do the job, are comfy to run in and mostly get worn at the mid-camp in order to keep warm. I'm a pretty sweaty runner so any trousers will struggle with me in them so don't let my opinion put you off, ask other people who've got them!
(I missed out on the Edale Skyline, gutted, it fills up really quickly)