Three Peaks Fell Race

[wjb]

I was using -gate as a suffix to pallet to describe the scandal of the pallet blocking the way up Whernside last year.

I think I should have just written it as 'palletgate' !!

[BritNick]

I notice it's back to clashing with The Fellsman again, but most of us should be past Whernside before the leaders come through, provided we set off on time at 08:30.

That pallet last year was a scandal. We even had to queue at the back of the field around cut-off time!

[ba-ba]

I added the extra gate as the pallet was a gate, and it turned into a massive -gate!

I'll be in for this year's PPP. Gunning for an 'Elite' time

[wjb]

Sub 4 hours for me. Been '1st class' before but dropped out last year.

[ba-ba]

£27, ouch! There's a reason I only do it in odd years!

[that_fjell_guy]

Flat-soled road-running shoes, and you go off up Pen-y-Ghent like you're being chased by a cheetah - after all, you don't want to have to wait behind the crowds at every gate and stile.

Simples!

Surely you just jump the gates.........

[Graham Breeze]

£27, ouch! There's a reason I only do it in odd years!

Out of interest I've just looked at the entry increase between 1997 and 2017 for a random set of races and they range between 2.2 X (Wadsworth Trog from £4.50 to £10 ) to 3 X (Edale Skyline from £4 to £12). The races were:
Wadsworth Trog - Black Combe - Long Mynd - Langdale - Edale Skyline - Tour of Pendle - Borrowdale

The increase for the 3 Peaks is 5.4 X (£5 in 1997 to £27 in 2017). However the hire costs for the tenting etc are eyewatering and for the most prestigious and best organised event in the Calendar £27 seems very reasonable.

[Bob]

Didn't the Three Peaks entry fee used to be under a tenner then when it was chosen as an international event it went to £20 but then didn't revert to it's previous value?

[Will_B]

Although £27 is a bit high for a fell race, when you consider the level of organisation required for a race that typically fields 3x the number of most equivalent races I think that it is still good value compared to road races. Whatever people may say about the terrain and its legitimacy as a 'Fell' race, it is IMO the 'Blue Riband' event in the Fell running calendar.

[Graham Breeze]

Didn't the Three Peaks entry fee used to be under a tenner then when it was chosen as an international event it went to £20 but then didn't revert to it's previous value?

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20 - 2012

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20 - 2008 World Long Distance MR Challenge

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