This is a bit of a newbie question so apologies.
I would like to run the English counter races in 2012 to see how many points I can amass in my age group (no aspirations) and in the past I have entered occasional fell races either individually or on the day without issue. I am aware that the above may be oversubscribed so my question is should I simply enter these races as soon as entries open and hope for the best or are there other ways of ensuring entry to the series?
Also what do runners with greater aspirations do to ensure they gain entry to all the relevent counters?
Thanks muchly.