Hope Wakes, a good first race?

[paninaro]

Hi,

I'm new to fell-running and was thinking of entering the Hope Wakes as my first "proper" race. I did the Box Hill race in January, which is similar in terms of distance and ascent, but I imagine the "trail" is a lot more fell-like/non-existent at Hope Wakes. Is there some glaring problem in my logic, or is Hope Wakes a reasonable place to start?

Thanks for any advice,


Matt

[RaceTheSweeper]

It's a brilliant race!! Great course. My partner did it last year. I was injured so couldn't run but I went to the the point as they come off Win Hill (very steep with a lot of disengaged brain runners) to count them past. The first 65 got a t-shirt as it was the 65th anniversary of the race. My fella got his t-shirt :-). Great atmosphere and a real traditional friendly competitiveness. Go and check out that descent though! Lots are windmil arms coming down that :-)!

[cyclops]

Hi Matt,

I too reckon its a great race, though I won't be running it myself as I'm there providing free pre and post-race sports massages (as we did last year!). my other half will be running though. I'm also biased about this race as Win Hill is my favorite hill ever :thumbup:

Lynne

[paninaro]

Thanks very much for that guys. Unfortunately I live in London, so not sure whether I'll get a chance to check out the descent beforehand. Maybe I'll just walk that bit :-)