Fell race bagging

[IanDarkpeak]

I blame the late, great Alfred Wainwright!

Once I'd ticked off all the Wainwright's I was looking for a new challenge.

The Birkett's gave me inspiration and introduced me to previously unvisited parts of Lakeland.

When a change of scenery was required I'd find myself up in Scotland bagging Munros. All was going well on the Munro front until I discovered fellrunning. The Munros took a back seat as fell racing soon became an obsession.

Like most, I had a 'to-do list' and before I knew it I was ticking off races and bagging different ones on a weekly basis.

From year to year races disappear, only to be replaced with new ones. We currently have approximately 500 different fell races in the race calendar....so that's my aim, 500 different fell races.

Why not do the same ones every year?

Some races will be hard to miss but my 'bagging' instinct is simply too great.

Below is a list of the races bagged in the last seven years....races done more than once are numbered accordingly:

AL CATEGORY RACES

Pendle full tour x7
Duddon long x 3
Wasdale x 4
Borrowdale x 5
Sedburgh Hills x 3
Three Shires x 3
Langdale Horseshoe x 6
Edale Skyline x 3
Three Peaks x 5
Isle of Jura x 2
Ennerdale x 2
Great Lakes
Howtown
Teenager with altitude
Stuc a chroin 5000
Buttermere Horseshoe
Holme Moss x 2
Peris Horseshoe
Old County Tops x 2
Helvellyn and the dodds
Cwn Pennant Horseshoe x 2
Black mountains
Pendle Cloughs
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peak raid 3 totley
rab mini calver

Current total is 409 different races....plenty more to keep me busy.

I'll keep updating now and then....see you at a race....somewhere.

you might have to list how many pairs of shoes you've gone through! ;-)

very disappointed you haven't listed your PBs in all the races Darren..what sort of list is that..