Beginner From London

[Smoovasbird]

I'd really like to get involved in Fell Running - but unfortunately live in London at the moment. Can anyone possibly tell me the feasibility of this? Or should I preferably wait until I re-locate?! lol
Thankyou in advance.

Sb

[marty mcfly]

Depends what you mean by getting 'involved', but plenty of hill reps on Parliament Hill wouldn't go amiss!

Hampstead Heath gets lovely and muddy at this time of year. Go play on there to get used to running on that sort of terrain, then start to think about travelling to a few races.

Just get stuck in!

[Guick Dotto]

Just go down to the Surrey Hills. You can see Canary Wharf from the top of Leith Hill which is just short of 1000 ft above sea level. Loads of great forest trails. If you can run up Box Hill you'll be able to run up any fell.
I love the countryside down there. There's some pretty tough races as well. Don't worry about whether it's a fell or not just calculate the ascent.
Some of those chalk hills are really steep. So get out on the Downs too.
To get your navigation skills together have a go at orienteering which has a lot of crossover features with fellrunning. There's a link on the FRA homepage.
And don't forget coastal running. A stretch of wild coastline feels very much like fellrunning especially if you follow a rough path to the top of a cliff.
Any off road running is great preparation for fellrunning.
Good luck.

[Guick Dotto]

Actually this is the orienteering link: http://www.britishorienteering.org.uk/

[downsman]

OK - some questions first:

What part of London do yu live in?

Do you have a car or will you be on the train?

When and where will you be re-locating?

Then I can hopefully offer you some sensible advice.

Downsman.

"When the world is too dark
And I need the light inside of me
I walk in to a bar
And drink fifteen pints of beer."

[Guick Dotto]

That's quite a moving poem you've got as your signature Downsman. Did you write it yourself?

[daz h]

I'd really like to get involved in Fell Running - but unfortunately live in London at the moment. Can anyone possibly tell me the feasibility of this? Or should I preferably wait until I re-locate?! lol
Thankyou in advance.

Sb

its very feasable if you have lots of petrol money

[Guick Dotto]

I don't know why they've got my mailing address but this site has some very interesting events in the aforementioned places and you know what I might just take a trip down and do some of them. Have a look Smoovasbird: http://www.trionium.com/