Triathlons, Duathlons and Biathlons are well known, established sports. They are becoming more and more popular in the UK, with the obvious exception of the Biathlon due to our lack of guns and snow!

I believe that there is a hole in the market for an alternative to the Biathlon, an alternative with a distinctly more British taste - the Diathlon, a combination of Fell running and Archery! The sport would function in a similar way to the Biathlon, with the competitors lugging their bow and arrows around the hills to a number of checkpoints, where they have to fire at a target before progressing to the next checkpoint.

What does everyone think of the idea? Any suggestions and criticism welcomed.

I think that it's a terrific new way to scare the pants off Hillwalkers!