The Home of Fellrunning

[Nathaniel Lee]

I was posting on the 40 th Anniversary thread suggesting a race could be created or a challenge whichever everyone would prefer set in the spiritual home of Fell racing. Where would that be in your opinion ?. I would be interested to know everyone's opinions on where that would be and would a new ongoing race be a good way of celebration ?.

[TurboTom]

I was posting on the 40 th Anniversary thread suggesting a race could be created or a challenge whichever everyone would prefer set in the spiritual home of Fell racing. Where would that be in your opinion ?. I would be interested to know everyone's opinions on where that would be and would a new ongoing race be a good way of celebration ?.

Braemar for the first race
The lakes though or north yorkshire in my opinion

[nightingale]

I think the term "fell" is more of a Northern thing that I would associate with the Lakes . But , I could be wrong

I like the idea of the race .

[Nathaniel Lee]

By the way guys i do have my own opinion on where it should be which i will reveal later but it certainly would be interesting to see where most think it should be.

[Stolly]

I really don't think any one place should be considered the spritual home of fell running; each location, north, south, east or weat brings with it all its own challenges and idiosyncrasies.

[mr brightside]

Yorkshire

[Flightless Bird]

Like the race idea. But the only home for fell running is right on my doorstep. As soon as I put on my fell shoes and I trot off in my own little world.

[alf.t]

As a Derbyshire lad living 'abroad' in Cumbria, I've always felt Langdale ticked all the boxes. Dramatic scenery, ODG, easy car parking, camping on the spot etc.
A trot up England's highest maybe via Rossett Gill and back. Simple, an achievement and not too desperate. Allows for a bit of cameraderie too.

[Guick Dotto]

Fells and dales all over the north of England.
I know an octogenarian gamekeeper who says he used to run professionally around the shows. He was supported by a syndicate who used to bet on him. Says he never ran fells but I bet there was loads of village feast/gala/show running all over England and where there are fells they ran up them as that's the local terrain.
By the way he broke the 4 minute mile long before Bannister, because it's a mile from my school to Broom Hill Farm and he ran that in less than 4 minutes!

[wheezing donkey]

How about a compromise between the Lakes and the Dales.....The Howgills....big steep grassy fells covered in lovely short, well grazed fell turf. Just created for running on.