best fell runner ever ?

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Originally Posted by steadyeddy

john brown
dave lewis once again may not have raced on the fells often but when they did they performed very well, .

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Dave Lewis.... the best all round British runner of my generation. He was National Cross Country Champion in 1985, 1989 and 1994. That's real class.:cool:

From the generation before me - I loved watching Ricky Wild race

all these runners were and are fantastic, inspirations to us all. But the name of Joss Naylor stands out for me, if you asked people in the street to name someone associated with fell running, I dare say only the name of Joss Naylor would get a mention, as he is a legend, not to belittle any of the others of course :)
Ha I remember doing a trail race in 2005 from keswick, and me and my club mate leading for the first mile or so along the disussed railway line toward threlkeld, it wasnt until later I noticed the winner of this race was andi jones, he must have been jogging along behind us doing handstands waiting to saunter past us :D
I think these great fell runners are the worlds best athletes, outstanding :cool:

I would say myself really ;)

I'd say those large cranial capacity 105mpw mice from that other thread

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Originally Posted by TheReverand

But the name of Joss Naylor stands out for me, if you asked people in the street to name someone associated with fell running, I dare say only the name of Joss Naylor would get a mention ...

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I wouldn't expect your average Joe to even understand fell running, let alone have any real idea about who the "best" is! (That would be a bit like that BBC Sports Personality thing ... and just as meaningless!)

It's always going to be very difficult to make an objective comparison because all races are different - and the conditions can change from day to day. That's what's so inspiring about this sport. No?

Fell running is very much off the radar, unless you are in the hills/fells on a regular basis and know what you are looking for, Fell running is in a parallel universe and you just don't come across it, though its probably no bad thing.

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Originally Posted by Danbert

Dave Lewis.... the best all round British runner of my generation. He was National Cross Country Champion in 1985, 1989 and 1994. That's real class.:cool:

From the generation before me - I loved watching Ricky Wild race

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Dave Lewis did the Heaton Parkrun on sat and is doing leg one of the Bridleway for Rossie this sun.......dont forget 28.10 for a 10k p.b.

Don't really know too many of the top fell runners, as I'm still new to the sport, but from what I've seen/read, Rob Jebb seems to be one of the best ever, some prolific race results anyways.

Doesn't seem to mess about with anything on roads as well, which is good.

Oh and he likes 2 wheeled racing too!

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Originally Posted by Fellhound

Kenny as best racer, but best all round fell runner? Billy Bland.

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I would wholeheartedly agree with that and I have been racing the fells for 45 years so Ive seen a lot of great runners come and go.

Alf Tupper would have been unbeatable don't you think?