Originally Posted by
mudlugger
I've been waiting to enter this race for the last 2 years, since I started fell running, Ive been looking to stretch myself further and further and ultimately had my eye on this race, having heard lots of great stories of achievement from an old fell running family member.
As soon as I had made my mind up that next year was gonna be the one, I immediately started investigating the application process only to learn about the World Mountain Marathon status. I thought there would be no chance of getting in and decided it wouldn't be without a fight. I checked the 3 peaks web page every day (starting 2 days before nov. just in case) and couldn't believe my luck when I was the 15th person to register the other morning.
Obviously, I am new to the whole fell scene and don't know how things 'used' to work but I'm also beginning to feel somewhat guilty about being 'in', as if I've kept someone else out of 'their' race.
I apologise to all who are offended by my presence as I know I won't break any records in any categories or add to my tally of marathons... I'm just there to run.