The Ben Nevis Race

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Originally Posted by Fleeter

...............and it is the best race in Britain!

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You could open a big debate on that one Fleeter.
I reckon Grisdale Horseshoe on the same day (which is £17 cheaper I hasten to add) is by far the better race.
I printed off my Ben entry form then decided to give it away.............so it's Grisedale for me again this year. No hassle with silly pre-entry procedures and extortionate fees on that one. Yippeeeeee!

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Originally Posted by mapper

You could open a big debate on that one Fleeter.
I reckon Grisdale Horseshoe on the same day (which is £17 cheaper I hasten to add) is by far the better race.
I printed off my Ben entry form then decided to give it away.............so it's Grisedale for me again this year. No hassle with silly pre-entry procedures and extortionate fees on that one. Yippeeeeee!

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The ben just has that added something......

Grisedale is a great race, but there is something about a race to the top of the highest mountain in Britain and back that just does it for me, in my opinion the best race route that i have run is Buttermere but for the occasion the Ben trumps it...just

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Originally Posted by Fleeter

The ben just has that added something......

Grisedale is a great race, but there is something about a race to the top of the highest mountain in Britain and back that just does it for me, in my opinion the best race route that i have run is Buttermere but for the occasion the Ben trumps it...just

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Nothing to do with the large amount of alcohol you'll consume in fort bill on Saturday night young Fleeter:p

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Originally Posted by murph

£22, for all that pain and no T-shirt .... I was hoping for somthing like last years Snowdon shirt ? So the best I can hope for if I get an entry then Is a few scars to remember it by ;)

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Looks like you might get a tee shirt. Look:
http://www.lochaber-news.co.uk/News/...r-02022012.htm

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Originally Posted by Fleeter

The ben just has that added something......

Grisedale is a great race, but there is something about a race to the top of the highest mountain in Britain and back that just does it for me, in my opinion the best race route that i have run is Buttermere but for the occasion the Ben trumps it...just

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Buttermere would be lovely without Causey Pike..

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Originally Posted by Marvin

Looks like you might get a tee shirt. Look:
http://www.lochaber-news.co.uk/News/...r-02022012.htm

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He said "low entry fee"?

I see it also says that the race is already fully subscribed!

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Originally Posted by Mark G

I see it also says that the race is already fully subscribed!

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We Southerners should be allowed to enter a day earlier to give the letter a chance to get there!

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Originally Posted by skennaugh

He said "low entry fee"?

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Just spotted that myself as well:

Committee spokesman Damian Forster said: “This will be a considerable cost to the BNRA which has a low entry fee in comparison to any other event of this stature."



Is that right? Don't Ennerdale and Wasdale have the same stature for half the price? And if the t-shirt is a factor, doesn't the OCT have one of those?

Hmm low entry fee, I'm not so sure about that, as much as I want to do it it could'nt be classed as low. Come and do the Manx Mountain Marathon now theirs value per mile :)