Well?
Just wondering how mang 'long' fell races there are in the Lakes, each year.
Cheers
Iain
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Well?
Just wondering how mang 'long' fell races there are in the Lakes, each year.
Cheers
Iain
Have you lost your calendar?
No,
I'm not in the FRA I never race in England.
I just wanted to know the number of long races, not the names.
I fail to see why I should join:
The BMC
The WFRA
The FRA
The MBA
The WA
The local Club
At some point there comes a time when onecan't join every organisation.
Anyway back to the question?
I think there are seven (?) Duddon Valley, Ennerdale, Wasdale, Borrowdale, Three Shires, Langdale and Old County tops. There maybe more. Kentmere probably should be as it's quoted as 11.9 miles!!!
Thanks.
I was just wondering as I think Snowdonia isn't fully represented through long races. We have loads of great wee races, but few long classics, discounting Foel Fras which is a medium, we only have the Rhinogs, the Peris and the Welsh 1000m race. Yet there's so many more classic lines. That's only one long race in the summer period, as Rhinogs and the Peris is out in the September/October.
It may take some organisation but there's some great point to points like the Siabod to Cnicht route which would be a great race.
The point to point nature of the races, like you say the organisation will be an issue, but to many competitors the convenience of being able to show up with less than half an hour before the start does have a certain attraction.
Also there's the promotion of the event too, the lakes races listed are 'classic' events, even though there have been times when they have been cancelled due to lack of attendance. The main reason for the continued existence of the long lakes races is that they are all counters in the Lakeland Classics series, which was conceived to save them.
yeah I heard that about the long lakes races.
I've seen past numbers in the Peris have been low which suprises me.
It does look quite hard though, another problem is the date, it falls the day after the Three Shires race, maybe a different date would attract more runners?
Yeah, but this was the case with the recently reformed Arrochar alps race, almost any weekend you pick is a big race somewhere.
It's just as someone who enjoys the longer fell races far more than the short blasts, apart from travelling there isn't that much, and I bet there are plenty more in the area who feel similarly.
The 2007 FRA Calendar contains 16 AL races in England, of which as Graeme says there are 7 in the Lake District.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme
It also contains 24 and 9, BL and CL races respectively in England. One of each of these categories is in the Lake District ie Garburn Trail and Lowther Run.
I agree with you, I enjoy being out for longer, there seems to be alot more point to it than short blasts. Maybe it's because it's towards the end of the season, I honestly don't know I can only offer suggestions. Maybe if they had it in April, May or June, we're not tending to get the long winters anymore and I imagine this is why the race was originally held in September.
Don't forget another new long Scottish race this year:
http://www.ochilhillrunners.org.uk/s...aspx?id=o2000R
And here's another:
http://scottishhillracing.co.uk/Race...RaceID=RA-0202
Yes both good developments in Scotland. The very reason I was willing to take on the Arrochar Alps race was becase there aren't enough of these types of races up here, which does surprise me, given the terrain we do have. I don't know about having the ability, but for me there is something a lot more romantic about these long races. Though I have been told this says more about my idea of romance than my idea of hill racing.
However we have yet to see what size fields either the Ochills2000s or the Arrochar Alps Hill race get. There is still time to enter both!
Thinking about several items on this thread:
1) Why are all the Lakeland long races in the summer? It'd be great to do a longer race in the Lakes in the winter/autumn/spring instead of the searing heat.
2) Numbers did dwindle but it seems now that numbers for all races are up and thanks to Montrail you can't even get a place on the Long Mynd Hike (Who the heck wants to run 50 miles?) Also Tanky's Trog has been oversubscribed the last few years and I have twice failed to get a start.
3) Long races are more appealing as you don't have to be on the top of your game. It takes longer to lose stamina gained over a period of months than the speed needed to compete well in short races. A week or two off training will lose you loads of ground on your local hill top and back race whereas two weeks off (or only light training) is exactly what you should be doing prior to a long race. This is more appealing to those of us who are not hell bent on training to the max 5 days a week.
Wylie
I agree, much rather do long runs when its coolerQuote:
Originally Posted by Wylie Coyote
Bill
the lakes races are in the summer because of the weather...or how the weather use to be. Maybe now as every month is now warmer and we don't have much of a winter in the lakes that the dates might change sometime.
However if I organised an event I reackon holding it in summer is far safer than the possiblity of 100's of runners setting off in bad winter/autumn weather with only windproof bodycover.
I didn't notice too much global warming on Saturday around Helvellyn & Scafell Pike when the shards of ice were battering against my face & legs.Quote:
Originally Posted by amadablam