Originally Posted by
Travs
That is very interesting...
Given the usual perception of the fell running community to shun away from publicity, etc, i'd have expected the inter-counties was to provide a genuine tough fell test and see who is the best county, regardless of whether Kent/London/etc can get round it or not.
Given that an inter-counties field is usually of a very high level (in athletic competence, if not always mountain-craft), it's a wonder why they don't pick the hardest courses.
Ok, Wasdale/Ennerdale/Peris probably aren't going to be picked, you'd expect a medium distance course to appeal to most types of fellrunners... but i see no reason why it couldn't be something like Buttermere Sailbeck or Coniston (in fact didn't the Sailbeck race grow out of the old Northern Counties Champs race?)