3 Peaks Race Category

[Fozzy42]

I'm fairly new to Fell Running so please exscuse me if I've misunderstood the race category, but I have entered the Three Peaks Fell Race in April and I was just wondering about something. In the Fixtures, Calender & Handbook it states that it is an AL category Fell Race, but I thought to qualify as an A race it had to average not less than 250' climb per mile, and as the 3 Peaks is 24 miles long the overall climbs therefore should total not less than 6000, and yet according to the handbook the total amount of climbs on the 3 Peaks is 4500'. Maybe it's just me but shouldn't it be classed as a category BL.

[brett]

That's a right can of worms.

I'd leave it right there!!

Sleeping dogs and all that.

Once you've completed it, you'll understand why it's an A.

[Fozzy42]

That's a right can of worms.

I'd leave it right there!!

Sleeping dogs and all that.

Once you've completed it, you'll understand why it's an A.

Fair enough, I think you mean "if" I complete it.

[Yorkshire Thug]

... as the 3 Peaks is 24 miles long the overall climbs therefore should total not less than 6000 ...

Ah, but that would be Yorkshire Miles ... on hallowed turf.

Changes the math completely!