best fell runner ever ?

[dominion]

This is all too subjective. What we need is a formula to decide it once and for all. Something simple like:

Number of records*x + number of champs*y + number of years winning races*z

Then we just need to agree on the values for x, y and z, argue about a weighting for certain races and the relative strength of the field and find a statistician to process all the data.

I'm glad I could help

You've missed longevity of records. Anyone can beat a soft record...

[noel]

You've missed longevity of records. Anyone can beat a soft record...

Good point. There are also records that get lost because of a minor route change, or the race slips from the calendar. For example, although Kenny Stuart has lots of records still standing today, he must have had dozens back in the day.

[fellgazelle]

Interesting question. Not sure which I'd say is the most impressive. I've just been wondering which of those I'd rather have and I think I'd rather have the most wins. There's something about the same person winning a race a number of years on the trot that just looks so impressive, and it shows a real commitment to that race as well, like Joss Naylor at Ennerdale (don't know if I've mentioned that before), and Simon Booth at Borrowdale. Can't think of any others. Ben Abdelnoor is building up a nice tally at Wasdale!

Hasn't Ian Holmes won the Bunny Run something like 29 times?

[Richard Head]

Hasn't Ian Holmes won the Bunny Run something like 29 times?

But don't forget that the Bunny Runs are 4 different races so that total would need breaking down into how many times Ian has won Bunny Runs 1, 2, 3 and 4. Also in foot & mouth year the Woodentops organised an urban Bunny Run series so if Ian won any of those they count as different races as well