Following on from the best fell runner thread, who will have won the most fell races?
Following on from the best fell runner thread, who will have won the most fell races?
Without any reference I will stab a guess at Mr Holmes........
surely you would have set a criteria or too;Originally Posted by Stagger
to include;
Championship races
Open races
Club races
within uk or include overseas?
Surley a race is a race???
An event where someone wins.
Yes we could have a criteria Ian but I was just wondering if the best fell runner and the most race winners were one and the same
Stagger, if you had taken in anything from MR BREEZE's articles (apart from the infatuation with Sarah Rowell's book) it must be surely that
a) there we much fewer races in times gone by
b) therefore you had more top quality fields
c) therefore people generally won less races
Ergo, while this thread is a nice idea, I can probably answer very quickly that the answer will ultimately be 'No'- the best have not won the most races.
So I could be right saying Ian Holmes given the high # of races 'these days'??
That my fellrunning friend is where we must differ.
I feel that winning the most and performing at top level over a long number of years equals the best.
Quality has always been there, just the amount that alters.
True success can only be on wins or possibly the win percentage per races entered.
I know someone who has only run one fell race and won it. I trust by your test that that (possibly) makes him the greatest ever. I'll let him know as I'm sure he'll be chuffed.
Fitness can't be stored. It must be earned over and over, indefinitely.
Please don't get confused by success and greatness.
Won the most race, this thread
Greatest runner, other thread
Stagger's Question: Who's won the most races?
Answer: Nobodies come up with one yet
Will it be a pony
Hills and Guinness!
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