Running, for me, is something of an escape from committees and regulations, so I've probably paid less attention to the minutiae of rules than was their due.
I'd really appreciate some advice from those of you who have had the patience to engage with such matters.
I joined a local club twenty years ago. It was almost exclusively a road running club, and affiliated as such. As a result, when I started out on the fells about six years ago I also joined a fell running club which is UKA affiliated. (I'll leave the Fell Ponies out of this account, as it's already complicated enough!)
Over this time I've considered the first club to be my first claim on road, the second to be my first claim on the fells. I don't know if that was technically correct, but it seemed fair and reasonable and rarely led to any clashes of interest. I know quite a number of runners - forumites indeed - who are in a similar position, competing for different road and fell clubs according to the race.
However, over the last couple of years (and partly inspired by my own accounts of the splendours of fell running compared with the tarmac version) more and more of my fellow runners from the road club have started venturing onto the hills. As a result I'm increasingly finding myself running 'against' the first club I joined.
In terms of prizes and overall results this isn't likely to ever cause a problem..... However, being a law-abiding citizen I do like to do things properly. What's the correct form here?
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Originally Posted by Tussockface
