Quote Originally Posted by steadyeddy View Post
sorry guys but think you to are in dream world really to run 48 for 10 mile and 28 for 10km is really tough and needs alot of speed, i know jebbys strong but he's never been the fastest and although i think ian had better leg speed to beat some of the best today would still be very tough. Lets not forget kennys 10mile pb was 48.1x that was when he was training 100% for the thon and even on the fells i think he was faster with better natural speed than ian and jebby. One runner i would like to see do a season on the road/xc is simon bailey i think he would do some damage. We'll also see soon how Jethro Lennox one of the best on the fells stacks up in the london marathon.

Also its worth looking how those with sub 30 10km speed do in fell races, abit of research will show very well normally!

Well I am a 32min 10Km runner who has never broken into the top 30 in a championship fell race. So I guess I, as a point in case go against your argument. This could be an anomaly but I tend to agree with earlier posts on fell running being a different beast entirely.