Quote Originally Posted by richsund View Post
:thumbup: Ha ha... exactly what I was thinking recently, when on the receiving end of some verbal from a gamekeeper up above Hebden Bridge.
But seriously, I've been surprised recently by how little damage fell races seem to do. I've been out running along paths where I know maybe 200 runners were racing a few days before (calderdale way relay being an example) and you just wouldn't know that any more than the usual number of walkers had been along it recently. I'm sure there must be localized problem areas, but it does seem that there's a bit of hysteria over perceived 'damage'. And please don't let the solution be more paved paths, like the unstoppable march of stone slabs along the Pennine Way (windy hill to Blackstone edge being the current victim of this fate :angry
I do think the paved slabs are worth it.. thinks were awful..

The only one I've been concerned about when I ran, was the geronimo? descent on FTOP.. that was getting severely eroded... things like that should be avoided in future races as you can understand why a land owner would be concerned.. it wasn't one strip it was a good wide area.. and obviously directly attributed to the race, as far as I could tell..