Quote Originally Posted by crowhill View Post
If you do the Ben Nevis race you're clearly doing an 'A' race. If the race started and finished, say, 12 miles south of Fort William it would be a 'C' race according to FRA stipulations (because of the road and the length divided by climb ratio), but it certainly wouldn't be any easier.
I was going to keep out of this debate, but just can't resist it. The Ben Race can't be a cat A because there's more than 20% road in it. Sorry.