The Ben Nevis Race

[Ady In Accy]

What about Wharfedale???

Nearly as cheap to join as Fell Ponies

[WillMarsh]

Yep, 'bout time you get signed on Ady!

[Ady In Accy]

Shhhhhh!

[Stolly]

Or of course Wharfedale

[disco stan]

Post my entry tomorrow, just hope i get in.
Missed out last year

[WillMarsh]

Or of course Wharfedale

Thankyou Stolly

[Rocky]

No unattached runners according to the application. I'm dubious as to whether Fell ponies will suffice

FRA membership has been accepted in the past.

Me too Stolly, but i put Fell Ponies anyway, hope they get in touch so i can tell em i'm an FRA member too cos i ain't mentioned it on the entry form
Punch Drunk ya know

[Antisocial]

Thankyou Stolly

I think you will find he said proper club in an earlier post.
Funny that though isn't it when he had to think of clubs off the top of his head Keighley sprang to mind but Wharfedale didn't.

No comment about Fell ponies not being a proper club

[Stolly]

Wharfedale did spring to mind but, living in Settle, I always have this feeling that it would be too far to travel to train with them. K & C is probably too far too mind, given that I work in Leeds most days and leave for work just after 6 am. When I ran with Skipton this meant that I worked late and then met to run before finally going home. I'm always too knackered nowadays to work up the enthusiasm to do that and the dark evenings do nothing to help.

Running with Settle last summer was great (prior to getting injured) but, because their membership is so spread out, they range their weekly runs all over the place including the odd run in Cumbria! Tricky to get back in time for then. I hope to start running with them again though, probably once it gets alot lighter.

To be honest insisting on club membership to enter a race is bollocks..... when looked on from my perspective anyway. I run at least 30 miles each week (soon to be a lot more), 80% of which is in the fells - why should being a member of a running club be a requirement to join in a fell race?

[Mark G]

Whats this UK athletics business and is it the same animal as English athletics? I wasn't sure so I just sent my entry off with the full fee rather than risk missing out but I noticed UK athletics and Scottish athletics members got a £2.00 discount. I dug out that little plastic card from where its rested doing nothing since it came through my letterbox (wondered if I would ever actually use it for anything) and it said 'English Athletics' so I presume thats different but is it actually part of UK athletics? (and could I have saved a couple of quid on the entry, assuming it arrives in time?) - I dont remember this issue from previous years entries.