Wasdale

[stevefoster]

Sorry - to the rest of us it's starting to sound a bit like "my fell race is tougher than your fell race....!"

My thoughts as well Jan........all my fell races are tough, but that's just my opinion
Respect to GrahamB though and all other 60+ runners, hope i'm still running at that age

[Pudgy]

Sorry - to the rest of us it's starting to sound a bit like "my fell race is tougher than your fell race....!"

Yep, it's all getting far too anal. Well done to all who did Wasdale (or plan to do Peris )

[stevefoster]

I do faster times than Merry sometimes but our posts are equal in bullshit

Sometimes

[TurboTom]

It appears to me that neither of you are going to agree and this will njust become like this UKA trial race thread. But for me personally i find 1500m the hardest race ever. No rests up hill and no easy running down. Hard work all the way for 4 and a half minutes. Much harder than Wasdale or peris in its own right.

[TurboTom]

Sometimes

Only Lantern Pike and Auld Lang Syne. But you probably wont beat me that much anymore until the ultra stuff

[stevefoster]

Only Lantern Pike and Auld Lang Syne. But you probably wont beat me that much anymore until the ultra stuff

Only winding you up young man Don't care who beats me, just like to get round, and let them who beat me get the first round, its a Yorkshire trick

[IainR]

Sort of agree Tom, I just have a dislike of elitist people who are disrespectful to people.

I'm comparing like with like though, any race is difficult, be it 5 k, marathon or fell. But like for like, tough hard rough fell races compared, I just found Wasdale tougher. As I say though really (now in hindsight) enjoyable. Almost ultra like in the experience. I ended up in that 'just finish' mind set, normally I'm competitive but yesterday it was just that 'just finish, make the pain end' feeling that I normally only get in ultras.

I think maybe I underestimated, I got to Gable thinking I'd broken the back of it and then realised there was a long way to go. I suppose with time it'll get easier like the Peris has but I just found it a step up from the other two.

Cracking race though.

[TurboTom]

im sorry iain but its just hit me. Who is anyone over 60, british champion or whoever even welsh wizard . To tell someone that they shouldnt find a certain race harder. In all honesty i think its a bit sad and doesnt come across aas an intelligent or logical way of thinking

[Tussockface]

'Long' can be an objective measure, 'tough' can't. As 'tough' is subjective, the opinion of a 5-hour finisher is as valid as that of a faster runner.
(Perhaps more so, because the slower runner had longer to think about it...).

The opinions of Rob Jebb and Pete Vale and Simon Booth are surely to be respected not because they're fast, but rather because they're experienced?

And ultimately, neither speed nor experience necessarily equates to wisdom in these matters. It is possible for a runner to be fast and stupid, or to have been around the block and missed all the sights.

[stevefoster]

To tell someone that they shouldnt find a certain race harder.

Agree Tom, finding races hard or easy is a personal thing, no one can tell you that, you just know