Wanted - Borrowdale fell entry

[Stolly]

So you are saying that experience (such as judging a line over rough terrain, descending on scree etc) doesn't count for anything at all then. So anyone can just turn up, run a race and have the same chances at success or injury as everyone else, sounds a bit naive to me?

No - my side of the argument isn't really sensible at all. But there again running in the fells, especially over the crap that Borrowdale drags you over, isn't meant to be sensible (is it?).

My first ever fell race was the 3 peaks in 2004 I think. My experience at the time was that I'd run the route (very very badly) on my own a few months previously. On the day I didn't even realise that the race route went straight up Whernside! And yes it was a stupid thing to do and I was a train wreck at the end

Still, glad that I did it (and no at the time I did not lie to the race organisers).