Quote Originally Posted by FellMonster View Post
My 2 cents:

2) Stagger's suggestion about selecting the top 3 in the championships serves only to highlight his complete ignorance to any knowledge of running. I'm sorry if that seems harsh Trevor, but praise be that you have no part to play on any selection committee if you would seriously entertain that notion. Hopefully, you were just 'chucking it out there'. Which championship would you use: British? English? Let's face it, the British championship has been a softer touch (by comparison) than the English for a few years now as many do not travel.

3) Once again, I think the discussion on this thread has served only to highlight the ludicrous nature of the fellrunning championship system. This is not forumula 1 or a football tournament. In my opinion, it makes complete sense to have a championship as a 1 off race rather than a 4 or 6 race series, but then what do I know?

Fire away boys and girls....
Thanks for the comments fellmonster, it was chucked in as a "what if"

If we are going to be serious about these events we should prepare our
athletes for these events.

We would run similar distance races over the same terrain. The event is September so why not have trial races in June, July and August. The selectors then have something to work off. Any athlete would have to compete in 2 of the three trials with no excuses. (you either want to run or you don't, simply)

A fellrunner will always struggle because the season is 8 months for the Champs ranging from less than 3 mile to over 24 mile on some unmarked course.

We are on the fringe of this kind of event but some percieve we are good at it. We do have some remarkable athletes who can cross running disciplines but it you what to perform at a specific you have to train for the specific.

Cheers WP