Quote Originally Posted by Chaddy the Owl View Post
Why question the fact that triathlon clubs are entering? Surely it must be a good thing that this event is reaching out to a wider audience?
the event would be boring if the same clubs turned up?
I think Lefty's post is primarily aimed at inexperienced runners, who are at a further disadvantage as regards advice and even owning suitable kit, if they belong to a non-fell running club e.g tri or road. As a marshal on this event for a number of years, I have on occasion stood out in -6C doing kit checks, trying to get teams to understand just how harsh the conditions are higher up on the course. Each year I am amazed at how ill prepared some teams are, and how the same one or two inexperienced teams seem to deliberately try to avoid the kit check.

However, I will go on record and say that to my knowledge at least one tri team comes very well prepared each year. The potential problem lies with those who don't study the safety and kit guidelines, and think it doesn't matter. I once was presented with a runner, who had no kit at all, and was already showing signs of hypothermia on the start line, for goodness sake.