Quote Originally Posted by mr brightside View Post
Chevin, as far as i can work out, is 3.9k/202m which makes it a cat A. There are other stipulations for a cat A, including the requirement for genuine fell terrain, which the Chevin doesn't meet. For me it's a trail race, albeit a steep one.
For the 2012 race http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races.php?id=1855 the organiser gave the distance as 4.5km and the total climb as 210m, giving an average climb of 46.7 m per km. Hence the BS category.

Margaret