Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
and just to wind IainR up

I'm not sure that the FRA would say they are there to "promote" fell running in each of the Home Countries. They are there to oversee it - the custodians of it perhaps - but shy away from promotion.

"A running guide should be ML qualified" - I would say it depends on the context and the terrain - not all fell running takes place in Snowdonia. Also, Qualifications are over hyped - I'd quite happily spend some time in the Lakes with Joss and I doubt he has a certificate and I'm sure there's plenty of Clayton Runners who are competent to guide on Pendle Hill.
I would suggest that a Running Guide should have appropriate experience for the terrain in which they are guiding.
Erm.. apart from the FRA specifically say they are there to promote.. only Graham says they don't.. google 'fell running association'.. what does it say? "Organisation co-ordinating and promoting fell (i.e. hill/mountain) running in the UK."

But yeah I put that in to get a reaction from numpties on here.. I'm dissapointed it took so long..

Re self promotion.. eh? First paragraphs maybe.. then saying how we aim o be redundant.. then that's about it..