yes but Iain, just as the mountaineering side gets a little confused in the way titles are allocated so does UKA.

The Leadership in Running (and I hate that title) was aimed at the road running clubs that here in the NW are like Accy Road Runners, Blackburn Road Runners, Penny Lane Striders - just a bunch of road runners that meet up 3 times a week and go on organised runs around their town or surrounding countryside.

It was an effort to bring a little organisation to this, a little structure and perhaps encourage what you may call entry level safety awareness.

It may not be much, but it is more than was done before.

Now if you're a Darwen Dashers, the same can be applied to of-road up and down Darwen Tower.

I don't see that anyone other than one of your numpties, is going to take such a qualification and take it as a green light to arrange expeditions up Aconcagua.