Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
As an often runner of the 3 peaks I thinks it qualifies as an A .......I sometimes think many of the steep lakeland races are actually a bit easier because you have to walk the ups
Quote Originally Posted by Fellhound View Post
Having done lots of Lakeland races over the years, AND the Three Peaks, and having just leglessly dropped out of the Teenager With Altitude on Saturday, I can state categorically that walking uphill is in no way an easy option....
They're both equally difficult but for totally different reasons. 3p's is hard because the tough climbs are interspersed with long fast flat hard pack/road sections which (as any marathon runner will testify) are hard work because the pace remains high throughout and the same muscles are worked hard continuously (hence whernside being tough after the long run in). However, the lakeland stuff has much longer climbs and descents which tire you out in a different way because unless you live up there it's hard to train for that sort of climbing. Having only run one lakeland race and done very little training up there I don't have a direct comparison, except to say that The 3p's is the only race to date that I've ever DNF'd. I'm intending to do Borrowdale this year so after that I'll feel in a better position to offer a comparison.