Good one Fairyfeet. I'm pleased that they do actually check.

I applied for a place in the Jura fell race a few years ago and didn't have the qualifiers so I wrote to the RO and explained my situation and experience and she gave me a place on the understanding that I do the qualifying races before Jura, needless to say, I got injured and had to pull out before race day:thunbdown:. Its still on my 'to do' list and I'm thinking about it for next year.

Quote Originally Posted by Fairyfeet View Post
Yes, they do appear to check. A few people had said to me that they don't bother checking anymore. So, me being a bit pedantic emailed Bryan the RO to get the full SP and here is his response; I think it is ok to reprint it here, the info is relevant.

"Not sure where you got this misleading information from re /race qualifications , Any one cannot enter the 3Peaks Race, The requirements are clear to read.
Race Entries open on Line on Sat 2 Feb an i check progress regularly.
Entrants are contacted, if detailed races are not correct we expect them
to make every effort to enter and submit a result , other wise they in
breach of our Entry Rules and would loose there entry. It is in the interest of your safety and our good reputation you follow the
Race Entry rules."

They aren't going to check those entries that ran in the last couple of years, they don't need to they can check the results and I guess people race this year on year so the number of 'new' entries to check might not be as many as you think.

There you go.