Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post
Decent point TimW about the navigation element. I'm fortunate I can navigate but I suppose marking some of the courses out there is nigh on impossible.
If it takes a top fell runner 4 hours to complete, it would take an age to mark out the route and then take those markings down.
Is there more money in the European races?
Look at the 3 Peaks where we have a £20 ish entry fee and close to a 1000 entries each year now. That gives them a budget to be able to significantly mark and marshall the route in a way most races can't.
But why would you want a marked course (except through farmland possibly) as navigating (or learning the route by reccy) is a large part of the sport. If you fully mark the course as many on the continent are then surely its a different sport. I believe the 3Ps was fully marked one year as it was in some championship or other.