Quote Originally Posted by wolley tha View Post
As a fellow Springfield Strider, I can assure you that Paul Jeggo does live in Chelmsford. He often runs with the Saturday morning group on the hills of Little Baddow and Danbury (altitude 108 metres) where we sometimes put on a "fell race" with 400 feet of climb in 1.4 miles. Not sure that's entirely where he gets his ability from, though!

Tim Brockington
Yes, the Danbury hills: I haven't run there, but I have cycled over them. Then there's the Orion Harriers fell race in Epping Forest. And I lived for a while in Leigh-on-Sea, and used to run out to Hadleigh Castle and sometimes beyond, on the slopes above the Thames estuary: these are real mountains; I know that, because they were used for the mountain-biking at the 2012 Olympics. So when all is considered, Essex is a major venue for fell running. Which of course doesn't stop Mr Jeggo doing a lot of travelling around to other fell running venues to pick up M50 or M55 prizes.