Tumbling down the hill.......

[Marco]

Plateau chateau....love it! Be my guest and create said haven for those of us who can only now reflect on past glories! Sad gits ain't we?!🤣

No, I don't think this is the right way to go. I think that those who are, er, 'over the hill', (and I most definitely fall into this category), get enough coverage already.

The recent posts on the 'Aldermans ascent' thread (below) have revealed what a lot of members think the sport should be about: going as fast as you can; competing in, rather than completing, events. If we genuinely want to move the forum, and the sport, forward then we should be trying to stimulate more conversations about races, training, tactics, equipment etc, and not promoting a sad gits club to talk about 'the good old days'

I have just viewed some photographs of todays Alderman's Ascent fell race and some of them show runners who have stopped and posed to have their photographs taken.

Why someone would pay to enter a "race" and then do such a thing is beyond me!

Anyone jumping up and clicking their heels together should be immediately dq'd in my opinion.... (or preferably machine-gunned down as they cross the finish line)

Well not everybody is a "pot hunter" you know!

For some people the pleasure is sharing the sense of camaraderie, embracing the joy of sport, taking in the views and smelling the flowers.

Or so I've been told.

Can't understand that twaddle myself - but what do I know?

Even giving a thumbs up is a bit infa dig in my humble opinion. Smacks of mud/paint run; very non U as Ms Mitford would say.

I had a bit of "debate" with someone on the facebook page in the last few weeks... they were claiming that fellracing is not about competition but about the camaraderie and everybody getting round and having fun...

An admirable viewpoint to have, i am sure... but what utter twaddle...

Complete poppycock. It's all very casual on FB in my opinion, that's what's good about the forum, there are many serious racers.