Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
Well in cycling proper riders win Grand Tours or the Classics but there is also the World Championship for those who can only sprint for a few hundred metres and bother to turn up on the day.

But the wearer of the rainbow jersey feels no shame and neither will future winners of British Championship medals.
Totally agree.... and i'll dine out on the fact that i managed a top 30 in a British Champs race for the rest of my days!

I think the one (or two) race proposals are a great idea as it will return the British Champs to an event with a consistently strong/elite field (as seen at the one-off race at Dufton a year or two back).

On a slightly different subject, i note that the Inter-Counties course is a purpose-designed route this year, designed to aid in selection of the British team for the Mountain World Champs.... whilst i totally understand the reasoning, and i absolutely love the Howgills, i think its a stretch to call it a genuine fell-racing course.

I've an outside chance of making our county team, and while if selected i'll wear the vest with great pride... but on a course which is basically a couple of laps around Winder and Arant Haw, i would really fear coming stone dead last with no proper climbs or descents to slow the cross-country guys down.