Ok, before all you guys put the boot in, have you thought (as Brummy John suggests) to consider the extra costs and requirements of the race being an international fixture in 2008? I think if you ask the organisers they will be justify why the entry fee has had to rise. And the unattached levy of course is nothing to do with them.

If you have got a gripe about the money spent on prizes, then you might as well avoid most races, as they all spend a good portion of the entry fees on the prizes (not all of which of course go to the winners alone).

I believe that the fact that the 3 Peaks is an international race in 2008 is great news for our sport. It will bring benefits to the race itself, to all of us who run on the fells, to anyone else out there tempted to take up fellrunning, to the local area and to the development of the sport at the wider level.