Quote Originally Posted by who killed bambi View Post

i have just checked the few points raised there are a number names without clubs either they forgot to put the club down or they are not members therefore surely fra members should get preferance.

i have also just checked and i can see 1 name that has not done the qualifying races.100%

i hope all the names entered are checked and the entries re open then i can enter .

i only jealous as i could not get to a pc quick enough.
So we are not all members of running clubs? So what? Why should it make a difference that I am not? Maybe I don't want to be a member of a club? I go running either on my own or with people I do adventure races with.

So I have not done the event before? So what? If it never got fresh blood the event would have died off long ago.

I started becoming interested in running around the time of last years 3 peaks and I made it my long term goal to do it the year as a proud yorkshireman. It then transpired that it was a world event, making me wanting to do it even more. I ensured I did the requisite races during the year under the old pre-requisites (Sedbergh, Borrowdale and the OMM amongst others). I checked with the organisers in June what I needed to do to ensure entry. I slowly improved over the year, came 27th in the OMM. Ran the 3 peaks as a training run before the OMM as my first recce. I checked the web-site on a regular basis and happened upon the entries on the morning they were released.

Does this make me less eligible or worthy than someone who did the race last year? I would obviously say NO

Think the only thing that may not have been a wise choice here is that it is both a world mountain running event and an FRA champ race. Maybe because of the increased profile it may have been wise to choose a different FRA champ race as the increased entries was always going to happen and the mad rush was always going to happen.