Road running lost it's appeal for me over a period of many years due to all the nonsense including (but a great deal more than) goody bags and overcomplication.

I'm not a mountain person, I'd never seen a mountain until I ran the Borrowdale race.I'm not good with heights. Nevertheless I became obsessed with fell racing as peole who know me may appreciate.

I have often wanted to comment on the myth of 'blazers' in athletics which is the disparaging term we are supposed to use for the athletics establishment. If you want to see a bit of purity in sport go to a track and field evening at Stretford in the spring and summer and don't pretend fell running has any more of it.

Personally, there's other stuff I can do than run a fell race with a phone.