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Jul 2019
5:15pm, 15 Jul 2019
32,866 posts
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Derby Tup
Not all ‘fast, hard as nails, whippet thin athletic types’ but some are. They are all generally accommodating and friendly. I’m sure you’d be welcome 
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Jul 2019
5:20pm, 15 Jul 2019
5,226 posts
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Northern Exile
Hmmm. Well, I'd consider myself a fell-runner (others might disagree) and I don't think I fulfill many of those attributes - perhaps it is your imagination Fell-running and the Lake District are inextricably entwined and if you're good at coming downhill there's no better place to test your skills .....
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Jul 2019
6:51pm, 15 Jul 2019
1,439 posts
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beebop
Thanks both. I’ll try to work up the nerve some time. I don’t think I’m particularly nippy downhill, though, it’s just that I’m very slow going up. Be good to try, as it’s currently well out of my comfort zone...
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Jul 2019
7:57pm, 15 Jul 2019
13,088 posts
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Rosehip
NE - it all depends on your point of reference - I'd describe you as a whippet and definitely nails!
Beebop, I'm never going to be a fell-runner, but I have watched videos on facebook - and come across races on the fells when I've been out. The sharp end are wiry racing snakes - but the whole field can't be described as such,
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Jul 2019
9:16pm, 15 Jul 2019
2,242 posts
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FenlandRunner
Agree with you, Rosehip. Northern Exile is bloody amazing, if only I was one hundredth as good. And that is an honest appraisal not blowing smoke up his $r$e.
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Jul 2019
9:21pm, 15 Jul 2019
32,884 posts
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Derby Tup
NE is not only a great runner but he’s really great company, whether it’s on the hill or off it. I might be blowing a bit of smoke up his @rse but very not much
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Jul 2019
9:24pm, 15 Jul 2019
2,243 posts
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FenlandRunner
Well said, DT.
And you're a bloody legend, too.
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Jul 2019
10:07pm, 15 Jul 2019
1,440 posts
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beebop
Having briefly met both the gentlemen in question, or at least one of them (my memory’s shot atm), I know they are way better runners all round than I will ever be. So I can’t necessarily believe them entirely regarding fell races and the toughness thereof.
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Jul 2019
10:11pm, 15 Jul 2019
1,441 posts
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beebop
I met whoever was at a fetchie social in Harrogate a few years ago. I tend to find it very difficult to remember when I meet a bunch of people all at the same time - it could be that I’m remembering reading blogs rather than meeting someone. 🙄 If only there had been a sticker book in them days.
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Jul 2019
10:16pm, 15 Jul 2019
32,888 posts
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Derby Tup
We’ve not met beebop. Looking at some of your race times you’d be fine and would enjoy some fellrunning I’m sure. YORM is a fellrace and 4-22 is a very decent time
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