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10.37 miles, 2,789 feet, 3 hours 27 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route from the top to the road at High Close, down through...

10.53 miles, 2,872 feet, 3 hours 14 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - High Sweden Bridge -...

I'm going to try and find an alternative route down to the road crossing off the second summit, a spot height which i think is CP1 as ravens crag is...

200 consecutive good form squats followed straight up with 1x30 inclined leg press with 140kg on it.

12.04 miles, 3,041 feet, 3 hours 33 minutes: Wansfell Pike from High Skelghyll, descending via the race route; prior to ascending the Pike I took in...

I had a look at the Strava trace of one of the Ambleside lads - he went to the halfway point I mentioned and then basically headed south - so no...

10.32 miles, 2,332 feet, 3 hours 23 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Under Loughrigg Road - Pelter Bridge - Rydal Water - caves - path going south to the...

It's viable, but really you want to be cutting off that corner. The problem is crags on a narrow cut, and as i found out, crags/gorse/heather/peril...

On the race website route map, under the yellow, there is a path going off left (on the descent) roughly halfway down from Checkpoint 1/stile to Kirk...

You remind me of this poem Mr B. The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both...

Chin-ups/pull-ups, using the handles on the raised Porta-gym. 40 singles, interspersed with not many lunges/squats and similar stuff. Session took 40...

Strava? I don't have that. Anyway, I've seen most of the gorse patches on Robinson now, I should have taken a peris-pooter with me and collected...

14.05 miles, 2,585 feet, 3 hours 59 minutes: Rothay Bridge in Ambleside to Lingmoor Fell top and back, via Clappersgate, Bog Lane, Skelwith Fold,...

Goggle earth - like it! I have used it in the past but have not found it any more helpful than a decent map. Have you had a look at the Strava heat...

I'm heading over for this one in the morning, weather looks clear and bright. I've been looking at the hillside on goggle earth trying to locate a...

Chest to floor press-ups, on toes not knees, both arms, 10 sets to failure in 30 minutes: 23 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8. 110 in...

It is indeed a decent descent......worth coming this year as the forecast suggests that we might actually be able to see.

11.24 miles, 2,985 feet, 4 hours 1 minute: Rothay Bridge in Ambleside to Silver How and back, going over Loughrigg top both ways. Sunshine, blue sky,...

keeping the ankle thread going. i had my right ankle ground down inside after i ruptured a a couple of cysts. this is healing ok and is much less...

me too ,I'm in

10.35 miles, 2,750 feet, 3 hours 18 minutes: Wansfell Pike from High Skelghyll, preceded by the Skelghyll Lane - Holdback Lane - Low Wood - High...

Another call for anybody who might want to join the "Forum Discord" (very much unofficial and in no way linked to the FRA, Facebook, etc) This...

Chin-ups/pull-ups, using the handles on the raised Porta-gym. 40 singles, interspersed with lunges/squats and similar stuff. Session took 40 minutes,...

10.55 miles, 2,926 feet, 3 hours 44 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge - rock step - High Sweden Bridge -...

12.96 miles, 3,407 feet, 4 hours 11 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe clockwise from/to Ambleside, going to the left/west of Great Rigg, south west of...

Correction to the above: I have just realised that Dewalle's 34m12s from last year was not the world record, although it was the previous record at...

Vertical Kilometre news. In the Vertical Kilometre race at Fully, Switzerland (generally considered the fastest VK course in the world) last...

One arm chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, 20 sets, 50 minutes for the session; squats, lunges etc between sets. R: 13 - 10 - 9 - 8...

11.13 miles, 3,027 feet, 3 hours 36 minutes: Wansfell Pike from High Skelghyll, including the Skelghyll Lane/Holbeck Lane/Low Wood/High Skelghyll...

No Lakes teams in the medals (male open). Whilst they still dominate the English Champs, there are plenty of other clubs who can give them a run...