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    Beginners Lakes races???

    Hi all,
    I'm trying to build up my fitness again and with it my race portfolio for next year.
    I've not done any races in The Lakes yet and I'm wondering in your expert opinions.(although they will differ...no arguments please! )
    Which Lakeland races do you consider best to start off with. (of 10 miles or more only please)
    Many thanks
    Only one who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. -T.S.Eliot

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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    Quote Originally Posted by Mountain Goatess View Post
    Hi all,
    I'm trying to build up my fitness again and with it my race portfolio for next year.
    I've not done any races in The Lakes yet and I'm wondering in your expert opinions.(although they will differ...no arguments please! )
    Which Lakeland races do you consider best to start off with. (of 10 miles or more only please)
    Many thanks
    Fairfield Horseshoe, specially for ponies, 9m/3000ft would be a good starter, Anni Waltz was the first ever Lakes races i did, that's a cracker
    Hills and Guinness!

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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    Anni waltz is about may time.

    12 miles (just under i think, 3500ft.

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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    Oops...oops....oops...many apologies....just realised I should have put this thread in the beginners section
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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    I'd echo anniversary waltz and fairfield. The first climb up Robinson in the AW is epic; a non-stop, steep as arseholes, 600 meters bottom to top that blows your legs right from the off



    This profile, nicked from the internet, is deceiving - the bottom scale is time not distance; the climb up robinson is vertical!

    As for the fairfield horseshoe (or rydal round) everybody and their dog has walked round there haven't they? Its a fantastic route with a 4 mile continuous descent coming back that is stupendous. This is a pretty good view of the horseshoe looking back from just below Fairfield - you come up the right ridge and go back down the left.

    Last edited by Stolly; 15-12-2009 at 08:48 PM.

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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    Plus, at anni waltz.......half the forum is there.

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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    Quote Originally Posted by Al Fowler View Post
    Plus, at anni waltz.......half the forum is there.
    Where's the other half? Does Noone know
    Hills and Guinness!

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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    Quote Originally Posted by Al Fowler View Post
    Plus, at anni waltz.......half the forum is there.
    And there's cake....

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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    Quote Originally Posted by Stolly View Post
    And there's cake....
    More for them that time their entries to perfection
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    Re: Beginners Lakes races???

    I'd agree with Fairfield as a recommendation. You also get basically the same route if you do the Rydal Round; a bonus with this one is that if you're with the family they can potter round the Ambleside Show whilst you flog yourself round Fairfield.
    The Kentmere Horseshoe is another good taster.
    Just remember that Lakeland miles feel twice as hard and twice as long as miles anywhere else in England!
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