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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...

Winds on top of Firth Fell yesterday were a bit stiff. On the tarn loop return you had to lean sideways into it to stop yourself getting blown over...

10.82 miles, 2,522 feet, 3 hours 16 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Clappersgate - Bog Lane - Fishgarthe Wood - Todd Crag - Lily Tarn - Loughrigg Tarn -...

The relays were the best I've ever attended yesterday, but then again I might say that being a wharfedaler. I got a job at the top of the holding...

Chin-ups/pull-ups, using the handles on the raised Porta-gym. 52 singles, interspersed with lunges/squats and similar stuff. Session took 52 minutes,...

10.09 miles, 2,659 feet, 3 hours 19 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route from the top to the road at High Close, down through...

10.09 miles, 3,167 feet, 3 hours 26 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, the first ascent was via Kelsick Scar, the second from Nanny Lane, having...

I always saw fell shoes as 'sacrificial' items....short lived but highly effective. Not surprising when you think what we put them through. Longevity...

On fastest times: I had the privilege of watching Carol Greenwood set the women's record in 1993, from a vantage point a short distance behind her...

One arm chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, 20 sets, 54 minutes for the session; squats, lunges etc between sets. R: 14 - 12 - 9 - 8...

No worries. Both queries answered now. Am doing a bit of wrangling of fastest times. Cheers

Unfortunately my last pair of PB racers fell apart long before they needed resoling. I'm still hesitating as to whether to replace them with the...

Aargh! Missed by one year. I did Snowdon in 1989 and 1993.

10.18 miles, 2,562 feet, 3 hours 10 minutes: Loughrigg trails. Overcast, with clouds/mist at multiple levels, including in the valley floor in...

A lot of companies now seem to be going with flat bottomed lugs, not the traditional pointed stud. The only reason i can think of for this is...

I've never personally had an issue with x-talons.... i wore them on my last Fairfield Horseshoe and descended well (admittedly in pretty perfect...

At what sort of speed? The downfall of the x-talon was that it couldn't handle wet grassy stuff at speed. My first Fairfield was very hairy on the...

In a previous life, i looked after a big engineering project at Blaenafon. We'd make regular weekly trips to the site, and i'd delight my rather...

For some reason, the roads at Llanbedr-Blaenafon never used to worry me much. Going through Abergavenny I used to relax myself into a sort of trance...

Well, look lads, I'm sure all these shoes are great....but purleeese take them off before you come in the lounge, OK Personally, I found Walshes...

I find the Mudtalons pretty good on steep wet grass, for example the race descent from Wansfell Pike.

10.08 miles, 2,679 feet, 3 hours 24 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Borrans Road - Stagshaw Gardens - Champion Tree Trail - High Skelghyll - Skelghyll Lane...

but inov8's nuts for dropping the mudclaw and xtalon from their range. The new mudtalon has flat bottomed studs, which don't really meet the criteria...

As advertised on the telly by Noddy Holder!

Nobby's nuts? Never heard of him, but inov8's nuts for dropping the mudclaw and xtalon from their range. The new mudtalon has flat bottomed studs,...

Well, if the bar chat is about races with lots of tarmac, lets not forget Llanbedr Blaenafon with its punsishing middle section through the streets...

Chin-ups/pull-ups, using the handles on the raised Porta-gym. 30 singles, interspersed with lunges/squats and similar stuff. Session took 44 minutes.