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One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, using the 8kg kettle bell, total extra weight 9kg - the pack itself plus some clothing as...

12.31 miles, 1,448 feet, 2 hours 47 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Clappersgate - Brathay - Wray Castle - Coffin Trail - Claife - High Wray - Wray Castle -...

13.69 miles, 3,190 feet, 4 hours 7 minutes: Wansfell Pike from the Troutbeck/Nanny Lane side, having taken in Stagshaw Gardens, High Skelghyll,...

One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, using the 8kg kettle bell, total extra weight 9kg - the pack itself plus some clothing as...

10.8 miles, 3,012 feet, 3 hours 27 minutes: Loughrigg trails, visiting the top three times: the first time from the direction of Todd Crag and Lily...

11.1 miles, 3,303 feet, 3 hours 58 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides, ascending the first time from Kelsick Scar, and the second time from the...

One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, using the 8kg kettle bell, total extra weight 9kg - the pack itself plus some clothing as...

15.16 miles, 4,391 feet, 5 hours 8 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe, or most of it, anti-clockwise, plus Loughrigg. Sunshine, blue sky, thin high streaky...

Some leg press work, 150 monkey squats, and some courtsey squats.

12.51 miles, 3,598 feet, 4 hours 40 minutes: Rothay Bridge in Ambleside to Silver How and back, going to Loughrigg top both ways, and taking in Todd...

One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, using the 8kg kettle bell, total extra weight 9kg - the pack itself plus some clothing as...

12.82 miles, 3.029 feet, 3 hours 59 minutes: Wansfell Pike, ascending from High Skelghyll, descending via Blue Hill Woods, and taking in Stagshaw...

Green is easy, red is hard. The tuesday club session is an easy 5-7 miler. As far as i can remember i was running quite well when i was following...

11.65 miles, 3,531 feet, 3 hours 50 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including Fishgarths and Deerbolts Woods, Todd Crag, Lily Tarn, down the race route to...

Assuming the tuesday club night is a decent session..... thats three sessions a week on minimal mileage.... Its a hell of a lot of fast work.

I've started up my 'training program' again; that thing that never gets adhered to due to racing and my packed injury schedule... It's...

One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, using the 8kg kettle bell, total extra weight 9kg - the pack itself plus some clothing as...

I mentioned that there were some big updates on the way. Well some are here... New ratification form Since I took on the role of membership...

15.32 miles, 3,957 feet, 4 hours 53 minutes: Wansfell Pike from High Skelghyll, descending via Blue Hill Woods, and doing the High Skelghyll Low Wood...

7.01 miles, 1,607 feet, 2 hours 34 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including Todd Crag, Lily Tarn, and Loughrigg top. Overcast, with cloud/mist almost...

10.66 miles, 2,876 feet, 3 hours 37 minutes: Loughrigg trails, taking in Fishgarths and Deerbolts Woods, Todd and Ivy Crags, Lily Tarn, Grasmere...

10.59 miles, 2,979 feet, 3 hours 25 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Rydal Park - Low Sweden Bridge -rock step - High Sweden Bridge -...

A chap was running on the local fells one winter evening some years ago when his head torch gave out suddenly. He was in complete darkness - could...

10.74 miles, 2,940 feet, 3 hours 27 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Roman Ruins - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - Champion Tree Trail - High Skelghyll -...

I did a night fell race this time last year. I'm fairly happy running at night on the fells when necessary.... but this was ridiculous... Was...

Tonight I got reacquainted with how tiresome and unnecessarily risky headtorch running is. Roots, logs, monsters...all waiting to strike a fatal...

10.46 miles, 2,760 feet, 3 hours 23 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including the usual desert from the top to Grasmere shore and back up again. Sunshine,...