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One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, 10 sets, 30 minutes for the session, doing 1 pull-up/chin-up with the hoops between sets,...

10.59 miles, 2,986 feet, 3 hours 47 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Roman Ruins - Borrans Park - Stagshaw Gardens - Champion Tree Trail - High Skelghyll -...

My left hand was bleeding at the finish too.

Top man :cool:

Let's not talk about the time. I got a terrible start, but having not trained for 2wks I knew there was no point. I didn't warm up properly as I...

What starts at 9am on a Saturday morning, has been going for 20 years, and isn't a race although all participants get a time and position? No, not...

15.36 miles, 4,228 feet, 5 hours 8 minutes: Most of the Fairfield Horseshoe anti-clockwise, then Loughrigg, specifically: Rothay Bridge - Miller...

Dreach, in a word. I've had 2 back spasms in the last 10 days, hams are very tight.

Session as on 6/11/24, including the 18 pull-ups/chin-ups. 31 minutes today. R: 11 - 12 - 8 - 8 - 6. L: 12 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 6. Another attempt...

10.26 miles, 3,006 feet, 3 hours 33 minutes: WansfellPike from 2 sides, ascending initially from Kelsick Scar, going along the ridge to the true top...

11.11 miles, 2,435 feet, 3 hours 36 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods...

One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, 10 sets, 34 minutes for the session, doing 1 or 2 pull-ups/chin-ups with the hoops between...

10.86 miles, 2,897 feet, 3 hours 40 minutes: Wansfell Pike from High Skelghyll, doing the High Skelghyll - Skelghyll Lane - Holbeck Lane - Low Wood -...

This is sad news. I've not met her but fondly remember her posts on this forum.

Oh heaven's, that's terrible news. Here in South Wales she had been a well known character. She had been a popular member of our crew inventing...

11.31 miles, 3,090 feet, 3 hours 54 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route to the road at High Close, down through Deerbolts Woods...

It might be a very dry year this year. The dry spell might last until saturday night. I've got niggle issues that are cramping my style a bit...

I often look for alternative lines. It always gives me an excuse for my poor performance: "I took a line that looked quicker but it led me into...

Route choice is just one of the things that sets fell running apart from other races. As a mediocre runner at best I have to find terrain that suits...

One armed chest to floor knee press-ups, alternating arms, 10 sets, 40 minutes for the session, doing 1 or 2 pull-ups/chin-ups with the hoops between...

I cannot remember which model it was, but I had at least 2 pairs of the same type of Inov8 de-sole themselves mid-fell, but at least they gave you...

I have recently experienced the Walshes' soles suddenly coming off (although I have been using them since the 1980's, and they never used to be like...

I can remember when I bought my first pair of fell shoes - I was in a shop that sold Walshes but not Inov8s - the salesman said "If I was you ...."...

12.36 miles, 3,315 feet, 4 hours 9 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe clockwise from/to Ambleside, going to the left/west of Great Rigg, to the south west...

I doubt if anyone still looks for alternative lines any more, i think people just assume that after all this time the route is the route. These...

You need Walshes.

Love your alternative Fell Race route choice optimism Luke and enjoy trying to work them out on the map. It seems to me that you come up with more...

Currently sat in the blacksmith's arms after a run round the route, its astonishing what you don't notice or consider when you're in the race and...