Somewhat curious about what you was up to there Ian?Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Myself, just a 30min run. Hopefully set for an 8-9hr run out tomo
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Somewhat curious about what you was up to there Ian?Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Myself, just a 30min run. Hopefully set for an 8-9hr run out tomo
Call out?Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Night Exercise with a reportQuote:
Originally Posted by Rodders
See any meteorites? Me and daughter were on the hill at the back opf our house spotting them at 5:30am.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
A cracking but cold recce over the Tour Of Pendle course in under 3hrs:thumbup:, despite going over on my already swollen ankle on the last part of the course.
This evening I got all for free....
Nettled
Slightly dirty
A great view of the Isle of Man (30 miles distant) as the sun went down
Pleasantly cold
Pleasantly warmed by the bubbles of warm air that sit at the bottom on hills on evenings like tonight
An impromptu 200m rep courtesy of a chase from a bullock
The chance to miss early Saturday evening TV;)
A look down a massive hole that has eaten both the hedge and the road (Old iron ore mines and the recent rain)
A view of Blackpool illuminations and the mast on Winter hill (I think, has it got red lamps on it??) (40ish miles away)
Pleasantly tired.
Remember all for free and people wonder why runners run,
now where's that Chocolate stout:thumbup:
They've started selling Young's Double Chocolate in Morrison's. Happy days!
The very stuff and very nice it was too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by foxy
yesterdays training! A VERY early run over Bowland.
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dunnerdale recce in the wind n rain, the robinsons and addisons out there too.
"great little route"
38miles and 1126m ascent, I think.
Really not sure about this trail running lark, I was fantasizing about peat hags and thick heather for much of the day.
Watched a couple of people did there shoes out of the mud which provided some entertainment. Very very muddy, miles and miles of feet eating swampy mud
8 Miles up and around the Wessenden Valley. 1100 feet of ups and downs. Nice.
Quite a tough run in the far eastern fells. Not the distance or climb (12miles 1800 ft) but really hard going over very boggy terrain and lots of pathless fell. Wet sleddale - Sleddale Hll - Mosedale bothy - Brunt Tongue - Harrop Pike - Great Yarlside - Wasdale Pike and back. Not a soul seen and wet feet all round. Huge group of deer and stags running wild on Wasdale Pike gave a nice finish to quiet couple of hours on the fells.
mattp - I quite like the running up that way, use it as a stop off to break long journeys from Scotland to darn sarf
2.5 mls near my house :-). Getting there.
You may well have done this - in which case ignore - but there's a nice horseshoe to be done from Huck's bridge around Borrowdale to the east of the A6. I've never seen another person out on those fells although I know its a regular venue for a few Kendal based fell runners.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
5 miles over Scout Scar. Last run for a couple of days due to impending 12 hour night shifts :thunbdown:
I had a walk over there last weekend with the missus. Parked in the layby just above the bridge. We went up the big bridleway to the north of the river, along the ridge, down to Low Borrowdale Farm and then back along by the river. We were looking over to the ridge on the south of the river and wondering if you could make a loop round. Is this what you do? If so, where do you drop down from the south ridge and cross the river to get up on to the north ridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattp
A steady hill session to the top of Snowden and back with Mrs Stagger. Very cold and misty with driving rain in parts.
Good little session though enjoyed it and the kiss at the trig made it special.
From the cattle grid to the top just clocked 3100ft and 8.7 miles.
:love: top man!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
Cheers mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
With the new diet I've been on I'm now running sub 12st. Never been under that since 16year old. Can't get enough of climbing now (and can run a lot more of the ups).
Happy to be out with Linda more, but I was on my 2 hr limit for running before the body shuts down or falls over.
Cycling tomorrow probably in the rain but who cares.
Geoff - I/we usually go over the South side first (although it doesn't matter) run along the ridge from Mabbin Crag towards Whinfell Beacon. You soon see the big radio mast just after the beacon and you need to head for that. When you get to the mast a bridleway cuts in from the South. You can follow this NNE down into the valley or head off piste to save a bit of plodding. When you get to the river head back west until you cross the bridge. You basically plough straight up the fellside along a fence line for a while and then aim to hit the top of the ridge when you then follow it West back to the main path that you desribe at the start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank
There are trods of varying obviousness for most of the way. Hope that makes sense otherwise happy to go for a recce sometime if you want?
Cheers, sounds good. Will give you a shout if I'm heading that way. Fancy it as a headtorcher, but think it'll need a recce in the light!Quote:
Originally Posted by mattp
13.2 miles around the Old/New PW near Marsden. 1200 feet of ups. New pb, Nice.
Just over 5 miles today around Snaefell on the Isle of Man. 1900 feet of climb. Wintry showers at the top and blowing a gale.
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3 miles round the golf course... The comeback from injury begins....
It must be a bloody tough golf course by the look of all the buggies and motorized golf bags on it! :o
6.5 miles around the Colne Valley with 600 ft of ups. Going to run every day for the rest of the month if possible and see what happens.
Been a good few days. Thursday, 12 miles in dumtotchty forest, Friday 12 miles in glen derry and glen tilt, saturday 15 mile road run, lovely rural circuit at 6:30 pace and felt good again, today, will recce Pentland skyline route.. nice few days in lovely cold crisp weather..
8 Mile loop around the old/new PW from Marsden. 1200feet ups. Nice and cold.
Yesterday - Parked at Kirkstone Pass. Straight up Red Screes and onto little Hart Crag (bumping into a forumite en route), then Dove Crag, Hart Crag and up to Fairfield. Same route then in reverse but descent along High Hartsop Dodd. 10 miles 3500 ft. Deep snow made tough going but bright sunshine, blue skies and excellent views eased the pain.
Today - usual 6 mile route over Scout Scar. Another stunning morning.
Nipped out for 40 mins at lunch time over the moors near the office. My normal route but looped back early to get the climb twice and add in a small narrow off camber descent bit to a scramble over a collapsed dry stone wall.
First run off road for weeks. It's been all road and cycling. I lapped it up.
Ambleside orienteering event last night. Good quick blast round. A few mistakes although it was pretty straight-forward really. West African peanut stew in Bilbo's afterwards. Nice!
Yesterday concentrated on squats, lunges, burpees andd sort sprints. Out on bike earlier resulted in flat tire and a push home..!
Recc'ied the Tinto hill race course this morning, did a couple of bits twice to get a idea of the best route off the sumit. Text my mate and told him they had laid a tarmac and compacted stone track to the sumit so he would need racing flats for Saturday's race.:o
I thought about using X-Talons but wasn't sure so think I will stick to "If in doubt get the mudclaws out.":wink:
ATB
Tahr
Viewing houses near Stirling, ok, not actual physical exercise but jolly hard work dealing with these 'Estate Agents'
Only a tiny bit of snow on Hart Crag today and none in the valley from Rydal, very very wet under foot though, claggy, windy and mizzly feet and hands froze, no pain easing skies blue sadly. Similar route to your's the other day but ascending and descending from the other side! No one to be seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by mattp
Last night 5 miles headtorching.
Tonight lovely hill reps.
Nothing today...Rest.
Yesterday intended to run but had to change plans...So went on the turbo trainer in the garage in the evening. 1 x 30 mins interval with warm and cool down either side.
Put the Hope on the mountain bike but it's really rainy. Going to eat a chicken kiev instead.
4 mile headtorcher earlier. Beautiful evening, very wet and boggy, just how I like it. About 10 miles on the bike and another flat tire second day in a row..luckily it went down at home!