Fell running at night

I'm going to try some non-fell night running later. It'll be my first attempt a la head torch. I think I'll try a route I'm familiar with to start off at least.

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Originally Posted by Grouse

I had to carry my headtorch in my hand the other day cos I was getting a bit light-headed.

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Did you end up getting light-fingered:D

Went out last night with lad on CVFR Halloween run, he loved it. More headtorch runs with him planned. Doesn't seem to slow him down, same can't be said for me:(

Depends what you had for tea?

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Originally Posted by NotOnUrHelly

I tend to move onto the roads in Winter, pace being the very reason. Although I love fell running in summer and winter weekends. I would rather spend my winter evening running on the hilly roads around Darwen. I have a great loop that gets me 1800ft of ascent in 10 miles. I find this is done much faster than on the fells with a head torch. So in my personal opinion, Im getting a better workout.

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A good point, however I think for most people it is a play off between the heavy impact of the roads on your joints and the quality of an available decent road route at night. Seeing as though most people train in the evening this is an issue during the winter for those who train frequently during the week. Personally I try and complete 70% of my milage off road.

There's also the simple fact that we fell run because we enjoy it, not just for training benefit. You can't have nights like we had last night on the roads.

http://sarzmountainrun.blogspot.com/...n-in-snow.html

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Originally Posted by IainR

There's also the simple fact that we fell run because we enjoy it, not just for training benefit. You can't have nights like we had last night on the roads.

http://sarzmountainrun.blogspot.com/...n-in-snow.html

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That looks a fantastic night Iain :cool:

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Originally Posted by IainR

There's also the simple fact that we fell run because we enjoy it, not just for training benefit. You can't have nights like we had last night on the roads.

http://sarzmountainrun.blogspot.com/...n-in-snow.html

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Spot on Iain, lad's too young to know about training benefit, just wants to have fun, and why not:)
If i show him your pics, he'll be praying for snow tonight;)

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Originally Posted by mxhornet

I'm going to try some non-fell night running later. It'll be my first attempt a la head torch. I think I'll try a route I'm familiar with to start off at least.

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from the car to the house by any chance!

i'd like to get the knack of fell running in the day