18.98 miles, 5,336 feet, 5 hours 58 minutes: Ambleside - Rydal - Nab Scar - Alcock Tarn - Traveller's Rest - Steel Fell - Calf Crag - Sergeant Man - Swinescar Pike - Silver How - Loughrigg top - Miller Bridge - Ambleside.
Sunny, very warm, a pleasant breeze on top. Terrain dry and soft. Tourist paths busy, and every top had groups of picnickers. My post run weight was 59.9 kg - normally it is about 62 kg.
8.14 miles, 3,295 feet, 3 hours 11 minutes: ODG - The Band - Crinkle Crags - Pike O'Blisco - Great Lakes descent - ODG. Very warm, a cool breeze at times. Terrain dry, soft. I saw about 20 on the fells. The ODG car park was only about 1/4 occupied when I got there, but completely full when I left, though there was plenty of room at NDG.
13.64 miles, 4,607 feet, 5 hours 43 minutes: ODG - Stake Pass - Rossett Pike - Ore Gap - Esk Pike - Ore Gap - Bowfell - Crinkle Crags - Pike O'Blisco - Langdale descent to ODG. Very warm, a cool breeze at times. Terrain dry, firm. Fells not that busy. The ODG car park was 2/3 full at 7.30 am, and was completely full when I got back - there was space at NDG.
PS. I should add my post run weight today was 59.7 kgs - I was quite thirsty at the finish, not having carried any water, nor drunk from any water sources on the fell side - but that is what I am used to doing.
Last edited by Mike T; 17-07-2021 at 08:25 PM.
Bloody hell, 6hrs in today's heat without water!?!?
I think I had 4-5 litres at Welsh 1000 today (in a similar time period to you), and was/am still dehydrated now...
10.75 miles, 3,900 feet, 3 hours 41 minutes: Traveller's rest - Bracken Hause - Calf Crag - Steel Fell - Steel End - Dunmail Raise - Seat Sandal - Winterseeds. Sunshine and very welcome clouds, and a lovely cool breeze up high - it was so much warmer in the valleys. Terrain dry, firm to hard. Saw 7 on the fells; the carparks are overflowing and town is heaving.
16.56 miles, 4,193 feet, 4 hours 48 minutes: Waterhead - High Skelghyll - Troutbeck - Garburn Pass - Ill Bell - Thornthwaite Beacon - Caudale Moor - Kirkstone Inn - The Struggle - Middle Grove Cottages. Very warm, not many clouds, not much of a breeze - the shade from trees was so welcome. Not many on the fells, though I saw 8 other runners. That cold drink and cold shower once I got home were so nice.
That descent from Thornthwaite Beacon down into Threshthwaite Mouth is one of my favourites at the moment!
Another contender being the north-west ridge off Caudale Moor down to Brothers Water.
I find the descent from the Beacon a bit too rocky/gravelly/slippery to enjoy - give me grass any day. That Caudale Moor ridge is good. Unfortunately some normally really enjoyable local paths are blocked by bracken at the moment.Originally Posted by Travs
I think that's why I like it, because it's challenging and I know I need to improve on more technical ground.
In wet conditions it's absolutely horrible.
8.08 miles, 2,242 feet, 2 hours 23 minutes: Patterdale(Cricket Club) - Place Fell - High Knott - path above the lake shore - Patterdale. Very warm, not much of a breeze, the intermittent shade on the path above the lake shore was most welcome. Terrain dry, firm. Lots on the lake path.
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