Todays permitted exercise!

[Mike T]

9.33 miles, 2,667 feet, 2 hours 43 minutes: Wansfell Pike and Wansfell true top, ascending via the Roman Ruins, Borrans Park, Blue Hill Road and the steps, and descending via High Skelghyll and Skelghyll Lane. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,000 feet. No wind nor rain. Terrain dry/wet/damp and slippery in places. Not many walkers about; 3 fellow runners seen.

[Mike T]

10.43 miles, 1,717 feet, 2 hours 35 minutes: Loughrigg trails, taking in the Roman Ruins, Borrans Park, Fishgarths Wood, Todd Crag, Lily and Loughrigg Tarns, High Close Arboretum, and Loughrigg top. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,500 feet; no wind; a few minutes of drizzle. Terrain dry/damp/wet and slippery in places, particularly the rocks. Lots of walkers on the steps up from Grasmere and on the path up past the old golf club. 4 other runners seen.

[Mike T]

10.3 miles, 3,057 feet, 3 hours 7 minutes: Wansfell Pike, and along the ridge to the true top, ascending via the Roman Ruins, Borrans Park and Blue Hill Road, and descending via High Skelghyll and Skelghyll Lane. Initially overcast, with the cloud base at about 1,500 feet; intermittent drizzle. Sunny later, with the remaining clouds being above the high tops. No wind. Terrain damp/wet and slippery in places, particularly the rocks. Quite a few walkers on the fell. Only 1 other runner seen.

[Mike T]

15.1 miles, 4,352 feet, 4 hours 26 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Under Loughrigg - Rydal - Fairfield Horseshoe c/w to Dove Crag, going over the tops and keeping to the left on the Fairfield plateau - High Bakestones - Scandale - Red Screes - Roundhill Farm - Ambleside. Sunshine and high clouds, a moderate breeze from the south, no rain. Terrain mainly dry with good grip. Quite a few walkers on the fell; 4 other runners seen.

Descending the south ridge of Red Screes, having crossed the first wall, there is a choice between the main path on the left, and the more subtle runner's trod slightly to the right. For a change I tried the main path - it is distinctly inferior, with several boggy drops; the runner's trod is 100% runnable, though it takes several recces before being able to reliably stay on it.

[Mike T]

8.04 miles, 2,726 feet, 2 hours 33 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 3 sides (W, E, S/E) and along the ridge to the true top, ascending via Blue Hill Road, and descending via High Skelghyll and Skelghyll Lane. Sunshine and clouds, with the cloud base just catching some of the high tops. No wind; a few minutes of drizzle. Terrain dry/damp with mainly good grip. Lots of walkers about; no other runners seen.

[Mike T]

10 miles, 2,231 feet, 3 hours: Loughrigg trails, taking in the Roman Ruins, Borrans Park, Fishgarths Wood, Lilly Tarn, Loughrigg top, and part of the up and coming juniors' race descent. Sunshine and high clouds, one or two of the latter just catching the highest tops. A gentle breeze from the south. No rain. Terrain dry with good grip. Lots of walkers on all routes. 3 other runners seen - they were in the valley, not on the fell.

The race descent for the U17 and U20 age groups was bashed through the bracken a few days ago; the section I went on follows the wall on the right of the fell gate to the little wooden footbridge halfway down to Miller Bridge - ideally lots of people will use it in the next week to bed it in.

[Mike T]

12.04 miles, 3,311 feet, 3 hours 35 minutes: Rothay Bridge - Miller Bridge - Stoney Lane - Low Sweden Bridge - around the rock step - Low/High Pikes - Scandale - Red Screes - Roundhill Farm - Ambleside. Overcast with some patches of blue sky; the clouds were above the high tops. No wind nor rain. Terrain dry with good grip. Surprisingly few walkers on the fells, given the good forecast and the fact that it is a long weekend. $ fellow runners seen.

[Mike T]

10.06 miles, 2,245 feet, 2 hours 55 minutes: Loughrigg trails, ascending via Fishgarths Wood, Todd Crag, Lily and Loughrigg Tarns, and High Close Arboretum; and taking in part of the junior race route on the descent. Overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,500 feet. No rain nor wind. Terrain damp/wet and slippery in places, particularly the rocks. Lots of walkers on the fell; no other runners seen.

[Mike T]

7.7 miles, 1,067 feet, 1 hour 55 minutes: Ings - Brant Fell - School Knott - Ings. Sunshine and high clouds; no wind nor rain. Terrain dry with good grip. Not many walkers about.

This was an AAC club run on a route I have done many times over the years, but would still get lost on if by myself - there were about 15 of us. Again, my lack of speed showed, both on tarmac and on technical terrain.

[Mike T]

10.3 miles, 3,074 feet, 3 hours 17 minutes: Wansfell Pike from 2 sides (E,W) and along the ridge to the true top. Overcast, with the cloud base above the tops; no rain; a moderate wind from the east. Terrain dry with good grip. Not many walkers about; no other runners seen.