Fellsman

[Bobert]

Get your self to Scotland for a long week end. three days of Munroing will probably do you more good. it did for me.

Working on big hills make the 'smaller' lakes climb seem alot easier and it keeps you fresher. Just repeating bits of the BG for training sake makes it a bit stale.

Absolutely spot on there Ian. I live in the Lakes and spent too much time on the bg route last year, came to my first attempt in september 2008 and it all felt wrong on the day. Stale is the word. I just didn't want to get round. This time i have hardly been on the bg route, just short sections. Instead training on areas of the lakes i've not visited much before. Now i can't wait for the big day.

[IanDarkpeak]

Absolutely spot on there Ian. I live in the Lakes and spent too much time on the bg route last year, came to my first attempt in september 2008 and it all felt wrong on the day. Stale is the word. I just didn't want to get round. This time i have hardly been on the bg route, just short sections. Instead training on areas of the lakes i've not visited much before. Now i can't wait for the big day.

Not that it mattered on my successful attempt as I couldn't see any thing but I never reccied the last section and only did a bit of leg 4. I wanted the latter legs to have interest rather than just following the same route I'd done many times.
I had pacers enough who knew all the tricky bits on those legs.

Got to go n...

[FellShoeShuffler]

Ian

I'm going on five weeks as a good recovery time from the Fellsman. After the weekend, I'm bringing my BG forward to June 26th. The longer i leave it the more chance of injury in my case. A few more weeks of big ascent, and then...

Good plan. I am sure that is a good idea especially as you are going so well just now.

[FellShoeShuffler]

Get your self to Scotland for a long week end. three days of Munroing will probably do you more good. it did for me.

Working on big hills make the 'smaller' lakes climb seem alot easier and it keeps you fresher. Just repeating bits of the BG for training sake makes it a bit stale.

Absolutely right. My final week of hard training will be pacing a 17 hour Joss then 6 days in Glencoe followed by Duddon to start my taper. Hoping for just the effect Ian mentions so that the big hills in the Lakes seem smaller.

[MorganW]

Good man Stolly, i'm giving the Fellsman a miss next year to concentrate on a BG. Planning a June attempt and thinking the Fellsman is too close to that.

That's good news Merry.

Keep us all posted. (You don't usually need an invitation).

[stevefoster]

That's good news Merry.

Keep us all posted. (You don't usually need an invitation).

Cheers Morgan

[stevefoster]

Back to the Fellsman, which parts of it are on private land and which parts can be reccied?

[MorganW]

That's what i'm thinking, a weekend in the Lakes on the BG route may serve me better than a Fellsman

Old Counties Tops Merry. You know you want to.

[stevefoster]

Old Counties Tops Merry. You know you want to.

Fancy that..........next year, busy this weekend, any routes or maps anywhere?

[MorganW]

Fancy that..........next year, busy this weekend, any routes or maps anywhere?

I've got a full set, laminated, after running it in 07 and 08.

2 clubmates were round our 'ouse Monday evening collecting route tips. I hope they were listening properly.

Quick summary:

ODG Hotel, over below Silver Howe, through Grasmere, bit of road, up Tongue Gill to Grizedale Tarn, on to Helvellyn, down to Wythburn car park, up Wythburn valley, up Flour Gill, round High Raise, Angle Tarn, Esk Hause, Scafell Pike, Upper Eskdale, down Mosedale, Cockley Beck bridge, up to the col between Grey Friar and Great Carrs, away to Coniston Old Man, 3 Shires Stone, down Wrynose Pass, cut round to Blea Tarn, last bit of the langdale descent, then head right to get back to the ODG.

Some of the route finding is quite tricky if the weather is traditional Lakes.

Nothing to it for a man of your calibre.