Today's Training

[Al Fowler]

I can actually put a training run post on here for once. WOOOOOP!!!!


Preston have a tradition of entering the Gummers How/Howe race so i went up with them to watch and be a reserve just in case.
After staying in Amblesde YHA - god ive got some stories to tell - over night and having a large amount of curry and 'dizzy blonde' ale afterwards, we decided a run was on the books for Sunday.

We where originally going to do Fairfield but out of the 6 of us going for a run, two had done Tebay yesturday and the other three did gummers how so we didnt fancy doing the Horseshoe and time was an issue.


So instead, we set of running from the YHA, ran straight through the town and headed up the climbing roads into Standale and then up to Red Screes.
The decent then down all the way back to Kirkstone Road, along the south ridge was fantastic.
Nice and grassy and you could just let go and enjoy flyind down the fell.

Was a brillaint run, the weather was perfect if a little humid and it was one of those runs that makes you just fall in love with fell running all over again.

No idea how much climb, no idea oh far we ran. It took us 2hrs 20 but we werent in any hurry and we stopped lots and lots of times to talk as you do.

Simply brilliant.


I may even have to re-visit it one day via the bus....all i need to do though is find somehwhere to leave my bag whilst running.

[Derby Tup]

Good stuff Al - let's hope 'Fowler's Knee' is soon history and you're posting regularly here now

[Al Fowler]

Good stuff Al - let's hope 'Fowler's Knee' is soon history and you're posting regularly here now

So do i DT, so do it.

They where bad this morning but i didnt exactly have a fantastic nights sleep and kept banging my knees on the bed frame.
They where pretty good during the actual run but hurt abit on the decents - mainly because i was decending like a looney (really disengaged brain and went for it).


Im going to go for a training run with the harriers on tuesday so ill have to see how my knees have recovered from today by then.

But its progress i guess.

Further progress is that im not confident i can complete Kentmere in july.

[Pinno]

7 mile on the roads this afternoon.

[jodg]

Saturday--BG Legs all of 3,most of 4 all of 5, about 35 miles in total with around 13,000 ft

Sunday-- recovery run on Blencathra up Sharpe Edge and down Doddick.
About 5miles and 2,100ft

Trunce tomorrow

You can use the Trunce as a rest run. And don't forget me beer!

[ratfink]

friday eve: leg 1 BG 12miles? 5000feet?
friday night/sat day: laps of dunmail,wasdale and honister parking areas making/dispensing cups of tea
sunday:dog walk thirl spot, helvellyn, white stand (5 miles?, 3000feet?)

[jodg]

friday eve: leg 1 BG 12miles? 5000feet?
friday night/sat day: laps of dunmail,wasdale and honister parking areas making/dispensing cups of tea
sunday:dog walk thirl spot, helvellyn, white stand (5 miles?, 3000feet?)

Way to go Ratfink!

[IanDarkpeak]

friday eve: leg 1 BG 12miles? 5000feet?
friday night/sat day: laps of dunmail,wasdale and honister parking areas making/dispensing cups of tea
sunday:dog walk thirl spot, helvellyn, white stand (5 miles?, 3000feet?)

Was that your dog bounding around thirlspot campsite on Friday evening.

The campsite looked like a MM event with all those small tents crammed together.

[ratfink]

Was that your dog bounding around thirlspot campsite on Friday evening.

probably - she's like a junior version of ian fitz and helen's dog.

i know what you mean about the tents - it made me think of the rules at the ODG camping about being 6m apart

[jodg]

i know what you mean about the tents - it made me think of the rules at the ODG camping about being 6m apart

ODG? Surely, you mean JODG???