Anniversary Waltz

[PaulE]

Cheers Yiannis. I've not got much experiance of hard races yet (only started racing this year) but have plenty of time on my feet in the hills and will be doing Edale skyline and as many other races as I can squeeze in first. The cutoff looks reasonable - about 8 miles and 3600' of climbing in, according to grough route... I'd just need to pace myself so as not to arrive there too early and blow up in the 2nd half.

Really fancy a big lakeland race, and this is one of the few which has fallen on a free weekend!

[Nathaniel Lee]

Doing Anni Waltz for first time and have read robinson 2000 ft straight up. I was wondering from those who have done this race and have knowledge of the peak district are there any near 2000ft peaks that running up would have a similar gradient that sort of thing.cheers Matt

[Derby Tup]

Doing Anni Waltz for first time and have read robinson 2000 ft straight up. I was wondering from those who have done this race and have knowledge of the peak district are there any near 2000ft peaks that running up would have a similar gradient that sort of thing.cheers Matt

Highest point in the Peak is only just over 2000ft so you're not going replicate it exactly. Reps on Kinder, Win Hill or similar is your best bet. Top of Grindsbrook is rough, Win Hill is steep!

[FellJunior]

This website has maps of hills by height range. The menu path is 'Maps' tab then 'Height Ranges' tab. You can zoom in and choose terrain view or OS map to gauge gradient.

[Nathaniel Lee]

Cheers that should come in useful thanks to both DT and Felljunior.

[monkeynut]

I would be more bothered about the hell of a long run out on the track& bit of road before you even get your feet grubby, its hard on the old knees,
I wont do it again

[ZootHornRollo]

Doing Anni Waltz for first time and have read robinson 2000 ft straight up. I was wondering from those who have done this race and have knowledge of the peak district are there any near 2000ft peaks that running up would have a similar gradient that sort of thing.cheers Matt

it's a fair old climb, but I wouldn't worry about it too much.

The descent off Dalehead on the other hand ...

[Nathaniel Lee]

Is it Bothy bag as parachute time then and just pray that you can keep up with the speed your legs want to go.

[ZootHornRollo]

depends which way you go - the 'direct route' is pretty steep.

Actually, at the AW it's not too bad cos it's halfway through; at borrowdale after nearly four hours' running, it's fair to say I found it challenging.

[dominion]

depends which way you go - the 'direct route' is pretty steep.

Actually, at the AW it's not too bad cos it's halfway through; at borrowdale after nearly four hours' running, it's fair to say I found it challenging.

Robinson on Borrowdale???