12.41 miles, 3,470 feet, 4 hours 11 minutes: Fairfield Horseshoe clockwise from Ambleside. Initially overcast, with the cloud base at about 2,000 feet, and misty below that. Later, some of the clouds lifted and there were some brief episodes of sunshine. A few minutes of drizzle. A moderate breeze from the east. Terrain wet/saturated/streaming/slippery. Very few walkers on the fells; 1 other runner seen.

I went over the tops on the ascent, kept to the race/east side of the wall on the descent, and went down the rock step. I took what I regard as the race line on the descent - lots of wet steep slippery grass - but the rockier alternative closer to the wall is just as slippery.