9.09 miles, 3,208 feet, 3 hours 17 minutes: Loughrigg trails, including down the race route from the top to the road at High Close and back up to the top the same way. Sunshine, blue sky, big fluffy clouds above 2,000 feet, and a cold very strong blustery wind from the north. No rain. Terrain dry with good grip. Quite a few walkers on the fell, some of them in shorts. 1 runner seen on the fell, and 1 in the valley.