Head out after work from Natland around usual Lyth Valley route. Bike is repaired and going well, a new headset ! A glorious evening and I think of the runners setting off on the Lakeland 100.
Saturday, 3 August 2013
Training - Wednesday 24th July 2013
Back to the Helm, not been here for a while either. Only 4 of us tonight, Billy wants a steady night because of the Blisco race on Saturday, Craig because of the Lakeland 50 and Ben and I are happy to go with this.
Was due to be a fartlek session through the rolling farmland at the back of the Helm but, actually, we just went for a run through this area; a good session though.
Exercise bike - Tuesday 23rd July 2013
Staying overnight in Liverpool, I hit the Crowne Plaza's gym and hate it !
Training - Monday 22nd July 2013
Back to it, not been here for a while and it's going to hurt !
And it does, a warm night and I work hard...I also suffer !
And it does, a warm night and I work hard...I also suffer !
Arnside Ride - Sunday 21st July 2013
Craig and I head out on bikes, we do the Arnside loop but add in Silverdale too. Another hot day and glorious weather. A quick stop for coffee and cake in Arnside and back to town and the tough climb back up Windermere Road.
A good ride out and clock up 35 miles.
Turner Landscape Recce - Saturday 20th July 2013
So this race is coming up in a few weeks time and a recce seems like a good idea.
The roads will be busy and so to cut journey time KA and I head over to Coniston and decide to join the route by running up the Walna Scar Road.
From the top of this, we cut left (South) on a race trod to the summit of White Pike (the penultimate checkpoint in the race). Then we cut back and descended to where the Walna Scar passes through a gate at the lower fell wall. We can't recce the last leg as this is over private land (but will of course be permitted on race day), so head a little further down the Walna Scar to join the outward race route.
We then follow a track to Seathwaite Tarn. It is a hot day and we are both carrying far too little water, we make the mistake of not refilling at the outflow of the tarn; this is a big mistake ! We easily pick up the trod from the tarn and climb to the ridge and then the summit of Grey Friar.
Then on to Swirl How, Brim Fell and Coniston Old Man, we are both gasping for a drink ! Round to Dow Crag and we try to pick a good line to bypass Brown Pike to rejoin the Walna Scar. The race route is a cracker and I'm looking forward to it.
We head back down the Walna Scar and manage to drink from a beck, bliss ! Back to the car and then to Ambleside for fish & chips. A good afternoon out.
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