LAKE DISTRICT FELL RUNNING | GREAT LAKES FELL RACE | FINDING NEW LINES

In this video I take in some classic Wainwrights of the Southern Fells while out doing a recce of The Great Lakes Fell Race.

The Great Lakes is organised and run by Ambleside AC with this year's race is taking part 29th June.

Category AL 21KM / 2130m

It's a beast of a race and one of my favourites.

I ran this race last year and in this video I'm doing a recce of some different lines. Mainly the line off Scafell Pike down to the bottom of Foxes tarn Gully which is a check point.

The other is a different line off Slight Side down into Great Moss. The general concensus is to head south, clear Horn Crag then turn East and drop into Great Moss. I'm trying to find a more direct route off the side of Slight Side.

* TRAINING UPDATE*

Weather this week is atrocious (again) so the high fells are unmanagable. The key to a successful training plan is flexibility. Adapt and overcome. I'm focusing on strength work in the gym and low elevation miles while the weather is crap.

Additionally, I've a place in the Isle of Jura fell race so my attendence for the UTS100K is 50/50 at the moment, more on that later.

Hope you enjoy this

Thanks for watching

John