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Mar 2018
4:23pm, 3 Mar 2018
8,820 posts
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Garfield
The sun has rid us of most of the snow today...pleasant walk to the local garden centre to have a look about (it's been closed since last May for renovations and looks spectacular now). One mile joglet today and a longer run for tomorrow.
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Mar 2018
4:26pm, 3 Mar 2018
37,894 posts
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Velociraptor
I went out and ran in the soggy slush this afternoon.
My calves expressed their disapproval of the treadmill run I did last night. Can't blame them. I should keep off the treadmill, but I needed a quick endorphin fix at 9pm and it was icy outside.
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Mar 2018
4:29pm, 3 Mar 2018
15,016 posts
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Columba
Quite fancy St Cuthbert's Way, too.
Very gradual thaw in process here. Will take a very long time to melt the drifts, though, not to mention the heaps of snow that people have piled up in clearing their drives.
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Mar 2018
5:28pm, 3 Mar 2018
1,354 posts
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JRitchie
We are organising a group of 10 from my local club to do St Cuthbets over 2 days (social ultra if you will) in June this year. Looks really easy for accom and food. Just a bit of logistics to fix.
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Mar 2018
10:06am, 4 Mar 2018
4,895 posts
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hillstrider
Our local parkruns were cancelled yesterday, and also the Oakhaven Half Marathon which I would have been running today. I'm sulking now :u:
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Mar 2018
12:07pm, 4 Mar 2018
127 posts
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MadWelshWoman
It has been a tricky week for running..not much happening here! Attempted a 5 mile jaunt this morning, Achilles are very painful now...I am going off to join Hillstrider in the sulking corner 
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Mar 2018
1:00pm, 4 Mar 2018
1,825 posts
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Canute
I really love running on snow, so I have enjoyed the past week. Maybe if I did not have access to countryside I would be less enthusiastic.
Wednesday was especially lovely because we had a fresh dump of snow about 12 cm deep in the hours before I set out. The countryside looked wonderful. I was starting to feel exhausted after about 5 miles, but it was worth it.
Tuesday was a bit different. It was the first of the snowy days. The snow was more scattered, but the north-easterly breeze was very chilly. I had been a bit careless and had not used my asthma inhaler in the morning, nor did I bring it with me. When the cold air caused my airways to become tightly constricted I began to feel a bit concerned. I wished that I was wearing more substantial clothing and had left a note of my intended route with someone. The preceding milder weather had left me a bit blase. Overall, I had been quite silly. I was relieved when I eventually jogged very slowly upwards over the Trent escarpment and back home, wheezing but OK. Old dogs need at least to remember the easy tricks.
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Mar 2018
2:52pm, 4 Mar 2018
1,826 posts
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Canute
After a lovely snowy week in Notts, we have spent the weekend in South Lakeland.
Yesterday morning it was still quite windy and snowing sporadically, so I ran along the sheltered Back of the Fell Road below Newton Fell. In the afternoon, when the sun came out, we went for a delightful walk over Hampsfell and back through Eggerslack Wood with the slanting rays of the sun piercing through the trees.
This morning the wind had dropped so I headed for the summit ridge of Newton Fell. Summit Ridge is a bit of a grandiose term as it merely joins several low rocky summits, but it offers a delightful variety of terrain and great views. I believe two of its rocky summits get a mention in Wainwright's volume on Outlying Fells, but happily it enjoys benign neglect by tourists.
Today there were still a few drifts of snow and slabs of ice on the ridge. The view eastward beyond the steep snout of Whitbarrow Scar to the deeply indented snow covered facade of the Howgills, and further southwards across the silvery estuary of the Kent to Whernside and Pen-Y-Ghent was wonderful.
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Mar 2018
2:54pm, 4 Mar 2018
711 posts
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Fenland Flier
Sounds really nice Canute.
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Mar 2018
3:17pm, 4 Mar 2018
21,681 posts
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LazyDaisy
Your second post does sound lovely, but I'm giving you a stern look over your escapade sans inhaler in the first post! Lesson learned though
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