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20 Aug
3:54pm, 20 Aug 2024
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Ally-C wrote: I'm doing it while unfit so I have an excuse to walk up the steep bits!
My plan was to do that a few times this Summer. Haven’t been fit enough yet though. |
20 Aug
4:14pm, 20 Aug 2024
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AndyS
57.5 Degrees of Pain wrote: I'm doing it while unfit so I have an excuse to walk up the steep bits! I used a similar excuse (a couple of months post-meniscectomy = deconditioned AND a dodgy knee) to walk at Whinlatter "Even the flat bit* is steep" Forest. Really glad I did - meant I had time to enjoy the incredible views! I'd not heard of Faskally Forest until you mentioned it here - looks like one I need to add to my list! *Yes, there is a flat bit at Whinlatter. About 200m of it... |
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20 Aug
4:28pm, 20 Aug 2024
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Faskally Forest has a nice flat bit around a beautiful wee loch which you do three times, while you contemplate the steep hill away from the loch. Plus a steep uphill start. Fabulous setting though, well worth a walk or run afterwards to look around the woods. Even better to arrive on foot from Pitlochry if you have the energy. |
20 Aug
7:22pm, 20 Aug 2024
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Bazoaxe
It is possible at portobello I guess if on lap three either the finishers dont stay left or those entering laps 1 or two dont keep right. Not an exact scenario, but even the keeping left can mean cutting across someone who is heading right
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20 Aug
10:58pm, 20 Aug 2024
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runningmumof3boys
Has anybody done Shrewsbury ? Were in Shropshire for bank holiday weekend so that’s on our plan
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21 Aug
4:29am, 21 Aug 2024
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No.12
Shrewsbury is a busy but very pleasant run by the river. It's well established and popular so expect around 600 runners
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21 Aug
9:48am, 21 Aug 2024
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runningmumof3boys
@No.12 would you think Ludlow is better plan ? I can’t decide between the 2
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21 Aug
9:55am, 21 Aug 2024
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Ally-C
57.5 Degrees of Pain wrote: Faskally Forest has a nice flat bit around a beautiful wee loch which you do three times, while you contemplate the steep hill away from the loch. Plus a steep uphill start. Fabulous setting though, well worth a walk or run afterwards to look around the woods. Even better to arrive on foot from Pitlochry if you have the energy. The flat bit isnae very long tbf. |
21 Aug
10:17am, 21 Aug 2024
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Cerrertonia
DeeGee wrote: I have a vague recollection that Castle Park in Bishops Stortford has something similar - a very short section of path or bridge which runners go across in both directions and there's only space for one, so there is a chance you might have to wait a second or two. But I may be mis-remembering.
We've got an out and back at Cleethorpes, which we run twice, but the course I'm looking at has a couple of bridges which I don't think can tolerate two way traffic. |
21 Aug
11:31am, 21 Aug 2024
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StuH
Also at Victorious festival this weekend, staying in Southsea. I notice the start/finish of Southsea has now been moved to the far east end of the promenade and looks a bit of a trek. I may give Great Salterns a try.
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