Kentmere Race Route

24th July 2011

Not been out for a week so needed a steady run. Chatting to DW at the Hawkshead Brewery Beer Festival we decide to head for Fairfield the next day. But change our minds as there could be a lot of traffic. Kentmere is the new venue. Amazingly on this perfect almost cloudless warm summers day we find a parking place and are and off up the Garburn track surprisingly quickly. I feel terrible. My achilles are incredibly tight and legs feel heavy. I am glad that DW wants to walk the uphills and jog the rest.

We take our time, take in the views and discus the route options of last years Mountain Trial which was based in Kentmere in 2010. The race route is very familiar and I am glad we can take the time to enjoy it. So often it is a bad weather option. On Kentmere Pike the Red Arrows give us our personal aerobatic display. I assume it was for us and not the thousands at the Windermere Air Show. Finally on the descent I get to stretch my legs but the run in brings back a hint of an old injury and a reminder to keep up the stretching exercises I have neglected over the past few weeks.

Just over 2 and a half hours. Take out the stops to admire the view etc and that would not be a bad race time.

But still a feeling I need to train more.

Russell