After Black Combe I am finding it hard to get any enthusiasm. Still not up to Monday training and not wanting to risk making the injury worse I give it a miss and do the circuit training on Tuesday with MC. It might be better to wait until after the Highlander to push it in case I make it worse. Wednesday at the club night the hill reps don't come easy but I am glad I did the session.
On Friday it is only 5 weeks to the Highlander so decide I had better concentrate on longer runs. A surprise visit from my daughter scuppers plans for Sunday but I manage a shorter run in the evening. During which I hatch a plan to do Fairfield on Monday night. I know this will mean coming down in the dark but I should make the top in daylight.
I only intend to go up and come down the same way and time is limited. I decide to see where I am in 1 hour and what the weather is like before committing myself to anything more. At Nab Scar I realise that of all the times I have been here I don't think I have visited the top. There are about 5 summits, some with cairns and some without. I go to them all just in case. Then I make good progress to Heron Pike but am now in the mist. I push on the Greatrigg Man. 59 minutes down and it is very gloomy, time to turn back.
I have a head torch but feel reluctant to use it. I really don't like staring down the tunnel of the beam. So progress is steady. 45 minutes to get down with pause to take in the view when I drop out of the mist. Do the lights of Amblside seam attractive? It is surprisingly warm. I am please with my effort and must now keep it up,
Sundays cake. Treacle tart and ice cream.
Russell
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