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With the Rab Mountain Marathon getting scarily close and our lack of running fitness becoming a real worry we thought we'd try a fell-run with a bit more ground to cover, and a lot more elevation to tackle ...
I find running to be very hard to motivate myself for - it's such hard work - I have to add an extra incentive, Letterbox treasure...
We had glorious weather in the Lakes yesterday evening so we took full advantage of it and went for a run, found another Lakeland letterbox, and then enjoyed a pub-dinner at the Mortal Man in Troutbeck...
It was forecasted to be very wet on Saturday, so we knew we wouldn't be out climbing. We decided we should take advantage of the non-climbing weather and get in some more running training. To entertain us we thought we'd combine the running with a little letter boxing - good practice for navigating while running.
The Spanish weather continues!
After Laetitia's ML Training she was mad keen to get out and practice more of her skills, so I was dragged out (kicking and screaming) to go walking. Yes, walking, in perfectly decent climbing weather!
It was raining heavily this morning, the birds were splashing in the bird bath and munching on peanuts, and it felt like a perfectly lazy day. I went back to bed. An hour later, I noticed the sky had turned blue...
The weather didn't look so great on Sunday morning when we eventually got out of bed. The 'A' Team at Grange were off to Black Crag, but we thought the rain was imminent, so we chose a very unusual activity for us - a walk...