5am start we we're released on the fells. It was light and already looking to be a good day, with just a bit of cloud on the top of Helvellyn. From Swirls car park about a hundred runners and walkers headed up the path to the top of the first peak. After 55 mins at a scout's pace Imade it to the trig at the top, but despite the views I didn't hang around as the running along the ridge and then down off the mountain was brilliant as I passed walkers and less courageous (or idiotic) runners.
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| Path up Helvellyn |
After the first checkpoint (stocked with food and drink), it was the boggy run up the valley to Greenup Edge and then onto peak 2 High Raise. From Higher White Stones I ran down the hillside passing more people walking and running the 10 peaks.
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| High Raise (High White Stones) |
After the run past Rossett Pike and Angle Tarn I walked up onto peak no 3 Bowfell , where there seemed to be 10 peakers everywhere. From Bowfell over Esk Pike (no 4) to the next checkpoint at Esk Hause.It was then onto Great End (no5), Ill Crag (no 6), Broad Crag (no7) and then into the cloud on Scafell Pike (peak no 8). I ran off Scafell Pike and then along the corridor route passing two runners who caught me back up on the way up Great Gable as I started to feel fatigued. At the top of Great Gable (no9) it was claggy, so I picked my bearing and headed off down to the next checkpoint at Beck Head.
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| Haystacks and Buttermere from the Moses Trod path |
After the chekpoint it was a good run along Mosses Trod Path and I looked back and I had lost the two runners who had been with me up until Beckhead. After a long run I made it down to the last checkpoint at Honistor Pass, I turned down hot food but drank a coke with electrolyte mixed in, before heading off on the last leg.
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| On Dale Head Peak 10 |
It was a long slog up Dale Head (peak no 10) but after reaching the top it was a a descent into the valley and then along a track to the roads with what felt like long run/walk to the finish at Keswick. I made it to the end in 9 hour 33 minutes and 22 second,s and was told to my suprise I had finished in 4th position.
Race Stats 30 miles and approx 3000m (9840ft) ascent
| Location | Leg | Total |
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| P1 - Helvellyn | 00:51:16 | 00:51:16 |
| FS1 - CP South Thirlmere | 00:34:56 | 01:26:12 |
| P2 - High Raise | 01:20:53 | 02:47:05 |
| P3 - Bowfell | 01:15:57 | 04:03:02 |
| P4 - Esk Pike | 00:20:08 | 04:23:10 |
| FS2 - Esk Hause | 00:08:10 | 04:31:20 |
| P5 - Great End | 00:14:18 | 04:45:38 |
| P6 - Ill Crag | 00:14:11 | 04:59:49 |
| P7 - Broad Crag | 00:09:29 | 05:09:18 |
| P8 - Scafell Pike | 00:12:48 | 05:22:06 |
| P9 - Great Gable | 01:14:02 | 06:36:08 |
| FS3 - Beckhead | ----- | ----- |
| FS4 - Honistor YHA | ----- | 07:38:08 |
| P10 - Dale Head | 00:38:09 | 08:16:17 |
| Finish - Race HQ | 01:17:05 | 09:33:22 |
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