Last of the summer wine...

Paula and Jenny (oh, and Glenn, nearly forgot him!) ran the Regular Irregular Challenge.The event took place amidst the surroundings of 'last of the summer wine country'

They completed 2 of the 3 loops, deciding that almost 16 miles was far enough...
Not firing on all cylinders at the minute!

Early to bed....

Bags are packed...
Toenails are clipped...
Kit ready...
Peanut butter and jam sarnies made for brekkie...
Compeed plasters bought...
Innov8's waiting by the back door...

... it can only mean one thing...

A LDWA EVENT! Our first outing since The Old Crown Round in July.

BRING IT ON!!!

Only thing left to do is set the alarm for 4.45am.......YIKES!


...early to rise!

Wet But Wonderful...

Jenny, Glenn and Paula went on a run this afternoon...Shrew lane, nice butt corner, cabbage hill, deceptive hill, Paula's marshal post, Jenny's marshal post, hardest way up Howbarrow, secret lane, spooky woods, Sue's mad bull field, hardest way up Hampsfell, Richard's puddle....9 miles and 1100ft of ascent.

white socks...

Memo to self..... 'Don't wear white socks when you run off road!!'

Eaves Wood Trail Race.

A great run in the woods near Silverdale. 5 1/2 miles of undulating, muddy, wet, slippery limestone.
Jenny's comeback is now complete!
Now we can book some LDWA long distance events...... BRING IT ON!!!

it's raining...

Paula and Jenny are planning a run tomorrow...

Wellies or waders???

PHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amy sez ''Nanny's trainers are very very smelly!!!''

HURRAH!!!

Jenny and Paula went for a lunchtime trot on Hampsfell in the rain.

For the first time in 3 months, Jenny ran ALL of it... even the steep bit.

They celebrated this great achievement in their own secret way... ;-)

WELL DONE JENNY!

Beauty and the Beast

Jenny and Glenn ran the 'Cartmel Ultimate Trail' route(also known as the Beauty and the Beast...the route, not Jenny and Glenn!!)

11 miles of water and mud...sounds great!http://www.ultimatetrails.org/lakedistrictcartmel/video.htm

The way to Howbarrow...in autumn

Halloween

Paula went for a solo run onto Howbarrow. Sat awhile to watch the sun set over the bay then realised she had to get back home before it got dark....... through spooky woods......and it's halloween....... and a full moon.....and no head torch.......oh dear!

Amy's work of art.

Low Bank Ground Tea Room

Jenny and Paula went running with their other halves.... 6 miles around Skelwith and Elterwater, bringing back memories of ''Spring in Lakeland''

...and then on Low Bank Ground Farm to the best tea room in the Lakes. Cut your own cake, make your own coffee, chill on the sofa, enjoy the views of Coniston Lake and Fells and then pay what you think is a fair price...FAB!!

Whitbarrow Scar.

Paula and Jenny have had a tootle out atop Whitbarrow Scar tonight.
For 1 hour and 25 mins all was well with the world again......almost.

A lovely mug..

Jenny...Thank you for my lovely pressy....but no thank you for the banana flavoured energy gel!

trip!

Paula kissed the pavement again last night..... blasted tree root!!

Coniston Trail Run

http://www.lakelandtrails.org/coniston/course.htm

Very very windy!!!

Paula tried to keep up with Glenn for as long as possible...lasted about 5 minutes then he was gone.

Jenny watched on the sidelines, but will be having a trot around the course quite soon.

In the words of Elvis Costello...

Jenny

A reet gorgeous marshal and her reet gorgeous dog.

Half Marathon Photo's

www.glennchapman.com/running

check out the sweeper (92)

South Lakes Half Marathon.

Allithwaite's first half marathon ....

starring Paula as Sweeper, Jenny as Marshal, Phil as Race Director and Glenn as Race Photographer....

South Lakes Half Marathon.

Paula's brain is full of..marshals, goody bags, cheese and ham sarnies, water stations etc etc!!!

Starting to get excited about the race on Saturday!

Spooney Green, Keswick

As compensation for missing out on the Scotland trip, Paula and Jenny (and Phil and Glenn) had an almost perfect weekend in this B and B. The only thing stopping it from being perfect was Jenny getting up close and personal with the compost heap! DON'T ASK!!

.....and Glenn drank all the sherry!

Breaking News!

Paula and Jenny have been spotted trotting along the Prom this evening.....slow but steady.  It may not be the long distances over rough ground that they're used to and they may not have needed to eat half a box of Jaffa cakes each to make it to the finish BUT its a good start.

 

Thanks for being there Paula :-)

 

There's a lake around here somewhere!

In this , our 'not Scotland' week, we are enjoying a couple of easy strolls.....and varied weather conditions

Drying out on the floor of the bus...

It's a dog's life.

Another wet day.....another wet walk!!!

Cartmel Races...

Limpy 1 and Limpy 2 will be making a return to training by trotting around Cartmel Racecourse sometime next week.
The going is soft and the latest betting odds are...
Limpy 1(Jenny) 100 /1
Limpy 2 (Paula) 2/1 favourite.

Injury update..,and a view from Hampsfell!

Jenny.... still not running, maybe in a couple of weeks she might be up to dodging dog poo on the promenade.

Paula.... Went up Hampsfell. Bit too far. Silly girl! Might be joining Jenny on her poo dodging runs!

just 2 hills.....

Just 2 of the 'hills' on the Old Crown Round... 25 miles, 8000ft ascent,10 hours...Madness!

Would we do it again? would we heck!!!

Poor wet Alfie!

Alfie wishes Jenny would start running again soon...he's getting fed up of the long ,wet walks!

Walking on Hampsfell

One benefit to walking and not running is ...you can take longer to admire the wonderful views! The distant mountains on the skyline are the Coniston fells and the Langdale Pikes.

FRIENDS!

Paula is posting this photo for the pure and simple reason to make Jenny smile!!!

West Highland Way Escapes until The Spring....

After much deliberation, Jenny has decided she'll not be fit to do the West Highland Way in two weeks time....

 

But!  The good news is

 

- Paula and Jenny will be heading up to Scotland in May to do the West Highland Way.

- By the Spring, they'll be faster, fitter, leaner and meaner :-)

- Paula and Jenny have a few things planned to keep them busy during their September week.

- The blog is going to stay live, so you can see what they're up to between now and then.

- By May 2010, they may have ditched banana flavour energy bars and invented Gin and Tonic flavour ones?

 

 

Walk, don't run!

Phil says can he borrow Alfie's lead to keep Paula under control and stop her from running!

* Stop Press*

 

Paula challenges Jenny to her current title of 'Limpy'.  They, of course, settle for Limpy 1 and Limpy 2.....  but which one is which?

 

Limpy 1 and limpy 2 !!

.....and now we've got matching limps! Oh dear!!
A trip to Daphne with the magic fingers tonight...

Back update

Jenny's coming on in leaps n bounds...
...but not quite leaping and bounding yet.

Miss ya!

The training's almost done!!

The training's almost done...2000 miles between us in the last year, including...
Cartmel Ultimate Trail
Coniston 14
Spring in Lakeland (22 mile)
Keswick to Barrow (40 mile)
Garburn Trail
3 Rings of Shap (ring 1..18 mile)
White Bear Way (21 mile)
Old Crown Round (25 mad miles)
Lowther Trail
Cross Bay Half Marathon

...now we just need Jenny's back to get better then we'll be good to go!