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Saving the strain

There are some steep sections on this route. When fell running uphill, consciously shorten your stride and aim to use the whole foot in contact with the ground, rather than running on tiptoes, to reduce the strain on your calf muscles. There are two other techniques to try: you can look for stones to support your heel to reduce the angle the foot is hyper-extended by on a steep incline, or on smoother surfaces you can turn your feet slightly outwards across the fall line of the slope.

1 Turn R out of the pub and run down Church Street to the bottom where the road splits, then run R along the edge of the Crazy Golf course and go SA at the corner into the Churchyard. Exit this in the far R corner, and turn sharp L past the primary school and into Rothay Park. Run straight down the track across the middle of the park, and over Miller Bridge on the far side. Turn R on the road over a cattle grid, then almost immediately L over another grid, to ascend a steep road. Pass the buildings of Loughrigg Brow, and as you pass through the farmyard of Brow Head Farm the road turns sharply L, then R.