Featured Camp: Lake District: Introduction to Fell Running Weekend

Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria, United Kingdom - Lake District Fell Running Camp: Our Lake District Fell Running Camp, is your chance to experience the unique flavour of fell running in the Dunnerdales, the spiritual homeland of fell running, over a long weekend. Your guides will be a top local fell runner and experienced mountain runner as well as qualified mountain guide Ceri Rees, who has raced at all levels in the sport and knows the surrounding valleys, as well as local expert Jacob Tonkin. You will spend three nights at Wallowbarrow Farm, in the Duddon Valley and venture off towards Coniston and Eskdale Fells on different days. Previous camps have included dinner on the second night by fell running legend and sheep farmer Joss Naylor who regaled us with some of his running stories and his reflections on fell running. Three nights accommodation (Fri, Sat and Sun) in a very amenable, cosy environment Three days of guided runs (choose how many runs you want to do-we will be taking morning and evening runs) of varying lengths – including one night run. All food, home cooked and provided by our own caterers (vegan options are available). An introduction to technique on hills and training to run in the mountains Pick up from the nearest train station (please contact us to arrange this) navigating in the fells theory and practice injury prevention and self massage workshop with body mechanist Jacob The cost doesn’t include: A pub supper on Friday evening – we will eat out at a nearby pub (The Blacksmiths Ar...