Did my second Lake District trail race on Saturday - harder work than the last one even though it was shorter with no massive climb (but lots and lots of steep undulations which hurt more). It started off with a half hour trip on the Ullswater steamer to the race start which was nice but I was absolutely freezing in running kit and a thin jacket as there was no kit transfer . We basically ran round the shores of Ullswater back to the pier in Glenridding. Straight off uphill, then lots of very technical running on narrow paths and just when you thought it was getting easier yet more climbs. I loved it, the views down Ullswater were gorgeous when I could look at them but hard, hard work. It was "only" 12.5 k but it took 1.27 for me to drag myself round.

I've done no running so far this week as I'm giving my legs a break but I'm heading off down to one of the local running clubs tonight to join in their training session to see what's what. I'm getting really bored running on my own and hope joining a club will push me on a bit. Just got to hope they are not all whippets!