On Saturday we’d decided to go for a reasonable fell run with our mate Tom, for his birthday treat. We picked the reverse of a route P and I had run a few weeks back, from High Moss, up Walna Scar, Dow Crag, Old Man, Great Carrs, Grey Friar and back down via Seathwaite Tarn. As soon as we set off, I realised that I was feeling very tired, and slowed the lads up a fair amount heading up Walna Scar. I am normally perfectly able to trot up this at a nice pace, but today it was all going horribly wrong. It took a lot of effort just to walk up it, but I was determined that it would all be OK! That was probably a mistake.
After reaching the top of Walna Scar, we trotted along the ridge to Dow Crag and round to the Old Man of Coniston. I usually love running along this ridge but today it felt hard. Also my foot started bothering me again, so I was running with a slight limp. By the time we were on the final descent off Grey Friar, Tom and P were being very patient with me and waiting as I lurched my way down the hillside. It can’t have been a pretty sight! When we got back to the hut, it was all I could do to not crash out, feeling exhausted.
On the Sunday, the weather was not great, and we were wondering how to occupy ourselves, and then my back started hurting. Thinking about it, I was running so oddly due to my foot and as I was so tired, it’s no surprise that I’ve tweaked something! So P headed to the coast with some mates bouldering at St Bees, and I relaxed at home with a heat pad on my back!
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