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Written by David
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Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:12 |
 I love Southsea and running on the beach is great but it is ..... just a bit flat! so at the beggining of the week I decided to take myself off to Snowdonia for a bit of hill training. The weather forecast was for sunny skies during the day and rain/snow at night. As I have trained on the hills a lot and knew my way around then I thought this would be the best plan. On the first day, the wind was howling as i ventured up the pyg track. There was plenty of snow on the ground and at about the half way point it was quite deep with some drifts up to my knees The poles I was going to be taking to the desert got their first work out and they are fantastic, albeit not that strong. Just above the miners track I reached the cloud base. As I was dressed in running gear I decided that was far enough - even though I was carrying plenty of emergency gear, I did not fancy being up there all night. Going down the Miners was a bit of a hit and miss affair - you could not actually see the track and I fell several times in drifts to my waist as I took the direct route - straight down. By the lake the track was clear and it was a fantastic run through some crisp snow down to the car park. Up to the top (virtually) and back (7 miles) in 2 1/2 hours including stops for food drink and photo opportunities. The next day I did the same, but did not risk the drifts going down to miners as it had been snowing heavily overnight. Same route, 2 hours - job done. What a fantastic couple of days
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 January 2009 16:25 )
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