Sports Therapist and Hybrid Athlete, Katie Barber takes the plunge into long-distance mountain running with Beat The Bounds, a 28mi round of Patterdale the perfect introduction to what running a long way in the high fells is all about.
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Cate Matthew
South Ribble Orienteering Club (SROC) member Cate Matthew takes us inside the races and gives us an insight into just what an orienteering race entails! Expect lots of bashing around in trees, jumping over logs and eyeballing of the competition…oh and an alarming choice of legwear!
Due to the limited size of the terrain used, the map was at a huge 1:2500 scale, causing many runners to overshoot the first few controls while they adjusted to the scale. The terrain consisted of a combination of runnable woodland, open grassy slopes, and the paved paths and small roads around Rydal Hall, which created a fun switch between urban and forest terrain several times over the course of my run. When I started, I was immediately taken up the steps in front of Rydal Hall, past the main building and into the woodland beyond, where I proceeded to run back and forth, up and down the hillside, until I felt like I had been there for hours.
South Ribble Orienteering Club (SROC) member Cate Matthew takes us inside the races and gives us an insight into just what an orienteering race entails! Expect lots of bashing around in trees, jumping over logs and eyeballing of the competition…oh and an alarming choice of legwear!
Due to the limited size of the terrain used, the map was at a huge 1:2500 scale, causing many runners to overshoot the first few controls while they adjusted to the scale. The terrain consisted of a combination of runnable woodland, open grassy slopes, and the paved paths and small roads around Rydal Hall, which created a fun switch between urban and forest terrain several times over the course of my run. When I started, I was immediately taken up the steps in front of Rydal Hall, past the main building and into the woodland beyond, where I proceeded to run back and forth, up and down the hillside, until I felt like I had been there for hours.
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