See at http://stainlandlions.mapometer.com/en/running/route_737550.html
This route is 6.8 miles, with assorted surfaces. Much is unlit and unmade, though none is strictly off-road. There are three really-quite-steep hills, one particularly so.
Leave the start by the Saville Moor chip shop (580ft) going South onto Birdcage Lane and Woodhouse Lane. Across Wakefield Road to your right, and then left down Hollas [...]
|
|||||
|
About 7.25 miles, with 480 ft of ascent. Mixed road, off road, and steep muddy bits through a wood. Leave Heath Rugby Club, turning right along Stainland Road, past Copley Basin, and on around the corner to your left onto Wakefield Road to Copley traffic lights. Turn steeply uphill, then take the second proper left turn onto Spring Wood Drive. Near the end, turn right uphill and then left along a path between two houses [...] There are several hills, much is off road and over quite rough ground. From Heath Rugby Club, West Vale, turn left along Stainland Road to the lights. Left and up Rochdale Road, left at the long junction down Saddleworth Road to Elland Bridge. From Heath, turn left along Stainland Road. Run through West Vale up to the bus stop just past the petrol station (useful for anyone who has forgotten to have a pee before setting off – you know who you are). Runners have knees. Breaststroke swimmers have similar ones. In both realms the knees can be characterised as noisy complainers. Running can be like hitting your knee a couple of thousand times an hour with a small hammer. Swimming breaststroke seems to involve twisting your knee around as far as it will go and then giving it [...] Just every now and then – at least around here – we get to have to run in the snow, and indeed, it cannot be avoided, there is just too much of it. Let us get the H&S out of the way. Running in the snow is not at all as safe running on snow and ice, [...] 6.53 miles approx with about 720ft of climb, some sections steep. Mixed terrain, tarmac, cobbles, concrete, tracks, and canal bank. Much is unlit and will tricky in the wet. A run from Heath Rugby club, West Vale, Elland. 4.7 miles flat with beginners’ bumps. Right onto Stainland Road, dipping off and down into and clockwise around the canal basin. At the top of the lock, cross the bridge, and left and then right with the canal to your right, under the road bridge and along until [...] This run takes in some pleasant views and a wide combination of surfaces. Much is unlit. Turn right out of Heath and along Stainland Road bearing forwards and left along Wakefield Road, but turning left into the canal basin. across the lock bridge and back around the far side of the basin and through the (smelly) tunnel onto the canal towpath. Stop and regather (.8 mile) A 6 mile run from Heath Rugby Club, three smaller hills, all on road. Left out of the club (233′), along and up to the Station Hotel at Holywell Green (1.33 miles, 504′). Left down Station Road, then on (368′) and up Broad Carr Lane, past the Rock Inn to the top (515′) and along Hammerstones Leach [...] Last weekend was the Los Angeles marathon – for many people. Among the people who entered was a certain Paula Petrella, a television executive and author of a forthcoming book “An Idiot’s Guide to Marathon Training”. She entered and turned up at the starting line for photographs. It was not a good day for several of us – at least before we got to the track. From Heath Rugby Club/West Vale Car Park. 6.1 miles/550ft – all on road – good hills to 9% – some unlit. Leave Heath (233ft), left along Stainland Road, turning right at second lights up Saddleworth Road. Run as far as the Branch Road Inn (1.6 miles, 481ft) . Turn left along Branch Road, along down across the [...] . . . probably Eddie Izzard’s. Is he you might have asked, ‘yes he izz’ will now come the clear reply. Eddie Izzard, in his forties and not particularly built for it or well prepared for it, ran forty odd marathons in about fifty days last year. He did it for Sport Relief. There must be [...] Leaving heath Rubgy Club left and then left at the first traffic lights up Rochdale Road to the cross roads, bearing left at the top down Saddleworth Road toward Elland Bridge. Left across the bridge, crossing the road, and turning right down Gas Works Lane (1 mile). About two hundred yards down turn left down the [...] From Heath Rugby Club From Heath Rugby Club (233ft), turn left and at second set of lights, right up Saddleworth Road, stopping at the Branch (1.6 miles, 478 ft). Continue on and up to the foot of Barsey Green Lane (2.3 mile, 582ft possible pause), then right up the [...] Our running club has about three hundred runners. At any one time, there will a number – unspecified at the moment – of injured runners. Avoiding injuries is a big thing, but I thought there was something we should do to assist those returning from injury. I had given a suggestion that I might be back running again in March. I was sorely tempted not to go – a full three months not running outdoors – but I tried a couple of miles first, and everything seemed ok, so I took the plunge and decided to run with the club. On Tuesdays [...] In any campaign, there must be setbacks. I am trying to regain my fitness. The trouble is that I still have an image of myself as I was when aged 39 – twenty years ago. This leads to a fairly regular puncturing of the vanity. Well, I am making progress slowly. in part this is driven by desperation arising from injury (knee), and in part by a spirit of enquiry. I have to re-start running, and at the same time, allow my knee to recover from its injured state. If I cannot run without learning how to avoid damaging my knee, [...] Use this to calculate an estimate of how many calories you burn running. Calories Burned Calculator Estimate the calories you burned running: Pace: running 5 mph (12 min/mile) – 8.04 kmh (7.46 min/km) Consider this table Walk Heel Shoes Old/slow Can it really be [...] Front foot running is really running without the modern trainers with raised and padded heels. The heels allow you to run landing heel first (jogging?), but got too big for their boots (sorry), and prevented you running ‘properly’. Possibilities: Bare feet and calluses. Cheap and cheerful and a bit risky (around here anyway). Getting the calluses may be [...] Plantar fasciitis is a curse for runners. If, when you first step out of bed in the morning, the first sensation as heel touches the floor is one of pain, then plantart fasciitis is the likely condition. A new stretch promises likely effective relief. In essence the stretch is directed to the arch of the foot. When [...] So, I didn’t anticipate running this morning, but my calves felt untroubled so I gave it another go. 30 minutes at no particularly determined speed, just getting my calves used to the feeling, and watching for knee pain. Success! It worked. I had no particular difficulty from a stamina or other point of view. I am [...] Well, my knee doesn’t thank goodness. It is definitely improving, but even 20 mins frontfoot running yesterday has left my calves complaining sharply. I think a good walk may be my best [...] I must, I must, I must . . OK I began yesterday. I call it barefoot running, and sometimes do in the house, but I am also trying out non-cushioned shoes – this is really about ‘front of foot running’. I have been injured (right knee) and not run, almost, since November. I put on well over [...] |
|
||||
|
Copyright © 2010 Faulty Flipper - All Rights Reserved |
|||||
