Howgills UltraTrail 26

On Sunday the Iron Man and I had a trip to Sedburgh for this event.  The Howgills are an area I have neglected in the past, quite wrongly it turns out as they are really nice hills- round, rugged, craggy, and good views.

The route is basically a big up in the first 5km, then up and down.  Underfoot varied and was generally quite technical.  Strangely, this felt the hardest of the three UT26s we have done, although last weekend's run may have something to do with it.  I came in under six hours, which was my aim.

Rivington UltraTrail 26  3/11/13  43.9km  1016m ascent  5:39:36
Grizedale UltraTrail 26  23/2/14  43.6km  1183m ascent  5:46:59
Howgills UltraTrail 26  25/5/14  42.5km  1153m ascent  5:58:41

Incidentally, in 2014 I have run 535km and covered 8899m ascent, which is more than the height of Everest and was one of my aims this year.  The other running aim remains unspoken.....