Saturday 20th April - Macc Forest

Wow. What a day - blue sky, sunshine and even slightly warm for a tough run around Macclesfield Forest, Forest Chapel, Toot Hill etc (planned route at the bottom of this blog entry).

The Start

A great turnout (18 runners) and great team spirit saw everybody get round the route. Today was tough - we had hills (lots of them) and rough terrain - everybody ran well and hopefully practiced some of the techniques from Bashir. The original route was about 4 miles but a good number of people seemed to be having fun so we tagged on a loop of the reservoir as well. With loop-back etc some people did over 5 miles...everybody did at least 4 miles and 700' of ascent/descent.

A few people went for coffee and cake afterwards.

Well done - you will all be fell-runners the way things are going...


Neil

Who put this hill here - even if it is my friend

Are we there yet?

Smile for the camera

1st hill done...

Gemma - two layers

A bit of downhill :-)

Phil & Bev

A breather before hill number 2

Onward & upward

What a day!

Go Jo!

Up up up...

Nearly there!

Into the forest

Almost there...

Above Forest Chapel

Above Forest Chapel

Wendy with good downhill technique

Jen

Everyboday managed the downhill

Down to Forest Chapel

Down down down...

Back in the forest

Steep descent

Descent in Macc Forest

Good technqiue

Go Heather..

Catherine & Dawn

Last mile..

Loop back ...

Almost there...

One last 'up'

Go Nina, Bev!

Gemma one layer

Oliver

A bit extra around the reservoir

Who got lost?

The End

It is so funny at the start of our runs....

Planned Route - some of the group added a bit on!