LAKE DISTRICT FELL RUNNING | THE BOB GRAHAM ROUND | LEG 1 | KESWICK TO THRELKELD
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- The Bob Graham Round is a fell running challenge in the English Lake District and is named after Bob Graham (1889 - 1966), a Keswick guest-house owner, who in June 1932 broke the Lakeland Fell record by traversing 42 fells within a 24-hour period.
The challenge involves 66 miles with 26,900 feet of ascent to be done under 24-hours.
It's a bucket list challenge for U.K. based trail/fell runners and it's a beast. You'll find quite a few videos here on YT documenting people's route recces and attempts at the challenge, this is my contribution.
I'm planning on doing this next year. In the video I mention I'll do it solo unsupported. However, I might change my mind doing it solo unsupported, I'll see how things play out.
My last video had myself and a friend Johnny ladfromtad.com doing a recce of the Charlie Ramsey Round, Scotlands version of the Bob Graham.That challenge is also on my list for next year.
Next year's race calendar is going to be full!
Enjoy and thanks for watching.
John.
Another thoroughly enjoy vlog of the Lakes. Keep up the good work.
Love your vids John, brightens my day when you post a new one 😀 Looked like a great day to be out.
Thanks Richard. Yes an awesome day int fells. Can’t say the same for today! 🌧️☺️
Great. Looked like Saturday. Looking forward to the next legs.
Friday. I had to work Saturday 🙄
Looks mint
Great video John .We really enjoyed it and climbing the summits! thank you so much and looking forward to the next one !
Glad you liked it 🙂🤘🏻
Great work John - good day for it too! Good luck with the BG. Hoping to have a crack at it next year with a mate so look forward to your take on the other legs. 👍
Thanks Paul. Good luck with your BG too 🤘🏻
another great video, Never thought of running up station road, interesting indeed mate, as I cut thru the park.
Full disclosure mate.. I got discombobulated getting out of Keswick.. I’m sure I could have done it quicker and more direct ☺️
Good luck on the BG attempt! Best wishes.
Nice one, John. There is a harder to find line that is quite well hidden in the heather off Calva; I took it on my first recce and heads south east. It's not as eroded as the fence line descent (directly east), but it's one to watch the ankles...time difference is probably marginal though. Feel free to look on my Strava mate (Jan this year...but didn't take the Hall's Fell line I describe below).
Off Blen, if you go right from the summit a ways, look down to the left you'll see some scree; you can follow this steeply down and then start to contour left after dropping about a 100 metres or so, this way you can avoid the first technical (and slippery!) section and rejoin the ridge where it becomes more runnable. This is the only way I ever descend Hall's Fell now and is much quicker. Wouldn't recommend in clag though unless you're 100% certain of the line.
Thanks for the info 👌🏻 I’ll definitely head up there again and check out some different lines. Mainly taking Middle Tongue off Blen and not using HFR. I’ll check out your Strava too 🤘🏻
Loved it. Never shut up. Love the chatting alongside the footage. Learned quite a few things from this one mate. Brilliant audio, as always.
Thanks man glad you liked it.
Great watch Jon. Skiddaw looked cold. Great Calva is covered in that bracken/gorse. The non-direct path is on the east side and then a good path (cumbria way I think?) Hope you caught the bus😀. Just finished a week in Keswick. Wet weather for the most part but a few clear days. I did Blencathra and went down the other ridge (Doddick) in the wet which was okay but didn’t find the route into Threlkeld so easy. Looking forward to the next leg.
Nice one John. I plan on doing BGR next year but prob solo supported as I feel I need food and especially water at each road crossing. I'm fully recce'd up but need a good off season to set me up. Plan on May attempt. Before peak BGR season and also so it doesn't hang over me all year
Thanks Jonny. Yeah my plan for an unsupported might change I’ll have to wait and see.. but a May attempt is likely.. so I can get it out the way! 😂
Great video John, it looked cold and I didn't expect to see snow on the tops just yet, but look forward to seeing more of the Lakes on your BG Recce runs 👍
Thanks Russ. Yup took me by surprise too, I’ll be keeping my spikes in the car from now on. 👌🏻
Absolutely stellar video mate, looked a cracking day. You'll need extra bitty for this one 😁👍💪
Packets of homemade nut bitty mate 😉
Off Great Calva, I find coming down the fence line is loads faster. Good luck 👍🏼
Thanks Mike. Yes I was thinking the same as I was looking over coming off Great Calva.. the ground was clearer near the fence.
Yeah just handrail the fence line. Been a couple of years since I've been up there but done leg 1 a few times and always found a decent enough path/line on the left side of the fence
Another good un. Friday eas awesome. Today not so...
Well done on BG goal. When are you thinking?
Not sure yet.. maybe May/June
Nice video footage...but seemed to be missing your voice audio track in the middle...😮
Really enjoy watching your runs John. Can i ask where exactly you had your shoes resoled?
Thanks Jay glad you enjoyed it 👌🏻 shoes done at ‘the key cobbler’ you’ll find him on Instagram @the_key_cobbler
@@lakelandtrailrunner thanks John. I take it you bought the soles separately?
@@jayhillier5135 he has a selection of vibram soles in the shop.. cost me £60
@@lakelandtrailrunner Excellent thanks John, was looking at getting some of shoes resoled for the slippery rocks and snow