Ultra Marathon Training By Paul Fox hut, and on to High Willhays.
Starting from the Fox and Hounds pub car park my next run took us through the ford below Nodden Gate and on up to Kitty Tor. Returning via Brat Tor we ploughed through the slab of snow which accumulates here. The track down to the Lyd stepping stones is one of my favourite descents, best taken at speed and superb in the snow.
Princetown provides a convenient start point for a number of my regular runs, although the wind was doing its best to cover the road at the top of Pork Hill and Rundlestone with snow and I considered turning back. Soldiering on, I parked at the Plume of Feathers pub and set off up the track towards Nun’s Cross Farm. Leg-deep drifts accumulated in the lee of the enclosure walls although the track itself was relatively clear. Patches of ice hidden under the snow had us struggling for grip so we took to running just off the track. After the climb to Eylesbarrow and the slalom descent to the Narrator Brook we stopped at Hingston Hill stone row.
Winter is easily my favourite time of year for running and when combined with a snowfall (however modest) a routine training run is transformed into something special.
More (hopefully snowy) tales from the moor next month.
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