Intro to Skyrunning Day - Great Langdale
Info: New bookings for this course closed on Thursday 18th April 2024.
| Booking Fee | £70.00 |
Introduction to Skyrunning - single day course
Let Mountain Run's seasoned skyrunning instructors help you to gain the skills necessary to take on your first skyrace or develop your skill further to excel in the races you have booked.
Based in Great Langdale | The home of the Rab Scafell Sky Race | All about an Intro to Skyrunning
What to expect:
- A professionally delivered course
- An outdoor gym to practice in
- Skills to learn how to tackle your first skyrace
- Development of skills to help you excel at the races you have booked this year
- Technical ground and ease non-graded scrambling
- Up and Downhill Skills
- Efficiency of movement over technical terrain
- Mixed weather - dress & plan accordingly
- Smiles & a good fun day out!
What will you learn?
- How to move over technical terrain found in most skyraces
- Efficiency of movement patterns for ease of travel
- How to scramble on rocky and un-graded scrambling terrain
- Up and downhill running techniques
- Scree running
- How to pace your race
- When to run, when to walk
Who is it for?
All would be skyrunners, trail and fell runners wanting to develop their skyrunning skills, abilities and confidence so you can tackle your first or next race with total confidence. Any runner who is interested in the niche, explosive and growing sport of skyrunning and skyracing.
Course Program
09:30 to 17:30
- 2.5 hours of uphill/downhill/skyrunning skills
- Break - 30 minutes to eat, hydrate and talk
- 5 hours 'actual skyrunning' over technical sections of the Rab Scafell Sky Race route - with Mountain Run inc. 15k skyrun with 900m ascent
Meeting Location: Old Dungeon Ghyll Hotel, Great Langdale, LA22 9AQ
What to bring
- Waterproof jacket & trousers (taped seams please)
- Spare L/S base layer, Primaloft layer or similar (no cotton please)
- Hat or buff
- Gloves
- Hill food/Lunch Snacks
- Race Vest/Small Pack to put it all in.
- Sky, Mountain or Trail running shoes.
- An open mind and willingness to learn
Please be aware we might be moving at slow speeds at some points during the day: please account for this in your clothing selection.
Check the weather forecast in advance of your course and come prepared.
https://www.mwis.org.uk/forecasts/english-and-welsh/lake-district
https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Bowfell/forecasts/902
Need to know more? For more details please contact enquiries@mountainrun.co.uk.
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This event offers the option to purchase XCover, so that participants may be able to get a refund if they are unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances.
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