Carwags Winter Challenges
Carwags Winter Challenges
The Carwags Winter Challenges are a 'suite' of six different routes to have a go at during the Tuesday night meetings at Carwags. Ranking lists are kept for each of these during our Winter Training phase at Carwags (between Clocks Back and Clocks Forward). . Participants can set a time for any of the challenges (once they have learned their intricacies of course!) and email it to the keeper of the leagues. The time will be added to the league tables and you can move up (or down!) during the Winter, depending on what times are posted.
The Challenges are:
1) The ‘Figure of 8’ (4.3miles / 660ft) A slightly contorted route that needs learning with a friendly guide. See separate detailed route description. Can be run in either direction.
2) Fell Perimeter 1 hour challenge. A circuit of the Fell on the lower perimeter path (1.65 miles per lap). The challenge is how many laps you can complete in an hour (half-lap point – the Lizard). See the separate table for guidance on pace/lap times required.
3) C to C (Column to Carwags) Dash (1 mile). This is simply a dash from the summit trig point to the Carwags carpark (take care when crossing the Fell Road!)
4) Fell Road 1 Hour challenge (Bike). As with the Fell Perimeter above, the challenge here is to see how many laps can be completed in 1 hour (half-lap point – junction with North Nook Lane).
5) 2-Stage Off Road Duathlon. (Bike-Run or Run-Bike) The course for this is once round the Fig of 8 on foot and once on bike (with previously agreed variations – see separate detailed route descriptions). Unassisted changeover included in the overall time.
6) 3-Stage Off Road Duathlon. (Run-Bike-Run) The run route is once around perimeter (in either direction) starting from Carwags. The bike route is the cyclists Fig of 8 as above. Unassisted changeovers included in the overall time.
Extra Curricular:
A couple of extra challenges have also been devised but these do not form part of the ‘Carwags 6’ above.
- Figure of 8 plus a lap of the perimeter. This totals 6 miles and is an option for anyone looking for a slightly longer run (NB 4 laps of the perimeter would total about 7.5 miles including the out and back from Carwags)
- The Perimeter by bike. Cyclists have shown an interest in this as a bike challenge but it remains an ‘extra’
See seperate PDF files for descriptions of some of the routes.
2011 Final Carwags Speed League