Best 3 Peaks training route

[TomR]

My 3 peaks preparation usually includes a ride in the fortnight before that tries to replicate the conditions found in the race.

Has anyone got anything better than what I did today in the Peak District?
- Langsett Reservoir, up Cut Gate (a river of rocks and water today!), around Ladybower(taking in another off road climb and descent) and back over Cut Gate again. It certainly replicated the pain in the hands and arms well!

previously I have gone from Ladybower over to Hope Cross, Edale, up Mam Tor and back again.

Anyone else got a good training route to share? (I don't know how I did it when I lived in flat Essex and all we had were farmers fields to ride around for preparation!)

[minnellium]

We do a few round here (East Lancashire) including a Friday dinnertime meet up for a few lads. They all tend to be reps of shorter courses rather than routes for this type of event. Apart from anything else it reduces the risk of you being stranded in the middle of nowhere with a bent wheel or flat tyre. http://www.ukcyclocross.com/events/ross ... clocross-2 - the laps are here on the map http://connect.garmin.com/activity/48364807

Other longer 3 peas-specific training routes local to me:
Scout Moor: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/48603489
Winter Hill / Edgeworth: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47613290

[marvin]

Who was that I spoke to on Sunday at The Knott (above Hayeswater) who was carrying their bike? It looked like a really good training route. I was on my way down on the Lake District Mountain Trial.

[hotdog]

Who was that I spoke to on Sunday at The Knott (above Hayeswater) who was carrying their bike? It looked like a really good training route. I was on my way down on the Lake District Mountain Trial.

It could have been me, but there was a fella from grassington with a crosser further ahead of us. The route we did was:

Leave Pooley Bridge heading SE climbing Askam Fell. Turn SW and pick up the High St bridleway, passing the Cockpit (stop sniggering) follow for 200m then fork off right along the bridleway that descends SW to Howtown (quality). Pick up the road at Martindale Church and follow for 1KM before turning left SW up Boredale valley to pick up the bridleway over Boredale Hause, which is surprising ridable apart from the last 200m. Descend to Hartsop. Turn left E and follow the bridleway climbing to Hayeswater to pick up the bridleway climbing (carry) E over the Knott to pick up the High St bridleway again. Turn north and follow High St taking the left fork to the W of Loadpot Hill. The track forks again before Arthurs Pike, where the left fork is taken (better descent) down Barton Fell picking up the bridleway returning to the Cockpit and back to Pooley Bridge.

It's a real good route of about 22 miles and about 17 of that offroad. Only the one lengthy carry, but it's a goodie...very simon fell

[marvin]

Who was that I spoke to on Sunday at The Knott (above Hayeswater) who was carrying their bike? It looked like a really good training route. I was on my way down on the Lake District Mountain Trial.

It could have been me, but there was a fella from grassington with a crosser further ahead of us. The route we did was:

Leave Pooley Bridge heading SE climbing Askam Fell. Turn SW and pick up the High St bridleway, passing the Cockpit (stop sniggering) follow for 200m then fork off right along the bridleway that descends SW to Howtown (quality). Pick up the road at Martindale Church and follow for 1KM before turning left SW up Boredale valley to pick up the bridleway over Boredale Hause, which is surprising ridable apart from the last 200m. Descend to Hartsop. Turn left E and follow the bridleway climbing to Hayeswater to pick up the bridleway climbing (carry) E over the Knott to pick up the High St bridleway again. Turn north and follow High St taking the left fork to the W of Loadpot Hill. The track forks again before Arthurs Pike, where the left fork is taken (better descent) down Barton Fell picking up the bridleway returning to the Cockpit and back to Pooley Bridge.

It's a real good route of about 22 miles and about 17 of that offroad. Only the one lengthy carry, but it's a goodie...very simon fell

It was probably the guy from Grassington then as there was another group of cyclists behind him above the bridge at Hayeswater. I've looked at your route on the map. Looks excellent.

At that part of the Lake District Mountain Trial, we were on our way from Low Raise to Hartsop Dodd (Men's Trial) although there was a checkpoint on the Women's Trial at Hayeswater. My route for the day worked out at 20.5 miles and 8,500ft climb.

[vdubdes]

Try this route from Oldham, the last climb is actually a footpath over to Dovestones resevoir, but I've been riding it 20 years without any problem....

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/47668108

[johnparkinson]

Hi

Sorry to you all for hijacking your thread, but is the info contained in the links you are all posting to to Garmin website, all downloaded off that little watch thingy in the bottom left corner (Garmin Forerunner?)? Does it plot you route on Google Maps, measure your elevation, HR, etc? If so it looks like a brill bit of kit and I might have to see if SWMBO will let me have one.

Thanks

John

[vdubdes]

[quote="johnparkinson"]Hi

Sorry to you all for hijacking your thread, but is the info contained in the links you are all posting to to Garmin website, all downloaded off that little watch thingy in the bottom left corner (Garmin Forerunner?)? Does it plot you route on Google Maps, measure your elevation, HR, etc? If so it looks like a brill bit of kit and I might have to see if SWMBO will let me have one.

Yes John, it's good..mine is a Forerunner 110 it cost me £170

[neil²]

Yup - I've got a Forerunner 305. It is indeed a brilliant piece of kit. You can upload routes as well as see where you've been. I use it for running as well as on the bike. It's worth getting a bike handlebar mount.

You can directly load routes from bikehike.co.uk onto it (and probably other places too).

[johnparkinson]

Wow. Great stuff

Thanks a lot. I'll look into one

sweet

John