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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · 17d

Now that I'm officially over it, here's a achilles tendonitis photo, when it was fresh from 300km Northern Traverse. Some things learned:
1) recovery is slow, steady, and not linear. Stay patient.
2) using it helps, as long as pain stays below 3 out of 10.
3) specific exercises (heel lifts) help too

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · 17d

Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine has got to be up there. Particularly if youve been ignoring your physiotherapist recently...

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · 18d

Another one from last weekend and Lakes in a Day - very unusual to have such amazing weather in October, and a delight to coincide with race day. Last time this was sideways rain and wading through an expanded Windermere. #running #ultra #fellrunning #runchat

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · 25d

Blencathra summit, looking south towards the Helvellyn range, on the Lakes in a Day 50 mile mountain ultra yesterday #running #trailrunning #fellrunning #runsky

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Sep 26

Ill Bell in the Lakes, one of the best little summits on a great ridge. 34km today from Ambleside. Feeling good after a big 7 days and back to back long fell days. Taper time now ahead of the epic that is Lakes in a Day. #running #fellrunning #trailrunning #runsky

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Sep 26

Lingy Hut in the northern fells, view down towards Mosedale, towards the end of a circuit of the Caldew Valley. #running #fellrunning #trailrunning #runsky

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Sep 25

Beautiful day in the Lakes today - a 38km circuit of the Caldew valley, aka Back o' Skidda. Apart from the obvious honeypots of Blencathra and Skiddaw, a quiet area with great views to Scotland and the Pennines. #fellrunning #trailrunning #running #runsky

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Sep 16

A break from running at the weekend - instead a wet weather camping trip with my eldest daughter, and took a trip to Cathedral Quarry in Little Langdale - stunning, and she loved practising taking photos...

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nice long run today sticking to the high ground around the near part of the Peak District - using some of the routes of the Kinder Trog and Bullock Smithy race routes. 45km and around 1500m ascent. #trailrunning #running #ultra #runsky

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Sep 2

Love the sight of an easy, grassy, downhill trail taking you where you want to go, on a sunny day! Home-made trail marathon route around some of my favourite local hills, western Peak District. #running #runsky #trailrunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Aug 28

On a Dad & daughters camping trip up in the Lakes - so not a running week but getting some glorious views on shorter walks while dodging the rain!

Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Aug 16

Rounding out the Cornwall trip with a run up the tough Bude-Hartland section of the SW Coast Path, over the frontier into Devon, round the corner to Clovelly. Stunning on the W-facing coastline, more pastoral for a while then lovely woodland approaching Clovelly. #running #trailrunning #ultra

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Aug 15

SW coast path - a run from Boscastle to our base at Widemouth Bay - about 25km with plenty of ascent - clocked around 1,500m! That's like a category A fell race without ever getting more than 200m above sea level. #trailrunning #running

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Aug 14

I wonder what's around that corner... Oh look, another drop to almost sea level and re-ascent! The lesson of the SW coast path is that any bit you can't see hides a steep cove like this. #trailrunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Aug 13

Cornishcoast path - beautiful running, often tough, generally a surprise around every corner (usually a steep up and down). Pic is one of the easier sections into Bude. #running #trailrunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Aug 3

Great day out yesterday on the Borrowdale Watershed - a 50km route around the valley with 3,000m elevation. Superb views into many corners of the Lake District. Really busy west of the valley, hardly a soul on the marshy east side. #running #fellrunning #ultrarunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jul 26

targetultra.com/bannau-brych...

A write-up of a 57 mile traverse of the Bannau Brycheniog (Brecon Beacons) from a few weeks ago, for those who enjoy reading fairly long blog posts about fairly long runs. Also, sheep on the line and a lady of the lake.

Bannau Brycheniog - Targetultra.com

This was a multi-purpose run, to meet a few aims… The journey down involved changing at Shrewsbury to access the “Heart of Wales” line to Swansea, via a lot of small towns and tiny villages. The scene...

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jul 18

Taking "road support" in its broadest sense... well I started at a road. Lovely views once the morning clag cleared, supporting a Fleetwood Lakes 40 round #running #fellrunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jul 18

Room with a view - waiting for Ben to appear on his Fleetwood Lakes 40 round - a quieter (and less eroded) alternative to the Bob Graham Round. Well worth considering for those looking for a challenge, without adding to BG traffic.
#running #fellrunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jul 12

Good luck, it's a scorcher!

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jul 9

Lovely run overnight Monday and through Tuesday, crossing the Bannau Brycheniog between Ammanford and Abergavenny. #runsky #trailrunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jun 24

Lovely 10k trail run last night, leading a group of relative newcomers to off-road running. #trailrunning #running #runsky

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jun 13

Lovely local run around Werneth Low, Cown Edge and Lantern Pike. Managed about 12 units/hr for over 3hrs (1 unit = 1km or 100m vert) - the recovery continues! Also made myself useful by taking the car to the garage #runsky #trailrunning #running

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jun 4

A few more pics from the trails of #lefkada. My route around Skaros mountain (home of the Daleks?) involved a troublesome disappearing path - whereas a lower level route on the hillside above Nidri was far more runnable. #running #trailrunning

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Rich Kendall @richkrunner.bsky.social · Jun 4

Yes it is stunning, but pretty hard work getting around!

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