Stoneymollen Corkscrew

Today's run 15 miles with 3600 FOA. Bit different from the usual long run, the plan was to include 3 lots of hill reps. Ran from my house to the bottom of the Stoneymollen, just over the A82. Three reps from there to the gate at the top and back down. Each one about a mile and 550' each way taking an average of 15 minutes up and 11 down. After the third I ran straight on to the far side of the forest looking down towards the Black Third Farm. This time 5 reps up and down the short incline just after the gate, just over a minute each way. A longer run to get to the next reps on radiomast hill. Back to the top of the Stoney then right along the ridge past the trig point. Tough going in the snow, it was a long mile, 10 minutes over the usual time for this part of the run with snow to two feet deep. Descent off the last top to join the track which goes past the radiomast. Gorse alley taking its usual toll. Jogged down to the farm entrance at the bottom to start the first of the planned three reps, about 1/2 a mile and 340' each. Last week these took me 6:20 up and 4:45 down when I ran them as a rep session on their own, with a 2500' warm up already done, had to work a bit harder, result, a minute slower both up and down. On the way up each one was to be the last but managed to turn round and finish the 3. Ran home down through the fields beside the track, a lot easier on tired legs. Finished in 3 hours 13.