If you complete the Lakeland Way Ultra and would like your details included in the list below, please send a copy of your recorded track along with a brief report of your run. This should include your full name, date, time, and the conditions during the event.
A short report is ideal — around 300 words or fewer works well. However, if you would like to create a more detailed account of your journey as a blog post, please feel free to get in touch.
You are also welcome to share any feedback on the route, or details of any issues you may have encountered during your challenge. Did you complete the route in one go, or over multiple days? Did you use supported checkpoints or have support runners? This information will be of great benefit to those planning to take on the route in the future.
The winter period for this challenge runs from 1st December to 28th/29th February, and the summer period from 1st March to 30th November. The route may be attempted in one of three styles of support: checkpoint, running, or unsupported.
Athlete: Sarah Perry
Gender: Female
Season: Winter
Support: Checkpoint and running
Start date: 16.12.23
Finish date: 18.12.23
Total time: 41 hrs 25 mins
“I completed a mid-winter attempt with last minute planning. Started 7:30am to accommodate low tide. Crossing was fine and I was kindly accompanied by Richard (in his flip flops). Weather was mostly fine on Saturday with the wind and rain coming in Saturday evening making lots of the next day difficult and slow going. It was particularly bad before dropping down into Wasdale. We experienced some proper winter weather over the course of the weekend, which meant that we missed out on our target time by many hours. I invited 3 friends along to do some stretches of support running, but I was not accompanied for the entire journey. My partner Luke provided road support.”