Way up north, far, far from London is a lovely little area fondly known as The Lake District. In addition to many beautiful lakes, this area of the country is also famed for its mountainous landscape and hiking trails. Or in our case, running trails.
A bit of car-rental chaos and some minor navigational confusuion aside, we all made the 6 hour journey to a lovely B&B in Ambleside.
The next morning was beautiful and sunny - perfect conditions for our trail runs. 
There were wet fields to cross, stone walls to hurdle, rocky steps to climb, and fuzzy sheep ...
to hug all along the route, the most scenic race in Britian as they say. Brent did fantastically well and Nava was much quicker than even he expected (so fast that although he offered to play sherpa for Nic, his speedy legs carried him far, far ahead leaving Nic gel-less for most of the race! Not to worry as there was plenty of Kendal mint cake to be had...). Jany and Nic also fared very well on the challenging course ...
while Mariana and Jen on the other hand ... what can we say? We're city girls! We don't know what to do on rocky, muddy, hilly trails other than squeal, giggle and gossip our way (very slowly!) to the finish. We even had one local guy comment, upon seeing our Serpie vests, "You girls are a long ways from home, eh?".
There were wet fields to cross, stone walls to hurdle, rocky steps to climb, and fuzzy sheep ...to hug all along the route, the most scenic race in Britian as they say. Brent did fantastically well and Nava was much quicker than even he expected (so fast that although he offered to play sherpa for Nic, his speedy legs carried him far, far ahead leaving Nic gel-less for most of the race! Not to worry as there was plenty of Kendal mint cake to be had...). Jany and Nic also fared very well on the challenging course ...while Mariana and Jen on the other hand ... what can we say? We're city girls! We don't know what to do on rocky, muddy, hilly trails other than squeal, giggle and gossip our way (very slowly!) to the finish. We even had one local guy comment, upon seeing our Serpie vests, "You girls are a long ways from home, eh?". 
Nonetheless ... at the end of the 24k and a bowl of homemade veggie chili later, the 5k fun run then took off. With tired legs, I chased behind Tim up and down some more hills to the finish. Kiffin also did an awesome job and really enjoyed the race (or so it looked from her smile when crossing the finish line). 
We treated ourselves to a fine Italian meal and some ... how shall we say ... very "local" entertainment that evening!
We treated ourselves to a fine Italian meal and some ... how shall we say ... very "local" entertainment that evening!On Sunday, the more adventerous went for a hike while Tim and I took a more laid-back approach, spending the morning in a coffee shop and the afternoon visiting the Beatrix Potter museum to take in some of her finest drawings.
Brent volunteered to drive the bus home, and in true road-trip style we belted out "The Littlest Worm" at top volume and I taught the girls Old Mr Dunderbeck and a few other car ride classics to help pass the miles. Ah ... what a weekend!
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