THE LAP was born when an old, forgotten map fell out of a stack of guides on the shelf. Full of scribbles and crossings out, this became the blueprint for the race we have today. 

 

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When planning every step of THE LAP, the question we asked ourselves was always, does it flow? 

 

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Forget the distance, forget whether it's an Ultra, where does the route take us? 

 

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And so THE LAP was born. Born of excitement, excitement at sharing these beautiful trails, here on our doorstep with a bunch of like-minded people. 

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The route is predominantly on singletrack and un-manicured trails, with some sections of boardwalk, fire road, steeper fell paths and occasional unavoidable short sections of quiet country road. 

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This is a low level Lake District route and so is an ideal introduction to off road distance running and will also mean we can and will go ahead, whatever the weather!

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A GPX file of the route will only be sent to entrants before the event.

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The route is 75K/47miles around and has 2,500m of ascent on completely ungroomed trails.

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