Running Challenges Annie Anderson coastal running

Published on February 11th, 2017 | by Mark Ashton Smith

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Penwith 100 – 60 Mile Coastal Trail Run Challenge – Cornwall

Annie and I have been doing a lot of coastal trail running over the past few months – and the trails are stunning. We have devised a 100 km Cornwall trail run challenge – broken into 10 roughly equal sections, with convenient parking at each point.
Penwith Coastal Run

The distance of this Cornwall coastal trail run is 100.61 km (62.52 miles).

The 100 km run is divided into 10 sections, each approx 10 km (a little over 6 miles).

Each section should take no more than 70-80 minutes at a 6.2 min/km trail running pace (much with high elevation gains).

These distances are calculated with Garmin Connect‘s course planner, and work with any Garmin GPS device.

Trail 1: Praa Sands – Marazion (10.35 km)


Trail 2: Marazion to Mousehole (10.73 km)



Trail 3: Mousehole to Penberth (9.62 km)



Trail 4: Penberth – Lands End (10.32 km)



Trail 5: Lands End to Cape Cornwall (10.13 km)



Trail 6: Cape Cornwall – Morvah (10.04 km)


Trail 7: Morvah – Zennor (8.00 km)


Trail 8: Zennor – St Ives (10.49 km)


Trail 9: St Ives – Hayle (10.01 km)


Trail 10: Hayle – Godrevy Point (11.04 km)


Complete!

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What’s national standard for paragliding in Cornwall - among the best you can find in the country? (1) the coastline 🧗🏼‍♀️ - the most beautiful in the country. We can enjoy it, explore it, and get good at coastal soaring 🏆 (2) the views 👀from up high - all coastlines of the peninsula that everyone comes to visit all in one panorama - absolutely stunning 🏆 (3) technical tor & small hill, inverted, broken-up, and low base flying 💥- really sharpens XC skills - none of this lobbing into house thermals and climbing to 6-7 grand off the bat. If you lose concentration you’re on the ground. If you can learn to fly XC well in gnarly Cornwall you can fly well anywhere in the UK. 🏆(4) the convergence 🌥🌥🌥 - it’s the best in the UK and if we can fly it, it opens up 150km plus flights and even learning to soar sea breezes gets us in league with that lot around Brighton. 🏆 (5) We got instant access to lots of ace coastal sites/beaches to train at within a short drive which gives us more air time, ground handling skills, and wagga skills (call out to Dunc)🏆,and (6) our sites aren’t busy!! You’ll be lucky to find more than 2 people flying at Carn Brea on a perfect day. In Bodmin moor you’ll be with your mate and that’s it. No crowds. 🏆👌Happy to be in one of the best flying areas in the country - just important not to get pulled into the league numbers games which suits other areas but not ours. Gavin McClurg made the same point. Distance is great but there’s loads of other ways to have top flights. Focus on what’s the very best in your home turf! 🏴‍☠️



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