Beacon Bash route | West Lancashire | 4K | March 2023

[@martinpenrice]

Better day for it anyway plenty of mud about up here as well. Once again thank you for your time making these videos always makes my day all the best for next week

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks Martin. Really looking forward to it but it’s going to be a long day I reckon. Really appreciate your comments 👍

[@mdarts8861]

Great video really inspiring, sure you’ll smash the Lakeland traverse and can’t wait to see the video.

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thank you so much, appreciate your comments and support 😊

[@paulbennison2614]

Welcome to Wigan! All the best with the traverse.

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thank you very much 👍

[@kenbegley1840]

Have a cracking run next week guys .

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks Ken, looking forward to it 👍

[@runtothetrails]

Looks like a interesting route! great running🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️. Good luck next week both😊

[@TrailRunningCouple]

It has its moments!! Thanks so much, hope our dots don’t move too slowly for you 😂

[@runtothetrails]

@@TrailRunningCouple I'm sure we wont be dot watching for too long....... Sub top 50 places wont take long at all.👍🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

[@TrailRunningCouple]

@@runtothetrails you’ve really got too much faith in us!! Personally I’ll be happy with anything under 16.5hrs meaning we finish before midnight. We’ll see 😂

[@OlgasBritishFells]

Interesting route, you gained a surprising amount of elevation overall. So much lovely oozy mud. The best of luck with the 100 km route in the Lakes next weekend. Looking forward to watching the video.

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks Olga. Can’t seem to stay away from muddy trails at the moment! Hope the Lakes Traverse route isn’t the same 😂 Thank you 😊

[@mataruns]

Good luck next week!

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks Chris, appreciate it 👍

[@ianbooth369]

Best of luck next week a tough coming up 👍

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks Ian, it will be tough, I’m sure of that. Hopefully just enjoy it and see what happens 😊

[@northender2006]

Great route, looked wet! Best of luck with the 100k next weekend.

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks. A little wet and muddy but not too bad. Next weekend will be a tad more difficult though!!

[@AndyUltra]

How on earth did you find about this route? 😉 i would never have found it. Never even heard of Parbold Windmill and had to google it. Might have to plan a run for myself and check that out. One without mud though, like i said the other week....im seriously fed up of the stuff. 😇 Thanks for posting again you two. Best of luck next weekend.

[@TrailRunningCouple]

This was something I saw on Facebook. It’s a route run by the Endurance Store and Marc Laithwaite (Lakeland 50/100) - www.theendurancestore.com/pages/the-beacon-bash However the route is also mentioned in other places like the LDWA so maybe not limited to the Endurance Store. It’s mostly parts of ‘Wigan’ that I haven’t been to. Oh and muddy. Very muddy!! Let’s see if Lakeland offers better terrain on Saturday 🤔

[@Gregpne]

Great run both and all the best for next weekends run👍 could I ask which Salomon pack you use? I’m looking to upgrade soon. Thanks

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks Greg. Looking forward to it. I think…lol We use Salomon Adv Skin 12 packs and have done for a while. Really like the fit and what they can hold. Couldn’t recommend them enough.

[@Jeff-yt3qp]

Another great video. MUD horrible real pulls on the calf’s 😩. You may have been asked this question before - Do you both ever run road racing. Also how many miles do you both run in a month?👍

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Thanks, appreciate the view. Yes, mud and slop does impact the calves a little! We always try to avoid road running but can’t always and some training does occur on them. However we stopped doing road running events a few years ago in favour of far more interesting trail events. We both feel there’s less pressure too than in road marathons where the emphasis is on speed. We probably average 40 or so miles a week, sometimes more. 2023 for example has us averaging 43 miles a week having just gone over 500 miles for the year to date.

[@alanrobinson2229]

Embrace the mud. I have yet to learn this

[@TrailRunningCouple]

We seem to have no choice. There’s mud everywhere!! Went out for a bike ride earlier and ended up in loads of mud there too!! 😂

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

ooh looked fun... not lol good luck tomorrow im sure you both going to smash them miles - looking forward to the video x

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Hi and sorry for the late reply! We’ll tomorrow came and went and it was hard and err muddy!! 😂 Thanks 😊

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

@@TrailRunningCouple lol well done -

[@Jpye92]

Hi just a quick question, we are local to wigan what website do you use if any to find new routes?

[@TrailRunningCouple]

Hi, route wise we do a few things. We search for events and then find GPX files for the routes, get ideas from other Strava users or mostly plot our own routes using Plotaroute and then upload to our watches. There’s an app called All Trails which contains a lot of routes too and will highlight ones local to you.