Strava - Sandy Hays Segment

I have got sucked into the Strava club following a creation of a Pennine Fell Runners (http://app.strava.com/clubs/pennine-fell-runners)and FRA Forum club on the site. It is actually quite enjoyable seeing what other people are up to and how fast some of them are! Strava has a nice idea called segments which are marked routes that when you do that route you are automatically added to the league table containing others who have done that section. Went over to Hayfield last night specifically to do the Sandy Hays segment. Very cold night  and the underfoot conditions going up Sandy Hays were perfect. I thought I was going to get sick by the time I got to the Pennine way but I pushing as hard as I could to set a good time. It turned out that I am 8th (18:22) out of 16 people who have recorded completions on it. Quite a few familiar names from Pennine in the list, but not the leader at 14 odd minutes (amazing time).

Link to Strava - Sandy Hays Segment

From the top I traveled along the Pennine way to Red Brook then down the Three Knolls path. That was a challenge and there was loads of frozen snow that kept breaking under my feet. Lost the path a couple of times.
A couple of photos nicked from Google!

Looking back to Kinder Low End from Tunstead Fields

 It is very different being out on your own, cannot help but think of the safety issue as even a small accident would have you in a serious situation. I push myself so much harder on the Thursday club training runs knowing that I have people to help out if necessary.

Nearing the top of Sandy Hays