FULL X 2020

JUNE 6th 2020

DISTANCE: 140.8 MILES (226 km)

ELEVATION GAIN 16,994 ft (5,137 m)

VOTED THE WORLD'S TOUGHEST 'IRON MAN' BY 220 MAG 2016 - 140 MILES WITH ALMOST 17,000 FEET OF CLIMBING. FOLLOWING THE RENOWNED FRED WHITTON CYCLE SPORTIVE ROUTE AND FINISHING WITH A RETURN MOUNTAIN RUN TO SCAFELL PIKE SUMMIT, THE FULL X PUNISHES YOU LIKE NO OTHER TRIATHLON

SWIM : LAKE WINDERMERE, OPEN WATER

DISTANCE : 2.4 MILES (3800m)

2 LAPS TRIANGULAR OPEN WATER SWIM AROUND WATERHEAD BAY AT THE NORTH END OF LAKE WINDERMERE 

BIKE : ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT, OPEN ROAD  

DISTANCE : 112 miles (180km)

ELEVATION GAIN : 12,000 ft (3,700 m)

START : T1 WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE 

FINISH : T2 WATERHEAD, AMBLESIDE

THE STRUGGLE (25%)

HONISTER (215%)

NEWLANDS (20%)

WHINLATTER (20%)

HARDKNOTT (33%)

WRYNOSE (20%)

112 MILE OPEN ROAD ANTI CLOCKWISE CIRCULAR CYCLE AROUND THE ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT ROUGHLY FOLLOWING THE FAMOUS FRED WHITTON SPORTIVE. INCORPORATING ALL SIX MAIN ROAD PASSES AS WELL AS A MOST OF THE SECONDARY CLIMBS, THE FRED WHITTON HAS ESTABLISHED IT'S SELF AS THE PREMIER BRITISH SPORTIVE SINCE IT'S INCEPTION IN THE LATE '90s. 

RUN : SCAFELL PIKE MIXED ROAD AND MOUNTAIN

DISTANCE : 26 MIES (42km)

ELEVATION : 4,923 ft (1,450m).

START T2 WATERHEAD - AMBLESIDE

FINISH WATERHEAD - AMBLESIDE

RUN 26.6 MILES OUT AND BACK FROM T2 AT WATERHEAD AMBLESIDE ALONG THE GREAT LANGDALE VALLEY THROUGH ROSSET GHYLL TO THE SUMMIT OF SCAFELL PIKE, AT 978 metres (3,209 ft) ENGLANDS HIGHEST MOUNTAIN. RETRACING YOUR ROUTE BACK TO THE FINISH AT WATERHEAD AMBLESIDE