By Pete Doubleday on 04/09/2011 15:02

I took part in the adidas TERREX Coast to Coast race over the August Bank holiday weekend. It’s a four day multi-sport stage race across some of the most spectacular mountain country of northern England and a great race for anyone looking for something a bit different. It begins in Whitehaven with a 12km sea kayak to St Bees, the traditional starting point of the walker’s coast to coast route. From here, competitors hurtle on bikes along a disused and paved railway line into the heart of the Lake District where they then kayak the length of lakes Buttermere and Crummock, run 15km over some mountains to the shores of lake Derwent and then swim the 400m across to Keswick. Coming out of the swim the cramp was impressively painful!

Competitors either stay locally or camp in a field. Day two begins with an 8km cycle to lake Thirlmere where another kayak stage awaits. It’s then a steep...

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