During the darker months, (September to April), our main club run on a Wednesday is focussed on the lit streets around Melton. Generally, we rotate between the following routes, although we are always open to ideas! Don’t forget your high vis! Speak to Michael at Melton Sports about high vis Strider tops 🙂
All routes have a 5(ish) mile loop, together with extensions shown on the longer route map – click on the picture to see a map and route description, or click on the links to see an interactive map, GPS data, etc on Strava for either the 5 mile or longer option.
Route 1
Short: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2534833
Medium: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2534828
Long: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2534820
Route 2
Short: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2534852
Medium: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2534848
Long: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2534844
Route 3
Short: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2558760
Medium: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2558765
Long: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2558771
Route 4
Short: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2538856
Medium: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2538867
Long: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2538875
Route 5
Short: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2538839
Medium: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2538843
Long: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2538846
Route 6
Short: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2537872
Medium: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2537883
Long: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2537893
Please note – Plotaroute has adverts and links to other websites (a trade off for being free to use) – be careful which links you follow!
How to download .gpx file
Follow the link above to the relevant route. From the menu (3 lines), select “Download”
No idea what you do after that to save this to your watch – presumably you know that bit already though!
During the summer months (and occasionally using head torches in the dark…) we base our runs from one of the village pubs in the surrounding area. Whilst each run tends to take on a different route, a selection of our tried and tested routes are below (and see the summer outruns page for all of this year’s routes):
- Ashby Folville – Carington Arms
- Branston – The Wheel Inn
- Hungarton – The Alternative Hungarton “7”
- Long Clawson – Clawson 10k route
- Plungar – The Anchor
- Scalford – Kings Arms
- Scalford – Kings Arms (tunnel route)
- Somerby – Stilton Cheese Inn
- Stathern – Red Lion (hilly route!)
- Tilton on the Hill – Rose and Crown