The four reservoirs run

You don’t have to board a plane to take your running to wild and wonderful places – from big days out to long weekends and epic, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, here’s our guide to the UK’s very best running adventures

Andy Dixon attempts to rise to the challenge of the Sheffield Half Marathon

If you want to climb a mountain, it’ll be tough, right? And there’s no point staying low in the valleys if you’re after a big adventure, right? Actually, wrong on both counts. CW sets out to show that at both high level and low, the Lake District has the power to surprise.

Gird your loins for a tough, steep, pathless ascent, but then settle in for a straightforward Lakeland round.

CLASSIC WITH A TWIST

Because Skiddaw and Wast Water aren’t the only walks that defy conventional wisdom in the Lakes…