Training Log Archive: philm64

Very nice sunny day. tired & a bit hungover, and sore from parkrun. no one to climb with as all my crew went on Saturday.

decided to do a final Alpine training day (trip coming up - wed - sunday)..... so loaded up rucsac with ropes & gear etc & set off. Bit, crampon-taking mountaineering boots on which probably looked silly in central Bristol but who cares.

rested every hour, walking was 3.5 hours, also soloed Easy Route (Mod) in avon gorge in mountain boots (no rucsac!), and did 45 mins bouldering at New Quarry (which was god-awful - YUK YUK).

Last 30 mins was v tired & had had enough. Still. Should see me right..... now need a rest.

http://www.mapometer.com/walking/route_4162382.htm...

Arcadia - Queen square - £40, plus about 5000 other "revellers".

Glad I went, the show was good but only 30 mins!!!! (for £40!!) and the DJs for 2 hours after were not playing "good" tunes.

So many young, very wasted kids, ie. under 30, on their smartphones all night and shouting and whooping. I'm DEFINITELY getting middle aged. Tho Liz & Nelly with me were good company.

Drank too much - will suffer for this I think.

Pomphrey hill parkrun - for a change, and to test my altitude fitness, despite no running training except the past 6 days.

V good run. 6th. 18:51
http://www.parkrun.org.uk/pomphreyhill/results/lat...
(....sort on.. age/grade ;)

kms: 3:33 (v surprised)
3:49 (hill)
3:58
3:53 (hill)
3:37
3:53 (hill)

Start seemed fast but I was fine, stunned at 3:33. Oops!

A very weird incident with the 4th placer,, Stuart Wilkie, of B&W, in a 50 parkruns t shirt, took massive exception ( and I mean massive, I've done 100s of races in my time) at me "sitting on him" at <1km (we'd barely got into the race). He dodged, weaved, ran sideways, ran diagonally across the path, to avoid , urm, , yes, me, until I said, "mate, that's a weird way to run" at which point he launched a tirade about me not "sitting" on him, to "run my own race at my own pace" blah blah. I replied, "it's only a parkrun, no one cares, it's not even a race!!!"; I moved ahead but he said something else in retort so I turned round & said, "mate I've been racing 30 years & I've never seen anyone behave like this". Moron.

Here he is, the "hero": http://mudcrew.co.uk/ultra-team/member-6/

I dropped him, quite annoyed in fact, tried to hang on to the guy in front ("sitting" - urm, no - hanging on, being dropped, getting back, being dropped again etc - ie., a normal running race, people).

Sadly at end we caught the B&W guy in 3rd and a mighty burn up ensued, I took the lead at about 500m to go but the other younger guy's pace took them away from me & meanwhile my "friend" came sprinting up and took nearly all of them. He then shook my hand and said "be a man and shake my hand". thanks. I ran like not a man, then. I was 1st in age / grade, so in fact I was the BEST runner at the whole fucking race/event.

But apart from that, very good. Very pleased. Lungs great, legs great, heart great, recovery fine. Clive did 19:11 here 6 weeks ago. Then 18:47, so let's call it a draw....! Recovered v quickly, unlike my previous "races" since Easter / before my Alps trip. Can def improve on this. I will def. improve. Actuaries beware! :)

My friend Sian took 1st woman so we were both happy!

Note: I suspect this is what it feels like to be on EPO. I spent 5 weeks in the Alps, often sleeping at or walking with heavy rucsac, above 2500m, and at times, above 4000m, plus sleeping at 3200m once, and 2800 once. Imagine what that does to red blood cells. Doesn't last for longer than 3 weeks tho..... sadly.

C • EPO 2

Really tired. Bed am after shopping. Overcooked the last 2 days!

walked to gym & back for a sauna / steam room sesh - with lots & lots of stretching - walked back. good compromise.

Climbing (sport) in wye valley with Liz - 8 pitches, including 2 x 6b's, one worked, the other onsight, plus repeats of two 6a+. A bit tired from yesterday but otherwise fine.

Very pleasing session, but utterly knackered by the last one. Just scraped it. Ouch.

Band practice later - tired for that - 1st in 2 months?

Climbing with Dan, the infamous lodger, in CHeddar gorge. (Easter island)
About 8 routes / pitches, including two hard ones (6a+ & E2 6a). the last one top roped.

All good, no falls or rests.

Definitely fit & lean, great , unlike the lodger who was flying off stuff & struggling - too heavy, eats 6 eggs a day , what does he expect? :)

Dear me.

Steady run post climbing & cycle into town. Vict. Park loops.

Felt bouncy & legs frisky again. blimey. time to do something with this ....

Another solo run, felt pretty frisky again, thin, desperately in need of food. Twice round Victoria park; over Totterdown. 45mins, some hills too. Some fast efforts - but not sustainable - who am I kidding?

Bonking last 5 minutes, as hadn't eaten remotely enough today, took blood sugar & found my levels were so low they were .... normal! (5.9mmol). So most people feel like this? I'd never get anything done. Almost shaking. Tea toast & crisps restored me.

Need to find a race / event - am keen now. Legs still feeling good. Fit?