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Saturday Dec 6, 2014 #
9 AM
Run - Terrain 4:55:27 [3] 34.95 km (8:27 / km) +2503m 6:13 / km
shoes: VJ Falcons 14
TransFan race route, but not a race (though it appears that we may have skipped a couple of minor summits). Beautiful still but very cold morning with a dusting of snow on the tops, what wasn't quite so nice was getting up at 6.30 on a Saturday.
Not intention of running hard as I've not done any hill or distance training for ages, so settled into a nice pace with GD44 and JTN (who was running slow due to a dodgy ankle).
First half was easy enough, just one brutal climb and some nice running. Second half was quite a bit tougher with a series of big climbs and descents. Was feeling just about okay until the final drop of Pen y Fan when my quads packed up and it was a real struggle just to get down the steep section.
Well tired at the finish but warm clothes, sandwiches, ibuprofen and hot chocolate (thanks Gary) had me feeling a lot better. Pleased to be under 5 hours for such a tough route and know I could be quite a bit quicker with some relevant training (believe the record is well under 4, which is not achievable!).
Great day out in the hills with some great views and company. Sure I'll do it again but right now I need an easy few days.
Not intention of running hard as I've not done any hill or distance training for ages, so settled into a nice pace with GD44 and JTN (who was running slow due to a dodgy ankle).
First half was easy enough, just one brutal climb and some nice running. Second half was quite a bit tougher with a series of big climbs and descents. Was feeling just about okay until the final drop of Pen y Fan when my quads packed up and it was a real struggle just to get down the steep section.
Well tired at the finish but warm clothes, sandwiches, ibuprofen and hot chocolate (thanks Gary) had me feeling a lot better. Pleased to be under 5 hours for such a tough route and know I could be quite a bit quicker with some relevant training (believe the record is well under 4, which is not achievable!).
Great day out in the hills with some great views and company. Sure I'll do it again but right now I need an easy few days.
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