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Sunday Mar 27, 2016 #
Running - off road (Blorenge-Mynydd Garn Wen) 2:18:34 [3] 22.78 km (6:05 / km) +450m 5:32 / km
slept:5.0 shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Red/Blue
Last of planned runs for weekend - although had planned loop to include Coity. Glad I didn't.
Keepers Pond to Blaenavon to check out race route - glad I did as OS map appears to be bollocks.
Then on to Mynydd Garn Wen by footpaths. Unfortunately I then forgot that the OS map was bollocks and added an extra mile or so. Very, very rough, rocky and marshy underfoot and even the good ankle was complaining of lack of support from shoes.
Battling against a considerable SW wind all the way down and last 400 yards to trig was tough.
Return on east side was much nicer - short grass and lots of nice contour features that could be worth mapping for a sprint style course. Unfortunately at the turn to head back west the wind really picked up (60+ mph gusts?), from the NW, and torrential rain started. Sheltered for a couple of minutes before became apparent it wouldn't stop and had to fight against it. The worst weather that I have ever run in - Teviothead was nothing in comparison. After 10 mins waterproof was completely soaked through and I was very cold and getting worried - but sun came out as heading back up to masts.
Wind didn't die down - but turned back to SW so fighting it all the way back down from Blorenge trig - flat out pace was 5.30min/k.
Rather worryingly, the "storm" still hasn't come yet!
Weather may not have been good, but I was able to keep running all the way except for the short period where running was completely impossible, and good practice running into wind - much better than I used to be, but rather hopeful of more still conditions next weekend!
https://www.strava.com/activities/528122893/overvi...
Clocks have gone forward so Polar-Strava sync is an hour out again - back to manually changing the time stamps and reuploading TCXs until they put the next "fix" in :-)
Keepers Pond to Blaenavon to check out race route - glad I did as OS map appears to be bollocks.
Then on to Mynydd Garn Wen by footpaths. Unfortunately I then forgot that the OS map was bollocks and added an extra mile or so. Very, very rough, rocky and marshy underfoot and even the good ankle was complaining of lack of support from shoes.
Battling against a considerable SW wind all the way down and last 400 yards to trig was tough.
Return on east side was much nicer - short grass and lots of nice contour features that could be worth mapping for a sprint style course. Unfortunately at the turn to head back west the wind really picked up (60+ mph gusts?), from the NW, and torrential rain started. Sheltered for a couple of minutes before became apparent it wouldn't stop and had to fight against it. The worst weather that I have ever run in - Teviothead was nothing in comparison. After 10 mins waterproof was completely soaked through and I was very cold and getting worried - but sun came out as heading back up to masts.
Wind didn't die down - but turned back to SW so fighting it all the way back down from Blorenge trig - flat out pace was 5.30min/k.
Rather worryingly, the "storm" still hasn't come yet!
Weather may not have been good, but I was able to keep running all the way except for the short period where running was completely impossible, and good practice running into wind - much better than I used to be, but rather hopeful of more still conditions next weekend!
https://www.strava.com/activities/528122893/overvi...
Clocks have gone forward so Polar-Strava sync is an hour out again - back to manually changing the time stamps and reuploading TCXs until they put the next "fix" in :-)