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Sunday Jul 30, 2017 #
2 PM
Running - off road 3:07:14 [3] 23.63 km (7:55 / km) +600m 7:02 / km
slept:2.0 shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Blk/Gn1
Still not well last night. Went to be bed at 4.30 - which meant I couldn't get any sleep when it actually came to night. Better today.
Long run with Ben from Coleford, down to Clearwell, then Stow and up ODP to Redbrook, pull up to and around the quarry at Staunton to finish.
Marcus would have liked this. Quite a bit of rain. Huge amount of brambles and nettles. Most of Coleford to Stow was done without aid of footpath signs, or any obvious footpath... some places we found where we had to go, and opted for the fence/hedge in preference. Others we had to backtrack a long way. Long section along the main road as first choice footpath (to E towards Bream) was a gate and signpost in a fairly dense continuous hedge, with head deep undergrowth out of sight behind. Second (further down to W) - never saw it.
Path we did take down the valley petered out and ended with 50 yards of "nipple deep" undergrowth and very wobbly fence (helpfully propped up by Ben...). Better along ODP and up through Knockalls as I know the way.
Nice to get some decent time on feet and good to catch up with Ben again.
Long run with Ben from Coleford, down to Clearwell, then Stow and up ODP to Redbrook, pull up to and around the quarry at Staunton to finish.
Marcus would have liked this. Quite a bit of rain. Huge amount of brambles and nettles. Most of Coleford to Stow was done without aid of footpath signs, or any obvious footpath... some places we found where we had to go, and opted for the fence/hedge in preference. Others we had to backtrack a long way. Long section along the main road as first choice footpath (to E towards Bream) was a gate and signpost in a fairly dense continuous hedge, with head deep undergrowth out of sight behind. Second (further down to W) - never saw it.
Path we did take down the valley petered out and ended with 50 yards of "nipple deep" undergrowth and very wobbly fence (helpfully propped up by Ben...). Better along ODP and up through Knockalls as I know the way.
Nice to get some decent time on feet and good to catch up with Ben again.
Saturday Jul 29, 2017 #
8 AM
Running warm up/down 5:00 [3] 0.8 km (6:15 / km) +20m 5:33 / km
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4
Token warm up in bottom field.
9 AM
Running race (Newent Parkrun) 20:46 [5] 5.0 km (4:09 / km) +60m 3:55 / km
slept:4.0 shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4
Another 20 minutes of looking at Henry's behind. Not the plan - did not allow for him trying hard today. Every time I've run against him have never been more than 5m behind, and never beaten him - but he seems to be much slower when I'm not there! Matter of personal pride - have to beat him some day!
Running warm up/down 6:44 [3] 1.1 km (6:07 / km) +5m 5:59 / km
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4
Lap of big field to cool down a bit. Fairly hot and sweaty day
10 AM
Running (Sellack) 1:37:35 [3] 16.16 km (6:02 / km) +210m 5:40 / km
shoes: Salomon Speedcross 4
Stop off at Ross for a longer run. Hadn't assumed I would have had to try so hard earlier (based on previous weeks expected to only "need" to do 21:30-22 parkrun...) so was pretty tired out so this was a bit of a mistake.
From Wilton to Bridstow and Sellack, back through Foy, Brampton Abbots and Ross. Original route was 19k but shortened due to tiredness and dehydration. Only actually went over 1 of the 2 suspension bridges.
As typical with trail shoes - completely hopeless when some grip was required (on not very steep descent into Sellack). In hindsight would have been better bringing trainers rather than trail shoes today.
From Wilton to Bridstow and Sellack, back through Foy, Brampton Abbots and Ross. Original route was 19k but shortened due to tiredness and dehydration. Only actually went over 1 of the 2 suspension bridges.
As typical with trail shoes - completely hopeless when some grip was required (on not very steep descent into Sellack). In hindsight would have been better bringing trainers rather than trail shoes today.
Thursday Jul 27, 2017 #
7 PM
Running 44:26 [3] 7.76 km (5:44 / km) +170m 5:10 / km
slept:3.5 shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 19
Not feeling well - and been so all week, very tired at work and not sleeping. Plan for tonight was to go around Rogerstone but windy and took a huge amount to motivate me to get out at all. So kept it short and did the canal loop for a change.
A few little detours to get some more roads ticked off. Have now found the non-barbed wire short cut into Allt yr yn woods. Field now quite overgrown and lots of dead stuff, then once reached the "path" there was a snake on it! First grass snake I've ever seen (yet there are supposedly more common than adders...) - about 20cm long and finger sized girth so fairly young. It didn't hang around to get trodden on.
Started raining once at the canal and fighting the wind all the way back up despite hoping to be in hill shadow.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1104480861
A few little detours to get some more roads ticked off. Have now found the non-barbed wire short cut into Allt yr yn woods. Field now quite overgrown and lots of dead stuff, then once reached the "path" there was a snake on it! First grass snake I've ever seen (yet there are supposedly more common than adders...) - about 20cm long and finger sized girth so fairly young. It didn't hang around to get trodden on.
Started raining once at the canal and fighting the wind all the way back up despite hoping to be in hill shadow.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1104480861
Wednesday Jul 26, 2017 #
6 PM
Orienteering (Merthyr Mawr) 34:23 [3] 5.09 km (6:45 / km) +260m 5:23 / km
slept:4.0 shoes: Adidas Kanadia tr7
SBOC local on Merthyr Mawr. 4.2km green course.
One of the last (if not the last) to start - but had a lot of followers. Not a fantastic run overall but mostly clean and slow so that I wouldn't bugger up ankle in the rough. The sand was hard work, and fighting a very strong wind for the first half.
On wrong path to 1, but identified straight away and corrected. Fairly long winded route to 2 - but knew where I was - avoiding what appeared to be worse undergrowth. 6 - maybe would have been better taking a more northern route.
7 - feature didn't seem to look like map suggested so disregarded and went back away from path - then saw it in the bottom. Southern route to 8 through the sand - originally planned to follow fence line and not sure which would be faster.
11 - got to corner of vegetation but took a few moments to believe the feature was that much higher above me (could only see 2 contours on map as 3rd under circle - seemed about 5 or 6 2.5m contours higher)
Not the best route to 13 but worked and hit it perfectly.
OK run overall.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1102855484
One of the last (if not the last) to start - but had a lot of followers. Not a fantastic run overall but mostly clean and slow so that I wouldn't bugger up ankle in the rough. The sand was hard work, and fighting a very strong wind for the first half.
On wrong path to 1, but identified straight away and corrected. Fairly long winded route to 2 - but knew where I was - avoiding what appeared to be worse undergrowth. 6 - maybe would have been better taking a more northern route.
7 - feature didn't seem to look like map suggested so disregarded and went back away from path - then saw it in the bottom. Southern route to 8 through the sand - originally planned to follow fence line and not sure which would be faster.
11 - got to corner of vegetation but took a few moments to believe the feature was that much higher above me (could only see 2 contours on map as 3rd under circle - seemed about 5 or 6 2.5m contours higher)
Not the best route to 13 but worked and hit it perfectly.
OK run overall.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1102855484
Tuesday Jul 25, 2017 #
6 PM
Running - off road (MDC Torpantau) 1:13:49 [3] 9.88 km (7:28 / km) +480m 6:01 / km
slept:4.5 shoes: inov8 Mudclaw300 Dayglo/Blk
MDC run from Torpantau pass - down to the waterfalls then right up to cairn on southern tip of Carn Pica. Not going too well on the hill - walking, along with everyone else.
Nice along the top and split into faster and slower groups - with faster taking a nice trod to the edge, then going over the rocky section and back on Beacons Way. Finished by descending along the trod that's the short cut on the Torpantau race - quite rough in places, but a lot more fun than the actual track.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1101301845
Nice along the top and split into faster and slower groups - with faster taking a nice trod to the edge, then going over the rocky section and back on Beacons Way. Finished by descending along the trod that's the short cut on the Torpantau race - quite rough in places, but a lot more fun than the actual track.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1101301845