Training Log Archive: Frostbite

I was planning to do a longish run but I am sore from yesterday. I'm not used to mountain climbing. The worst bit is my arms from clinging onto exposed rock faces.

Mountain climbing - Snowdon Horseshoe with Stanley. The weather was great and we made good progress over Crib Goch and up to Snowdon, but we were both knackered going over Lliwedd, and the long descent to the lake was the hardest bit of the day.

We had to park down the road at Pen Y Gwryd, so I dropped Stan off at Pen-y-Pass and had a mile each way jogging to park/retrieve the car.

Lawnswood, feeling tired and still labouring with the breathing. In the circumstances the time isn't too bad and I managed to speed up a bit for the finish.

Very slow around School Lane. Knackered.

Butcher Hill, Newlay, Kirkstall, extended the run a bit after Kirkstall via the cow field, Kepstorn Rise bridge over the railway and up through Queenswood by the memorial. Not a very exciting alternative to what I did before, maybe half a mile further. Just plodding comfortably but the mileage of the last few days is beginning to tell, sore down the right hamstring. Cold has just about gone away now, but still quite snotty. Left a trail of slime around north west Leeds.

Adel Crag. Still wheezing along but felt quite comfortable and cruising along quite nicely. It got too dark really and I was stumbling around a bit on the rocky bits by Slabbering Baby and Seven Arches. HR was a bit on the high side - because I am ill I guess.

School Lane. Legs sore from my longest weekend in years, still got a cold affecting my breathing, HR a little erratic but mostly ok. Otherwise fine. I was just plodding mostly but tried a few strides in the Hollies to loosen up a bit and didn't feel too bad.