Training Log Archive: RichT

Kirkby Moor - standard loop starting with Out Park, across to Windmills, around back of Gunson Height and finish with Shooting House Hill. Windy overcast day and out in winter gear, but felt surprisingly strong. Given time includes a pee stop happy with that. Hope thigh injury doesn't react too badly - felt okish immediately after.

Ride out to Swarthmoor, Pennington, Marton, Lindal, Dendron, Leece, Roa for coffee stop. Very hard head and cross winds.

Back along coast road - turn inland to Leec, Gleaston, Urswick and Swarthmoor. Still windy.

Jogged down to head of the canal in drizzly rain.

6 x 2 mins efforts with 2 min jog recovery. Start at top of canal, 4th effort started on bridge over canal at Glaxo end, last near Outcast and jog recovery finished at the end of Ropewalk. Stride felt okish although sluggish for last couple.

Waddle home.

Early afternoon in torrential rain with Langdale Primary at Cylinders Wood. Then walk around High Close YHA scoping out next week. Then turned up early for BattleAxe #1 at Esthwaite Intake - found Bilbo having given all of the maps to Malcolm & Liz, and put some kites out from memory.

I went out to help put some more controls out, then had a plod around most of the others. Continued to rain throughout the afternoon, so cold and wet and slow. Even managed a parallel error :-).

Nearly all day in Rothay Park with Ambleside Primary & associated others for schools event. Decided to stop on the drive home on side of Blawith Common south of Coniston.

Trundled up path to Beacon Tarn, looped around far side and back around to climb Blawith Knott. Reached top in 32mins. More direct descent back to car in 15mins. Managed to jog all the way to the top - cloudy evening. Pleased with the effort.