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Monday Jul 31, 2017 #
Note
(rest day)
Feeling a bit down so chilled out for the day and did some extra sleeping.
Sunday Jul 30, 2017 #
Bike 2:02:26 +1015m
ahr:139 max:159 slept:9.0 weight:73.6kg shoes: CB Team
Dirty headwind out to Owler Bar and down to Baslow, then quite nice through Froggat, Eyam, Foolow, Bretton, Grindleford. Thought about a loop around Burbage and Ringinglow but there were dark clouds amassing to came home.
Saturday Jul 29, 2017 #
Running - Road 2:01:04 24.35 km (4:58 / km) +596m 4:26 / km
ahr:146 max:167 slept:7.5 shoes: Roclite 280 #1 Blue
Tried to keep the intensity up a bit in the first hour to work through my carb reserves (well stocked after F&C and some beers last night), then trundled back in 'fat burning' mode. The last 20mins was a bit of a struggle so maybe had the desired effect.
Friday Jul 28, 2017 #
Running - Road 32:40 6.05 km (5:24 / km) +87m 5:02 / km
ahr:122 max:138 slept:8.5 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Thursday Jul 27, 2017 #
Running - Road 32:14 6.06 km (5:19 / km) +85m 4:58 / km
ahr:121 max:143 slept:8.75 weight:73kg shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 54:35 11.34 km (4:49 / km) +217m 4:24 / km
ahr:140 max:159 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Wednesday Jul 26, 2017 #
Note
slept:8.5
Was hoping to get some nice long slow runs in, including a solo 'MM' with a wild camp this weekend, but feeling a bit tired still. I want to run well at Borrowdale and be well rested to start a big block in a few weeks, so easy, when I want to and enjoyable it is
Tuesday Jul 25, 2017 #
Running - Road 21:17 3.83 km (5:34 / km) +46m 5:15 / km
ahr:114 max:129 slept:8.5 weight:74.1kg shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 23:11 4.37 km (5:18 / km) +104m 4:44 / km
ahr:124 max:146 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Bike 1:43:47 +948m
ahr:132 max:159 shoes: CB Team
Beautiful Aston Martin DB5 (?) in midnight blue came past up the gap.
Monday Jul 24, 2017 #
Running - Road 10:39 2.32 km (4:36 / km) +34m 4:17 / km
ahr:140 max:159 shoes: Xtalon 212 #7 (IHMR'15)
Running - Trail 24:07 5.91 km (4:05 / km) +169m 3:34 / km
ahr:171 max:180 slept:6.5 shoes: Xtalon 212 #7 (IHMR'15)
Running - Road 15:57 3.09 km (5:10 / km) +31m 4:55 / km
ahr:133 max:139 shoes: Xtalon 212 #7 (IHMR'15)
Sunday Jul 23, 2017 #
Running - Trail 1:16:10 12.42 km (6:08 / km) +326m 5:25 / km
ahr:115 max:143 slept:9.0 shoes: Roclite 280 #1 Blue
Pre-breaky. Glad of the slooow pace. Htm discovered in wash basket so back in action.
Saturday Jul 22, 2017 #
Running - Trail 5:42:00 [1] 27.0 km (12:40 / km) +1989m 9:15 / km
slept:7.0 shoes: Mudclaw 300 'Classic' green
3 times on leg 3, all in less than ideal conditions. One day I'll be able to see the lines and learn them!
Friday Jul 21, 2017 #
Running - Road 22:44 [2] 4.58 km (4:58 / km) +28m 4:49 / km
slept:9.5 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 21:05 [2] 4.01 km (5:15 / km) +86m 4:45 / km
shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Thursday Jul 20, 2017 #
Running - Road 21:32 [1] 3.95 km (5:27 / km) +51m 5:07 / km
slept:8.0 weight:73.6kg shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 21:21 [2] 3.9 km (5:28 / km) +86m 4:56 / km
shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Trail 1:13:25 [2] 11.23 km (6:32 / km) +441m 5:28 / km
shoes: Roclite 280 #1 Blue
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017 #
Running - Road 19:20 [2] 3.94 km (4:55 / km) +84m 4:26 / km
slept:8.5 shoes: Xtalon 212 #8 (Borrowdale'16)
Running - Trail 32:09 [5] 7.22 km (4:27 / km) +307m 3:40 / km
shoes: Xtalon 212 #8 (Borrowdale'16)
In a right funk so went win or bust - often happens at this race!
Lead at 800m as the climb started, 9th at the top, as expected, pulled up to 6th at the end, though one place gained as Charlie from HHS stopped to tie his shoe.
25s off my 'best' here is OK given the last couple of weeks.
had a banging shit afterwards and felt much better.
Running - Road 14:59 [1] 2.53 km (5:55 / km) +37m 5:31 / km
shoes: Xtalon 212 #8 (Borrowdale'16)
Tuesday Jul 18, 2017 #
Note
slept:9.0 (rest day)
Monday Jul 17, 2017 #
Running - Road 21:59 3.91 km (5:38 / km) +49m 5:18 / km
ahr:116 max:134 slept:7.0 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Sunday Jul 16, 2017 #
Running - Road 15:24 [1] 2.72 km (5:40 / km) +61m 5:06 / km
shoes: Xtalon 212 #8 (Borrowdale'16)
Running - Trail 1:40:38 18.44 km (5:28 / km) +1049m 4:15 / km
slept:9.5 shoes: Xtalon 212 #8 (Borrowdale'16)
Fancied a bit of a dig but body not up to sticking with groups today. Lacking a bit of poke on the hills despite moving OK, tbe after last week (though JJ, SS and Kieran didn't seem to suffer as much), and lost concentration a bit after taking water off Jack letting guys ahead get away. Valley bottom a struggle, even had Ad push us up a rise at one point!
For notes, about 50m after taking water off Jack I felt very light headed and wobbly for a couple seconds, slightly loosing balance. As soon as it came on it went again, but this had some effect on guys ahead pulling away. Was well fed/watered beforehand, and had some jelly babies at 45mins and climbing out of Nan Bield pass
Running - Road 10:07 [1] 1.56 km (6:30 / km) +57m 5:30 / km
shoes: Xtalon 212 #8 (Borrowdale'16)
Saturday Jul 15, 2017 #
Note
slept:8.5 weight:73.7kg (rest day)
Friday Jul 14, 2017 #
Running - Road 24:09 4.57 km (5:17 / km) +29m 5:07 / km
ahr:128 max:141 slept:8.0 weight:73.7kg shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 57:01 11.7 km (4:52 / km) +282m 4:21 / km
ahr:140 max:157 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Thursday Jul 13, 2017 #
Running - Road 20:46 4.0 km (5:11 / km) +53m 4:52 / km
ahr:121 max:140 slept:8.5 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 20:37 4.05 km (5:05 / km) +90m 4:35 / km
ahr:126 max:150 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Trail 1:04:15 12.49 km (5:09 / km) +491m 4:18 / km
ahr:151 max:170 shoes: SLAB sense pro Kermit flippers
Looking forward to the rest of the summer and in to autumn, got fun looking racing and big day out plans. Starting with Kuntmere on Sunday as i'm in the area.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2017 #
Running - Road 25:12 4.62 km (5:27 / km) +28m 5:17 / km
ahr:126 max:142 slept:9.0 weight:74.4kg shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 31:10 6.28 km (4:58 / km) +156m 4:25 / km
ahr:130 max:152 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Bike 56:15 +539m
ahr:139 max:162 shoes: CB Team
Up the Dale. Loads of #bikewankers out. Supposed recovery ride but always nudge it a bit. Beautiful evening to be out which was the point - cracking light.
Tuesday Jul 11, 2017 #
Running - Road 50:55 9.31 km (5:28 / km) +191m 4:58 / km
ahr:122 max:157 slept:9.0 shoes: SLAB sense pro Kermit flippers
Monday Jul 10, 2017 #
Note
slept:7.5 (rest day)
Once again I recover from a hard day out with 2 nights in the pub. Will I ever learn?!
Good to see Jim set a new mark for the munro 24h record, a bit jealous I couldn't be there but Wasdale isn't a bad substitute. Starting to feel better in myself and looking forward to getting into OMM training next month - tick over has been ok of late, the main reason I've been a bit moody is I was planning big OMM-style training to set me up for the Lakeland classics and it never really materialised, though trying that twice in quick succession will probably have finished me off.
Team result (7th) pretty good considering 3 potential counters dropped out (1 injured, 1 didn't have the legs today, 1 stacked it and saw stars). I was also first Peak District runner, which was nice.
Sunday Jul 9, 2017 #
Bike 1:36:16 +702m
ahr:131 max:174 slept:6.0 shoes: CB Team
Good night at Wasdale Head last night. Beers seemed to keep my legs loose (and my guts looser... I'll blame the race!)
Parked at the duddon bridge in Ulpha. Brief nap to be woken by some weird wicken/druidess palarva - 10 or so ladies all in white, flowers in their hair, single beat drum, singing a song in procession to the river. All a bit summer isles but no sign of a wicker man or sounds of a mass drowning suicide so all good.
Driving back from Wasdale a fortnight back both Jack and I said as we drove over birker fell how much we'd rather be riding it, so we returned with bikes. Jack's crank was falling off as we rode up duddon but thankfully found some cyclists with an 8mm Alan key so it could be tightened (between us we couldn't beat 6mm). Hardknott was ok, thugging up the steep bits before settling down on the easier grades. Tarmac on the descent was shit though! Birker fell was a delight, even if the normally stunning views were diminished by clouds hiding the Scafel massif - got enough views yesterday mind.
I was in my (not very pro but looks fairly swish) cycling kit, Jack in cargo shorts and a buff so i felt a bit of a bell. Stuck with flat pedals and trainers in case i had to get off and push, but legs responded ok to yesterday. L knee niggled a bit but managed it better than last weekend.
Saturday Jul 8, 2017 #
Running - Trail 4:17:22 [4] 33.27 km (7:44 / km) +2751m 5:28 / km
slept:8.0 shoes: Xtalon 212 #8 (Borrowdale'16)
(2mins running to old start point)
Lovely day and glad to put the 2013 nightmare to rest on the race that made me fall for proper long fell races.
The plan to enjoy and run my own race, especially early and when low down in the heat, worked well. Settled in with a group that left me a bit on the climbs but never by too much. It had scoffer in it so the lines around to pillar were nailed, and happy to be around Steve Heb and Sam Stead (and, now I know who it was, Al Anthony).
Skirting Scoat we out-lined and caught a pack ahead so there was a big group of about 12-15 at pillar, of which I was one of the last to summit. No-one was risking going ahead of Scoff, which was a bit off, so I took the lead over the more technical bit of the run off and was pleased to gap the rest of the group with easily - bored well fornthe descents off gable and ScafellP. Stopped at Black Sail to re-tie shoes so was back to back of the group again, but only MMB ran off the front on the grinder to beck head.
Got up Gable with Sam, a group of Scoff, Kieran H and Heb just ahead. Closed them down off Gable and we passed a cramping Lamby and a suffering John Helme - bit surprised as he has done very well in the Lakeland classics so far. At Styhead Cal Tinnion and Swifty arrived from the right having gone walkabout. Andy shot off to regain places. Suffered a bit znd lost a bit of concentration att the start of the drag to esk hause, Scoff eased away. Thankfully Sam picked me up and helped me back to Scoff and past John Helme. There were plenty of people close behind at the hause, but over broad and Ill crags those who eased away on the runnable stuff slowly came back to me (Swifty was walking after pulling a big gap. Knew he'd come back).
Quite enjoy barrelling down the Like when it's choc full of walkers. Closed in on the pack ahead, dropping Al, passing scoff, Sam and Heb in lingmell col. Latched on Kieran and Cal on the rocky bit and passed a cramping J-App, but then i cramped, quick stretch but legs started to work when I heard J behind running again. Over style fine but he got me in the last field, but I managed to reel in Cal.
Finished ahead of everyone I was in a group with and picked off a good few fast starters and exploders. Didn't feel top notch but ground it out well, tactically good and a brilliant day out.
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Friday Jul 7, 2017 #
Note
slept:8.0 weight:74.4kg
I'm then going to take some time off 'running' in an attempt to kick this fatigue (i will probably commute a bit as it's nicer than the bus, and will yomp in the hills as it's good fun) - I've got an entry for Borrowdale so might do very little before that.
Wednesday Jul 5, 2017 #
Running - Road 21:12 3.94 km (5:23 / km) +50m 5:04 / km
ahr:115 max:132 slept:9.5 weight:73.7kg shoes: Roclite 280 #1 Blue
Running - Road 13:28 2.63 km (5:07 / km) +78m 4:27 / km
ahr:131 max:148 shoes: Roclite 280 #1 Blue
Running - Trail 1:17:07 12.51 km (6:10 / km) +217m 5:40 / km
ahr:126 max:150 shoes: Roclite 280 #1 Blue
Tuesday Jul 4, 2017 #
Running - Road 24:52 4.57 km (5:27 / km) +29m 5:16 / km
ahr:118 max:138 slept:9.0 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 20:34 3.92 km (5:15 / km) +85m 4:44 / km
ahr:123 max:144 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Running - Road 38:20 6.72 km (5:42 / km) +146m 5:08 / km
ahr:116 max:140 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
My L knee feels fine when running but niggles a bit during day-to-day life.
Sunday Jul 2, 2017 #
Running - Road 1:43:26 22.96 km (4:30 / km) +151m 4:22 / km
ahr:139 max:165 slept:8.0 shoes: Asics gel windhawk 1
Strava used to underestimate climb compared to AP, but now it's the other way around (about 60m off today, last Saturday seemed ~300m light as well). Which to trust...
Saturday Jul 1, 2017 #
Bike 2:20:43 +431m
ahr:131 max:158 slept:8.0 shoes: CB Team
3 Midland counties with Dave, Tom and Ash.
Left knee hurt a bit so couldn't put much power down, meaning I dropped off the back out of corners at. Quite happy to bimble around off the back though. Nice big scone as well.