Hello you Fell Runners!
A bit of background. I'm into mountaineering mainly but just generally love being out in the hills & mountains doing anything. I need to boost my fitness for a couple of things I've got planned and figured an easier mountain marathon would be a good place to start.
I've entered the Oggie 8 which is a charity event for Ogwen Mountain Rescue in August. It's 24k with 2,500m ascent and I'm hoping for <8hrs if I can.
I've not trained 'regularly' since 2008, though I always dabble every now and then. I guess the climbing and walking in the hills goes some way to keep me fit.
I've worked out a training regime for the 8 weeks leading up to the event and wanted to see what people thought.
I've done the 1st week and apart from my legs and knees being a bit stiff there doesn't seem to be any ill effects!
Day 1 - Long MTB ride starting at 25km
Day 2 - Trail run at a 'pushing' it pace
Day 3 - Swim, starting at 20min
Day 4 - Long trail "jog/walk", starting at 10km
The aim of the program is to increase the times/distances by 5 to 10% each week and its more than likely that they won't necessarily be in the same order to due work commitments. There will be a rest day after no more than 2 consecutive days.
I also cycle to work at least 3 times a week which is an 18k round trip, mostly on a canal tow-path taking 25 to 30 minutes each way, and I climb 1 day with hopefully a couple of mountain days a month. In fact the long MTB ride and the Swim are both combined with this commute, plus one on a rest day.
Any comments of how I could tweak this would be gratefully received.