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Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Weight lifting. When you have a chest profile consistent with bench pressing regularly, your nipples don't stick out. Sub cutaneous fat buildup makes them stick out like the cairns on Nine Standards Rigg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
My nipples don't particularly protrude and chest hair usually keeps garments away from them but it was so humid today that the weight of sweat on my vest must have pressed it against them.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
Showering was agony and now they are like Scammell Wheel Nuts :(
74.5 miles for the week.
Feeling neither overly positive nor negative about today's result.... on one hand just missed out on my target (and it was a priority target for the year), but on the other hand the focus towards it helped achieve a pb by 10 minutes.
One thing i've been increasingly aware of as the year progresses... i'm now regularly beating people who i couldn't match at the start of the year, and comparing myself now against new "rivals". I guess the long-term consistency of training helps with that.
Next week will mainly be recovering from today. I do have a 1500mtr track race next saturday but will be very debatable whether i feel fit to race such an intense race or not. Next fell race is Black Mountains a week on saturday, with Peris hot on the heels the following weekend.
On my way back home from Llanidloes I made a detour to Llangollen to recce the Llangollen Trig Race. Apart from the first and last mile the route is unmarked so I had a good look at the options, especially finding the TP in the clag!
Not been up that way before and was nicely surprised at the great running to be had above Trevor Rocks, and some good trods on the grouse moor, if they can be found.
Seven miles and 985 feet in a very productive 1hr 13 mins
Club session last night, and all i knew on arrival is that it was on the grass.... turned out to be 1 x 4 mile effort over cross-country.
Was a good circuit, in fact large sections of it borrowed from some local University relays held annually, so a nice mix of grass and woodland, ups and downs.
Averaged just about 6:30/mile for the rep, and was rather pleased to find myself placing a lot better in the group than i do on the shorter track and 1-minute rep stuff. Felt surprisingly good after last weekend's race exploits.
10.5 miles total for the session, 14.5 miles for the day.
Although i've decided not to do the track 1500 race tomorrow, will take an extra days rest and do another session or harder run on sunday instead.
I hope my comments on the route were of assistance!Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Yes Travs, they were. I went to the hairpin you mentioned as my access to the hill after the compulsory marked section, but on the way there I spotted a diagonal sheep trod that seemed to be going in the right direction, through the cliffs/scree.
On my way down I picked it out from above and it was spot on and runnable. I'll certainly be using it as my ascent to the nice grassy running along the ridge.
What did surprise me was how many decent paths there were that are not marked on any map.
Thanks
Went out this morning to watch a local road 10km, then a short run out this evening. 14 miles for the day, 71 for the week.
That brings another 10 weeks to a close, average of 71.5 miles. Average for the year so far is just under 69 miles per week.
Next ten week block will take me through to the end of my longer fell races for the year... Black Mountains, Peris, Langdale.... and into the start of the cross-country season.
Have dropped out of my scheduled track ultra in October, due to concerns that it will overly hamper my training and cross-country season.
Have also started giving some consideration to targets for next year... giving some serious thought to really trying to focus on a handful of races (while using the other races as training).... currently throwing around the possibility of targeting Y3P (april), Snowdon (july) and a road marathon (autumn).... and then building my training and other races around those.
Although i doubt i'll make a final decision until i've seen the English and Welsh Champs races for 2023 first.
This evening 4 of us had a run around the 17 Sites of Meaning which were set as Markerstones for the Millennium on the boundary of Middleton and Smerrill parish. I had planned a route that would visit them all using public footpaths and roads.
All of the sites have inscriptions in limestone. Since they were first revealed 22 years have gone by and some are difficult to find as they are covered in moss or lichen, but we found them all.
The first half of the route is mainly off road but the last 5 miles are on tarmac so I secreted a pair of road shoes in a tree at Parsley Hay and after a quick change had a very comfortable run to the finish!
A warm and humid 13.22 miles, 1,218 feet in 1hr 58 mins. We finished just before dark and enjoyed beer and sandwiches at The Knoll Club, Royal British Legion, in Youlgreave.
Nearly every field we ran through had lots of mushrooms but unfortunately we had nothing to carry them in so tomorrow I know where I'll be taking the dogs!
Magic mushrooms?Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy