Mountain Trial 2010

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Originally Posted by mykind

Time taken for recovery depends on a lot of things. Last year after 9hours + on the Men's trial I was still crawling to the bog on tuesday morning! This year after a more seemly 6+ hours I did a steady 9 miles on Tuesday so I guess that the main determinant is how long you were out there. In navigational terms it isn't a bad rule to remember that the map is your friend and the compass is your enemy - the straight route is only fastest if you can run it.

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"the map is your friend and the compass is your enemy", like it! Going on the FRA Navigation Course in a couple weeks which I'm looking forward to and I am sure will prove useful.

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Originally Posted by Hank

My legs have been pretty sore the last few days, but then I'm far from a pro! It's only really in the last year that I've started doing longer stuff and have probably averaged a couple of runs a month that are in the 4-6 hour range. I've definitely noticed an improvement in recovery as I've done more. Sunday was tough though, with a lot of climb and descent and I'm sure that's what I'm feeling in my legs. At least if it hurts it must be doing some good! Going to run for an hour tonight and that'll hopefully get the last bits of tiredness out.

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I think in the last couple months I've only had 2 runs which have been over 3hrs, so that could explain things! Like you say, the more I do the easier the recovery will become I'm sure.

Recovery wise, my legs have been pretty tight but not too sore. It was my longest event by far (previous longest being the Edale Skyline) so I was expexting more leg pain than this, but there's still stiffness there.

Managed 2km on monday night at very gentle pace, 2.5km running and 13km on the bike last night and a hilly 3km tonight. Major problem I've got is a large amount of missing skin between my middle toes on one foot - had a big blister which fell off on the last descent.

Anyone know where there are any photos of the race besides the ones already linked to?

Managed 2km on monday night at very gentle pace, 2.5km running and 13km on the bike last night and a hilly 3km tonight. Major problem I've got is a large amount of missing skin between my middle toes on one foot - had a big blister which fell off on the last descent.[/QUOTE]

Hi Paul,

Have you tried Injinji Toe socks, I am yet to get a blister since starting using them.

Having said that I havn't done anything as long as the mountain Trial!:D

This race was the subject of Country Diary in today's Guardian. Web version available here