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With what. Video cassettes of It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Till Death Us Do Part?Quote:
Originally Posted by PeteS
Just a few statues of our local slave traders.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
It's a good workout though. Skip hire had run out of 6yds so sent me an 8 - may be struggling to fill it. Another day of garden and garage clearance beckons....
4.05 mile, 35 minutes
Just a trot down to Witton, couple of one mile laps and back home.
Started off from Snake Pass and onto Bleaklow Head. From Bleaklow you can trace on the OS Map a great looping path heading east, and clockwise, all the way along Bleaklow Stones, Swains Head, Howden Edge, Outer Edge, Margery Hill.
In reality the path was quite difficult to follow on the ground, and in a considerable amount of places it was nigh on impossible. But seemed to avoid any major navigational catastrophe.
From Margery Hill i had intended on cutting South East across much remote ground to pickup the path over Lost Lad and Derwent Edge, before dropping to Derwent Reservoir. However the weather had been horrendous and showed no signs of improvement, and i'd already been up to my tits in a freezing bog, and gone over on my ankle. I decided that if i'd had an accident on such remote ground i'd have been unlikely to be found. So decided to quit while ahead and cut the route a little short, dropping straight down to Howden Reservoir.
16 miles, 1850ft, 3hrs20
Despite resident Peak District local Llani Boy's predictions of mass-congestion, i saw nobody from leaving Snake Summit until i was on the way down to Howden Reservoir. Although i suspect more to do with the shocking weather than any lack of local knowledge on Llani's part. But the solitude was a pleasant surprise. It certainly felt a very remote run.
Sounds a nice trot out Travs.
Better than my meagre 3 miles, 25:30 this morning as I went early to the wife's work (she starts 5:45am) to collect the car I need for an errand later.
Another solid week... 80.5 miles and 13,500ft... with a good hard session in there, and a decent trip out to the fells.
May be recalled from furlough at some point next week, so mileage could drop right back down... but hopefully can squeeze in a track session early on, and a hefty run out on the fells planned again for next weekend...
Track session on a very warm and humid morning...
6 x 1km. Not quite what i'd hoped for... all reps were between 3:38 and 3:45... Was hoping to see them consistently a little nearer to 3:35.... but a decent session all the same.
Once you get off the pennine way that ground you covered is a pretty good bet to be away from the crowds in any weather. I like it. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Club session this morning, and due to the rain i ran it on the treadmill.
7 miles. Miles 1,3,5,7 easy, miles 2,4,6 hard.
Due to churning out the miles all week, and a planned hefty fell outing on saturday, i'd say my even numbered miles were more "brisk" than "hard".
Wimp! I'm just on my way out, up to the Outwoods and maybe further. If you don't hear from me again, I've drowned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Good luck!Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
I had my quota of abysmal weather this time last week on Bleaklow!
Don't take shelter under the Big Oak Tree if there is thunder and lightening about!Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
Well, I did get further than the Outwoods, but it was a very slow run up to Beacon Hill and back via Windmill Hill. The rain was fairly light by the time I set off, but the first half-mile of the bridleway up to the Outwoods was suitable for canoeing.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
I was intending to go for a run yesterday but the torrential rain and then stupendous electrical storm were a little off-putting! Sat at home watching the lightening and eating pizza instead. Rest is not such a bad thing anyway!Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
Its finally stopped raining here so off out on my bike now - the only downside to working from home is the lack of cycle commuting.
Due to record order levels I'm struggling during the week at the moment, but squeezed in a 3 mile undulating loop around Feniscowles in 24:30 so not bad without a warm up for a cart horse.
Today myself and occasional forumite TrevorM ran the Gill Harris Round... which is a "mini Bob Graham" on the Long Mynd Hills of Shropshire. Coming in at 19-22 miles and 4900-5300ft ascent, depending on who you believe, it's obviously nothing like a BGR, but still a decent day out.
I must say i wasn't overly enthused by the prospect, as many of the tops are heather-bashing to obscure tops which may perhaps overtop the general landscape by a few metres. But all the old favourites are also in there... Pole Bank, Callow, Yearlet, Ashlet, etc.
It was very much Trevor's idea and round. I came along to record the times and help nav (although some of the
lines we chose were undoubtedly a hindrance rather than help). We set a 5hr schedule, and a combination of unexpectedly hot weather, route choice, hold ups for Gliders taking off, chatting to other runners, saw us go round in 5hrs36.
I clocked 22.5miles and 5350ft on my gps.
I wouldn't rule out going back in a few weeks and having a faster solo effort at it... perhaps 4hrs
Reminds me a bit of the "Fife Thousand Foot Peaks" run I did in 1986. 26 miles with 6500 feet of climbing, from Falkland to Saline, covering every summit over 1000 feet in Fife, and several in Kinross-shire. And when I say "every summit", I mean that just about any ring contour on the OS map counted as a summit. The route went over the Lomond Hills, Bishop Hill, Benarty Hill, the Cleish Hills, Knock Hill and Saline Hill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
Most of it was solo, but I made sure that I had support on the road sections: I could cope with the steep hills and the tussocky bogs well enough on my own, but more than 3 miles of flat road running between Scotlandwell and Ballingry would just have been too demoralising, as would the shorter road section between the foot of Benarty Hill and the start of the climb into the Cleish Hills.
My target time was 5 hours; I actually managed 5 hours and 5 minutes. If you want to try to improve on my time, you might want to take a chainsaw: the trees in the new forestry plantation on the Cleish Hills (including one of my summits) were no more than chest-high when I was there, but they will be much bigger now.
Sounds fairly similar!
Some of the "tops" were stretching it a bit to be worthy of that title... but it is the official list of the 22 named tops on the Mynd.
A lot of the first half of the route is stringing together tops which are not far off the major undulating paths which cross the Mynd, and the heather-bashing was never really more than 1/4 of a mile at a time. The 2nd half had some decent ridge running and most of the major climbs which people would recognise from the Shropshire races. Although the bracken and various other vegetation was a problem on nearly all of the off-piste sections.
It was interesting to do a run and find myself recognising parts of multiple race routes that i've done. My appreciation and knowledge of the Mynd is pretty poor away from the race routes.
Another good week. 70.5 miles, 14150ft.
Next week looks like furlough continuing... track session booked for thursday. No plans for a fell outing but perhaps a longer road run next weekend to have a play with my new (2nd hand) GPS watch (finally joined the 20th century!!)
Record number of orders over the weekend to get out today, but managed to sneak a shorty in.
3.06 miles, 26:33 around Witton with an effort on mile 2 of 7:39
Pyramid session.... 1min,2min,3,4,5,4,3,2,1.... all with 90 seconds easy in between.
Ran it on the treadmill as feet still a little bashed up from the weekend (off out the door to Derby Runner in a minute to hopefully pick up some new fell shoes).
8.5 miles including warm up/down.
Bowderdale - West Fell - Hazel Gill Knot - The Calf and back to Bowderdale. 10.8 miles 2322 feet ascent. 2 hrs 8 mins. First run out of my own dale since lockdown. Light drizzle, then persistent drizzle and hill cloud with stiff westerly breeze on the outward leg, and then clearing skies and rapidly rising temperature on the homeward journey. Masses of cleggs around the car!!!
Early morning run from the wife's work back home via Darwen Tower and Tockholes.
7.04, 938ft, 73 minutes
Track session this evening...
Had hoped for 8 x 800mtrs. However after the 5th i started to feel early signs of heat-stress, so called it a day after the 6th rep.
Kept them between 2:52-2:55, which was very pleasing as my expectation would have been around 2:56 on a normal-weather day, and i would have taken anything below 3mins in today's heat.
6 miles total.
A trot out with Mrs WP around the bulk of the Winter Warmer 10K route. It's usually 1st weekend in Feb and I have raced it in better conditions before :D
5.52 mile, 51:20, 500ft
Up to Beacon Hill, out via Buck Hill, back by direct route. Loads of walkers out on all parts of the route; impossible to leave even one metre distance between me and them on some of the narrower paths, but we did our best. I try to turn my face away from people as I go past. And of course the probability of transmitting viruses depends on the time spent in proximity (very short) as well as the distance.
On the descent from Buck Hill, one girl of about 7 seemed to think she was a sheep. Those of you who have cycled on roads through open fell country know the scenario: you are cruising down a hill, there's a sheep standing calmly on one side of the road, apparently ignoring you, then the sheep suddenly dashes across the road just in front of you. Anyway, I didn't crash into the girl, just like I've never crashed into a sheep while cycling.
3 laps of the Draycote Reservoir to the south of Rugby this morning.
Possibly up to 100 other runners circuiting the 4.75mile reservoir, in various groups or individually. I was just about the only one running clockwise, and i found out why as soon as i hit the lake end-wall... the wind! was like trying to round Cape Horn...
Despite some toe issues caused by last weekend's fell run (now "operated" on with some TCP, sharp scissors and plenty of tissues).... managed to progressively increase the speed each lap... although i wasn't really going hell-for-leather by any means. Averaged around 7:20/mile for the 14 mile run.
Brings the weekly total to 69 miles and 9800ft. Next weekend hoping to have a "full speed" attempt at that Shropshire mini-round i did last weekend... Plus a track session tuesday morning... then the full-time running dream is over, as recalled from furlough as of wednesday!
Track session.
18 x 400mtrs with 1 minute recovery.
Managed to keep them between 80-85secs, which is a bit of a variation, but wasn't expecting much better than consistent 86secs with how i felt prior to the session, so overall quite pleasing.
Amazing how the fatigue creeps up though... after 14 reps i was thinking i'd make it to 20... but after 16 reps i was struggling to get started for the final couple!!
400s can be a tough session, but I always found 500s worse. Must be something to do with the distance and energy systems used.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
A shorty today. 3.12 miles, 27 minutes, a loop around Witton.
I've started work pre 6:30 Monday / Tuesday and both days just been piled up with orders and similar today, with already enough to keep me going until 3 ish. In many ways it's great, but it makes getting out for decent run difficult.
1km's and 1 miles seem to hurt me the most. Short enough to be uncomfortably quick, but long enough to be incredibly fatiguing after a few reps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
Last summers Track Mile race was probably pound-for-pound the most painful race I've ever done.
I always do shorter reps these days, as they are, or were, done with 9-12 year olds. We might run hard for a minute or so, but it is usually less than that, but fast of course. One of my juniors beat Killian down Seat Sandal on his record breaking round.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witton Park
We were repeatedly told on the level 2 coaching course days not to do 400 metre reps with juniors, but that 300s and 500s were OK - it was felt that 400s tempted them to unwittingly abuse their energy systems - something that adolescence sorted out.
It was Killian's book on mountain running that finally persuaded me that running slow to run fast probably had some logic to it.
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Originally Posted by Mike T
This is something that has taken me such a long time to figure out... but has become more emphasised over my furlough period and a large increase in mileage.
Realising that i'll never be able to run my hard sessions properly unless I start being a lot more sensible on my steady runs.
It still takes a lot of discipline to listen to your own thoughts and advice though! I saw it summed up best on a recent YouTube video, where the guy said we all like to constantly train in a higher 'training zone' as it makes us feel like we are benefiting and working hard.
It was another club challenge day today, a 2 or 4 mile run. Whichever you feel like.
I've had a tight right calf since my little run the other day, so wasn't going to venture out, but got a call from Mrs WP at 6:40. She'd arrived at work and inadvertently took something I needed at 9:00am so I decided to do an out and back.
3 miles there 26:43
3 miles back 25:19
I submitted miles 5&6 for the challenge in 16:32
Wet through, but glad I did it.
Well done WP. I’ve gone from doing loads and being the fittest I’ve been in years to sitting about with a bag of frozen peas on my leg praying my shin splints ease quickly
it didn't qualify for your thread, but live to fight another day :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
It’s always good to see anyone’s been out running anywhere (well apart from the track obviously)
‘My thread’ was an attempt to get some fellrunning discussion going and not aimed at setting up an alternative to this or any others
Nowt wrong with the track...!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Derby Tup
It was a joke Travs. And anyway all the hamsters going round in circles leave room elsewhere for other runners