Yes I'm helping out on leg 4. Good luck in Coniston!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
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Yes I'm helping out on leg 4. Good luck in Coniston!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nee Bother
[QUOTE=Nee Bother;480473]Hi Linda, Yeah thought i recognised him on Saturday (didn't know he was called Hank tho' :o )
But then you weren't christened 'nee bother' were you?
As 'Hank' is the only person I've met off here I'm quite excited!!! I'm thinking of going up Honister if I get out of bed early enough on the Saturday!! It'll be nice to see a BG through a 'check-point'.
Good stuff... though don't let me spoil your beauty sleep! Support crew will be in the YHA car park rather than mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
A bit of half decent weather and you'll nail it, Geoff.
Sorry I can't be there.
Yeah, all the best "Hank". Will be anxiously checking back to see how things go.
Prep + Determination and you're 90% there !
Who do we follow for twitter? Good luck.
Good luck Hank,
Hope it all goes well:)
Good luck from me too...hopefully you won't need it :)
Well it looks like I will be meeting up with Nee Bother (my personal coach) to cover some BG training tomorrow, at present we plan on doing leg 2 and approx half of leg 3 and then make our way back to the cars.... Luckily for Ken he is there all weekend, however, for me it's a very early start in the morning to drive there and back in the same day!
Only 6 weeks to go until my attempt, so my aim is good session tomorrow, followed by a recce of leg 1 on Friday 11th May (will anybody else be there on this day?).
Then from Friday 18th May I am in the Lakes all weekend for some solid training, followed by supporting Simon on his attempt Friday 25th May....then it looks like start of tapering ready for 15th June!!!
Looking forward to it Ash.:D
Currently not well with a stomach bug that's had me off work all week (and not training, obviously) and really knocked me for 6:mad::mad:. This weekend's trip to the Lakes to do Legs 1 & 2 back to back has gone down the toilet (so to speak). Need to get over this and get a long day in for next weekend, either in the Lakes or do the Bullock Smithy route.
I have stuck pretty well to the 10,000' / week and stuck in a hard hill rep session each week too; have great support and stayed injury free. I am not sure anyone really feels like they have done enough, and I'll have to be firm with myself to avoid doing lots of hills in the final few days but done my best to stick with the plan up to now. But this berluddy gut rot!!!!!!!!:thunbdown:
Once the last hard day is done, it's a case of tapering with a few hill reps reducing to nothing much for final week.
Now, if I can just keep some food and drink down...
Simon - I've PM'd you...
Bad luck Simon. I'm also out of action, due to another cough that won't go away. I'll have to give it another week at least before I can start running again.
Get well soon Simon, that stomach bug's a nasty one, had it in march.
I am sure that you will be ready in time Simon, it looks like you have put the training in! And I am looking forward to helping out :thumbup:
Well I had a good run with Ken on Saturday - We did leg 2 there and back and my timing was within what I have allowed for that leg. It was nice to put a 7hour training session in.
Wife and I heading up to Keswick tomorrow a.m, intention is to do leg 2 tomorrow afternoon with maybe a cheeky climb of Steel Fell afterwards.
Doddick 35 mins........mainly runnable with one clamber over rocks
Parachute 25 mins.....(well my version of it). Very steep on scree and loose stuff.
Your 25 minutes down the parachute on loose scree, etc would nearer 40 minutes for me, what with dithering and falling all over the place :o.
Where on Doddick did you find rocks to clamber over?
I am still not well Ken, but I'll be in touch.
There's a steep section about half way down that's a little grim if wet. However, it can be avoided by using the two grassy knolls off right which can be seen from the ridge. Other very short sections can be avoided by going round the sides.
Did my last big day yesterday. I did all of 3 and intended to do all of 4 as well. Fresh snow covered the tops. All was going well until the heavens opened up over Pillar. By the time I got to Beckhead I was soaked through and getting colder by the second. So I beat a hasty retreat and legged it back to Honister where, after a call from Beckhead, my wife was waiting in a warm car. Still a great 9 1/2 hours on the fell.
All systems go at 19:30 on June 3rd....Off for 3 weeks in France tomorrow. Life is tough.
Have a good one Simon - see you on the start line in just over three weeks. Its all a bit close now hey?!!Quote:
Originally Posted by keswicksimon
Martin
Good luck Simon. Hope it goes well. I remember you helping me 5 years ago on leg one and you knew it like the back of your hand then - you must know it with your eyes closed now!
Mark
Just back from my final BG training week and it all went pretty well:
Tues - leg 2 out and back, seriously crappy weather for most of the day. Weather cleared in the early evening as we were coming back over Helvellyn
Weds - Parked at Honister and went over to Wasdale via the Moses trod, then Leg 4
Thurs - nowt, p*ssed it down all day (hard)
Fri - Seathwaite up on to Scafell range/leg 3, Lord's Rake/WWT to Scafell (snow) and then down to Wasdale. Back to Seathwaite via Styhead Pass
Sat - Partial OCT recce with some mates, peeled off on Greenup Edge and scooted back to Langdale
I reckon that's over 75 miles and 30,000ft+ of climb, I couldn't have done much more. I *may* rest tomorrow :)
well done Martyn - you are certainly fit enough now to get around. I may be able to do part of leg one with you - sawing my plaster of next week!
"Weds - Parked at Honister and went over to Wasdale via the Moses trod, then Leg 4"
Must of just missed you somewhere round Kirkfell, I was out with 'Daz the Slug' running around Ennerdale!! Probably went thro' there between 2 and 4!?
Was a nice day out!
Good effort btw 5 good days! You clearly are fit! Good luck with your attempt! :)
You know, the only runners I saw all day were as I reached Steeple - I could see a couple of blokes running along the ridge to the left of the Scoat Fell wall line (i.e. coming from Pillar) but they must have veered off because I didn't meet them .... was that you guys?Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
Good news Tom and I hope I see you on the day, but don't you go buggering your recovery up on my behalf - I know you've got a lot planned for this year and that leg needs to be 100% !!Quote:
Originally Posted by tomphillips
That could well of been us!! Blonde/white haired guy and a tall good looking ginger with a green KIMM Sac!? :)
Couldn't say to be honest, a bit too far away - must have been you I reckon!Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
bless youQuote:
Originally Posted by that_fjell_guy
you can say grey
I started going grey aged 17, so I'm used to it :wink:
8.3 miles, 470ft of climbing today with the dog. That makes, in the last fortnight, a grand total of...8.3 miles & 470 feet of climbing. 19 days to my BG attempt. Not exactly the ideal preparation, isn't a chest infection. I'm not sure the antibiotics made any difference - I'm feeling better, but still not breathing completely clearly. Still a bit congested, still coughing a bit. But...if I don't get the legs going again I won't get round anyway.
So here's the plan:
2 weeks complete rest (done)
5 days training (started today)
2 weeks tapering
What could possibly go wrong?
I have every sympathy Andy...but I am sure you'll be fine... you have lots of experience and big days in your legs.
I have had a nightmare at the 11th hour: best part of 2 weeks off work with Campylobacter (diarrhoea and vomitting); lost a stone (going back on now though) and feel completely wasted.:mad:
I am still planning to go a week on Friday (25th) but going to the Lakes tomorrow to look at Scafell via Foxes and the Climber's Traverse. If that goes OK, game on, but if not then postpone for a few weeks. To re-arrange will be easier said than done.
And it had all been going so well........:rolleyes:
Avoided real injuries; 10,000' a week; great support; know what to eat and reached the confidence point where I was ready to go.
.....but is not yet lost;)
You've had a worse time than me Simon - I haven't actually been feeling too bad most of the time, just not enough breath to run without doing myself damage. And if I lost a stone I'd probably be in hospital. But yes - I was all ready & knew I was fit enough, so it's so frustrating to have gone backwards at just the wrong time. Mind you, like you I'm still going for it. Positive thinking's the only way anyone's ever got round. Good luck on the 25th. I'm heading up to the Duddon Valley that weekend for a lads' walking weekend (old lads that is), & a recce of the way off Robinson on the Sunday.
Well the trip up to the Lakes was a good test and made it abundantly clear that I have a good deal of recovering to do. Went up and met Mrs Crumbly and struggled to keep up any sort of pace. Did ODG to Wasdale and back in pretty well perfect conditions, and we were on our feet for about 7 hours.
Thus, attempt postponed to sometime in July in order to get myself in as good a position as possible... infuriating as I felt so good before THAT kebab:mad:
Just need to organise my time off work and muster my support again... easier said than done.
Tough luck Simon. No kebab problem here; perhaps it's time you went veggy too. Make or break time for me too - chest problem's still not gone away. I've been out running three times this week though, & got away with it. So...tomorrow I'm off to try to run the Gritstone Trail again. If I get away with 33 miles & the hills then it's ho for the Lakes in 2 weeks' time. Even if I don't I'll probably still have a go, come to think of it...
Just keep ticking over Andy. You've done all the hard work and anything from now on is just icing on the cake. It's much more important to start this on fresh legs with loads of energy in reserve than slightly jaded from many big mileage/climbing weeks.
Checking the weather forecast, it looks like Sunday will be the better day so I'm driving up to Keswick with the dog for a meander around the first two legs.
I'm happier now: 59 miles & over 8000 feet since Tuesday. The taper starts here. Move over ksimon - there's room for 2 on that sunbed.
Plenty of room Andy....you could put in another 1000 miles and join me at La Rochelle!
Recce'ing leg 1 and 2 tomorrow night with "nee bother" :thumbup:
Plan is to do it on my schedule, seen as its only 3 weeks away!
Will be coming off Hallsfell ridge again.
I'm up there early tomorrow too only I'm starting at Dunmail and finishing in Honister. On my lonesome so aiming to take it easy and eke out any better lines.
Good luck with your recce.
Good luck Ash, si thee and young ken in 3 weeks:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by ashstroller