Re: Bob Graham training week
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Originally Posted by
Monkey
Hello all!
This is my first posting on the forum, although I have been reading the BG entries for some time now. Am planning a BG attempt next year, and I'm looking to spend a week in the Lakes around October to do some recceing - is there anyone who is interested in joining me or planning something similar themselves?
As I'm based in the south getting up to the lakes on a regular basis isn't that easy, and I'm hoping a solid week of recceing will improve my fairly shoddy route knowledge.
Any thoughts or words of wisdom gratefully received - Monkey
Are your dates already sorted?
I am up there for a week at the end of oct/early nov - accomodation booked: but I need to check dates. Its a family thing, but will be spending a couple of days doing the sort of thing you have in mind.
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If you let me know when your coming up I'm sure I can fit in a few runs :)
Bill
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Thanks for the replies.
Always injured - have not get any dates booked as yet as I will have to fit the trip around work.... and it'll be a month before I can confirm the time off. If you let me know when you're likely to be in the Lakes we might be able to meet up - it would certainly help with transport to / from each leg.
Baggins - when I can confirm my dates I may well take you up on the offer - thanks.
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I can make it up on friday afternoons and saturday days, as long as its after the relays and the langdale horseshoe (Late october is best for me)
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We're recceing bits of Leg 2, 3 and 4 Friday September 24th and Saturday September 25th based in Gt. Langdale.
If anyone fancies joining in...:)
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Originally Posted by
Mountain Hare
We're recceing bits of Leg 2, 3 and 4 Friday September 24th and Saturday September 25th based in Gt. Langdale.
If anyone fancies joining in...:)
But there isn't a Sept 24th and 25th that falls on a Friday/Saturday? Lost already?
Monkey - Will be interested in popping along with you. Won't try this for some time probably not even until year after (2009) but would love to pop down. Afraid I can only make Saturday or Sunday though.
Let us know the dates and I will see what I can do.
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What is it they say about the 6 P's...?
Perfect Planning Prevents P1ss Poor Performance
I obviously meant Sept 21st and 22nd:o
MH
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Monkey
Just post the dates and if I'm free I'll come up.
DPI
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I'm also just starting training for BG attempt next summer (or 2009 if it all goes horribly wrong).
I'll be staying in Buttermere 13-14th Oct weekend and would definitely be up for a recce run on the Sunday. Think we already have some plans for the Saturday though.
I'll also be around in Eskdale 10-11th Nov if that's any good for anyone? I might still be a bit broken from the OMM though.
Smurf :cool:
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Thanks for the replies. Sadly it'll be a couple of weeks before I can confirm time off work, but am still keen to get up to the lakes for a week / several weekends in october.
I've also got to get myself round the Courmayer - Chamonix race without any major mishaps at the end of the week..... given my lack of hill running at the moment this may prove tricky :eek:
Monkey.
Re: Bob Graham training week
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Originally Posted by
Mountain Hare
What is it they say about the 6 P's...?
Perfect Planning Prevents P1ss Poor Performance
I obviously meant Sept 21st and 22nd:o
MH
If you fail to plan
you plan to fail:D
I'll hopefully be at the Pumlumon that week end.
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I supppose there will be loads, but where would I find a good BG training calendar.
I am aware of the requirement to get to 10,000 ft per week. I have a 200m (over about 1.5 Km) climb right behind my house so I will need to be getting up to doing 15 reps of that a week (if my metric imperial conversions are correct), which almost does not sound like enough. I was probably doing 8 to 10 reps on it a week in preperation for Paul's BG.
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I've just read this entire thread and was just aboput to post that I'd be happy to join Monkey on a couple of runs in October before just realising that I'm 6 years too late!!! I hope it was a good week, Monkey? Regarding a training calendar does Bob not have one on his site - I'm being lazy and not looking but I'm sure he used to have a training page?
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Originally Posted by
Nigel
but I'm sure he used to have a training page?
Likewise here I was sure I have seen one somewhere in the past but I cannot find one now.
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Bob appears to have ditched the table of training he used to have on his web-site and replaced it with this page
I've seen various figures banded about: 10,000ft average for 10 to 12 weeks, 15 decent days on the high fells, 150,000ft through the spring, 100 hours of training. I suspect these add up to more or less the same volume
Pat, your local climb sounds ideal for a few mid-week hill-reps but you cannot really replicate the big climbs and descents found on the round on it
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Derby Tup
Pat, your local climb sounds ideal for a few mid-week hill-reps but you cannot really replicate the big climbs and descents found on the round on it
I agree, (my quads are still not right three weeks after doing 3 legs of Paul's attempt). We have ideal ones, Sandy Hays and Dimpus Clough to Mount Famine over in Hayfield, which is only 8 miles from home.
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Found it. I knew I had seen something in the past.
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/bgr/
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The table is even dafter than I remembered! :w00t:
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Derby Tup
The table is even dafter than I remembered! :w00t:
The link to it did mention that it is quite an intense one.
