Fellsman

[BritNick]

Thanks Colm. My left foot has become a pain. I'm keeping fingers crossed that it will return to being a foot by Saturday morning at 9am.

Ian, I feel privileged to have run in such company. I thought we were keeping up a better pace through the night than is the norm.
In the latest max test were you referring to blood lactate with heart rate? What about your maximum running speed? I bet it was faster than mine.
My stats were a fraction under 6mmol/l and 177bpm @ 14km/h max.

[Stolly]

One thing's for sure, you certainly realise having done an event like this just how far you are capable of going if you just give it a bash. I was going to say 'push yourself' instead of going but, in all honesty although it was tough and I wouldn't necessarily have enjoyed it, I'm certain I could have still carried on at the end if I had too... so I clearly hadn't pushed myself quite hard enough to that point . For me, especially from the half way point at Stonehouse, I partitioned everything into completing the next 5 mile or 10 mile stretch in my mind and that seemed to work great. I suspect that like our group most of us ran the last what 2 mile hop from Yarnbury to Threshfield and found it (once you'd kick started your legs) 'relatively' easy to do.

Whereas prior to running the fellsman and the high peak marathon I'd have considered a Bob Graham Round as a bonkers and stupid thing to attempt, I now know that I could give a BGR a fair crack of the whip. For sure, regardless of whether I would succeed or not, I'm certain if push came to shove, I could run and yomp for 24 hours, which in itself is a major revalation. Obviously the Bob Graham is that bit longer and a huge bit higher and steeper but, on the flip side, the fellsman (and the HPM) are incredibly boggy and trackless for a lot of the time; not exactly comparible with the Lake District I know but wading through bogs feels like you are taking three or four steps where two would suffice on harder ground and includes an awful lot of climbing/dragging/crawling out the other side

So.... next year it has to be another hpm and fellsman followed by a Bob Graham I reckon

[IanDarkpeak]

Thanks Colm. My left foot has become a pain. I'm keeping fingers crossed that it will return to being a foot by Saturday morning at 9am.

Ian, I feel privileged to have run in such company. I thought we were keeping up a better pace through the night than is the norm.
In the latest max test were you referring to blood lactate with heart rate? What about your maximum running speed? I bet it was faster than mine.
My stats were a fraction under 6mmol/l and 177bpm @ 14km/h max.

I've PM'd you as this is off thread

[stevefoster]

So.... next year it has to be another hpm and fellsman followed by a Bob Graham I reckon

Good man Stolly, i'm giving the Fellsman a miss next year to concentrate on a BG. Planning a June attempt and thinking the Fellsman is too close to that.

[Stolly]

Good man Stolly, i'm giving the Fellsman a miss next year to concentrate on a BG. Planning a June attempt and thinking the Fellsman is too close to that.

I dunno donkarlo is doing one in June; see what he thinks afterwards )

[Donkarlo]

I dunno donkarlo is doing one in June; see what he thinks afterwards )

I shall let you know

[FellShoeShuffler]

Good man Stolly, i'm giving the Fellsman a miss next year to concentrate on a BG. Planning a June attempt and thinking the Fellsman is too close to that.

Shouldn't be too close, especially if you are looking towards the end of June. It used to be a set-piece before a BGR just to confirm winter training had gone well.

In 2006 I did a 24:08 BGR and followed it with a 23:39 round 7 weeks later so you should be able to recover quickly enough. It may be that time spent on the Fellsman would be better spent on the BGR route and that is more difficult to dispute.

Whatever you decide, enjoy your BGR.

[stevefoster]

Shouldn't be too close, especially if you are looking towards the end of June. It used to be a set-piece before a BGR just to confirm winter training had gone well.

In 2006 I did a 24:08 BGR and followed it with a 23:39 round 7 weeks later so you should be able to recover quickly enough. It may be that time spent on the Fellsman would be better spent on the BGR route and that is more difficult to dispute.

Whatever you decide, enjoy your BGR.

That's what i'm thinking, a weekend in the Lakes on the BG route may serve me better than a Fellsman, its purely a personal thing, some do a Fellsman and a BG the following month and thats fine. I'm not saying its a no no, i'm not experienced enough to say. May change my mind next year and do both.
My goal from here is to crack on and get more climbing done and hopefully stay injury free, and enjoy myself.
Thanks Ian

[IanDarkpeak]

That's what i'm thinking, a weekend in the Lakes on the BG route may serve me better than a Fellsman, its purely a personal thing, some do a Fellsman and a BG the following month and thats fine. I'm not saying its a no no, i'm not experienced enough to say. May change my mind next year and do both.
My goal from here is to crack on and get more climbing done and hopefully stay injury free, and enjoy myself.
Thanks Ian

Get your self to Scotland for a long week end. three days of Munroing will probably do you more good. it did for me.

Working on big hills make the 'smaller' lakes climb seem alot easier and it keeps you fresher. Just repeating bits of the BG for training sake makes it a bit stale.

[Bobert]

Shouldn't be too close, especially if you are looking towards the end of June. It used to be a set-piece before a BGR just to confirm winter training had gone well.

In 2006 I did a 24:08 BGR and followed it with a 23:39 round 7 weeks later so you should be able to recover quickly enough. It may be that time spent on the Fellsman would be better spent on the BGR route and that is more difficult to dispute.

Whatever you decide, enjoy your BGR.

Ian

I'm going on five weeks as a good recovery time from the Fellsman. After the weekend, I'm bringing my BG forward to June 26th. The longer i leave it the more chance of injury in my case. A few more weeks of big ascent, and then...