Today's Training

[Trossachs?]

Back to road bashing in the dark, a steady 6 with 900ft climb, still have a sore stomach after a hard weekend.

Jason

[IanDarkpeak]

B'day treat on a dreary Monday - 3 1/2 hrs playing out.

Meandering route based on Crowden loop with variations and a bit o' Lads Leap at the end. Unsurprisingly no other bug*er out and the fresh dusting of snow made the icy PW (what you can see of it) much better underfoot. Temp at start/finish was 0 degrees, just me and the grouse up there.

missed you at tonight race Jan, will buy you a beer next time I see you.

race night tonight and it was one of the harder ones, lack of climbing and race pace showed but still managed a creditable 3rd

6.1 miles with 900ft ascent in 41.34 a full 1.30 behind my pb for this course.

Also running tonight was PaulE

[southernsoftie]

Unpack at hotel to find I've left me trainers at home() so confined to the hotel gym all week in me casual trainers. Shame, as there's a lovely route along the Avon under Clifton Bridge and beyond I like to do when in Brizzle.

Late into hotel, so just a quickie:

20min interval sesh on the treadmill on max incline to warm up
47 full burpees (restart of the burpee challenge)
27 pull ups (restart of the pull up challenge)
100 ab crunches (broken into 5 sets of varying exercises)
Pyramid bench press sesh
Long stretch session

[biara]

22km on the bike on the road. Sounds naff but furthest training on a bike for way too long....

[PaulE]

I did the same race as Ian, but was 3 minutes slower.... pretty happy with that seing as I'd had a cold at the weekend - think I'd have been fairly happy with sub45min even without the cold.

[Nathaniel Lee]

Ian and Paul i just can't seem to pluck up the courage to go on a dark peak session or race even though i am a member because every time i read anything about the club and it's members it's saying how fast they are and what records they've got. Don't get me wrong i am proud to be a member of such a successful club even though i have nothing to do with the success it is just that i find it very intimidating. Now that might be my bipolar accentuating my feelings but it is how i feel even though i am sure everyone is very friendly. Oh and i have been up around the first half of Edale Skyline today.

[southernsoftie]

First in the gym for a quick total body circuit this morning.

[IanDarkpeak]

Ian and Paul i just can't seem to pluck up the courage to go on a dark peak session or race even though i am a member because every time i read anything about the club and it's members it's saying how fast they are and what records they've got. Don't get me wrong i am proud to be a member of such a successful club even though i have nothing to do with the success it is just that i find it very intimidating. Now that might be my bipolar accentuating my feelings but it is how i feel even though i am sure everyone is very friendly. Oh and i have been up around the first half of Edale Skyline today.

They aren't all whippets. large range of abilities as in any big club. Try a monday night race, very informal, just turn up and set off when you want slowest first and self time, there can be 15 minutes between the slowest and fastest setting off! Bring a map of route though as like last night the fog can hide the turnings if you don't know them.

Until you try you'll never know.

What do you think Paul, you were a monday night newbie a few weeks ago

Ian

[piglet]

Ian and Paul i just can't seem to pluck up the courage to go on a dark peak session or race even though i am a member because every time i read anything about the club and it's members it's saying how fast they are and what records they've got. Don't get me wrong i am proud to be a member of such a successful club even though i have nothing to do with the success it is just that i find it very intimidating.

Dont worry about it try-mind - I turn up sometimes (not last night-not feeling well and want to do Higger on Sunday ) Im not a DP member and I have to set off earlier than everybody Its very informal like IDP says. It makes me feel abit "inferior" too somtimes but I just get on with it. Someone has to be at the back to make the front ones feel smug

[jodg]

still managed a creditable 3rd

Not like you Ian!