10,000ft a week

[IanDarkpeak]

HA HA
Hornsea, Ian, theres where I live, do you often go to Hornsea?

When requiring brownie points and when there are no races!!

In laws live there and are well known in the area.

I'll send you a PM the next time I'm out that way

[Derby Tup]

I've managed two back to back 10,000ft weeks all year plus a handful of 5 - 7,000fters. I've got a week in the Lakes next week but am limping around with what I suspect is a slight calf strain. My round might be a bit of a suffer-fest

[stevefoster]

I've managed two back to back 10,000ft weeks all year plus a handful of 5 - 7,000fters. I've got a week in the Lakes next week but am limping around with what I suspect is a slight calf strain. My round might be a bit of a suffer-fest

Enjoy your lakeland week mate, and stay positive.......................sez me

[Ronin]

Anyone help!! maybe its obvious and im being thick but...
Living in the flatlands of East Yorkshire, my weekly bgr and utmb training is hill reps up Flamborough Head lifeboat launch. A sea defence wall (very short, but very very steep) and the incline treadmill (very exciting) now the question is if I run 6 miles on the treadmill at a 15 degree angle what is my overall ascent in metres?

[emmilou]

Anyone help!! maybe its obvious and im being thick but...
Living in the flatlands of East Yorkshire, my weekly bgr and utmb training is hill reps up Flamborough Head lifeboat launch. A sea defence wall (very short, but very very steep) and the incline treadmill (very exciting) now the question is if I run 6 miles on the treadmill at a 15 degree angle what is my overall ascent in metres?

No idea, I don't do maths.....that's what my 11 year old son is for!!!

However, I also live in a flat place, hey I could even contest your flatness as I don't have even have a very very steep short hill one thing though, I also had to use the 'dreadmill' for training, I didn't focus on distance though, I set it at the maximum incline and spent hours on the thing torturous and definatley good for mental preparation! 10,000ft a week is very good guide and one most contenders use as a base but a lot of it is also time on your feet. You may be able to do 6 miles very comfortably and in a good time - quicker than others say, but it's extending that time your out (or indoors in this case) you are climbing for. Not sure if that helps but thought I'd add my bit!

[IanDarkpeak]

Anyone help!! maybe its obvious and im being thick but...
Living in the flatlands of East Yorkshire, my weekly bgr and utmb training is hill reps up Flamborough Head lifeboat launch. A sea defence wall (very short, but very very steep) and the incline treadmill (very exciting) now the question is if I run 6 miles on the treadmill at a 15 degree angle what is my overall ascent in metres?

I'm VERY rusty but if you have a calculator with Sin-Cos etc you should be able to work it out.


but If I remember correct Kms

9(Kms)x Sin 15= Height gain kms

So if I'm right and I can't guarantee that

2.34 kms approx 2340m just over 7000ft.

It has been the best part of 28 years since I last did this so I hope it's correct.

Ian

[GreenFlash]

I'm VERY rusty but if you have a calculator with Sin-Cos etc you should be able to work it out.


but If I remember correct Kms

9(Kms)x Sin 15= Height gain kms

So if I'm right and I can't guarantee that

2.34 kms approx 2340m just over 7000ft.

It has been the best part of 28 years since I last did this so I hope it's correct.

Ian

I'm very impressed, Ian - having quite recently taught trigonometry to some of my students, I can confirm you're spot on here (give or take a rounding error, and assuming the machine measures the "uphill" distance run which would seem sensible - viz. the hypotenuse - rather than the horizontal distance) ... any objections to me using the example in the forthcoming test?!

[IanDarkpeak]

I'm very impressed, Ian - having quite recently taught trigonometry to some of my students, I can confirm you're spot on here (give or take a rounding error, and assuming the machine measures the "uphill" distance run which would seem sensible - viz. the hypotenuse - rather than the horizontal distance) ... any objections to me using the example in the forthcoming test?!

WooHoo!

Yes I figured there wasn't much point working it any more accurately as running machine are notoriously inaccurate. Depends How they are looked after. We had 2 in the gym I used to go to and I could do 39.00 10k on one but never bested 40.30 on the other even though they were identical.

It took some digging around in my darkest memory to do it.

Glad to know I havent for got it all...

[Ronin]

Cheers Ian, thats very helpfull and yes Green Flash of course you can use this example.
The small hill isnt really a hill just a manmade slope. The Dreadmill sessions I usually do are based on time rather than mileage, I try to get a minimum of 1.30 ina session once a week (which is supposed to be 6 miles) last year prepping for the utmb I built up to one 5 hour session a week (18 miles) of 15 degree incline torture, my feet would go numb and so would my brain lol

[andy k]

Running a gradient on a treadmill is a good platform to work from.
You also need to get terrain strength and skill.
Running the BG involves some easy ground but an awful lot of rough and uneven ground requiring uneven stride length and footfall, hard and soft, one stride flat next up a rock step.
Time in proper fell terrain is an important element.

An extract from my account of my BG reads
"off Blencathra I skip down whilst Jon and Bruce struggle, they don't have 60 hours in the fells behind them."

Jon and Bruce are fit guys, we had run comfortably together over leg one to Blencathra summit.

Also running up a treadmill doesn't train your legs for descending - and its the descending that will pull you apart.