Today's Training

[Splatcher]

2750 feet of climbing up & down Frodsham Hill. All this training's making me so tired though. My time in Saturday's Anglezarke Amble wasn't fast - I'm just not recovering between runs. Is it going to do me any good or not? I've increased my mileage from 25 to 40 miles a week, and ascent from 4300ft to 7500ft a week with an intense climbing session each week (average for 2010 compared to average so far for 2011). I suppose I'm not going to see any benefit until I try tapering the training off before one event or other. I suppose I'll try that for the Haworth Hobble then, & keep up the pressure until early March. I'll be really fed up if it turns out to be making no difference...

[ZootHornRollo]

All this training's making me so tired though. My time in Saturday's Anglezarke Amble wasn't fast - I'm just not recovering between runs. Is it going to do me any good or not?

I feel your pain Splatcher, I'm prone to overdoing it, but coming round to the idea of a 'rest week' - one in every four or five, where I do half the amount in the other weeks, and generally do it gentler.

I did Wadsworth Saturday, rested Sunday but then did a quite intense run-bike-run thing last night over two hours and woke up this morning feeling a physical wreck - aches everywhere, drained.

So this is my rest week now!

[Derby Tup]

2750 feet of climbing up & down Frodsham Hill. All this training's making me so tired though. My time in Saturday's Anglezarke Amble wasn't fast - I'm just not recovering between runs. Is it going to do me any good or not? I've increased my mileage from 25 to 40 miles a week, and ascent from 4300ft to 7500ft a week with an intense climbing session each week (average for 2010 compared to average so far for 2011). I suppose I'm not going to see any benefit until I try tapering the training off before one event or other. I suppose I'll try that for the Haworth Hobble then, & keep up the pressure until early March. I'll be really fed up if it turns out to be making no difference...

Andy do not despair. I went through a similar change in training intensity this time last year and am doing so again now (for the BGR). Feeling both very tired and physically battered is not unusual! I was trying to do the 200 squats thing as well last winter. However you will benefit. I was shocked how much my fitness came on both in terms of running performance and recovery times from hard sessions / events last year and I'm already getting stronger again this time after an autumn of very low key 'tick-over' work. Have faith

[Splatcher]

Thanks chaps. I'm not despairing yet, just knackered! I've got an appointment with the Joss Naylor Challenge May Bank Holiday weekend.

[TheReverand]

club night, 8 X 50O metre reps at around 1m25-30s wind assisted!! (its was blowy, i didnt have wind ) feeling as strong as ever, roll on sundays xc, on home turf :-)

[tomphillips]

BG leg two on a perfect winters day!

beat that!

[IanDarkpeak]

BG leg two on a perfect winters day!

beat that!

looks good. I've "just" got in from a 14 miler over Bleaklow. conditions were difficult, at times we could actually see our feet, some times we found a rock to stand on and occasionally the thick clag thined enough for the ground to appear. very slow going. thankfully the wind kept off but the navving was as hard as it gets. Marvin and 2 other peninne runners shared the trip, our last recce for the HPM. please please please either freeze hard or be very sunny for the next 2 week

[ukhursty]

Just back from a little 4k cross country race at work.

Came 2nd, legs still feeling battered from the Wadsworth trog!!

Glad of the mid-week running for a change!

[stevefoster]

5.5m to work, 8m home, off for 3m trot with dog now, feel good today

[Stagger]

5.5m to work, 8m home, off for 3m trot with dog now, feel good today

Good effort that Steve.

I've just done 4mile to burn some more cal's off.
Feeling a little better myself now.