Bob Graham training week

[Smurfette]

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

[Monkey]

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

Monkey.

[IanDarkpeak]

What is it they say about the 6 P's...?

Perfect Planning Prevents P1ss Poor Performance

I obviously meant Sept 21st and 22nd

MH

If you fail to plan
you plan to fail

I'll hopefully be at the Pumlumon that week end.

[DrPatrickBarry]

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.

[Nigel]

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?

[DrPatrickBarry]

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.

[Derby Tup]

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

[DrPatrickBarry]

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.

[DrPatrickBarry]

Found it. I knew I had seen something in the past.

http://www.brianmac.co.uk/bgr/

[Derby Tup]

The table is even dafter than I remembered! :w00t: