Darren tore a calf muscle or summat I think, so that stopped him for a spell. Think that was the result of training rather than racing! He's easing back into it now with about 6 races int last 2 weeks. That about right Darren?
Darren tore a calf muscle or summat I think, so that stopped him for a spell. Think that was the result of training rather than racing! He's easing back into it now with about 6 races int last 2 weeks. That about right Darren?
It's weird, my two best performances at the KWL races have been after either doing another race the day before (like Bleasdale last week), or like yesterday doing something on the morning!Originally Posted by harv
Hiya lads, hope you're all well.
Andrew- death to false metal, roooock on dude!
Sam- you're flying at the moment, keep it up fella.
Harv- yep, I torn my calve during Box Hill fell race last month and like a complete bell end I carried on to the finish, limping, crawling, hopping etc.
Should never of started the race really, was coming down with lurgy and aching all over but decided to run because we'd made the effort to travel down a couple of days earlier...felt great when we left home. I think calve went because I felt so shit on the day.
What followed was nearly 4 weeks of hardly any running, just plenty of moping about like a slapped arse, my wife's words not mine. Slowly getting back into it, raced 4 times recently...Dark un, Bleasdale, Crunswick and High cup Nick.
Still not 100% just yet, can't say that I'm looking forward to Black Combe, probably see the back of you as you disappear into the distance.
Glad to see you're on the mend Daz ~ you still beat me at Bleasdale even with a gammy calf.
If you are doing the Stan Bradshaw on Saturday you could do the Burnley park run first ~ it's only 7 miles down the road
Hope to see you there (at SB that is, not the park run!)
Hopefully see you at Stan Bradshaw but I'll give the parkrun a miss...I'm going soft. Like yourself Mark, I love Pendle hill, it's a belter. Been and done a reccy today, could be interesting from cp2 to cp3 if the clags down...bring it on!
Sam Does winning a Parkrun the day before not count? I know it's not fell running but that's got to be one of the toughest parkruns going. Well done anyway.
Cheers, actually I do reckon the Park Runs are doing me some good. I heard someone saying that it's one of the hilliest park runs in the UK and I can believe that...
Good luck in the Transgrancanaria Alan, it sounds pretty epic!
Cheers, it'll certainly be an adventure.
A Serious Case of OFRD
A Serious Case of OFRD by Andy Holden, on Flickr
Obsessive Fell Racing Disorder
Today's 'Sedbergh 3 Peaks' makes for three races in four days for Mr Fishwick.
Last edited by wharfeego; 09-03-2016 at 10:46 AM. Reason: changed to Racing Disorder rather than Running Disorder
First Fishwicking ever for me today, parkrun in the morning (19.32) and Buckden Pike in the afternoon.
I honestly thought it'd be easy, but it wasn't. When i was recceing the last drop there seemed to be something up with my legs, but i put it down to not having run a fell race since April and living off a diet of flat and fast. With the first big climb out of the way i resolved to just plod and make up for my sloth on the way down, it was going ok and i felt quite zippy on the flat top section. The first descent section came and i just couldn't find any speed, by the time i was contouring over the mine my legs were like jelly and i honestly thought i'd have to walk the rest of the way. I was cursing my complacency and reaping the whirlwind of my cocky attitude to a Fishwicking. I was on my arse all the way to the fence, it's fast and flat all the way, but i couldn't maintain a run and people were whizzing past like i was stood still. The final run off came, it started well, but soon the legs went out of me again and i was basically shuffling. I wasn't blowing or bonking, just utterly wrecked, and staggered into the funnel in the end. It seems Fishwicking is more difficult than it looks!
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