SportsShoes Blog

Well I’ve just passed a milestone in my running career.

I sent my entry off for the Langdale Fell race on Friday and had to circle the MV40 category on the entry form. I’m not 40 yet but Langdale’s in October by which time my life will have officially begun.

My training’s going steady at the moment but I’m looking forward to the lighter mornings when I can run off road with the dog - it’s still a tad dark for the woods and trails so I’m sticking to the back roads for the next couple of weeks.

Now that I’m running with KIMM in the morning a full week’s training should be about 10 - 12 sessions which I’m hoping should start to bear some fruit as the season progresses.

Next race is likely to be the Trog - weekend after next - this is a 20 mile grueler over the Pennines starting from Old Town near Hebden Bridge then over to the Withins ruin and back via lots of hills. A training run over Oxenhope and Ogden moors yesterday confirmed my suspicions that it might be a tad damp underfoot - think some new fell shoes might be in order as I was sliding about like Jane Torvil in my Walshies yesterday. This time I might try some of those spangly new Inov8 212 X-Talons - they look nice and with a funky name like that who can resist!!??

I need to start to think about getting some biking miles in as well as my entry to the Fred Whitton bike ride was succesful - aaaaggghhhh! My plan is to do lots of endurance training by biking to and from long slow running events.

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