Trying to get some routine back into my training now.
Did an hour and ten mins yesterday on the local fells and did a quick 35mins after work tonight. Boy is it wet on those hills – must be summer!!
I feel I need to work on my hill climbing ability which I know means only one thing – Hard Work!!
I plan to re-introduce some structured hill sessions and speed work into my weekly schedule to regain my previous short race form.
This is mental torture – only a few miles from Fort William but not a breath of wind – sailors are wrecked, no sleep for 35 hours – We just want to get to get off and on the hill.
Wow just finished a 45 mile brutal leg over blacksail pass then scafell and back to Whitehaven – now totally wrecked but just had chilli and bread for breccie so will hopefully feel better soon – just big ben to go now
Hi guys, just back from Snowdon – 24 miles in 4 1/2 hours – not bad on no sleep, 1 bag of crisps and half a malt loaf! Going to try and get some sleep now.
Update 14:24pm 28/06/2008
Now the fun begins – we are on the boat waiting until 3 2when we go to the start – weather grey but good – wind blowing – sea looks grim and big!
This year for the first time, my running partner Robin Lawrence (Bingley Harriers) and myself are competing in the Powerbar 3 Peaks Yacht Race – starts 4pm Saturday 28th June.
The usual response I get from people when I say this is – “what!?”
Well, it’s a very unusual race where teams of 5 sail from Barmouth in Wales to Fort William in Scotland via Whitehaven in England stopping off to let two of the team run up and down the 3 highest mountains in Britain. Those who successfully reach the finish will have sailed 389 nautical miles, risking sandbanks, rocks and fierce tides. The 3 sailors aboard will get little rest as the race is continuous, and the 2 runners in the team must complete 72 miles and 14,000 feet of climbing to reach the summits of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis. No easy task when you may have to run at night, unsteady on your feet due to seasickness.
Robin and I have prepared well and are not too concerned by the land sections. However, as neither of us has any real experience of sailing, we are somewhat concerned about our sealegs…..we’ve been advised to focus on the horizon and drink orange juice as it tastes the same when it returns as it does when you drink it!!!
Robin and I are running for team Still Smiling (whether we will be after Ben Nevis – only time will tell) and the sailors (one of whom owns the boat) are very confident we can finish well up the field.
The race website www.3peaksyachtrace.co.uk has profiles on all the competing teams and there will be daily coverage, picture galleries and a race ‘leaderboard’ throughout race week on the adventure racing website www.sleepmonsters.co.uk. Positions at sea will also be tracked by satellite via the website.
Our thanks go out to our kit sponsors, www.hummel.dk, www.Inov-8.com and www.sportsshoes.com (follow my blog – see home page) who between them have made us look like pros – all we need to do now is run well so we’re not accused of having “all the gear but no idea!”.
Did a hill / speed session last night – ‘short triangles’ – fast across the bottom flat, fast up hill to the apex then steady jog recovery back to start. Just over 1 min in total x 15 + 1 for luck.
Tonight had steady 3 mile jog with my boys then did a quick blast up hope hill and back on my own. About an hour in total.
Very wet but actually felt good tonight for the first time since the Fellsman 4 weeks ago.
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