Middle Pack

I had been looking forward to racing this route for a while. One of our club championship races and one that I needed to qualify as I had not ran any of the long races yet. So I needed a good result to get me up in the rankings. I was figuring 3 hours would [...]

This weekend I went up to the Howgill Fells to recce the Sedbergh Hills Race. More as an excuse to get some big hills in my legs than a need to recce the race. I went up with a club mate and also met up with a friend up there. The race route is advertised [...]

Now this was a race I was all ready for! Hyped up for the start of this. I had recced bits of it that I needed to. I knew shortcuts and I knew that the distance wasn’t going to kill me. It may hurt a lot but I was going to be okay.
I went [...]

Last week was the first full proper week of training under my belt. With this I have managed roughly 65 miles running, roughly 13′000ft of ascent and 25 miles on the bike in the 7 days Sunday to Saturday. I can definately say it was a shock to the system! Legs have really felt it!
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OUCH That was hard! I always knew it was going to be hard after only just starting to train again 4 weeks prior to the race after an enforced 10 month rest but as with all things me, I just thought I could wing it. Stupid really in hindsight.
The video is by Andy Holden. He [...]