Middle Pack

So what to do the day after a hard AL fell race? Well in our wisdom Andy and I sat in a pub in Sedbergh planning the next couple of days. We decided to have a go at a traverse of all 31 hills in the Howgills that are above 1500ft. This was first done by Alan Evans of Kendal and Hugh Symonds holds the record for this at 4 hours 49 minutes. We knew we would be no-where near that time and would just be happy to finish.

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So this is the time for change. Time to review what you want for next year and put in plans to get there. Usually I keep mine a secret as easier to ignore them or roll them over to the next year but this year I thought I may as well put my sports related resolutions up on the blog and hope it motivates me to work towards them.

So here they are:

1) Train properly

None of this high milage having fun just running. I realise to take my running up a notch I need proper speed sessions, structured training, hill sessions etc etc. All boring but essential. More of this to come soon.

2) Track training with a training diary

Apparently it is a good thing to track your training. In the past I have just kept a running tally of miles in a week but now I will track individual runs, how I am feeling terrain and other stuff that is useful. This will be a page on this site so other people can have a nosey if the inclination occurs. Half way through coding this and should be online soon.

3) Update this site more

I have been a bit slack with updates and I want to generally put more on this site. More reviews, more articles and a bit more views on things as opposed to just races. Problem at the moment is if I am injured then nothing gets updated.

4) Go climbing more

I started running because I took up climbing, but was too fat to climb well. I started running to lose weight so I could climb better but never really got back into climbing. Two new bouldering wall in Leeds will hopefully mean I can run down there after work with shoes and a bag and then run home afterward no fuss climbing!

5) Get a decent mountain bike

This is in limbo at the moment as I am trying to get a new employer with a bike t work scheme. Once this is done I am looking at a flash new racing hardtail and then a lot more time spent on a bike. Long days out with block training of bike run bike. Great for adventure racing and also ensure that I can get the milage up without too much overuse injuries.

6) Do more different types of races

I am wanting to do different types of races this year. Will have to wait till I get a decent bike however as these would be trailquests, a 24hr enduro, and more adventure races than I am currently doing. I think I would be aiming at the back end of the year for these as I have a lot of running related goals to do first.

So there they are. I am not going to tell you how many are the same from last year but this year is going to be different…honest.