Weeks until BG – 3.
Weeks until Lakeland 100 – 20.
Monday – nothing
Tuesday – 15 miles, 400m ascent,
Bowes moor and along A66.
Wednesday – climb
Thursday – steady hill work at
Hamsterley, 9 miles, 500m
Friday – rest
Saturday – L2 and L3 of BG, 35 miles,
4000m of ascent.
Sunday – sore achilles.
Total of 59 miles, 4900m of ascent.
Last 4 weeks have been an average of
52miles and 4800m of ascent.
Tuesday was supposed to be the first
evening run I had done in daylight this year, but I got held up at
work, so got the head torch on and went out on Bowes Moor. Running 4
miles of known ground and then 3.5 miles along the A66 rather than
faff around with unknown ground north of the A66. A grouse
obviously didn't expect to see me there as he got a fright, flew up
and hit me in the face. Other than that and falling into a ditch on
the way back an uneventful run.
Thursday I decided not to put in the
fast hill reps and save myself for a long run on Saturday.
Saturday was a big day, 11 hours,
nearly 60km (sounds further than 35 miles) and 4000m of ascent, all
in about half a BG. I got tired on the run back from Scafell Pike to
Borrowdale down the breathtakingly beautiful Langstrath Beck, but
this was to be expected as I stopped eating properly thinking the day
was over.
Saturday was a great day, L2 solo
faster than 20 hour pace and L3 with Andy Kirkup on 22 hour pace. It
was great to run with Andy whom I met on Gable a few weeks ago, he is
a quality runner, with an apparently photographic memory for the
route and he seems to understand what he is getting into so I have no
doubt he can get round and look forward to helping out on his support
crew if I can fit it in.
The only downside of the run on
Saturday was a sore right achiles – a bit of me that hasn't been
sore before. I had planned to walk up Scafell Pike with some
workmates on Sunday, but they bailed on me and rather than push the
injury I drove home for a well deserved day off.
Timings from Saturday for the record.
(24 hour schedule in brackets)
|
Clough Head
|
50
|
(59)
|
|
Great Dodd
|
26
|
(30)
|
|
Watson Dodd
|
10
|
(9)
|
|
Stybarrow Dodd
|
9
|
(9)
|
|
Raise
|
15
|
(18)
|
|
White Side
|
7
|
(8)
|
|
Helvellyn Lower Man
|
13
|
(18)
|
|
Helvellyn
|
5
|
(6)
|
|
Nethermost Pike
|
7
|
(10)
|
|
Dollywaggon Pike
|
10
|
(12)
|
|
Fairfield
|
38
|
(42)
|
|
Seat Sandal
|
23
|
(25)
|
|
Dunmail Raise - Arrive
|
16
|
(25)
|
|
Steel Fell
|
24
|
(25)
|
|
Calf Crag
|
21
|
(20)
|
|
Sergeant Man
|
32
|
(35)
|
|
High Raise
|
8
|
(9)
|
|
Thunacar Knott
|
15
|
(15)
|
|
Harrison Stickle
|
9
|
(10)
|
|
Pike o Stickle
|
13
|
(12)
|
|
Rossett Pike
|
39
|
(45)
|
|
Bowfell
|
32
|
(35)
|
|
Esk Pike
|
21
|
(25)
|
|
Great End
|
25
|
(25)
|
|
Ill Crag
|
15
|
(15)
|
|
Broad Crag
|
10
|
(10)
|
|
Scafell Pike
|
12
|
(12)
|
As you can see, I stormed almost all
the splits, especially pleasing are the climb of Clough Head, and
Fairfield – where I tried a new line and ended up climbing a
travellator of scree for the top 50m. I am struggling to believe I
took nearly 10m out of the 24 hour schedule on a steady descent of
Seat Sandal, perhaps this has got easier as the BG path has developed
over the past couple of years.
Another positive was finding the lines
on and off Great End (on – follow the first sign of a path up, off
due south and follow a line of cairns).
I have an outline of a team for an
attempt in 3 weeks time, fingers crossed for the weather!
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