Just signed up to the widget 'daily mile' The gadget on the right.
At first glances it doesn't seem t0o do very much, but once you get into it - I'm beginning to like it.
It is obviously very visible it that it shows what you have been doing on your last run / workout.
That seems to be quite a motivation.
Anyway, I'll have a go with it for a week o so and see how I feel about it then.
If it's proving useful, worthwhile, then I'll stick with it, if not I'm sure there are others out there.
I tried to find one on the Garmin site with no luck.
If anyone knows of something better out there please drop me a line.
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Kilian Jornet - Kilian's Quest
Top top video of an epic tale of a man who ran up and down the Matterhorn in 3hrs and 14 mins, and a young man who wishes to one day ‘descend like him’…
The way he ascends is amazing!!
Running again - or something like!
Saturday night.
35 mins of Turbo! First exercise for about a week.
Felt surprisingly OK.
Sunday Morning.
After a week of sickness today was my first attempt at something like a meaningful run.
Met Nick at 7.45am at Clough Head Car Park.
Nick has benn steadily increasing his runs over the last few weeks, and so wanted a 'steady' run.
This suited me down to the ground.
Set off at a steady pace - something like 10 - 11 minute a mile.
The initial route wasn't too hilly so was OK.
We headed up along the Rossendale Way into the wood above the reservoir.
The run along the top of the res was good.
We then headed up 'the climb' - only about 300ft, but, steep, boggy and lots of wet slippy rock.
One of my favourite little climbs around.
Not long ago I was able to really run this climb - decided to try that today and hey I still could.
Surprised me there.
Rest of the climb was good, no side effects, no real sluggishness.
Mainly just a feeling of ' It's good to be back out here!'
Not sure how long we were out, and don't care, but about 6 miles of fun.
35 mins of Turbo! First exercise for about a week.
Felt surprisingly OK.
Sunday Morning.
After a week of sickness today was my first attempt at something like a meaningful run.
Met Nick at 7.45am at Clough Head Car Park.
Nick has benn steadily increasing his runs over the last few weeks, and so wanted a 'steady' run.
This suited me down to the ground.
Set off at a steady pace - something like 10 - 11 minute a mile.
The initial route wasn't too hilly so was OK.
We headed up along the Rossendale Way into the wood above the reservoir.
The run along the top of the res was good.
One of my favourite little climbs around.
Not long ago I was able to really run this climb - decided to try that today and hey I still could.
Surprised me there.
Rest of the climb was good, no side effects, no real sluggishness.
Mainly just a feeling of ' It's good to be back out here!'
Not sure how long we were out, and don't care, but about 6 miles of fun.
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Marshall Ulrich putting up with pain
Had a rough few days with a sickness bug.
It's been a while since I felt so rough
That feeling of no energy, can't do anything, can't get too far from the toilet.
Then I came across this article by Marshall Ulrich on putting up with pain, suffering and endurance.
You can read it here
Humbling really, shows you how you can put up with so much if you put your mind to it and are in good shape.
Need to run soon!
It's been a while since I felt so rough
That feeling of no energy, can't do anything, can't get too far from the toilet.
Then I came across this article by Marshall Ulrich on putting up with pain, suffering and endurance.
You can read it here
Humbling really, shows you how you can put up with so much if you put your mind to it and are in good shape.
Need to run soon!
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
The past two weeks
Over the past two weeks it would be fair to say that I've done a bit of running (not a lot) but plenty of exercise.
The running I have done has been, for one of the first times enjoyable road and trail runs, not my typical fell runs.
The reason for this has been that when I've been running on roads and trails they have been with 'the girls.'
Both R and H have come up with a training regime for themselves.
Monday they bike, I run. Which in theory sounds OK and going uphill it is. They drop to low gears and I keep going. On the flat and downhill, gravity and wheels gives them a real opportunity to go quicker - which they do!
The upside for me is I run quicker to keep up with them.
Wednesdays we all run together, a kind of recovery run session of about 5 miles. Again I get the opportunity to run certain sections harder, go back to them and run them again.
In between times, 5 a side football Wednesdays, Badminton Tuesdays and Thursdays and at least 3 turbo sessions a week ensure I'm still fit ish.
From Friday we're off for a week so the plan is to get back out to the fells for some long sessions. A 20 miler is planned for Wednesday next week. That will let me know how my running has been affected or not.
The running I have done has been, for one of the first times enjoyable road and trail runs, not my typical fell runs.
The reason for this has been that when I've been running on roads and trails they have been with 'the girls.'
Both R and H have come up with a training regime for themselves.
Monday they bike, I run. Which in theory sounds OK and going uphill it is. They drop to low gears and I keep going. On the flat and downhill, gravity and wheels gives them a real opportunity to go quicker - which they do!
The upside for me is I run quicker to keep up with them.
Wednesdays we all run together, a kind of recovery run session of about 5 miles. Again I get the opportunity to run certain sections harder, go back to them and run them again.
In between times, 5 a side football Wednesdays, Badminton Tuesdays and Thursdays and at least 3 turbo sessions a week ensure I'm still fit ish.
From Friday we're off for a week so the plan is to get back out to the fells for some long sessions. A 20 miler is planned for Wednesday next week. That will let me know how my running has been affected or not.
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Weeks overview (Monday to Friday)
Monday 9th - Turbo time - 40 minutes of turbo. Tension set at 30 out of 50. Revs starting at 80, building to 100. A good session - enjoyed it.
Tuesday 10th - Badminton - 60 minutes of quick, sharp running.
Wednesday 11th - More turbo - 45 minutes. Tension 30 out of 50 - revs straight to 80, quickly to 90+, kept this up for 35 minutes, last 10 minutes with revs up to 100+ - Tough session!
Thursday 12th - Badminton - 60 minutes. A good session, but, tweaked my knee! Painful!
Friday 13th - Indoor football for 75 minutes. Lots of running! Really tough, hard session and very enjoyable! Young uns Vs Old uns. Young uns 25 and under! Felt like an old un after 10 minutes, then felt pretty good at the end!
Looking forward to a couple of runs over the weekend.
More to follow.
Tuesday 10th - Badminton - 60 minutes of quick, sharp running.
Wednesday 11th - More turbo - 45 minutes. Tension 30 out of 50 - revs straight to 80, quickly to 90+, kept this up for 35 minutes, last 10 minutes with revs up to 100+ - Tough session!
Thursday 12th - Badminton - 60 minutes. A good session, but, tweaked my knee! Painful!
Friday 13th - Indoor football for 75 minutes. Lots of running! Really tough, hard session and very enjoyable! Young uns Vs Old uns. Young uns 25 and under! Felt like an old un after 10 minutes, then felt pretty good at the end!
Looking forward to a couple of runs over the weekend.
More to follow.
Monday, 9 May 2011
Saturday 7th May - Longish hillyish run
Met Nick at 3.30pm.
When we set off we had no idea where we were going, it was just a case of set off and see where we go.
We ran from Clough Head car park out along the Rossendale Way. We went as high as possible before dropping into the wood above the reservoir.
The weather was perfect for running, no breeze and warm without being too hot.
Once into the wood we followed the track above the reservoir before following the climb out towards Hog Lowe Pike. Although the climb isn't too tough, only about 400ft, it does in places get quite steep and in places pretty challenging, yet you can really have a go at the climb and have a good run at it. Once at the top, the views are great. This makes it one of my favorite climbs on a run.
When we set off we had no idea where we were going, it was just a case of set off and see where we go.
We ran from Clough Head car park out along the Rossendale Way. We went as high as possible before dropping into the wood above the reservoir.
Once into the wood we followed the track above the reservoir before following the climb out towards Hog Lowe Pike. Although the climb isn't too tough, only about 400ft, it does in places get quite steep and in places pretty challenging, yet you can really have a go at the climb and have a good run at it. Once at the top, the views are great. This makes it one of my favorite climbs on a run.
A view of the valley
We then just ran again, taking in parts of the valley before going back and running the climb again.
We set off home running another short, steep climb (flat out) before reaching the Rossendale Way again. As we emerged from the wood it just started to rain so we took a detour straight over the moorland before climbing the valley on the other side before making it back to the car.
Another cracking run.
Definitely ran the hills harder today, not a case of just running up them, ran them hard.
You really know the difference between 'just' running and 'really' running!
Roll on the nest run!
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