Monday 29 August 2011

UTMB Armchair training



I may never get to the Alps or run a 100 mile race but I can at least watch the videos. Inspiring stuff

Many congratulations to all who finished this beast of a race. Overall winner was Kilian Journet and first lady, for the 4th time was Lizzie Hawker.

Earlier this year, Kilian met up with Sandra & Miguel for a training session , how could he fail?








Wednesday 17 August 2011

Mid week Mini mm.

 Monsal Head & back of Rays head
This year Dark and White had organised a series of midweek mini mountain marathons.  Ray and I missed the first two rounds but managed to get together for round three, a two hour score event starting from Monsal Head in the Peak District.

Due to its farmland location, the course stuck to footpaths and rights of way, unlike a full mountain marathon which takes competitors off piste.

In true Team Ibuprofen style, we set off in completely the wrong direction. Oops. After turning the map the right way round we managed to start picking off controls. Summer showers kept us cool and it felt like we were doing OK. Until control #15. We weren't the only ones. A confusion of footpaths had caught us and several other competitors out. Time wasting trial and error led us to the elusive checkpoint. Just leaving us time to head back, picking up a few controls on the way in.

Finishing 43rd of 61, 9th in class, we didn't disgrace ourselves and enjoyed getting out to stretch our legs and exercise our brains.
Another good one from Dark and White.