Start of the Pennine 100

Sunday 29 March 2009

Taken for a Mug

It was a great idea, find a collapsible mug buy it and feel smug when i present my weigh nothing, flat as a pancake cup at kit check.
First of all i knew that this item exists but could not remember where and when. Then through sheer bloody minded web browsing i found the exact thing i needed, Flexi-cup this was available from
http://www.surplusandadventure.com/shopscr1467.html

The next thing was buying the damn thing, i duly entered my details, no problem then at end of process when you are told that your money has been taken off your card and only then I see that it was made up with £2.00 for the cup AND £6.95 WHAT!!! for the postage. I should have read the details more closely, but hey Shit happens!!!!

Sooo i will shortly possess the most expensive cup on the ultra scene, but i will still feel good when i present it at kit check.
Taz
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Sunday 22 March 2009

Wuthering Hike

A few days after the event but here is my report. This was the first time i had started from the centre, not the bunk house. It was a beautiful morning to start the race and i met up with Colm and said we should run together, We started off up the cobble hill at a nice sedate pace, I was feeling great and really up for the race. At Bronte Bridge I pushed on from Colm and then pushed hard up to Top Withins as I knew that it was a flattish and then sharp downhill to the reservoir. By the time i reached the bottom i had picked up a number of places and made best of of being able to descend well. At the end of the reservoir where we came onto the road I had caught up with and the passed Mark Hartell(I should have heard the resounding ringing in my head saying "Don't you think you may be going too fast" More later). I then pushed onto Widdop Res and had my tally stamped on run on, I was trying to not waste time at checkpoints. I had been leapfrogging the lead lady, Sarah Rowell for the last couple of miles and thought my push had given me a bit of distance (Wrong again). By the time I reached the Long Causeway I had been overtaken by the lead lady and the chaps who were staying with her. The next part of the run was the most draining for me as we had to climb from Mankinholes up to Stoodley Pike and THEN after a steady chug downhill (including a very artistic fall) there was the VERY steep climb up to Heptonstall. The run to Horse Bridge was beginning to take its toll and a few more had passed me including Mark and the lads running with him, I chased them into Heptonstall and was only a few meters behind them as we reached the top of the steps in town. I was by now Knackered and began to walk up the hill to the pub where I was passed by the second lady, Kate Jenkin steadly chugging up the hill (as i should be) and was soon of into the distance. By now I was all in and was being passed by a number of runners who unlike me had got their pacing right. Colm also passed me and asked how I was and I thought at the time that the fall I had had earlier on was slowing me down (wrongish) he pushed on and I walk/ hobbled on and even managed another spectacular fall just before the Moorside Lane Checkpoint. This went on all the way to the end and even managed to lose Four places in the last mile I came into the town via the Church on my own on tried to do a last push/hobble to the finish. I came in, in a time of 5:26:59 and 51st place in a field of 241 finishers
Lessons learned:
. Do not run past people you KNOW have their pacing right and WILL pass you later in the race.
.Make sure you have plenty of water AND food when running hard and long YOU WILL NEED IT.
.DO NOT start too fast, an old lesson and hard to keep when you are excited and feeling good

A great race, well run and a great start to my race season
Taz
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Training Plan

Week M T W TH F S SU
1 Rest 6-10 miles, including 4x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 7-9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 90-minute run 3-hour run (or about 18 miles)
2 Rest 6-10 Miles, including 4x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 7-9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 90-minute run 3-hour run
3 Rest 6-10 miles, including 2x2 miles at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 7-9 miles, middle 3 at MP (5:00) Rest 2-hour run 3.5-hour run (or about 20 miles)
4 Rest 5-8 miles, including 3x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 6 miles, middle 2 at MP Rest 1.5-hour run 2-hour run
5 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 3.5- to 4-hour run (or about 20-24 miles) 3-hour run
6 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 3.5- to 4-hour run 3-hour run
7 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 3.5- to 4-hour run 3-hour run, last hour at MP
8 Rest 9 miles, including 3x2 miles at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 2-hour run 2.5-hour run
9 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 miles at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 3.5-hour run, last hour at MP
10 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 miles at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 3.5-hour run, last hour at MP
11 Rest 9 miles, including 3x2 miles at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 2.5-hour run 3-hour run
12 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 5-hour run (or about 27-29 miles)
13 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 5-hour run
14 Rest 9 miles, including 4x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 2-hour run 2-hour run
15 Rest 7 miles, including 3x1 mile at MP Easy 5-mile jog 7 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 1.5-hour run Easy 1-hour jog
16 Rest 6 miles, middle 3 at HMP Easy 5-mile jog Easy 3-mile jog Rest: Stay off your feet 50-mile race Rest. (Duh.)

Key:(MP) Marathon Pace: the pace/effort you can hold in a marathon
(HMP) Half-Marathon Pace: the per-mile average of your best half-marathon
(TMP) 10-Mile Pace: the per-mile pace of your fastest 10-miler
Recovery for HMP/TMP: Jog slowly until you feel fresh enough to start the next repetition.